Are there any Xennials here (mid-late 30s) who remember the Neon Era (1988-1993)? Since this was the last pre-Internet era, it seems like it was memory-holed immediately after it ended.
Since most people here are in their late 20s, there's more nostalgia on this board for the Y2K Chrome Era (1998-2003).
based Clarissa Explains It All. she snuck out to go to a Pearl Jam concert in one episode
born 91' here the formative years of my childhood were 95' to 99'
Summer of 99' was particularly memorable with the south park movie debuting and the song Steal My Sunshine
Then you don't remember the neon era
Because you just made that term and the dates up. We remember the early 90s when people dressed like this.
Did MJH have the correct celebrity life?
>Clarissa Explains it All
>immediately followed by
>Sabrina the Teenage Witch
>immediately followed by
>Melissa and Joey and Lifetime/Hallmark style movies
I mean she's been on tv for like at least 30 yrs
I remember hearing it on forums before. Other terms for it are Neighties, Poppy Bush Interzone, and New Jack Swing Era.
Not personally, just the media. WIth Power Rangers being the most glaring example.
>Xennials
This is dumb, if you are on the cusp of two generations then you decide what you are.
I was born in 1982 and I am a millennial, because I associate more with that generation. Compare that to my older brother which is certainly Gen X (fav band being Led Zeppelin).
>Since this was the last pre-Internet era
ok child
Fellow 82 here, but I'm a GenXer for sure. I feel like I have almost nothing in common with millennials.
Holy fuck, the generation/"era" labeling is some top tier cringe.
If you're so desperate to belong to a group, belong to the group that fucks off.
>but I'm a GenXer for sure. I feel like I have almost nothing in common with millennials.
You’re not a GenXer and you have a seething revulsion of facts tothe point of emotional denial. That’s what you have in common with your fellow millennials.
she's had the dream carrier
>you have a seething revulsion of facts tothe point of emotional denial.
82 isn't on the cusp of being Millennial. You're a late Xer and your brother sounds like an early one. If you were born in 84 you could choose but as it stands you don't have that right you He-Man loving loser.
Dude you're 38. You went to high school in the 90s. Not a Millennial.
I'm 35 and this thread reminded me of how good it feels knowing I grew up apex of American society.
>no GMR
shame
I was too young for this era but I remember some of like 1992/1993. Was born in 1988.
Did she ever get her puffy vulva out and moan whilst flicking her clit, or is that the Chyna video?
Yeah it was one of the Christmas specials
Actually I'd say it's the opposite, with most of the 90s getting memory holed and people pretending the whole decade was 1989 plus Nirvana somehow.
40 years old, the Genera solid neons were a short fad. Bermuda shorts were a thing in the late 80s, but no one in real life dressed like Saved By The Bell.
Xennials is a dumb term. The proper term is Oregon Trail Generation. There's a distinct difference between the kids who grew up right when computer labs went into schools and the Gen-Xers and Millenials.
New Jack Swing era is good. I'd also call it the In Living Color era. Popular culture dominated by prosperous black people. (As opposed to gangsta)
Melissa Joan Hart was my first crush
don't remember a single thing about the show or really any shows from the early 90s other than her being cute
>Oregon Trail
Number Crunchers 4Lyfe
I would also accept Moon Patrol
today's my 39th birthday. fuck yeah i remember it. i had a kickass pair of highlighter yellow parachute pants in 6th grade
I was born in 91. laste 90s and early 2000s were my childhood.
Member when electronic music was good?
youtube.com
You're a Xennial.
Most people associate "Millennial nostalgia" with stuff like N64, Pokemon, Britney spears, and other stuff ~28 year olds grew up with.
38 year olds on the other hand grew up in the different era of TMNT, Fresh Prince, and NES/SNES which makes them the in-betweeners.
if you weren't at least in high school when Nevermind came out, you aren't Gen X
I'm almost 41, yes I remember it
Now what?
>Actually I'd say it's the opposite, with most of the 90s getting memory holed and people pretending the whole decade was 1989 plus Nirvana somehow.
Yeah. I notice Zoomers think squiggly patterns and the Saved by the Bell aesthetic were what the entire 90s looked like, even though that was only the very early part.
Lisa was best girl
Nobody dressed like that.
Yes, having a pump nikes was great and riding a BMX was the shit.
I remember the first time i played NES, the ninja turtle games. Awesome. Is kind of sad that after all the video games become "home" stuff, arcade died. Going with friends to play games was fun. Specially the Daytona or other car games.
I remember in that times, using a rugby jersey as a shirt was something "cool".
I can understand why 82ers feel more Gen X.
Being in elementary in the early 90s (pre-Internet) was quite a bit different from being in elementary in the late 90s (Web 1.0), a lot changed, yet the media tries to cram a 38 yo and a 28 yo both in as being "Millennials".
these were all shit
This is what we are actually listening to at the time
Holly fuck, DJ DAN was the best! The first time i listen to his stuff was on a Fatboy Slim show.
The internet may not have fully taken over our lives in 1995-1999, but it was gaining a lot more traction at that point with Windows 95.
Whereas in 1988-1993, only like 1% of people in the entire world had Internet.
80 here. And yes she is. I remember the neon era all too well. too many of my childhood pictures got me in highlighter orange and green
Whew yes, I remember having shoe laces in neon colours you didn't need to tie and only pull.
Who here /scene/ circa 2009?
lmao @ u fagt
>tfw old enough to remember when AIDS was scary
In 2009 I was 2 years away from being divorced
The shift from the early '90s to the mid '90s was so fucking jarring, like everything was so goofy at the start of the era and then it immediately normalized.
I still can’t believe we had to be taught about that shit in elementary school.
The boy is relentlessly handsome.
In general, XXX8-XXX3 seems to be the "goofy" transition eras before it normalizes at the fourth year. 1988-1993 was weird (neon), 1998-2003 was weird (nu metal, frosted tips), as was 2008-2013 (electropop, Party rockers in the house tonight).
>normalized
Things had been goofy for decades, and nobody batted an eye. The late nineties was when everyone started taking image way too seriously. Then 9/11 killed innocence forever.
>Then 9/11 killed innocence forever.
More like broadband internet.
>60% of years are weird
>Zoomers will never know tfw when your middle school history teacher made you pair up and complete Oregon Trail for a grade using only the time of one 40 odd minute class.
>They will never have to YOLO it on a grueling pace and hope they get Ford River RNG.
>take zero food
>buy nothing but shot and powder and axles
>kill everything that moves along the way
Well why doesn't your friend pearl come over and jam?
I dont want to get old bros, is suicide the only answer?
Had a lot of these shirts growing up. Even had to make one for a school project
> soy on the right
bump
Sup OP. I'm a legit Xennial (born 76), aka an Oldfag now. I do indeed remember the Neon Era, but I distinctly remember Neon being a thing before 88. By 86, we had neon jelly bracelets (remember that fad?), neon tiger print clothes, and of course neon skate and surf wear. Sure it lasted into the 90's, perhaps even moreso if you were aisnified sipre-teen at the time. But I remember that by 91 or 92, grunge was in full swing and neon was cringe.
>Gen X (fav band being Led Zeppelin).
thats funny, because Zeppelin is a Boomer band and core Gen X typically didn't like boomer shit at least not until it came back into vogue in the 90's. Most Xers leaned punk, metal, synth pop or hip hop in their tastes
stop labeling yourself fag, just enjoy the nostalgia
incorrect
from Wikipedia:
>"Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with 1981 to 1996 a widely accepted defining range for the generation."
>Actually I'd say it's the opposite, with most of the 90s getting memory holed and people pretending the whole decade was 1989 plus Nirvana somehow.
>40 years old, the Genera solid neons were a short fad. Bermuda shorts were a thing in the late 80s, but no one in real life dressed like Saved By The Bell.
this is accurate
>Member when electronic music was good?
Yes because I was an active raver at that time. Shit is still so fucking cash
>if you weren't at least in high school when Nevermind came out, you aren't Gen X
agreed
this guy gets it
I like this observation. Interesting.
no, living in a nostalgia hole is. Or just don't get old. Stay the fuck alive, user. The body ages, but the spirit doesn't have to.