Rewind·Posted on Aug 13, 201747 Things You'll Immediately Understand If You Were A Teen In The Late '90sLBH, 1996–99 was an iconic time.by Brian GalindoBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Feeling like a baller if you had a TV with a built-in VCR in your bedroom: 2. Sipping on one of these refreshing ~elements~ on a hot day: 3. Never wanting to take off these comfortable AF shorts: 4. Burning the top of your mouth on one of these treats... 5. ...and burning your tongue when you bit into one of these: 6. Having this red light blind you whenever you walked around your family's TV room in the pitch dark: 7. Thinking these looked like the FUTURE: 8. Knowing you'd get cash back if you didn't spend the entire value of a gift certificate: 9. Trying to sit on ridiculously uncomfortable and sticky blow-up furniture: 10. Feeling stylish while wearing socks with sandals: 11. Making sure you always had fresh batteries for this: 12. Spritzing these on yourself, your clothes, and your entire room: 13. Spritzing yourself with these only on special occasions: 14. Making sure you started the school year with a brand new Five-Star folder... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. ...and a brand new JanSport. 16. Thinking these were the coolest sunglasses ever made: 17. Knowing Lil' Penny could sell you anything: 18. Making this place one of your first stops any time you went to the mall: 19. Wanting to order EVERYTHING from the Delia's catalog: 20. Writing letters and cards with these colorful and oh-so-pretty pens: 21. Sniffing your Wite-Out more than actually using it for what it was meant for: 22. Begging your parents for one of these: 23. Being jealous of your friend who had one of these: 24. Doing research for a report with this: 25. Reading these instead of the actual assigned book: 26. Playing Space Invaders on your TI-83: 27. Using this to secure your wallet: 28. Wearing one these till it fell apart: 29. Thinking this was the greatest sound system: 30. Feeling like Daria was your kindred spirit: 31. Having no idea what the fuck was happening on The Sifl and Olly Show: 32. Finding out people have a lot of weird questions about sex through Loveline: 33. Feeling really stylish whenever you wore your chunky AF Skechers: 34. Making triple sure NOBODY taped over your shows: 35. Making sure you always had a few of these on hand to make mix tapes: 36. Having your hair be as hard as a rock: 37. Thinking sponge-painted walls were the SHIT: 38. Feeling like you were drinking a lava lamp any time you had one of these: 39. Thinking this was the bougie toothpaste: 40. Having a big bowl of sweetness in the mornings: 41. ~Organizing~ your life with a day planner: 42. Carrying around your important assignments on these: 43. Eating a bag or two or three of these: 44. Ordering 12 CDs for a "penny": 45. Feeling like a responsible grown-up whenever your parents let you use their Blockbuster card: 46. The terror of having one of these fall on your head in the middle of the night: 47. And finally, the feeling of relief when you successfully signed on to AOL: