55 Things That Only "Old Millennials" Will Totally Remember

    *cries in nostalgia*

    1. Watching Dinosaurs and being more than a little freaked out by the giant puppets:

    2. Playing this game and getting frustrated after 10 minutes of not being able to score one shot:

    3. Thinking you were so cool 'cause you had Yikes! pencils:

    4. Enjoying a Hostess Turtle Pie for dessert or as an afternoon snack:

    5. Stressing the fuck out 'cause you were trying to keep your Tamagotchi alive:

    6. Owning this VHS copy of The Little Mermaid and never being unable to see the penises on it after you heard the urban rumor:

    7. Wondering why TLC wore fried eggs on their clothes and not realizing they were condoms:

    8. Looking through this book over and over — also having your mom not "feel comfortable" with you owning it because Bart was showing his butt on the cover:

    9. Watching Sweet Valley High on Saturday mornings and wishing there was a little more drama on it:

    10. Playing with one of these 'cause your parents refused to get you a Game Boy:

    11. Drinking from one of these Garfield cups and wondering where the hell they came from:

    12. Also, having a bunch of Garfield comics in your bookcase and wondering where the hell they came from:

    13. Having him as the ONLY Superman you knew:

    14. Knowing NEVER to use your mom's Elvis stamps 'cause they were "collectible":

    15. Watching the Amazin' Fruit gummy bears doing the conga line commercial at least 12 times a day:

    16. Low-key thinking the intro to Where in the World is Carmen San Diego was better than the rest of the show:

    17. Dreaming of visiting New York so that you could visit 1515 Broadway and maybe sit in the audience of TRL:

    18. Thinking Breyer's Viennetta was the fanciest dessert you could get:

    19. Having at least one phone in your house look like this (usually in the kitchen or basement):

    20. Having one of these phone numbers lists near your family's phone in the kitchen:

    21. Having the Chicken Tonight jingle stuck in your head all the time:

    22. Always wanting to sit on the cheeseburger stools at McDonald's:

    23. Having someone in your family own this The Far Side Gallery book (every family had a copy!):

    24. Touching these vinyl-y feeling Nintendo cartridge slip-covers:

    25. Playing with these Pizza Hut The Land Before Time puppets during bathtime:

    26. Watching TGIF and seeing this graphic during the intro and bumpers:

    27. Owning these Star Wars trilogy VHS tapes (which were pre-Special Edition) :

    28. Drinking the deliciousness that was Cookies 'n Cream Quik:

    29. Running to this store first whenever you went to the mall:

    30. Getting excited whenever your parents packed Squeezits in your lunchbox for you:

    31. Reading this book over and over:

    32. Wearing this gum like it was a real beeper:

    33. Playing The Sign non-stop during most of 1994:

    34. Enjoying a "healthy" Kudos bar as an afternoon snack:

    35. Using one of these change machines any time you went to an arcade:

    36. Getting excited whenever you got Geoffrey Dollars for your birthday:

    37. Also, the little joy you got carrying your Toys "R" Us purchase in one of these bags:

    38. Looking at this carpet any time you crawled out of something at Chuck E. Cheese's (and not realizing how gross it probably was):

    39. Feeling comforted whenever you watched these two legends:

    40. Thinking that Anastasia was a Disney movie:

    41. Owning a portable CD player like this and protecting it 'cause that shit was NOT cheap:

    42. Singing along to the theme song to Taz-Mania as soon as you heard it:

    43. Getting excited whenever you saw one of these being rolled into your classroom:

    44. Not understanding what all the controversy was about with this Britney Spears cover:

    45. Hurting your fingers whenever you checked the power level on your batteries:

    46. Playing with one of these for like five minutes before it got tangled and was completely unusable:

    47. Wondering if you had a secret twin out there (at least once) when watching Sister, Sister:

    48. BEGGING your parents for an iMac and thinking you would never need another computer again:

    49. Getting upset if your Puppy Surprise only came with two or three puppies instead of five:

    50. Using floppy disks that looked like this:

    51. Having more fun setting up the 13 Dead End Drive board game than actually playing it:

    52. Calling to vote for Jesse Camp during MTV's Wanna Be a VJ contest:

    53. Thinking Hard Rock Cafe T-shirts were the coolest souvenirs:

    54. Getting frustrated every week when they found a new way to hide Wilson's face on Home Improvement:

    55. And finally, feeling like Kevin McCallister whenever you played with this amazing toy: