1. Goosebumps books, which you loved, but also low-key gave you the creeps:
2. This classic, which you read over and over:
3. These clackers that you would get in every birthday party goodie bag and that you annoyed the heck out of your parents with:
4. Tamagotchi — the first thing that you truly felt responsible for, which would also cause you so much stress:
5. The Magic Eye book series that got you frustrated AF when you couldn't see the hidden images:
6. These markers that you primarily used to make homemade ~tattoos~:
7. The Rainforest Cafe, which was the coolest place you could eat at:
8. And Discovery Zone, the best place you could celebrate a birthday at:
9. The Hercules plates...
10. ...and Batman Forever cups, which you would ALWAYS use to eat off of and drink out of:
11. Arguably the best cartoon block ever: The Disney Afternoon.
12. The best way to read books, magazines, and comics: Sitting on the dirty carpet of a Barnes & Noble (which, eek!).
13. Owning a portable CD player that you protected at all costs 'cause they were pricey:
14. Owning one of these sand-filled, glittery, rainbow lizard toys:
15. Collecting Beanie Babies just 'cause you thought they would make you rich one day:
16. The original way to binge-watch old TV shows: Nick at Nite's Block Party Summer.
17. And the ultimate Saturday night plans: Snick.
18. The excitement of going into KB Toys...
19. ...Warner Bros. Studio Store...
20. ...and The Discovery Channel Store whenever you went to the mall:
21. The Nickelodeon Radio Alarm Clock, which was design goals aesthetic:
22. Brain Quest cards, which made learning fun:
23. Disney VHS tapes, which was your original Disney+:
24. And Disney Sing Along Songs tapes, which was the original YouTube:
25. Wooden playgrounds that were usually full of wasp nests and splinters:
26. The Disney Golden Sound Story books, which, really, it was just about pressing the buttons more than actually reading along to it:
27. Rainbow Road on Mario Kart 64, which would make your palms sweaty just thinking about it:
28. And the N64 Rumble Pak, which was a cause of many fights between you and your siblings over who got to use it while playing:
29. These albums that played at every friend's birthday party you went to:
30. Friendship bracelets, which you would wear until they fell apart:
31. Bubble Beeper gum, which was not good, but you bought it just for the case:
32. The creepy spokesperson from the Perfection commercial who looked like something straight out of Are You Afraid of the Dark?:
33. Gameboy Color and the eye strain you got from playing it (especially in the dark):
34. This screensaver, which you were seriously entertained by:
35. And the underwater screensaver, which you could stare at for, like, hours 'cause you thought looked it so real:
36. The emotional investment you felt toward Steve Urkel and Laura from Family Matters...
37. ...and Cory and Topanga from Boy Meets World:
38. And lastly, Furbies, which would basically give you a heart attack when they would start talking randomly in the middle of the night:
