Over the weekend this tweet went viral:
Can a Gen X please explain why y’all got really into swing music for like 2 years in the 90’s?
Which, like, true. It was a super weird time and I definitely owned the Brian Setzer Orchestra album.
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And that Gap commercial was straight up iconic.
That said, that reminded me of other questions people had about living in the '90s/2000s that I honestly find funny every single time.
So, if you were alive in the '90s these questions really need some answering:
1.
Did People In The 90s Really Say “Talk To The Hand Because The Face Ain’t Listening” … #Respectfully ….
2.
Did people really call Frozen Yogurt "Frogurt" back in the 90s?
3.
How the fuck did people in the 90s know songs on the radio without the internet?
4.
Did people who went to college in the early 2000s exchange screen names at parties?
5.
Why did people in the early 2000s think that them thin ass goatees was a good look
6.
Why did people drink so much milk in the 90s?
7.
Did people in the '90s kiss their friends as much as they do in Friends?
8.
Did people in the 90s actually keep bottles of Snapple constantly stocked in their fridge or is this something Snapple wants me to believe.
9.
Did people really text like this in the early 2000s? #OneTreeHill
10.
why did people in the early 2000s dress like randomized sims
11.
Did people in the 90s really say “all that and a bag of chips”
12.
Did people in the 90s really wear ski goggles everyday as fashion.
13.
did people in the 90s actually want ross and rachel to get together?? like why
14.
How did people in the 90s randomly catch a greyhound and move to nyc/la
15.
How did people in the 90s find their moms when they lost them in the grocery store?
16.
how did people in the 90s listen to "do the bartman" unironically
17.
Did people in the 90s find Bruce Willis hot. Was that a market
18.
I heard a great question on @sxmLithium today. Why did people in the 90s have ferrets? Discuss.
19.
Why did people in the 90s think it was alright to wear a turtle neck under anything...
20.
Why did people in the early 2000s wear jeans UNDER their dresses? Like who thought that was a good idea?
21.
I’m reading a book right now and they keep referring to “computer discs”....did people in the 90s really call CD’s COMPUTER DISCS??
22.
Wait did people in the early 2000s listen to Cotton Eye Joe unironically?
23.
Did people in the 90s really kiss friends and acquaintances on the lips a lot or is that just a sitcom thing?
24.
Why did people in the 2000s refer to their blackberry as “my blackberry” and not just “my phone”? Imagine if we said “I’ll find it on my iPhone” or “my iPhone is ringing” or “can you hand me my iPhone”
25.
Why did so many people in the 2000s buy PT Cruisers?
26.
Why did all young people in the 90s strive to look like they were 36
27.
did people in the early 2000s really actually look at nice walls and say “this really needs to be orange”?
28.
did people in the early 2000s really never wear bras or was that just on Friends
29.
why were people in the 80s and 90s so convinced we would have flying cars in the future
30.
Why were people in the early 2000s so infatuated with generic baby blue football jerseys?
31.
Why were people in the late 90s, early 2000s obsessed with Britney Spears' virginity!? These old interview clips are so cringey.
32.
why were people in the 90s obsessed with conga lines?
33.
Why did people in the 90s think these shirts were the best thing ever?
34.
Why were people in the 90s/2000s so obsessed with magicians
35.
36.
Why were people in the 90s named "Wes" ...but not now..?
37.
Why were people in the 90s obsessed with the name Dorian?
38.
why did people in the 90s find michael douglas so sexy ... that man was naked 24/7 ... I do not want to see it
39.
why did people in the 90s put a fuck ton of sunscreen on their nose??
40.
why did people in the 90s pronounce "me" as "May" in songs #imjustsaying
41.
i’m so confused about the concept of low rise jeans...... like did people in the early 2000s just not have tummies??? no pudge??????
42.
Why did people in the 90s and early 2000s think it was cool to wear their visor upside down 😖
43. And last but certainly not least:
Why did people in the 2000s not have eyebrows?
