Statistics show that a lot of people were alive in the 90's (like, more than a million, at least), which means that a lot of people remember the 90's. I was born in '92, so a lot of 90's pop-culture has been burned into my brain permanantly. It was the decade of true 3D, vastly overpriced fast food, obnoxious marketing campaigns, improved CGI effects in movies, Kevin Smith movies, emerging musical genres, and much more.
In the realm of video games, first-person shooters became a revolutionary genre that few people suspected would become one of the most stale genres ever. Ditto for kart racers and 3D platformers. The PlayStation and Nintendo 64 came out in '95 and '96, respectively, setting a new standard for whatever they set new standards for. CDs were a relatively new concept, just new enough that you were considered an old fogey if you hadn't burned all your game cartridges and cassette tapes in a massive bonfire and replaced them with new, shiny CDs.
The movie industry was alive and well, too, because just about every 90's movie that had computer-generated giant lizards, aliens and/or robots was guaranteed to have a giant, multijillion-dollar marketing campaign that included a deal with Taco bell to sell those cool, $10 cups that every kid ages 5 to 10 wanted but their parents wouldn't let them get because they were just stupid cups and you could get something way better for $10. Also popular were "?vaent?-gaerdé" movies that were five minutes long but were really deep, because they were black and white and explored the deepest outer inner reaches of the human soul.
Music was also popular, and unfortunately, so was alternative rock. The two bands I remember were probably as different as they get, but had one thing in common, which was that you couldn't do anything without hearing them: The Spice Girls, and Rage Against the Machine. The Spice Girls was this annoying all-girl pop group that was notable in that you could never actually listen to their songs, and yet you somehow knew the lyrics to every Spice Girls song there ever was and ever will be. Rage Against the Machine was big because they had a message, which was that the government was evil, man, and because of that, it was totally awesome when, at a concert, they stood there naked while guitar feedback played for half an hour. They also did a song for the Godzilla soundtrack, which was supposed to be really ironic because whatever the song was about was about how movies are government propaganda, man.
Finally, there were Pogs. Pogs were, for about a year, the ultimate thing ever, so ultimate that schools banned them for being so ultimate. And then there was the Pokemon trading card game, which about six people actually knew how to play, but because it was Pokemon, it was the duty of every kid to play it.
So anyway, that's how I remember the 90's to be. For all I know, that could be a completely inaccurate view of it, but I don't care. Anyway, I guess the point of this thread is to share your memories of the 90's. So, yeah.
