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Also in the parents only bought lovely non-tooth rotting cereals. Corn flakes, rice crispies, Cheerios etc. THat didn't stop us from dumping in a half cup of sugar from the cupboard though. When I went to college and I was just moving in, my mom went grocery shopping with me. First thing I did was go to the cereal aisle and get two boxes of Count Chocula. That first semester I tried all sorts of crap. Trix was disappointing.
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DizzyBum posted:Also, the commercial had the Batman theme blaring as a spoon slammed into an overfilled bowl and sent cereal pieces flying everywhere. To a 6-year-old, that's pretty amazing! Boy, you weren't kidding.  I guess they figured another Tim Burton-directed protagonist was also completely impractical when it came to eating cereal, so why not just go for it. Pastry of the Year has a new favorite as of 11:46 on May 2, 2019 |
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Sweevo posted:I've been selling some old car magazines on ebay, and flicking through them to check their condition I noticed that there's suddenly an explosion in ads for car alarms in about 1992-ish. Late 80s, nothing. Then suddenly there are four or five ads in every issue all through the mid-90s. Then it dropped off again. Lol, I imagine Bill Clinton was elected and he was going to let all the criminals out of prison /s
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May 2, 2019 11:50
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Jaguars! posted:Pop-up headlights fall into the same category as that Douglas Adams bit about humans thinking digital watches were pretty nifty. Remember the beginning of Predator 2? Yeah, we really thought that was an accurate depiction of cities by the late 90's
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May 2, 2019 12:31
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Iron Crowned posted:Remember the beginning of Predator 2? Yeah, we really thought that was an accurate depiction of cities by the late 90's Warriors was a documentary right?
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May 2, 2019 12:57
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Ambitious Spider posted:Warriors was a documentary right? I wish 
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May 2, 2019 13:08
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wesleywillis posted:Also in the parents only bought lovely non-tooth rotting cereals. That’s the thing. Parents who wouldn’t buy sugar cereal (mine) were really only teaching their kids about the delicious sugar slurry that would form at the bottom of a bowl of home-made “frosted flakes.”
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May 2, 2019 13:44
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We were only sweetening the milk when you think about it *does huge bong rip*.
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May 2, 2019 15:06
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Ambitious Spider posted:Warriors was a documentary right? Real street gangs could only wish they were that cool.
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When I was a kid my favorites were cocoa puffs and frosted flakes. I wished they'd combine the two and one day in my early 20's I was shopping in a carniceria and BAM! Choco Zucaritas exist. I still like them but it's a desert and not a breakfast lmao. Now that I've probably killed cereal chat, the most 90's thing I remember is that on my 16th birthday I was pretty stoked because hell yeah, a driver's licence and freedom and everything right? Well i turned 16 on 4/8/94. The day Kurt Cobain's body was discovered. Everyone of my friends I talked to was super bummed out and my birthday kinda sucked. Well that's my story and I'm glad I was able to make someone's tragic decision to end their life all about me and my stupid birthday.
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Ambitious Spider posted:Warriors was a documentary right? Just read an article about how well the movie captured NYC's grit during that time period: https://medium.com/s/cineplex-79/hollywoods-greatest-year-remembering-when-the-warriors-came-out-to-play-2c770709225
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Croatoan posted:When I was a kid my favorites were cocoa puffs and frosted flakes. I wished they'd combine the two and one day in my early 20's I was shopping in a carniceria and BAM! Choco Zucaritas exist. I still like them but it's a desert and not a breakfast lmao. That was the first day I smoked weed. We were smoking off a Coke can, and the the breaking news thingy with Kurt Loder came up.
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Randaconda posted:That was the first day I smoked weed. We were smoking off a Coke can, and the the breaking news thingy with Kurt Loder came up. Well that'd be a bummer too.
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May 2, 2019 16:42
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Croatoan posted:When I was a kid my favorites were cocoa puffs and frosted flakes. I wished they'd combine the two and one day in my early 20's I was shopping in a carniceria and BAM! Choco Zucaritas exist. I still like them but it's a desert and not a breakfast lmao. I went to get my license on 9/11
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May 2, 2019 16:48
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Croatoan posted:Well i turned 16 on 4/8/94. The day Kurt Cobain's body was discovered. Everyone of my friends I talked to was super bummed out and my birthday kinda sucked. Well that's my story and I'm glad I was able to make someone's tragic decision to end their life all about me and my stupid birthday.
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My parents had taken us on a big two week road/camping trip to the Grand Canyon and all points between, so I didn't actually find out that Kurt Cobain was dead until after I came back.
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I did a 90s themed project last year and delved into a lot of magazines from '94-'97. Here are a few saved images (most clipped to be use a 'zine style college) Yeah, I don't think that happened.  I had never heard the term "Generation 13" until last year.  Hey Bart, remember pogs? Well, they're back - in vinyl form!  '60s comedian Foster Brooks wants you to fix impotence with "vacuum therapy." Yeah, that means what you think it means. Fun fact: This ad - along with other companies - was in every issue of the American Legion's very-conservative (damned flag burning liberals!) monthly newsletter. Connection? Hmmmm. Bunch more here: https://imgur.com/a/hUrdUlZ [Edit: fixed an annoying typo]
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Iron Crowned posted:My parents had taken us on a big two week road/camping trip to the Grand Canyon and all points between, so I didn't actually find out that Kurt Cobain was dead until after I came back. A friend of mine was on his honeymoon cruise when Stan Lee died. The second he texted us saying he was back I had to ruin his day
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Gen X is Gen 13? Well the name of that very ‘90s comic about (extremely attractive) teen superheroes makes more sense now.
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Naked Man Punch posted:
This actually checks out, I heard Millennials referred to as "Generation Y" and a few other names before Millennials became the common term. Same with Gen Z, I heard iGen and Smartphone Generation tossed around as recently as three or four years ago. Generations' names are as made up as their age ranges, and it takes a while for the media to decide on the winner.
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Parkingtigers posted:Gen X is Gen 13? Well the name of that very ‘90s comic about (extremely attractive) teen superheroes makes more sense now. The only thing I know about Gen 13 is from the Swimsuit Issue that the comic book store owner convinced me to buy for some reason.
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Big Mad Drongo posted:This actually checks out, I heard Millennials referred to as "Generation Y" and a few other names before Millennials became the common term. Same with Gen Z, I heard iGen and Smartphone Generation tossed around as recently as three or four years ago. The concept of delineating between generations at all is also a pretty new idea. Then again massive world changes every freaking decade is also a pretty new phenomenon. For pretty much the entirety of human history it was "95% of people born have a 99.99% chance of being a hunter gatherer or a farmer." The next generation might be slightly different from the previous one but probably not.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:The concept of delineating between generations at all is also a pretty new idea. Then again massive world changes every freaking decade is also a pretty new phenomenon. For pretty much the entirety of human history it was "95% of people born have a 99.99% chance of being a hunter gatherer or a farmer." The next generation might be slightly different from the previous one but probably not. 100 years ago it was a loving huge thing if someone was accepted to study in an university because our country used to basically only have just one. It was also perfectly normal to never go more than 200 km away from your birthplace except if drafted for military or joining the merchant navy. Even if you lived in a place with a railway connection. only just 60 years ago it was a news item, if someone went to "not neighboring county" as a researcher for period longer than 1 month to visit their labs or library. 40 years ago it was new and exiting concept to go to the Spain or Canary Islands to spend your vacation, since it had just become affordable to the normal middle class worker family to go abroad for a vacation. You needed to save cash to do that even with 2 full incomes family, but it was possible. And as recent as 30 years ago fresh grapes, grapefruits, kiwis, oranges, plumbs and such simply were not available during the off-season periods. And this is from someone not from the Soviet satellite countries.
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Yeah but Stan Lee dying was a surprise to no one really. Dude was in his 90s. At least, it shouldn’t have been surprising he died. Cobain was one people should have seen coming but didn’t so it was a shock.
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Your peers were experimenting with drugs and you dove down the rabbit hole that is the cereal aisle. Now all I can imagine is the bend and dirty spoon being used not for cooking heroin but binging on Cap'n Crunch. I know Jobs was revered by some as a savior and evangelist (of Apple) but did they photoshop a priest collar on him?
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I'd expect a crown of thorns and maybe him nailed to the cross
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WescottF1 posted:Just read an article about how well the movie captured NYC's grit during that time period: that was a cool article. Thanks!
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uli2000 posted:I know Jobs was revered by some as a savior and evangelist (of Apple) but did they photoshop a priest collar on him? His loving "Oooooh look what I'M doing!" expression makes me think it might've been his idea.
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If he was so smart why is he dead.
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Didn't he try to fight his cancer through some batshit method, like putting fruit in his rear end or something?
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Volcott posted:If he was so smart why is he dead. He thought he was smarter than his doctors.
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Leavemywife posted:Didn't he try to fight his cancer through some batshit method, like putting fruit in his rear end or something? It just works
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Leavemywife posted:Didn't he try to fight his cancer through some batshit method, like putting fruit in his rear end or something? Look, who are you going to believe, the guy worth billions or some doctor? the billionaire learned the hard way he couldn't take it with him
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Leavemywife posted:Didn't he try to fight his cancer through some batshit method, like putting fruit in his rear end or something? He tried to fight cancer by not getting treatment that his doctors said would very likely save his life.
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Don Gato posted:Look, who are you going to believe, the guy worth billions or some doctor? Just you wait once of these guys us going to liquidate all his assets and have it cremated with them. Billionaires will find a way
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Leavemywife posted:Didn't he try to fight his cancer through some batshit method, like putting fruit in his rear end or something? Don’t kink shame.
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Leavemywife posted:Didn't he try to fight his cancer through some batshit method, like putting fruit in his rear end or something? Also, I owned that Mac Addict magazine. Couldn't run a lot of the games but lived talking about computer poo poo with my pc loving classmates.
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uli2000 posted:Your peers were experimenting with drugs and you dove down the rabbit hole that is the cereal aisle. Now all I can imagine is the bend and dirty spoon being used not for cooking heroin but binging on Cap'n Crunch. Yeah, by that time I was no longer just "experimenting" with drugs and alcohol..... Mu Zeta posted:He tried to fight cancer by not getting treatment that his doctors said would very likely save his life. Bbbbuttt!! He ate like half a cup of turmeric every morning!!!
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FilthyImp posted:He saved Apple so many times he thought they owed him one. At least we had Marathon
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