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Dysgenesis: Jul 12, 2012; HAVE AT THEE!

I miss the 90s. They were so rad.

# ? Apr 30, 2023 20:00

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# ? May 20, 2024 23:07

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Dysgenesis posted:

I miss the 90s. They were so rad.

Pretty bitchin

# ? Apr 30, 2023 20:19

F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

Da bomb, even.

# ? Apr 30, 2023 20:27

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

Da bomb, even.

All that AND a bag of chips

# ? Apr 30, 2023 20:52

namlosh: Feb 11, 2014; I name this haircut "The Sad Rhino".

Excuse me, the 90�s were PHAT

# ? Apr 30, 2023 20:55

TEMPLE GRANDIN OS: Dec 10, 2003; ...blyat

the 90s were CHOICE and AWESOME

CHAWESOME we said

# ? Apr 30, 2023 21:08

dialhforhero: Apr 3, 2008; Am I 🧑‍🏫 out of touch🤔? No🧐, it's the children👶 who are wrong🤷🏼‍♂️

Totally radical, dude!

# ? Apr 30, 2023 21:08

wesleywillis: Dec 30, 2016; SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

dialhforhero posted:

Totally radical, dude!

I think that was the 80s.

The 90s were fuckin dope though.

# ? Apr 30, 2023 23:02

root beer: Nov 13, 2005

dialhforhero posted:

Totally radical, dude!

Badical!

# ? Apr 30, 2023 23:07

Happy Landfill: Feb 26, 2011; I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Guy Axlerod posted:

I know this list is selecting for the wild designs, but I'm impressed at how bold and complicated the designs are. In the 90's even the K-Mart had some neon lights on the wall, and Walmart had the smileys up around. The GTE Contact Center reminded me of an office I worked in that was last remodeled in the 90s.

The Walmart smiley always makes me think of this MacHall strip....which came out in 2001so it's still 90's enough

http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2001-12-21

# ? May 1, 2023 00:19

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

Porfiriato posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFXuJqcaJY

e: there's some sort of non-Newton PDA I don't recognize at 2:50 followed by a Videophone cameo.

I legit thought this was the one where my dad was a manager in Sacramento until I realized it was in Texas and nope they were all just like that.

# ? May 1, 2023 06:37

Randallteal: May 7, 2006; The tears of time

Guy Axlerod posted:

I know this list is selecting for the wild designs, but I'm impressed at how bold and complicated the designs are. In the 90's even the K-Mart had some neon lights on the wall, and Walmart had the smileys up around. The GTE Contact Center reminded me of an office I worked in that was last remodeled in the 90s.

I feel like most stores today have minimal design. They have some shelves and racks and they might be nice shelves but that's it. However, Stew Leonard's has their animatronic funscape. I can think of one Banana Republic that has this train station design to it, but their other stores don't have much design interest. Wegman's has the fake streetscape in the Cafe/Bakery/Deli section of their flagship stores, but most have the "is brown" aesthetic.

Maybe I'm just too old to appreciate some of the design?

Part of it is just changing aesthetics but I'm sure market conditions have a lot to do with it too. In the early 90s department stores and malls were still flush with customers. The rise of Wal-Mart and then Amazon forced them to cut margins to the bone to stay competitive. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of modern retail chains also did most of their business online, even stores that you think would always do in-person business like clothing and hardware stores.

# ? May 1, 2023 06:43

waffy: Oct 31, 2010

90s Solo Cup posted:

What can be more 90s than 90s mall store decor?

Here's an entire collage of them: https://imgur.com/gallery/Ak4r16D

I can�t believe someone managed to compile almost 900 of these.

With that said, please inject them all into my veins.

# ? May 1, 2023 11:48

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:

the 90s were CHOICE and AWESOME

CHAWESOME we said

But only in a ironic way.

# ? May 1, 2023 13:49

Desmodus rotundus: Sep 15, 2013; HAY GUYS

Randallteal posted:

Part of it is just changing aesthetics but I'm sure market conditions have a lot to do with it too. In the early 90s department stores and malls were still flush with customers. The rise of Wal-Mart and then Amazon forced them to cut margins to the bone to stay competitive. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of modern retail chains also did most of their business online, even stores that you think would always do in-person business like clothing and hardware stores.

I feel like hardware stores will always exist because goddamn how often do you start a project only to break something or realize you need a hyper specific tool or piece and you need it RIGHT NOW.

# ? May 1, 2023 20:35

DigitalRaven: Oct 9, 2012

Alhazred posted:

But only in a ironic way.

Like rain on your wedding day.

# ? May 1, 2023 23:39

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

DigitalRaven posted:

Like rain on your wedding day.

Or a hit song about irony that has nothing to do with irony

BigBallChunkyTime has a new favorite as of 22:39 on May 2, 2023

# ? May 2, 2023 22:17

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

Cosmic irony is still irony

# ? May 2, 2023 22:37

Der-Wreck: Feb 13, 2006; Friday nights are for Wapner!

Tunicate posted:

Cosmic irony is still irony

Is this some existential lovecraft? The irony out of space?

# ? May 2, 2023 23:32

RenegadeStyle1: Jun 7, 2005; Baby Come Back

It's ironic if you specifically picked that day to avoid another day where it usually rains and it didn't rain that day.

# ? May 10, 2023 16:47

Cartoon Man: Jan 31, 2004

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mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

That game sucked hot rear end even for the time.... but gently caress me that presentation was good

# ? May 11, 2023 01:33

uber_stoat: Jan 21, 2001; Pillbug

it absolutely did not suck if you were on a full 6 player cab in a crowded arcade on a friday night. it's about atmosphere.

# ? May 11, 2023 01:37

Grassy Knowles: Apr 4, 2003; "The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"

Move the gently caress over I�m dazzler

# ? May 11, 2023 01:39

dialhforhero: Apr 3, 2008; Am I 🧑‍🏫 out of touch🤔? No🧐, it's the children👶 who are wrong🤷🏼‍♂️

mind the walrus posted:

That game sucked hot rear end even for the time.... but gently caress me that presentation was good

# ? May 11, 2023 01:55

deoju: Jul 11, 2004; All the pieces matter.; Nap Ghost

Cartoon Man posted:

RAAAA OOOOOH AHHHHH

# ? May 11, 2023 02:09

Admiral Joeslop: Jul 8, 2010

When they did the HD remaster in 2010 for consoles (delisted in 2013..) they used the exact same script, bad translation and all, for the new voice acting.

I don't have a source for this because my mind is a steel trap but half of it is a steel sieve.

# ? May 11, 2023 02:13

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Grassy Knowles posted:

Move the gently caress over I�m dazzler

Oh, ok.

Who are you in the game?

# ? May 11, 2023 02:18

Grassy Knowles: Apr 4, 2003; "The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"

Milo and POTUS posted:

Oh, ok.

Who are you in the game?

Nightcrawler

# ? May 11, 2023 02:19

Der-Wreck: Feb 13, 2006; Friday nights are for Wapner!

COLOSSUS UUHHHHHHAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

# ? May 11, 2023 02:23

uber_stoat: Jan 21, 2001; Pillbug

all those who insult Xmen arcade: WELCOME TO DIE

# ? May 11, 2023 02:27

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Der-Wreck posted:

COLOSSUS UUHHHHHHAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

# ? May 11, 2023 02:37

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

I think I remember those. The '90s were the golden era of weird and wonderful school supplies: Yikes and triangular pencils, Trapper Keepers, Lisa Frank. There was even colorful glue:

It's another school thing that seemed cool at first but ultimately was just glue. I'm not sure the color even stayed when the glue dried.

You should see what Elmer's glue is up to now.
(They dove head first into the Slime stuff, it's pretty rad.)

# ? May 11, 2023 10:02

trilobite terror: Oct 20, 2007; BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

Croccers posted:

You should see what Elmer's glue is up to now.
(They dove head first into the Slime stuff, it's pretty rad.)

oh so they�re in the fetish toy space? how progressive

# ? May 11, 2023 12:42

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

It used to be a thing at my school to take a bottle of white glue and a Crayola marker of choice, then crack the marker open and take out the felt tip and drop it in the glue. Overnight the color would leech out and you'd have colored glue.

# ? May 11, 2023 13:00

Sir Lemming: Jan 27, 2009; It's a piece of JUNK!

I played through X-Men with my kids on MAME a few months ago and can confirm it still slaps. It's definitely not deep gameplay, but it's fun.

Semi-related, the new TMNT game last year was really great. It was basically how I remembered those games being, but in a direct comparison, it fares way better. Pretty much the ideal modernization of that kind of game, including the soundtrack.

# ? May 11, 2023 14:15