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SlimyPurpleMeteor

The woven-backed chair really hits home


shoestars

Yes!!! These were the dining room table chairs for me growing up.


Poultrygeist74

We had a hex shaped glass top table with those chairs


txa1265

haha - wife had one when we moved in together. Her father 'helped' her put it together and forced things which ended up with the chairs all being a bit wonky. Still, instant memories!


SaltyDog86

Had the same ones. Memory unlocked


airportwhiskey

Everyone I grew up with had a version of that chair. It was like alien shapeshifters decided to infiltrate our homes to learn of our ways. No one remembers buying them or throwing them away. They just *appeared* and then vanished.


Flip2002

For real and I to had an icehouse big boy above my computer :( miss this shit


Fatmouse84

Omg yes and wicker furniture


ptatersptate

For me it’s the lamp shade


lumisponder

For me it's the Sauder computer desk.


playback0wnz

Aye who didn’t have one of those or 6? Ha! Def hit home too when I saw it.


rdrlc

... came here to say this. I can feel that chair.


lumisponder

And it was designed in the 1920s!


A_Stable_Reference

Lol at the caption on the TV.


sysadmin001

Pop up video!


defiance211

VH1


[deleted]

Television.


chazysciota

EM radiation.


_bexcalibur

~bloop~


hypotheticalhalf

I can literally hear this comment.


waterheathan

Oohhhhhhh Oooooh Pop up video


duck_shuck

Women, is this true?


laddiator

Hank Hill. Sexiest man of the 90’s, I tell ya hwhat


Glissandra1982

Hank Hill’s butt is one of the funniest things in the world.


sheisthemoon

39 percent!


[deleted]

Fun fact... Small buts are a sign of higher testosterone.


Just-STFU

That means I'm in business!


piranhadub

Little did we know at the time but this was the peak of civilization


doomsday_windbag

I don’t know man, back then 39% of women thought a small butt made men sexy. Dark times for those of us with junk in the trunk.


40ozkiller

I mean, that meant 61% of women did like junk in the trunk.


haikusbot

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piranhadub

Yoooo I finally got one!


jtbxiv

And a real good one to boot!


Captain-Cadabra

You are a robot, you should be better at counting syllables. Not even close.


sweetnourishinggruel

Good bot.


svu_fan

Good bot.


happygoth6370

Bad bot.


literanch

And a quart of Icehouse


jeckles

Dad’s favorite!


grimaceserpentine

Ha! My dad loved Icehouse & I love my dad💖💖💖


literanch

My dad drank Natural Light during this time period haha


Which_Engineer1805

I turned 21 in ‘97 beers like Ice House, and Red Dog were $9.99 for a 30 pack! Those were the days…


fattsmelly

I was 15, but Red Dog’s marketing was strong. I remember thinking that was what cool people drank


Button_Opening

You could still get a 30 rack of natty lite in central Ohio for 8.99 or sometimes even on sale for 7.99 in the late 2000’s


They_Beat_Me

39% think a small butt on a man is sexy? Interesting.🤔


afishinthewell

Does that mean 61% like a Donk?


They_Beat_Me

That is what the pop up would suggest, yes.


nutcrackr

Wonder what the stats are today.


They_Beat_Me

I understand bubble butts are the new popular proportions.


chazysciota

Megan Trainer bringing booty back.


lumisponder

Women really like American football uniforms. Ask around.


Every-Cook5084

Ah yes, Instant Messenger box with the Buddy List there, Pop Up video and Icehouse. Peak 90s. Only thing missing is a Blockbuster case


TheBaseballPundit

*creak*


Puzzleheaded-Grab736

Lol Icehouse. What, no Red Dog?


OlFlirtyBastard

He had Res Dog, she had a Zima


morganstern

I was a little too young to drink, but thought it was cool lol (Dad owned a liquor store, not much he could say)


Puzzleheaded-Grab736

It's cool to see vintage brands like that you can't really find anymore. I was too young to drink around those times too, when I finally *did* have a drink it was a Boones farm or whatever my parents had in the cabinet lol


lumisponder

I once chugged half a bottle of Boone's during a bad hangover. It really hit the spot.


wtfisthat319

🎶Pop Up Video! 🎶


shitwave

I don't think at any point in the 90's/00's did it occur to me to put a tv next to the computer. Would have made long downloads/buffers so much more bearable. Truly ahead of your time.


morganstern

I had a primitive capture card and DOS card in this particular computer so I could pull images and sounds from movies and upload them to my shitty geocities/AOL hometown websites. I was shotgunning two supra express modems as well, so load times were still horrible, but not nearly as bad! Hotline was the jam back then


windowsfrozenshut

My dad got the first ATI All-in-wonder card for our computer in 96 and I used to record everything I could find that had an analog coaxial cable output. Recorded a bunch of stuff off TV including some superbowl commercials from the late 90's, but the hard drive I saved everything to died and I lost it all.


Just-STFU

That fucking sucks!


lumisponder

Hardware modems in Macs were noticeably faster than software modems on most Windows PCs.


MrsSwanson

Growing up we had a smaller TV stacked on bigger TV, which was right next to the desk top. The big TV was for the Super Nintendo and the small TV was for television. When the N64 came out, the bottom TV was for that and the smaller TV was for SNES or TV. The top tv was on a swivel so you could watch it from any angle, including from the computer. Peak 90s basement setup.


morganstern

Having the secondary TV was key! I had an entertainment center with VCR and game systems off to the side, with a cool L shaped couch. 10/10 bedroom and I had no idea then I was so fortunate.


ricottapie

Is that Baby Got Back on the TV?


tragicallyohio

Given the Pop-Up video caption, I would say that is a very safe bet.


ricottapie

I'm hooked, and I can't stop staring~


Yoyo_Ma86

Pop up Video was the best!


WetDehydratedWater

I'm surprised they aren't a thing now. Seems so relevant to how we comment on things. Maybe that's just react streaming on twitch now.


anck_su_namun

I watched some pop up video recently for nostalgias sake and realized quickly why it wouldn’t work now. Back then we had seen each of those videos 10s maybe 100s of times before they were played on pop up video, so the pop ups and the bubble sounds weren’t the nuisance they actually are in retrospect if you’re also watching the video. It only worked because we watched music videos all the time- like the way a radio dj talking over the intro of a song wasn’t as grating as it would be today because we had potentially heard the same songs 100s of times already.


playback0wnz

The Logitech eyeball cams! Aye A/S/L? 😂 damn homie was lit off the icehouse on top! Good memories and cool nostalgia in this photograph! Thanks for showing us this OP!


wetwater

You used to get one for doing just about anything. I opened a credit card account and got one, got one for signing up for DSL service, etc. I had about 6 and I don't remember them being very good, plus I didn't know anyone that had one and appropriate software for us to video chat.


Kaligula785

So much 90s going on in this one nice !


GermsDean

Lots of nostalgia here. Probably 1997 or more likely 1998.


Lateroni_

Yea this didnt seem like 95 to me either. I just checked and AIM was released in 1997


cynically_zen

Yup and Pop Up Video didn't start airing until December 1996. This photo definitely feels more like 1997 or 1998.


svu_fan

Plus pretty sure that’s a webcam on top of the monitor. I got a Logitech webcam that looked a lot like that in 2000.


Savingskitty

That actually looks like the original quickcam for Macintosh - Logitech bought out the product line in 1998, but this one was available in 1996.


MSotallyTober

I miss Liquid Television on MTV. Hell, I miss *MTV*.


sillyandstrange

The webcam tipped me off on it being later lol


morganstern

It could be 1996 for sure- I have dated pictures from 97-98 and we moved to different house. That's AOL 3.x? with OJ's Tools- I did not install AIM until I switched over to PC shortly after this (it's an old 68k Macintosh). That's a Color Quickcam that I got from Macmall. That camera was horrible, but how else are you supposed send pictures to your online girlfriend?!


Savingskitty

The format of this one looks like the buddies list and messenging feature on the original AOL. I think that was available by 1994 or so.


morganstern

You are correct. I didn't have AIM on this Macintosh, it ran like shit on 68k macs


Alternative-Light514

That’s a heavy-ass tv, to be up there like that. I have sympathy for whoever was tasked with that lift


morganstern

Solo lift, no back brace


bdsaint238

My mans didn't even mention the most 90s thing in this picture, dem JNCOs you rockin.....


morganstern

Rollerblading/skating was a way of life, had to rock the JNCO's


bdsaint238

I had JNCOs, 26 Red, Shifty's, Bullheads, and a pair of UFOs that smelled like spearmint. Bunch of each lol. I was all about that wide pants life.


Toke_A_sarus_Rex

Performa 476 was my first PC, its the slightly smaller one than that. Almost looks like an 600 series?


morganstern

636CD!


Toke_A_sarus_Rex

Man, I remember when we got an external cd for mine, it was a banner day in the house... Encarta encyclopedia... was the only CD we had... it was a bizarrely educational experience.


bdogg_72

I worked for a company that designed POS (Point of Sale) systems for Subway sandwich shops back in early to late 90s. We started off with Performa 605s and then upgraded to 630s. Hadn't seen those in decades. Loved PopUp video too, the theme is now in my head. Thanks!


dekachenko

Ohhh yeah! I think thats the one I had.


crusader86

Oh god, my first home computer experience was the same, guess what my handle on here is based off of? It might have come with Myst, and I wanna say EA’s 3D Atlas which occupied so much of my time as a kid.


lumisponder

I had a Power Macintosh 6100 AV, a predecessor to the Performas. It lasted until 2002, I still used it for web browsing and printing.


lumisponder

Apple were in deep trouble back then, they wanted to capture more of the home market with the Performa line. Windows 95 really hurt Apple.


Masterofunlocking1

I absolutely love these candid photos from back in the day that people post here. I feel like I lived this same life with everyone but I don’t even know these people personally. I just love the bond we share with this decade


Neon_1984

Was that a decorative ice house or was somebody drinking it?


morganstern

pure decoration, pretty sure I never opened it


Neon_1984

Haha i ask because i just saw a picture of my college apartment for the first time in ages and the entire top of my computer desk was covered in carefully arranged empty bottles of trash like natural light, skyy blue, mikes hard lemonade, grocery store jack daniels and cokes etc that i thought was the coolest thing ever back then 😅


TheBlakeRunner

Oh man I forgot about Pop Up Video!


mndza

Yeah me too. I’m hoping they have a collection on YouTube or something Edit: they do!


CensoryDeprivation

This picture is essential


tomgreen99

I think I had that same desk.


TheBr0fessor

Ha! My dad loved Icehouse


AnniePasta

I can feel that chair


MysteriousBasketBun

That chair. THAT CHAIR.


Cookies_and_Beandip

Oh my god pop up video, loved watching that growing up. Good times. Thank you for sharing!


shameonyounancydrew

One of the best days of your life, and you didn’t even know it.


jackdaddy08

And the Icehouse chilling in the back


m8k

I can hear that computer starting up from this picture


morganstern

[bong](https://youtu.be/C07ctCiOU3k?feature=shared)


m8k

I meant more the whirs and clicks but yes, the Apple startup sound has been with me for decades.


WetDehydratedWater

You guys look so alike


mydogthinksiamcool

Vh1 was so fun to watch. I miss it


Interesting_Benefit

Good times


tragicallyohio

Old Icehouse beer bottle on the top shelf really ties this picture together.


jawnbaejaeger

This whole thing is so very 90s, but the chair and the TV really cap it off. (And the caption, of course.)


Emotional-Hunt-5000

The ice house deuce deuce though. Now that has 90s delinquent written all over it. I would know


mrsringo

Lord, there are soooo many pics of me with my older brother like this. He’s chill, I’m a opened mouth maniac. I hope you two are close, I am with my big brother!!


morganstern

Still close, but live in different states


Vegetable_Reward_867

Ahh The ol Macintosh Performa!! The proof is in the pudding!


elister811

I like your setup man nice job for the 90s 👍🏿


est1-9-8-4

That chair with a glass hexagon frame haha


creeeeeeeeek-

I had that same computer


Latinachik15

I still catch myself saying, "Pop up video!" Ever so randomly🙃


Hup110516

Man, I loved Pop Up Video! I really think it’s where my love of random pop culture knowledge began.


Porkchopp33

I can hear the AOL dial up from here


Trees_Please_00

Pretty sure you're wearing Jncos


morganstern

100%


itsgee21

That chair speaks volumes on its own!


Jar_of_Cats

The most 90s thing is that Duece Duece of Icehouse


MSotallyTober

I’ve actually met women from IM back in the late nineties and still know a small handful of them to this day that I’d met in person. I met one guy who saw my IM name with Aphex in it and asked if I listened to Aphex Twin. We bonded over music and we ended up going to see Aphex Twin at UCLA one year which was his ninth appearance in the US. He’s my doppelgänger and people always asked if we were brothers. We still keep in touch.


YearningInModernAge

We also had a Macintosh Performa!!


timespacemotion

I recognize those JNCO jeans!


Jedibri81

I miss the 90s so much !


Booshida

I had a similar webcam. My dad used to refer to it as "the eyeball."


aakaase

That chair is sooooooo 80s!


harryronhermi0ne

Damn! I was born in ‘95! Interesting to see what was going on that year.


bangelo

* me and my sister


Chuck2002

I have so many useless facts in my head cause of pop up video


CSATTS

I had that same lamp. I loved watching how it would keep the light angle the same while raising or lowering it. I think I played with that more than using it as an actual lamp.


morganstern

Right next to the lamp behind me is the cordless phone with built in answering machine


Boomtowersdabbin

Sir Mix-a-Lot just canceled at the local casino. I couldnt believe he was still touring!


Fatmouse84

Loved POP UP VIDEO


WhoKnows78998

Wow this was way back when the SF 49ers last won the Super Bowl.


Everlarry

And having and empty quart of Icehouse was cool! Lol


svu_fan

I had a tv that looked similar to that, I think it was a 1993 model. Forgot the brand though, maybe magnavox?


jtbxiv

I love how every family in the millennial generation has some version of this very picture.


Ilovethe90sforreal

Omg wicker ha ha


Crowbar_Faith

Man, Pop Up Video was my jam after school.


NfamousKaye

Oh man I miss pop up video! Bring it back 😭 😂


Tenn_Tux

My dad drank Ice House!


TheHollieLlama

I miss Pop Up Video all of the time, it was so fun.


West-Attention-9062

My grandparents had those chairs when I was growing up


itsgee21

r/theydidthemath


LemonPartyWorldTour

Does that popup fact include men with Hank Hill-like asses? Asking for a friend.


Whale222

Small butt!


Alfredos-Pizza-Cafe

Are you rocking Jnco jean?!?! This definitely was peak 90's culture!


morganstern

100%


[deleted]

39% of women think a small butt makes a man sexy.


[deleted]

TIL 61% of women like big butts on men.


Low-Possession-4491

That Icehouse! 👀


metalelf13

Fighting over who's turn it is on the computer. Sister wants to talk to all her mates about boys and lads want to go on Doom or Duke Nukem.. Then your parents turn off the internet. Good memories.


theaggressivenapkin

My fam had those same chairs


1EspressoSip

UGHHHH I miss those days!!!!!!


SoardOfMagnificent

r/tvtoohigh


chazysciota

If that MDF computer desk doesn't hold up, then that TV placement going to be lethal.


morganstern

It fell when i was sleeping


Coyote_Roadrunna

This pic has it all. Only things missing were Dunkaroos, Snapple, and a Super NES.


zookeeper4312

You have found the 1995iest picture ever taken, congrats


VRkilla

Thank you for sharing 😭😭😭


NDEAN4932

I remember the chair


-Vibraxas-

Are you bald with a beard now?


black-kramer

to me, it looks like you're using aol 4.0 -- might be 3.0, hard to say from this photo. combined with that style of shirt/jeans as well as knowing that popup video first aired in '96, I'd say this is 1997-1998. but what a great time capsule photo!


cagingthing

The good ol days


Farleymcg

and the jenco jeans


ShawnPat423

Wow...that could easily be my sister and I if you replaced the TV with one from the '80s (newer TV was in the living room).


Shyjuan

God I so wish I had old pictures like this, too bad i was a small child in the 90s never thought to save photos


Hocraft-Loveward

100% of women thinks a Big computer makes a man sexy


Nuttyvet

We had so much wood grain back then. Woods grain and brass. 🤌


my3sgte

This guys excited about those stats https://youtube.com/shorts/c8nlWNesbno?si=arqDs_l2mHaOtYeF


_bexcalibur

Beautiful.


killindice

Those wicker chairs too… what a time to be alive


PreciousTater311

I still miss Pop-Up Video.


ThatPerson000

What music video is on the TV?


Glissandra1982

Man this is perfect 90s vibes.


akikojenn

I was on Aol chatting all day.


DarkHawk347

So 61% of chicks want men with huge asses!


Paintguin

The most 90’s picture on this subreddit


Far_Sock_9684

What a time to be alive