Having Beanie Babies As Investments, And 22 More Nostalgic Things That'll Remind Any '90s Kid Of The Good Ol' Days

1.When there was nothing more calming than arranging your Disney VHS tapes and taking deep whiffs of the plastic cases:

Eight Disney VHS tapes on a table

2.When having your VCR tear your favorite VHS tape was the worst thing that could happen to you:

VHS tape destroyed by VCR
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3.When birthday parties were about going to Chuck E. Cheese's and not about dinners at fancy restaurants and splitting checks:

Exterior of a Chuck E. Cheese
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4.And when having a stack of these made you feel ~rich~:

Chuck E. Cheese tickets from 1993

5.When you were entertained for hours by jumping around on furniture in your family's living room:

Meme of a living room with couches marked as safe and floor as lava

6.And when you entertained yourself with one of these for hours while on a car trip or just out running errands with your parents:

Pink Polly Pocket case with two Polly dolls standing in front of it

7.When this was the best and coolest souvenir you could get on vacation:

Black Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans T-Shirt

8.When this was the most magical place you could eat at:

Close-up of the Rainforest Cafe sign
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9.When Beanie Babies were your 401(k):

Beanie Babies on a shelf
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10.And Pokémon cards were valuable currency:

A bunch of Pokemon cards on a table

11.When sitting right in front of the TV felt like a rebel move:

Two kids sitting close to a TV set
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12.When fighting with your siblings over "internet time" (when using the family computer) were some of your only real sources of frustration in your life:

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13.When this was the most expensive thing you carried around:

Stock image of portable CD player from the '90s
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14.When walking aimlessly through the aisle of a Toys "R" Us just felt magical:

Photo of a little boy looking at toys inside a Toys "R" Us
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15.When nothing was more refreshing than drinking out of the hose in your backyard on a hot day:

Meme of a hose with water coming out and "dat smell" written over it

16.When watching the Pure Moods commercial instantly transported you and made you feel calm:

Oceans crashing into rocks screenshot

17.And when Jock Jams was the go-to birthday party album:

Girls jumping against a orange back drop
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18.When you looked forward to going to weddings 'cause you knew you'd be dancing the "Macarena":

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19.When using your Hercules plates made you feel like you were eating off fine china:

Six Hercules plates on a wooden table

20.When you'd feel so gourmet 'cause you made the Country Time Lemonade:

Screen shot of Country Time Lemonade container next to a lemonade pitcher
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21.When eating a Lunchable felt like a flex:

Photo of a kid drinking a Kool-Aid while eating a Lunchable
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22.When the most stressful part about Valentine's Day was only about the number of cards you'd get from your classmates:

A bunch of '90s Valentine's Day cards spread out on a table

23.And lastly, the satisfying feeling you'd get whenever your entire family agreed on a movie to rent:

A family picking out a movie at the video store
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