I was born in 1987 so I am technically a child of the 90s. I am in university at the moment (Started late) and most of my friends there were born in '91-93. That generation and even the ones from '94 seem to have a more appreciation/fascination with the 90's than most of my friends that were born in '87.
They learn about the 90s more and show it with music and stuff and it's very cool to say that you were born in the 90's right now. Is this mostly because they were children and don't recall most of it and they just have a fascination with it or could it be something else? Has anyone else noticed this as well?

I was born in 1987 so I am technically a child of the 90s. I am in university at the moment (Started late) and most of my friends there were born in '91-93. That generation and even the ones from '94 seem to have a more appreciation/fascination with the 90's than most of my friends that were born in '87.
They learn about the 90s more and show it with music and stuff and it's very cool to say that you were born in the 90's right now. Is this mostly because they were children and don't recall most of it and they just have a fascination with it or could it be something else? Has anyone else noticed this as well?


yeah there are kids born in 1997-1999 calling themselves 1990s kids but
the real ones are the 1983/1984-1992/1993
the 1987ers are the totally 1990s kids

I was born in 1987 so I am technically a child of the 90s. I am in university at the moment (Started late) and most of my friends there were born in '91-93. That generation and even the ones from '94 seem to have a more appreciation/fascination with the 90's than most of my friends that were born in '87.
They learn about the 90s more and show it with music and stuff and it's very cool to say that you were born in the 90's right now. Is this mostly because they were children and don't recall most of it and they just have a fascination with it or could it be something else? Has anyone else noticed this as well?


I don't understand how anyone born in the 90s can seriously reminiscence about the 90s when they barely lived it.  I was born in 85, and I didn't get into music and such until I hit middle school in 96 and almost all the 90s stuff went away then.  Imo, true 90s kids were probably born around 1979-1980 area, since they came of age at the end of it.

I don't understand how anyone born in the 90s can seriously reminiscence about the 90s when they barely lived it.  I was born in 85, and I didn't get into music and such until I hit middle school in 96 and almost all the 90s stuff went away then.  Imo, true 90s kids were probably born around 1979-1980 area, since they came of age at the end of it.


People born in 1979 or 1980 would be 90's teens, not kids.

Kid culture and teen culture of a decade are very different. I don't consider teenagers to be children just because they are minors by law. I mean seriously. A seven year old and a thirteen year old do not have the same interests.

I know when I was 13 years old I wasn't playing with toys or watching cartoons on a regular basis, nor for that matter did I participate in fads that other children of the time would have been involved.

People who were born after 1980 probably remember the 90's pretty well.

I was born in '81, and I remember the 90's well. But, as another poster said, I remember the time I was a child, from '86 to '93, quite differently than I remember being a teenager. It is indeed a much different experience. I can tell you that the grunge era and alternative music era are fresher in my mind than say, the shoegaze and electronic music of the late 80's and very early 90's.

I identify most with the later half of the 90's specifically because I lived through it as a teenager.

Having been born in 1991, I don't remember much prior to 1996. Everything before then comes in vague vignettes in my mind. I consider myself a quasi-'90s kid, since even though I lived my older childhood years in the early 2000s, the early '00s were still very '90s-influenced.

Having been born in 1991, I don't remember much prior to 1996. Everything before then comes in vague vignettes in my mind. I consider myself a quasi-'90s kid, since even though I lived my older childhood years in the early 2000s, the early '00s were still very '90s-influenced.


You are a 2000's kid, deal with it. The early 2000s were not 90's influenced. That's crap. It's more that the late 90's were 00's influenced.

I was born in 1988 and the first year I've got memories from is 1992. 1992-1994 was a great time in my life. I still was in kindergarten and life was beautiful. I don't miss 90's music as I grew up watching reruns of 80's music videos, but I miss my life back then and European and Japanese cars from that time. In my country the Ford Escort was a sales hit:
http://www.pennyarcade.me.uk/GARAGE/Eric%27s%20Garage%20Pix/Garage1.jpg
Those were everywhere in the 90's!

1995-2000 was nothing special when it came to my life, I started school and I hated that place! There were still a lot of then-new cars I enjoyed like the Colt, that was similar to the Mirage:
http://www.motorsdb.com/mitsubishi/mitsubishi%20colt%201998/2161_942.jpg

Again, I skipped on then-fashionable music like Britney and teen pop and I'm glad for that. ;) The early 00's like 2001-2004 was a great time for me, because I changed schools and during that time I entered high school. It was fantastic. It turns out that the early parts of decades are better for me with the current exception 2010-2012.

People who were born after 1980 probably remember the 90's pretty well.


I was born in 1990 and I can remember all the way back to late 1993 very vividly, but the majority of my most vivid memories are from 1994 onward.

It might just be my personal experience, but the early 00's (at least until 2005) didn't really seem to have much of an identity. They weren't the 90's (though they certainly seemed to drag some it like the fashion and shows into the new millenium), but I kinda associate it with a sense of blandness. maybe it was just me becoming more aware of the world (e.g. with 9/11 - at first I thought some meant people were jumping out of windows, like ground floor windows onto a flower bed). If anyone could explain the identity of the 00's that would be amazing :D
mostly I just associated it with the loose optimism of the 90's (I don't remember much, but the 90's seemed to be very world-conscious and culturally open, also really optimistic).
I know that during the 00's house and trance (any dance music really) started to disappear back to the underground, after trance peaked in 2000 or near then, and it became very commercial (leading to pop music today). (my favourite thing is to compare Nelly Furtado's "whoa nelly" to  her later albums., which seemed kinda lonely?)

I only have a few memories of the later 90's, but looking back at music, tv and other things, it seems like a much more cultured time than the 00's and the 10's (wonder how this decade will turn out).
it seemed like there were a few kinda prominent sub cultures in the 90's, there don't seem to be any now (even the hipsters should be ironically acting normal by now). Or maybe I just haven't been able to connect and identify with them.
I was born in '81, and I remember the 90's well. But, as another poster said, I remember the time I was a child, from '86 to '93, quite differently than I remember being a teenager. It is indeed a much different experience. I can tell you that the grunge era and alternative music era are fresher in my mind than say, the shoegaze and electronic music of the late 80's and very early 90's.

I identify most with the later half of the 90's specifically because I lived through it as a teenager.
being a teenager now, I'm curious to see how I'll remember this time in my life, it just seems to be a really bland and slightly dystopian time right now (UK teenagers seem to only exist to do volunteer work, extra-curriculur activities, achieve A grades or fail).

I was born in 1990 and I can remember all the way back to late 1993 very vividly, but the majority of my most vivid memories are from 1994 onward.


cause when you get older your mind starts to remember things back when you grew up.

Late 90's to mid-2000s were probably the blandest time ever for fashion. There's still blandness, but it's not as common.

Late 90's to mid-2000s were probably the blandest time ever for fashion. There's still blandness, but it's not as common.


late 90s bland? the millennial era: teen pop,nu metal,south park(still today),pokemon(isnt popular anymore but still today),dawson creek,king of the hill,wwf attitude,pop punk, chatrooms
early-mids 2000s the paparazzi era: glam rap,pop punk,garage rock revival,reality tv(still today)spongebob(still today) the begginings of online gaming,indie rock,hipsters,social media ad streaming

I meant fashion

You are a 2000's kid, deal with it. The early 2000s were not 90's influenced. That's crap. It's more that the late 90's were 00's influenced.

Dude, the 90's lated 'till 2007 as far as I'm concerned.
2008 changed EVERYTHING.

Dude, the 90's lated 'till 2007 as far as I'm concerned.
2008 changed EVERYTHING.


the real 1990s(1994-1997) were very diferent from the 2000s and 2010s
the womens fashion was tomboyish
the mushroom cut
1970ish fashion
the pop culture was dark,hippish,and adult oriented
work sitcoms ruled (seinfeld,friends)
the generation x is like the opposite of generation y or z

the real 1990s(1994-1997) were very diferent from the 2000s and 2010s
the womens fashion was tomboyish
the mushroom cut
1970ish fashion
the pop culture was dark,hippish,and adult oriented
work sitcoms ruled (seinfeld,friends)
the generation x is like the opposite of generation y or z


I think what he meant was that the '00s(up until around '08) was pretty '90s-lite in things like post-grunge, baggy pants, dark tone colors, and the gangsta/thug persona in hip-hop, kind of like how the '70s seemed '60s-lite up until around 1980(people even say "the sixties" ended in '80 with the death of John Lennon). The period from about '93/'94 to '07 seemed to share all those things I mentioned in common.

Now that there are no more 90s holdovers left (as was the case throughout most of the 00s), the 90s are really starting to feel very, very, very vintage/old school. I've been on a real 90s kick this week, watching Nick's "90s are all that" and listening to a lot of 90s music and it all looks and sounds SO different from today. Completely different time period. That still wasn't the case just a few years ago. It doesn't help that 90s cars are increasingly disappearing from the road.

One thing that makes the late 90's feel pretty old are the commericals.

the real 1990s(1994-1997) were very diferent from the 2000s and 2010s
the womens fashion was tomboyish
the mushroom cut
1970ish fashion
the pop culture was dark,hippish,and adult oriented
work sitcoms ruled (seinfeld,friends)
the generation x is like the opposite of generation y or z


I agree, that era seems older now.  The late 90's not so much.

You are a 2000's kid, deal with it. The early 2000s were not 90's influenced. That's crap. It's more that the late 90's were 00's influenced.


I call bull. That doesn't even make sense. Plus, every thread shouldn't turn into one of those. Besides, someone born in '91 definitely has more childhood years in the '90s than in the '00s.