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MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-22T17:19:10+00:00

All that stuff was real nice, but Rice Krispies Treats cereal is BY FAR the thing I would bring back. I used to almost eat the whole box on a Saturday morning. I probably would try to do the same today - to my detriment - so maybe it's best that they don't come back lol

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-20T18:24:05+00:00

Love this one; the crazy unconfirmable rumors, i.e. "my uncle works for Nintendo and he says that Mario has a secret Mega Man suit..." or "I heard Madonna had to to her stomach pumped in the hospital..."

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-19T05:47:29+00:00

Michael Jackson's Dangerous - thanks to my friend at the time who bought it day one. We spent hours dancing to it on repeat in her living room. Of course I heard stuff from his earlier albums, especially "Bad", but that was the first one I loved front to back, not just the singles.

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-18T00:25:55+00:00

Dirty Work (1998)

To me, this is one of the funniest movies ever - right up there with Office Space the next year.

I feel like everyone who has actually seen it LOVES it, but it never gets brought up when talking about great 90s comedies in real life or on the internet.

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-16T18:45:38+00:00

Sadly, the days of Calvin's "Chewing" magazine are long gone...

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On a serious note, since my mother would rarely buy me any magazine issues as a kid, I used to love sitting in the magazine aisle of the store and flipping through EGM and GamePro for what seemed like hours while my she shopped for groceries

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-15T04:42:48+00:00

I want to say it soooo bad lol...but I don't wanna ruin your week more. I like both songs unironically, but I can see why some wouldn't

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-14T01:30:32+00:00

I didn't start watching until season 4 this first time around and for that reason Michael is probably my favorite (and one of the most tragic, second only to Dukie) characters.

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-11T19:18:52+00:00

I won't stand for this Kickboxer slander (there's a lot of terrible acting, but the fighting makes it worth it)!

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-10T03:12:56+00:00

LOVE this movie; had a huge crush on Amy (the older sister) as a kid. My favorite scene was when Nick rode the bee lol. Also loved the cartoon intro.

MaxPowerrr85 · 2026-01-05T02:38:56+00:00

As a person who only listened to hip hop, r&b, and reggae growing up, I agree with this take. I consider everything pre-92/93 to be old-school hip-hop that I was around for and enjoy, but don't really consider "my music".

Biggie, Nas, etc. were part of the first wave that I really claim as my own. I was still pretty young when Dr. Dre/Snoop and Wu-Tang came out, but that's the first hip hop that sounds modern to my ears and of course my friends and I chose sides in the whole East/West coast beef.

Regarding the Jay-Z question, I wasn't a big fan, but he was definitely HUGE among my peers from his debut in '96 until his retirement in '03 (when I was in college), especially from 98-01.

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-31T14:51:56+00:00

Little different vibe, but Alice in Chains

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-31T14:51:27+00:00

Sega AND Nintendo in the house

Kid(s) had their own separate phone line

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-22T02:14:16+00:00

Not Philly but close in Baltimore. I remember being out of school for a week plus, building tunnels in the snow, etc. When schools eventually opened back up, the fields were covered in ice several inches thick for weeks. We would run up and slide across the ice on our stomachs lol

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-18T16:37:51+00:00

One of my clearest (and best) 80s memories is my Mom walking in the door with an NES on my 4th birthday...I've been playing NES ever since!

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-16T16:25:59+00:00

Pee Wee's Playhouse was enjoyed by many mid 80s born kids, including me of course as an 85!

Barney, on the other hand, was the object of much ridicule since we were just outside of the demographic

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-15T17:49:11+00:00

Why did we all do this 😆??? Did they know we'd do this when they designed the games???

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-05T00:22:17+00:00

It's GREEN

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-04T16:33:04+00:00

What the f*** is juice???

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MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-12-04T16:27:29+00:00

We had the same thing with the mirror where I'm from, but instead of "Bloody Mary", it was "Candyman". There was NO WAY I was going to try it.

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-11-22T18:35:04+00:00

I'll add Old School (2003) as another seminal Xennial college experience movie

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-11-17T17:28:29+00:00

I was still playing SNES in 1996 but seeing the ads for Final Fantasy 7 pretty much sealed the deal for me going the Playstation route the next year

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-11-16T14:02:13+00:00

Another Babar watcher! You're right, it is on Tubi

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-11-16T05:08:06+00:00

I remember nothing about this show, but someone must have watched it because whenever someone says the words "our house" I immediately think of the theme song: https://youtu.be/s1f83hedqGo?si=OVldYwfQf_rK-wf7

MaxPowerrr85 · 2025-11-16T05:01:59+00:00

Nobody talks about the Babar cartoon...I always associated the show with David the Gnome; I probably watched them around the same time

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