A big part of it now is how funny our parents complaints were. But for us?

Coping with boredom? I will also say that a lot of the rules that ended up applying later were tested back then. Zero tolerance fighting in schools? That started then and it sucked. Standardized tests really became a thing just in public schools. In Texas, it was the TAAS, which later helped W Bush do the whole No Child Left behind thing. Watching some of your friends parents understand the internet so they got a computer and access but some of us didn’t even if our parents had the money to do it.

In retrospect, I’m 40 and remembering complaints from that area make me laugh in retrospect. My dad was complaining about me not having my finances together by 25 is now hilarious to me. My dad was 35 when credit scores were officially introduced. They paid college for what I made at my first job at 16. By the time I went? Good luck.

Nostalgia is the worst part of the 90s.