Back when Pokémon was still in black and white
Portlandia was spot on
Submitted 2 months ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to [deleted]
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Maultasche@lemmy.world 2 months ago
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Dark green and light green
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And you had to hold it juuuust right to get the ambient light to illuminate the screen because they weren’t backlit.
bless@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Red and blue ;)
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Rato@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Thanks for posting the reference, it was new to me.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
You’re very welcome!
makes mocking gestures at ExLisper 😁
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 months ago
Everyone knows the reference, no need to post it.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I have literally never heard of Portlandia before, no need to post saying no need to post
djmikeale@feddit.dk 2 months ago
I didn’t know the reference
lmuel@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
No
Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 2 months ago
I’m team “let the youth have their fun” but also 1998 was peak lunchables.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Even as a child, I realized Lunchables were a horribly overpriced baby-sized deli platter. Gimme a sandwich! I don’t need crackers and 1oz of ham.
mlatu@moist.catsweat.com 2 months ago
i mean.... to be fair......... when i visited my hometown in poland in 1998....... it really still looked very much like 1980 was still looming around the corner... it wasnt the 18th hundred but i loved it for its gritty "you want sweets? how about a nice refreshing glass of last summers compote from gramps allotment?". silly nostalgia of course but yeah...
Signtist@bookwyr.me 2 months ago
What I remember most from 1998 were commercials for flavored sugar water where kids turned into metallic early-CGI goop and rocketed through the air toward a woman carrying a tray of pouches so they could get there faster to consume.
Drusas@fedia.io 2 months ago
Capri Sun
jade52@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
This is also what I remember. Spot on.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pouches?
BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Speaking of, would you be interested in trying some liquid slam?
realitista@lemmus.org 2 months ago
Having moved to Czechia in the '90s from the US, there was a pretty huge difference back then, especially in the countryside.
Klear@piefed.world 2 months ago
40 years of corrupt authoritarian government does that.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I was going to acid techno raves and getting completely mullered, and seeing some cracking sets at Ozzfest UK.
djdarren@piefed.social 2 months ago
Ozzfest UK in ’98 was my first gig with bands anyone had heard of. Hell of a way to start.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My first Ozzfest was 2001. I was 13 years old. It was a lot of fun. I was there for SoaD, but left liking so many more bands.
Hoimo@ani.social 2 months ago
But were you a sweet and were you getting baked?
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean we still make marmelades and compots and such here.
Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au 2 months ago
Yeah I make all my own jams, and fruit spreads. More expensive than the walmart brand, but like half the cost of the brands that come anywhere close to the quality.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean we use pur own fruit so they are quite cheap. You only really need to buy sugar then
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
And you know where it’s from (to the meter) and whats inside.
BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 2 months ago
Yeah, I make jams most years, pickles regularly, and at my old house we had an extremely productive orange tree, so I made a lot of marmalade. My current house has a lemon tree, but it needs to be seen by an arborist. Then I’ll probably get into making lemon curd.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Recently mate a lemon curd for my birthday :)
As a twist I also made one with yuzu.Love me some curd :D
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
This is exactly how Boomers talk about the 1950s.
Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 months ago
You can still cook things in 2026.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Big if true
megrania@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I summer 2026, at least in Europe, a lot of people try to stay away from heat sources as much as they can though 🥵
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Take a hot plate outside. Cook your jam under a tree like they did in 1998
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The summer is snack time until the cold weather shows up again.
pewpew@feddit.it 2 months ago
Most of my childhood was in the early 2010s but for me it was like I was living in the 90s because I was always at my grandparent’s. They had all sorts of retro tech I played with as a kid. My first exposure to a PC was with a mid 80s PC clone running Windows 1.0. So it’s probably something like this
Pipas66@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
What a difference in time perception we have, it’s wild, cause the early 2010’s was full on PS3 and late-early YouTube era for me. I think everyone I knew around me already was pretty connected to the internet. But yeah 10 years before that, I could see your grandparents’ situation being commonplace. Glad you had that time to discover all this awesome technology !
pewpew@feddit.it 2 months ago
My brother had internet access over 3G but he wouldn’t let me use it, but sometimes he gave me some new games to play. That’s how I got to play Minecraft and that’s how I learned programming with Game Maker. But yes, I also had a Wii and a DSi but I had just a handful of games, so I played Pokémon White all day and almost finished it three times
TIEPilot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Can I put a bird on it?
Etterra@discuss.online 2 months ago
I mean my mother made preserves and canned things, and was good at baking, and that was in the '80s. But there were also grocery stores with cookies. Because it was the 1980s lol
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s the late 1900’s
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
maybe some parts of the former Soviet Union
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Ah, the Gay 90’s!
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My mother still makes jams and preserves, and I may follow in her footsteps, cause the trees in my yard will likely outlive her.
farmgineer@nord.pub 2 months ago
We made Jam two days ago (blueberry from our own bushes). We have some ume (plum) from last season as well.
rmuk@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Spring 1998 vibes free no cap
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Summer, 1998. Where sweets were sold as sour syrups and had flavors like Radical Blue Razz.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Which also happened to be my stripper name.
I was fired pretty quickly from “Dudes! Dudes! Dudes!”
Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s not supposed to be blue, the guests were getting concerned
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2 months ago
♪ Kiss me beneath the milky twilight ♪ then.
socsa@piefed.social 2 months ago
It’s a baby bottle pop!
mosspiglet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Back when everything was inexplicably EXTREME!!
nonfuinoncuro@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
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