>>3552439>born 19841990: Mario 3 came out and it was a huge deal. 100% white kindergarten class for half a day, go home to cheese and butter sandwiches made my Mummy who would put Eureka's castle and David the Gnome on before I went out to play
1991: Gulf War, I remember a big upswing in patriotism. Dad explains that it's the job of big countries like ours to defend smaller countries like Kuwait. TMNT 2 came out, remember going with my dad right after school. Remember everything was in neon or seemed to be. Slap bracelets
1992: LA Riots, remember pulling up to a little league game with reports on the radio, my dad saying people are savages. Remember seeing Clinton at the DNC while on family vacay at the Jersey Shore thinking he was going to win probably. Pirates btfo by Braves in game 7, Barry Bonds traded
1993: Don't remember much happening except my dad talking about how much Clinton sucked and what a deviant he was. Became a fan of Rush Limbaugh after hearing him say kids were learning how to put condoms on bananas. Only had a vague idea of what condoms were
1994: OJ Simpson kills his wife, 2 weeks later or so he's interrupting the Knicks/Rockets game. When car pulls up to the house my dad shut it off, only years later did I realize he did that because he figured OJ was about to kill himself or be killed by police. Midterm elections were a big deal, republicans take back the house for the first time in 60 years or something
1995: OJ trial takes all year. Lance Ito always seemed to be on TV. Neighbor got internet and I got my first "gf" in an AOL chat room (12/f/co)
1996: Olympic bombing happening, abortion clinic bombings, Rode my bike around looking in trash cans for Pepsi points which I traded for a pair of sunglasses in august. Jon Benet Ramsey happening. TWA flight 800 happening/conspiracy theories. Yankees win WS, i visit the parade with my dad and sat on his shoulders for the last time. Our family got internet
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