At some point, millennials went from trading Pokémon cards to debating mortgage rates, and frankly, it’s been all downhill since. The 90s were a golden era, a time when our biggest concern was whether we had enough AOL minutes to last the weekend. We didn’t have social media keeping tabs on our every move, but we did have the overwhelming stress of choosing the perfect CD for our Walkman before a long car ride. If you’re longing for a time when your biggest problem was accidentally taping over your favorite episode of Hey Arnold!, you’re in the right place.

The 90s were an era of questionable fashion, impractical technology, and the kind of entertainment that somehow still holds up today. These throwbacks will take you straight back to the days of gel pens, dial-up internet, and TV shows that demanded your full attention—because if you missed an episode, there was no “catching up” unless you had a blank VHS and the patience to set the timer correctly.

You just took a stroll through a digital time capsule, and let’s be honest—you’re feeling something right now. Maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s the deep existential dread of realizing the 90s were three decades ago, or maybe it’s just the sudden urge to dig out an old Game Boy. Either way, these throwbacks hit all the right notes, from the joys of Saturday morning cartoons to the sheer tragedy of losing a snap bracelet mid-recess.

If you enjoyed this trip down memory lane, you’d probably love revisiting more millennial-core memories, like memes about growing up without smartphones, the chaos of early internet culture, or the things Gen Z will never understand (and honestly, that’s their loss). Because sometimes, the best way to cope with adulthood is by remembering a time when your biggest worry was running out of Gushers.