19 Things That Actually Kinda Sucked About the 90s
If you’re someone who grew up in the ’90s, you probably tend to wax poetic when it comes to describing your childhood.
We had Beanie Babies! And Tamagotchis! And the Scholastic Book Fair!
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I know. It’s hard to accept.
But it’s true. It’s time to admit it.
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As soon as you lost one little piece (which happened approximately 2.5 minutes after you took it out of your desk), the entire pencil was completely useless.
But that didn’t stop you from wanting one, did it?
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Or maybe you’re just thinking about the piece of wood you used to eat it.
Admit it: You remember what that stick tasted like more than you remember the ice cream, don’t you?
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Well, Macaulay Culkin is currently older than she was when she played his mom.
Yeah. Let that one sink in. You are old.
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Wrong.
They always had bees in them. Also? Splinters.
This next one might be a little controversial.
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Oreos? Good. Chocolate pudding? Good.
But the addition of fruit-flavored gummy worms?! No. That was a bad move.
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Your mouth is watering just thinking about them, huh?
Well, just don’t forget how much they hurt you.
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And it most likely never will again.
(If you haven’t seen Trix lately, all the pieces are just spherical. No fun fruit shapes.)
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For about 10 throws. After that, the Velcro stopped working and the ball just bounced off your hands, rendering the entire toy completely useless.
Next up is some bad news about what you think was one of your favorite activities at school.
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But think about it. What did you actually do with them?
Were they actually entertaining?
Or is it perhaps possible that you just think they were cool because they are a vestige of your ever-increasingly distant childhood?
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You probably had this rug in your room. Everyone had this rug in their room.
But I’m willing to bet you never played with it.
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Yeah, it’s pretty darn out-of-date these days.
Since the year 1990, 34 new countries have been created!
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They were never washed.
Ever. Not even once. And you wore them often.
Speaking of gym class…
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Do all gym teachers naturally hate kids?
I can’t really think of a reason to bring these rolling finger torture devices out unless that’s the case.
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Put apple juice in them once, and every beverage you put in them until the end of time would have a distinct apple flavor.
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Either way, if it rained even one time the whole summer, these chairs were soggy for the rest of the season.
And if you did have the lounger version, you know the struggle of trying to *click* the back into the exact right position only to have it completely collapse on you as soon as you leaned against it.
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For about 12 minutes. After that, they got mixed up and looked terrible.
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