we grew up being into Invader Zim, Charlie the Unicorn, YouTube Poop, Gmod machinima... we have zero room to judge "weird" roflmao

edit: also Newgrounds animations, e.g. Homestar Runner

There used to be a single HUGE gummy candy you could sometimes buy at places. Sometimes it would be shaped like a foot or skull. If you forgot a package of gummy bears or gummy worms on the dashboard in the sun, you'd get pretty much the same thing.

Sleepovers where you'd rent a video game that wouldn't have any instruction manual and both "the internet" and "gamefaqs.com" weren't really a thing yet. Spend all weekend not getting more than a level or two into a game.

Flintstones branded "Push Pops" in Orange Sherbert flavor.

Choco-Tacos...

Micro-machines, Monsters in My Pocket, Beanie Babies, Slap Bracelets... seemed like there was a whole-ass cottage industry making novelty #2 pencils. In my 30's I found a box with a sizable collection from middle/high school.

Buy the wcw and wwf ppvs when they went to tape because we couldn't afford the ppv's.

Well, that was until we got the black box for the tv.

Also just taoe trading in general, i must've been scammed like a dozen times as a teenager because i just trusted the people that it actually was an FMW best of compilation and not just a garbage copy on a blank tape.

POGs are super weird, when you think about it.

Anyone remember ytmnd?

• putting milk in those uh. tablets. you put them in water, they fizz and become a fizzy sugar drink. they curdled the milk.
• using a wine cork puller thing to carve holes in chocolate bars before eating them.
• having serious kindergarten arguments about whether to mix the toppings into the semolina pudding or not (i am team mix and i have always been, and i truly believe this was my first introduction to the concept of heresy).

remembered more:

• we once snorted those fizzy drink tablets in math class. they fizzed in our nose. it was funny.
• using a tv that had no remote
• no seatbelts in the back