Banksy created an edgy parody theme park called “Dismaland” but to everyone else, it seemed more like a parody of itself
Berenstein/stain bears got people contemplating the existence of parallel universes
Sam Pepper kidnapped a man and acted out a fake execution of his best friend in front of him for a youtube “prank”
Donald Trump suggested fascist plans of documenting and banning all muslims in the United States, gained support for it
Tumblr user foreverhonest made a post seriously trying to convince people that there’s a bus full of people who wear “Down With Cis” shirts who just go around and beat random people up
“What if there was a white kid who had an illness and their one wish was to say the N word, would it be okay to say it then?”
Arcane Kids released a game called “Sonic Dreams Collection” where you make sonic fetish films straight outta deviantart, stare into the void that is sonic’s eyes, and feed worms to eggman like a bird to make him big and strong
A TERF told a story of how she “clocked” a trans women for complimenting her on a quesadilla
Minions
The internet got into wild debates over the color of a dress with completely contradictory perceptions of blue/black vs white/gold
People filmed themselves trying to summon a demon with pencils
A story popped up that accused Prime Minister David Cameron of fucking a dead pig and everyone just kinda believed it.
So overall cool year, aside from the fact that it was basically a year-long onion article come to life.
When it comes to stories, I am a sadomasochist. By that, I mean that I enjoy both reading stories that make me hurt in the feelings as well as making headcanons and make other people suffer
This is the most solid explanation of our decade I have ever heard.
Oh my god
Just to add onto that, our childhood wasn’t even technology based. We grew up knowing of chalk, skateboards, jump rope, street hockey, playgrounds, butterfly collecting, etc. Slowly technology took over our lives and now there are hardly kids playing outside in the summer. We can clearly remember our childhood as it was and now we can see the clear line between it. We were the generation right smack in the middle of it all. Our parents were of non-tech and our children/young siblings will be all tech.
Not to mention, ours was the last generation that grew up with all those bright promises of “work hard, go to college, and you’ll have a successful life,” only to find those hopes abruptly dashed when the housing bubble burst. Milliennials have grown up expecting that disappointment, because for them, the problem has been there since Day One.
So 90s kids aren’t just nostalgic…we’re BITTER. And we ache for those days when we could still think that the world was boundless and full of the opportunities we were promised since the first day of kindergarten.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.