I Tried Living in the 90's 

What should I do next?🤷‍♂️

There was this feeling of fun and excitement that the 90's really seemed to capture. I miss those feelings.

I was in high school from 1990 - 1994 and I can honestly say the 90's were a great time to be alive. Don't get me wrong, the 80's were great too. However, the 90's had a special blend of technology and old school ways that no other decade had. Home computers and the internet started taking off in late 1993 and by 1995 about half the people you knew had a computer in their home and if they didn't they could easily call a friend and get access to one. Video games and the internet were thriving and becoming better and better everyday. I got my 1st cell phone in 1994. With all that said and with all the advancements with the technology at that time, we hadn't got to the point of letting the technology take over us like in today's world. This is probably because the internet and computers were still viewed as something that wasn't a necessity and was still novel. And of course smartphones were still year's away. Today the internet is viewed as a necessity because the way we do everything in today's world makes it extremely difficult to get things done without the internet. Everything from paying bills to renewing the tags for your car is done through apps or online now. There is a lot of nostalgia for the 1990's, but I honestly think it's for good reason. Can anyone think of any other decade where we had cellphones, home computers, and the internet, but society was still social in real life and humble?? I can't

the production quality on this is INSANE

I pranked my mom on Y2K, I waited for the ball to drop and pulled the circuit box, and got her good.

I really thought you were a huge youtuber while watching this video, keep up the good work dude!

I'm 50 now. So I grew up my young adult life in the 90s. I think it was the best era for me. I was right into computers then. Remember Duke nukem 3D, that was huge when it came out. Now I hear young people say " The 90s was back in the olden days" lol. Just sempt like yesterday.

I'm 37 so basically my entire childhood into my pre-teen years took place in the 90s. Times felt simpler only because we were kids back then. I'm sure the adults of the 90s had a much different perspective. Your grandparents "don't remember much about the 90s" because it wasn't their golden years like it was for Millennials. For them it was just another decade. Back in the 90s, I remember there was a lot of 50s and 60s nostalgia. Tons of hippie and disco references in tv shows, modern remakes of old cartoons and tv shows, etc. Today, it's all about 90s and 2000s nostalgia and now that Millenials are in their 30s and presumably involved in media and marketing jobs, we've done away with the 50s and 60s stuff and replaced it with 90s nostalgia. It's just a cycle every generation goes through. We just miss our childhood era. I bet you by the time Gen Alpha becomes adults, nobody is going to even think twice about anything before 2010.

I was born 1970 and no matter what era you remember best, we all have fond memories and memories we would prefer to forget. Fun video.

Dude that painting was pretty darn good for your first try I'm impressed.

Great video. I’m a 36 y.o. veteran, dying from a neuro-autoimmune disease. I lament for the 90s and just days of promise and more simplicity. My mom was still alive too. What I would give…

The 20s will not be better than the 90s. we're already half way through and look at the absolute state of it haha. Awesome video man. You tried and did a pretty good job. Maybe if we all did it at once it could work!

I do miss the 90s almost everyday.

I was a Senior in High School in 1996 and I can tell you, the 90's were exactly what we thought they were, AMAZING! Dating back then was pure awesome. TV was great. Games were great. Movies were the best. Hell, I loved the 80's but the 90's were my "life". Blair Witch, yea, saw that a few times in the theater! Man what a decade. Great vid btw.

As a 2000’s kid, I want to try living like the 90s now! 😃

that painting is wonderful. the impression I got from bob was there is no right or wrong when it comes to painting. do what you think is right and never be afraid to put some happy little trees and bushes everywhere

In the 90's and before, you arranged a time and place to meet. You had a lifestyle that meant no last minute changes because you know it wasn't possible to tell anyone that you have changed it. Pagers weren't that common. Only Drs and people like that had them. 90's are easy to live: I've pretty much never left them. No mobile phone, still buy CDs (no streaming!), still use paper maps when going to new long distant places, pay cash for everything. Especially of you enjoy analogue hobbies like painting!

The Last Great Decade.

😅😂🤣 I laughed so hard during the painting 😂😂😂 Dude I sucked using those map books! Let’s bring the best parts of the 90’s to the present!

Who still thinks the 4:3 is still the better format for filming and photographs, give a thumbs up, please.

Man, I'm about a decade older than you and nostalgia has been weighing on me heavily the last few years, especially when thinking about the 90s. Your video felt fun and wholesome, that feeling I associate with childhood from that decade. Thanks for making this. I really enjoyed it.

Man, I was a teenager in the 90s and the one thing I can say is not true is people just showing up at your friends houses. We would always call first on the phone, at least where I grew up. Same goes with meeting up with people. We would usually call right before we left to say we're on our way, so there would be no chance of standing people up. I never had a pager and never had an issue personally. Also, we would usually ask for detailed directions to where we're going and use the maps as a backup. It's so funny how much trust we put into our friends to give us good directions! Phenomenal video man.

Damn this is my second video after watching the dunking one, and I gotta say despite the lack of views you got some very original and well planned ideas. Your videos are very entertaining and engaging, hope you find more success in the future which you will if you keep this up

Looking at world events and the economy after 2000 hit, maybe the ball dropping was the slow end of the world as we knew it. Though the 90's was the start of the digital age, the 2010s was the digital age, we are now entering the surveillance age in the 20s. These kind of things have a huge impact on how the world runs and operates and redefines the threats and dangers of harm, disruption, and destruction.

I always love finding small channels with hidden gems like these

The 80s and 90s and beginning 2000s ( 2000 to 2005 ) were the GREATEST periods in this century

I’m an 80s kid, was a teen and in my early 20’s in the 90’s, graduated high school in ‘94.

I grew up in the 90s. Was a glorious time to be alive. Born on the cusp of the end of the 80's...learned to thrive in the 90s hahahaha. Was amazing. Thanks for these videos and the nostalgia trip. Also your grandparents are adorable hahaha

Great video. As a 40 Year old I recall the 90s well. I will say though, the one thing you can’t duplicate, unfortunately, is the lack of understanding of what would come next. You have perspective of how it’s different now. Dealing with a lot of stuff back then was done just in the moment. Some of it sucked looking back but at the time it was just normal. I didn’t fret about not having a smart phone as I didn’t know what that was and couldn’t have conceived of it. Internet was great but I couldn’t have understood how much better it would get. I probably spend more time now wondering how tech will evolve in the future than I ever did then.

You should have recorded Bob on VHS so you could pause. That's the true experience.

10k views?? Bro this is a great video. Deserves much more. I know a lot of effort went into this man. Killed it 💯💯

Watching your vid has been both incredibly fun and bittersweet. I love the 90's. I still watch Seinfeld, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Married With Children, Frasier and all the other awesome sitcoms from that time almost daily. I still play 90's games (SNES, NES & Gameboy) almost daily albeit via a retro emulation handheld (Miyoo Mini Plus) and recently I've been thinking a lot about why I struggle so much with modern life. I love my life and I love the people around me, but I feel like I don't fit in with modern media. Hearing your grandparents talk about this was great :) Anyway, thank you so much for making this video! It makes me feel better about a part of me still remaining in the past by enjoying older media.

Probably one of the best youtube videos I've watched in a while. Even taking recency bias out of the picture, this just hits different.

Great video! I was also born in 1994 so I have a lot of nostalgia for the 90s despite being so young then. Also your grandparents were a joy to watch recite the Oscar-mayer jingle

Well made, entertaining, and actually felt like a 90's movie clip. Great work.

Yes, TV broadcasting is and recording is still everyday reality for me. The modern recorders record in 4K, use HDD instead of tape and record multiple channels, but the main principe is still the same. I started with to use streaming platforms in 2021 and I still use them only a bit. Even in 2023, I still live without Netflix, HBO MAX and Hulu, only with satelite TV, DVDs and a few free streaming platforms.

I thought you are a big RU-vidr and maybe I was wrong in terms of subscribers but in terms of content you are surely a tough competition for them A new fan of you sir Will wait for your videos from now on Have a good day sir

I graduated in 98’ and definitely love and miss the 90’s! The 80’s were awesome too! Your video was amazing and made me tear up. Definitely bittersweet. 🦕📺❤

Man the skits in this were phenomenal! Lots of dedication to recreate the 90s, great work man 🔥

WOW! THIS IS AMAZING! The amount of work put into it and the quality is astounding! Great work!

Wow that video was such a unique style, flowed smoothly and had great attention to detail, well researched with clever humour, great camera work and wow, it really stood out from any other video I've watched recently. Honestly.

Bro, I be watching 90's commercials on youtube, then I started editing them back into the tv shows just to get the feels. I believe each commercial break was about 1-2 mins long (maybe 2.5). Wow, we were so impatient

I was born in the early-80s, and I remember living in the 90s. I dunno...something I remember about the 90s is how much people hated the 90s back then. My parents remembered the 60s and 70s kinda like how we remember the 90s now. But I had a lot of good memories of that time. I guess it's just relative.

I can remember my first time using a chat room. I was beyond blown away that I was actually communicating with people from around the world.

I was 20 when the 90’s ended. Gen X forever!

One of the greatest videos on RU-vid 🙌🏾

wow, you did a really good job with this, it's got a crazy amount of detail and work put into it

This video is made so well! I love the idea and the music that played occasionally was great :)

great video dude, enjoyable to watch, I also didn't realize how small of a creator you are!

I’m halfway thru the video and this is so much fun! Thanks Hunter

This was so guud! Hehe. And dont worry about the painting dude. I think it turned out pretty well! There are no mistakes. Only happy accidents. Oh, and you definitely deserve more subs btw!

I love how much effort you put into this video

A tip for next time, and not sure if you already did this - Bob coats his canvas with a thin coat of liquid white before every painting to create a wet working surface and he uses really thick, dry oil paint to go on top.

Really enjoyed this, the production value is insane. Happy to be one of the first 7.77k followers, looking forward to your superstardom!

dude the quality of this is so insane. well done! so cool.

I didn't understand why so many people were terrified of Y2K - my gf's mom didn't let us go out that night - I went anyways, she's like "your car's gonna stop working!" - Right, because the ancient Ford EEC-IV system needs to know the date in order to properly fire the single injector with the right amount of fuel...

That was such a nice video, and entertaining too with the little bits in the middle, thank you 😊

Definitely looked at your channel expecting to see it in the high 800k-1m subs, was super shocked it’s less than mine. Keep up the good work, can’t wait to see more. You’re gonna make it big.

I was born in 82, but grew up in the 90s. It's so weird to see how old this stuff looks now when back then, it was cutting edge. It's also fascinating to see someone like you who was very young in that era, trying to recreate it. That part where you were trying to find your friend down in the basement, I actually thought you were trying to recreate the Blair Witch Project, which at that time was the hottest movie and such a new concept of that time

That was awesome that people just showed up, sometimes you were doing something and a friend show up and share it with him/her, then another friend show up and we had fun, then we all had the idea to go for munchies, we sometimes find another friend and went to a park or visit another friend, then go somewhere else, sometimes one had to go, it was the back and forth of friends in the 90s.

This was so cooooll!!! the ending almost made me tear up. What an awesome experiment.

Great video, I loved it! you've got the cinematic touch.

You have amazing production value!! Keep making these awesome videos!! Subscribed!

I graduated high school in 99 and this brought back so many memories! Awesome video and beautifully edited too. Kudos! +1 sub also. :)

Bro that hand grind killed me so good hahahaha love your content just found ya tonight 🙌 much love from Australia 🇦🇺

Found a new gem of a channel - loved this video

This was amazing on every level man, great job

That 1999 Blair Witch part was great .

Awesome videos you guys . Top notch. Keep up the quality entertainment .it's well needed and appreciated. Take care y'all. 🤠🇺🇸

Man, I haven't been to Guntersville since the 90s. Good video. Liked and subbed for nostalgia, idea, and execution.

Awesome job on this video man. A lot of work went into making a quality and entertaining video. New sub here!

I was a long-haul truck driver in the late 1980's and early 1990's. I can relate to a paper road atlas and pay phones. Not that difficult if those are the only tools you have; you just have to plan ahead. Less opportunities to sit on your butt and do nothing.

your channel deserves much more recognition bro!!!

This was great! Keep up the great work!

the quality of this video was so good, that i was shocked to see how little likes and views it had, keep up the great work man.

This video was lots of fun. I was a teen at the end of the 90s. It was a good time to be a kid in the States. You have great comedic timing and earned a subscription from this "90's kid."

WOW. This video was fantastic. Truly a work of art sir.

life is what you make it...brilliant, dude, cool video

I finished high school in 1990, went to uni, got my first professional job, got married in 1997, moved out of home, got my first car, for me, it was a great time. Yes, in that decade I obviously had some bad moments, some really bad moments, but overall it was a pivotal decade of my life. A time when we of Gen X were growing up and entering the world, a time of seeing the beginning of technology taken for granted today, and whilst I have no desire to go back there (other than to be in my 20s again hah), I'm glad to have lived through it all.

I'm 42, so I have very fond memories of the '90s, my "coming of age" decade. I still love 90s music and TV, and I call Y2K the biggest non-event in history. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time with the technology we have now and watch people be amazed.

I pretty much lived my life stuck in 90s technology up until about 2019 when I finally got my first smartphone. I think I was actually happier before the Internet age. I'm a 40 sum year old, and still have my VHS tapes, DVDs, have no streaming services, and have never played a video game online. As far as technology, I'm there bro.

Awesome video, subscribed my man!

this is very underrated, this video is amazing keep up the videos dude.

I love your painting!❤

my childhood 😄 amazing video, dude!!!

You can recreate but you can imitate but you'll never know truly what its like living in the 90s unless you went back in time in a time machine and live first hand 80s 90s was rough compared to now days

The most underrated video ever. I watched the whole video and i was like alright yeah this surely has million views. 38K VIEWS IN 8 MONTHS. really good video bro. the production and the big effort you put in this video is just slept on. got my like tho

This was awesome ! The Chevy commercial 🤣🤙🏾✨

I was 7 in 1990 and 16 at the decades end. We saw so much: the start of the "power rangers" franchise and the beginning of "simpsons", and a new funny show called "south park". The first HD broadcasts and the start of DVDS. Nickeloden in its golden days with so many classics like "all that", "Rugrats", "Clarissa explains it all" and many, many others. In the first 3 years 4 turtles ruled the world if you where a kid. The launch of the PlayStation and the jump from 8bit to 120 with the dreamcast in 1999. The last generation to play outside as kids with phones in a "safer world". The last "get your butt home when the street lights come on" crowd. The last saturday morning cartoon generation. For comic nerds like me we saw the first appearances of Bane and Harley Quinn and Superman die. We witnessed the start of a "little" card game called Pokemon. We saw 90210 and watched Jerry Springer after school before our parents got home from work. I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything

Great video. Subscribed.

That painting segment had me laughing in tears. Great stuff.

super entertaining dude! I really enjoyed that!

The only problem with "experiments" like this is that you can't re-create the social aspect of this, which is a huge part of what makes each era what it is. Unless you get like 4 or 5 friends in on this to do the same thing, all you can really do is hang around by yourself, but even then, that's just a hand full of people. Loved the fake commercials in this haha.

Growing up in the 80's & 90's was fun.

I just say your video without looking at subscriber count and I assumed you had millions of subscribers. To me this is AAA quality. Great video!

Just found your channel today. And decided to check it out when I saw this video . That painting is pretty good for a first try .

LOL the thing with pagers, you have to respond if you want the communication part to work ~ there were a lot more readily available pay phones back then. Also, part of the fun was, all of us usually had some sort of a meet up spot (or a couple), that would lead to later plans. For instance, if you wanted to know what was going on that night, you would go to the arcade, to see who was there, if there was part of your group there, you would hang till more people came & decide the evening plans. If they weren't there, they were probably at the gas station your friend worked at or playing hacky sack behind the strip mall next to it. If no one was there, you get to pick the spot & it goes from there. Usually ending in sneaking out for nights of partying in the woods. It was a fun time :)

I can't believe you actually found a pay phone, and it works

10:11 she is voicing my exact opinion on commercials these days.

Love the video!