If I could travel back to the '90s, would I do it?

Going back to a '90s way of living would be awful

I don't want to go back to a world where there is no GPS, all cell phones were huge bricks with no text messaging, internet connectivity was at dial-up speeds, and the only way to get a decent photograph was on film.

I also do not miss answering machines, writing checks to pay bills, mailing out said checks (which cost extra because envelopes and stamps aren't free), CDs that skipped, floppy disks, no USB, anything labeled "EXTREME" (or XTREME, which is just as bad), and so on. I miss none of that.

Some may say that the '90s were simpler times. And they were. But it was simpler in an annoying way. There's simple good and simple bad. The '90s is simple bad.

I could say much better things about the 1980s, 2000s and 2010s, and maybe I will at some point. But as for the 1990s, I remember that time. I was there. I lived it. It wasn't that great. Other decades were better. Anybody who thinks otherwise is just fooling themselves.

Published 2021 Jan 12