Want to do a bunch of highly whumpy, late 80s- early 90s culture nostalgia driven Marvel fanfic shorts. Primarily X-Men, Spider-Man, Captain America. I was like ‘i should do a whump oc setting based in the late 80s/early 90s’ but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s hazy and warm, in the late afternoon, and there’s a cool breeze on your cheek. You’re out on the front steps with a box full of sidewalk chalk and a glass full of more ice than lemonade, and more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This left an indelible mark on my psyche when I was a very young child.
kyliafanfiction: You know, I suck at binging. I can’t watch multiple episodes of something new in a row anymore. Genuinely miss when there were two or three shows that I watched regularly, that came out at expected intervals and I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xxdreamersdesirexx: United Air Lines invites you to fly “The Chicago Executive” A Club In The Sky For Men Only Thank you Tasting History for bringing my attention to this fun ad! 💖
You are eating breakfast alone in a little corner diner, sometime prior to the year 1995. Flipping through the newspaper. All the news is bad. Like always. The coffee is bitter. The eggs are greasy. The waitress wears a name-tag[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
2009-2021: our fandom/fanfiction hiatus years… 23 to 34. So much changed in that time.
When I was a kid I didn’t understand my dad’s 20 old band t-shirts. But here I sit in an Invader Zim shirt I bought in 2004.
pisshandkerchief: there are corners of this website where the year is still 2013. and sometimes, on beautiful nights when the veil is thin, you can find them . if you know where to look
sivsii: also we fucked up as a society the moment we started telling teens and aspiring artists to conflate being an artist with building a brand as if the two things are inextricable. the name of the game if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pansyfemme: this may be a weird opinion to have but i think there needs to be more physical pornography in the modern day. but like. niche stuff too. you should be able to buy tboy furry porn mags at your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
arkhamboundz: Does anyone else remember playing music in Windows Media Player and just sitting there and watching this for like two hours
ukulelekatie: I just revived my old iPod touch that I haven’t used since ~2013 after believing it to be dead dead for years and oh my god it’s like opening up an old time capsule. There are photos of me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dimly lit salad bar at a family restaurant in the 1980s
It’s coming up on the 12th anniversary of the homestuck rp that changed our lives. This game is how we met our spouse.
laneichy: Simpler times ^—^ This post was based off this super cute post here by @shahada
achillieus: what a shame doctors don’t prescribe vacation to secluded seaside towns like they used to
westofvenus: men in the 70s were like “I’m so very hairy how sexy of me” and they were right darkheart-despairs
westofvenus: men in the 70s were like “I’m so very hairy how sexy of me” and they were right
“and i think mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.” there’s something so excellent about the idea of disappearing to some abandoned lighthouse placed on a misty cliff, roiling ocean waves crashing against jagged rocks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
unkillablemonsterqueen: Since the 70s, people have been obsessed with 30 years prior. Yet the 2020s obsession with the 90s lasted only a few years. Do I think this was a corporate conspiracy afraid of the 90s counterculture movement returning? Yes.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
cybervoidd: Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
thevaultofretroandvintage:
Thinking about how small the active self ship/ f/o community is. If we imagined the current community on the old web, we could easily all be sharing the same busy, active message board, with an irc chat and a dozen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For anyone who does want to listen to the original version. (context link.) additionally: Hear a previously unreleased live version of Woody Guthrie’s folk anthem “This Land Is Your Land,” performed by Pete Seeger during a show at the University[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
newwavearch90: Holiday Spa Health Club, designed by Brent D. Cornwell (1980s) Scanned from the book, Interior Design Forum 2 (1990)
Is there like, an app or mobile friendly site that mimics old oekaki / tegaki boards? Or something? –🔍⚔️
Hope no one terribly minds the photo spam. Feeling nostalgic and in need of soothing tonight. –🔫🦢
“The pains series” referred to a series of images commonly circulated on the old internet with the intent to cause pain and disturb the viewer. These images were passed around untagged, uncensored and unwarned for, often under deceptive links, to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
keepcalmandcarriefischer: zackisontumblr: pseudologla: zackisontumblr: i have 3 moods: skips every song on my ipod lets the music play without interruption plays the same song on repeat for days What’s an iPod? been on tumblr so long my text post is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
plushieanimals: omg remember these
terrelldavisdotme: “100% Net” virtual solo exhibition preview #1
thewebcomicsreview: It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times. Kids who grew up in the 90s manga boom weren’t old enough to get scanners and the like, so the first webcomics were Newspaper comics based on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
outrun20xx: Sears Holiday Wishbook, 1991
olderthannetfic: notgeorgelucas: tzikeh: olderthannetfic: – I’m dying. Nonnie, seriously? No, that’s mean, I know you’re serious. It’s just flabbergasting how much fandom has expanded and how much there isn’t a direct link to the past. Astolat and Cesperanza floated the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…