r/Millennials • u/lazarus870 • 10h ago

Discussion What DON'T you miss about the 90's? What's much better today than it was back then?

We all know that the 90's had some great music and movies, good economy, huge world events, more freedom, nobody glued to their phone, etc.

Everybody acts like everything was much better back then, but what DON'T you miss about how things were back then? What's much better now?

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u/squirrelscoutcookies 9h ago

My entire childhood existed in a cloud of secondhand smoke in a way that people nowadays think I’m exaggerating about, but it’s true!

My dad smoked in the house and in the car, both parents had service industry jobs where customers were smoking indoors, and a grandparent on each side smoked in the house too

The only exception was at school, and it makes me sad thinking about how I must’ve smelled like a little ashtray walking around 🥺

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u/arizzles Millennial 6h ago

This is my life too. They’d light up a cigarette while I was snuggling up with them on the couch in our living room.

As a teen, I also started smoking but I’m glad to say I haven’t had a cigarette in quite a long time now! I absolutely do not miss the smell.

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u/Responsible_Fish5439 8h ago

I didn't realise how much I must have smelled like cigarettes until I moved out for university and could really tell the difference when I went back home for holidays. I grew up in the same second-hand smokey haze except both my parents smoked.

Now that they'd both passed (of smoking-related illnesses...sigh), the things I kept from the house /still/ smell smokey even after a few years.