Rewind·Posted on Nov 16, 2021Gen Z Is Asking Questions About What It Was Like Being Alive In The '90s/Early 2000s And I'm So Sorry Millennials But They're Funny Because They're TrueFrom frogurt to ferrets.by Matt StoperaBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Over the weekend this tweet went viral: Simone Smith @simonesmithedit Can a Gen X please explain why y’all got really into swing music for like 2 years in the 90’s? 04:15 AM - 13 Nov 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @simonesmithedit Which, like, true. It was a super weird time and I definitely owned the Brian Setzer Orchestra album. View this video on YouTube UMG youtube.com And that Gap commercial was straight up iconic. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF That said, that reminded me of other questions people had about living in the '90s/2000s that I honestly find funny every single time. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF So, if you were alive in the '90s these questions really need some answering: 1. 🏳️🌈Pretty_Eyez_Ashton🏳️🌈 @AshtonSamspon Did People In The 90s Really Say “Talk To The Hand Because The Face Ain’t Listening” … #Respectfully …. 09:13 PM - 13 Nov 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @AshtonSamspon 2. Air Pikachu @nelmospeaks Did people really call Frozen Yogurt "Frogurt" back in the 90s? 12:15 AM - 05 Jun 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. Formanegas @formanegas How the fuck did people in the 90s know songs on the radio without the internet? 03:13 AM - 15 Nov 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. sweaty girl fish @onlykfishintheC Did people who went to college in the early 2000s exchange screen names at parties? 07:25 PM - 01 Nov 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. 🤡 @lil7imar Why did people in the early 2000s think that them thin ass goatees was a good look 05:53 PM - 23 Mar 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 6. Vanessa @booshy992 Why did people drink so much milk in the 90s? 07:13 AM - 16 Dec 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 7. Heather Leith @heatherleithal Did people in the '90s kiss their friends as much as they do in Friends? 08:44 PM - 03 Jun 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 8. Morgz @EarthtoBrint Did people in the 90s actually keep bottles of Snapple constantly stocked in their fridge or is this something Snapple wants me to believe. 07:50 PM - 11 Oct 2011 Reply Retweet Favorite Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Jennifer McIntyre @Jenn_McIntyre Did people really text like this in the early 2000s? #OneTreeHill 03:01 PM - 27 Jul 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 10. caroline @carolineflocka why did people in the early 2000s dress like randomized sims 12:56 AM - 25 Feb 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. Jordyn-Nicole @BarbikaDoll Did people in the 90s really say “all that and a bag of chips” 01:05 AM - 03 Apr 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 12. Chris Kolis @glennscrollis Did people in the 90s really wear ski goggles everyday as fashion. 08:38 PM - 20 Dec 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. becca👻 @Paramore12Becca did people in the 90s actually want ross and rachel to get together?? like why 09:13 PM - 12 Aug 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. wissal @cestwissal How did people in the 90s randomly catch a greyhound and move to nyc/la 06:51 PM - 26 Jun 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. ✨ Katy ✨ @plattypie How did people in the 90s find their moms when they lost them in the grocery store? 10:15 PM - 04 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. thicc kirby @bigcoolcatfan how did people in the 90s listen to "do the bartman" unironically 05:55 PM - 10 Dec 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @bigcoolcatfan 17. mia @rasputinboneym Did people in the 90s find Bruce Willis hot. Was that a market 09:10 PM - 12 Feb 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 18. Jillian Dingee @JillianDingee I heard a great question on @sxmLithium today. Why did people in the 90s have ferrets? Discuss. 04:45 PM - 23 Jul 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. Mudassir! @MudassirQayyum Why did people in the 90s think it was alright to wear a turtle neck under anything... 07:32 PM - 05 Jan 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 20. Brittany @Brittany_Books Why did people in the early 2000s wear jeans UNDER their dresses? Like who thought that was a good idea? 09:15 PM - 20 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 21. Dustin @_bookbabble_ I’m reading a book right now and they keep referring to “computer discs”....did people in the 90s really call CD’s COMPUTER DISCS?? 07:05 PM - 28 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 22. hhhhh basill @greetingsto1 Wait did people in the early 2000s listen to Cotton Eye Joe unironically? 09:05 AM - 13 Dec 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 23. Caitlin Alice Gilbert @caitlingilbs Did people in the 90s really kiss friends and acquaintances on the lips a lot or is that just a sitcom thing? 04:24 PM - 09 May 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @caitlingilbs 24. e @ExtaticEmily Why did people in the 2000s refer to their blackberry as “my blackberry” and not just “my phone”? Imagine if we said “I’ll find it on my iPhone” or “my iPhone is ringing” or “can you hand me my iPhone” 04:03 PM - 23 Jul 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 25. marlo stanfield @msizimsizimsizi Why did so many people in the 2000s buy PT Cruisers? 11:02 PM - 15 Feb 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 26. 𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 @jordanjan7 Why did all young people in the 90s strive to look like they were 36 02:35 PM - 14 Dec 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @jordanjan7 27. Joey Mann ↙↙↙ @iosefmann did people in the early 2000s really actually look at nice walls and say “this really needs to be orange”? 11:41 AM - 02 Jun 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @iosefmann 28. Izzi Taylor @izzi_taylor did people in the early 2000s really never wear bras or was that just on Friends 12:15 AM - 06 May 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @izzi_taylor 29. Joana⁷ 💚 @channieslesbo why were people in the 80s and 90s so convinced we would have flying cars in the future 11:46 PM - 31 May 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @channieslesbo 30. buda man @BudatheThird Why were people in the early 2000s so infatuated with generic baby blue football jerseys? 10:45 PM - 23 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @BudatheThird 31. Miss Andrist @lalalandrox Why were people in the late 90s, early 2000s obsessed with Britney Spears' virginity!? These old interview clips are so cringey. 03:16 AM - 18 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @lalalandrox 32. VivicaBold24 @VivicaBold24 why were people in the 90s obsessed with conga lines? 09:26 PM - 15 Sep 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @VivicaBold24 33. Aaron Bracken @Aaronbracken_ Why did people in the 90s think these shirts were the best thing ever? 07:43 PM - 21 Dec 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Aaronbracken_ 34. damn shawty ok! @TBigmt Why were people in the 90s/2000s so obsessed with magicians 10:32 AM - 08 Dec 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @TBigmt 35. 36. Madison Girifalco @Mgirifalco Why were people in the 90s named "Wes" ...but not now..? 02:21 AM - 17 Apr 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Mgirifalco 37. Spidermans Plural @hexomatt Why were people in the 90s obsessed with the name Dorian? 12:55 AM - 08 Oct 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @hexomatt 38. millie @turasatanas why did people in the 90s find michael douglas so sexy ... that man was naked 24/7 ... I do not want to see it 05:37 AM - 03 Apr 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @turasatanas 39. h @canadianhbuu why did people in the 90s put a fuck ton of sunscreen on their nose?? 06:12 PM - 26 Aug 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @canadianhbuu 40. iDream of Meanie @Meanie_Pantz why did people in the 90s pronounce "me" as "May" in songs #imjustsaying 11:27 PM - 10 Mar 2010 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Meanie_Pantz 41. scary spice @neptunesbxtch i’m so confused about the concept of low rise jeans...... like did people in the early 2000s just not have tummies??? no pudge?????? 04:39 AM - 14 Nov 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @neptunesbxtch 42. bri @impshaybri Why did people in the 90s and early 2000s think it was cool to wear their visor upside down 😖 11:57 PM - 16 Sep 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @impshaybri 43. And last but certainly not least: Spookz @Spookzthakidd Why did people in the 2000s not have eyebrows? 07:20 AM - 09 Mar 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Spookzthakidd