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Everyone thinks their era is the best, that’s clear, but no one can deny us millennials the truth that the ’90s were both tacky and wonderful, and how lucky we were to be born in them:

We were the first to wear those plastic chokers that came back in fashion later, our pencils were Alpino, we understood what “teen spirit” smelled like, we heard Lady Di say that there were three people in that marriage, to us the pineapple was blue, our notebooks were Rubio, we saw the birth of the pop princess dressed as a schoolgirl, changing clothes like Sabrina seemed super practical, Cola Cao was cultivated by “a little black man from tropical Africa” (problematic, I know), our first responsibility was keeping a Tamagotchi alive, our Google was an encyclopedia called Larousse, Wonderwall was a big hit, having a cousin who drank Zumosol guaranteed protection from bullies,