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I'm gonna channel my inner teenager and say Sobe Red Tea and the Jet Moto series of video games.

Both were staples of the 90's for me.

The joyful wonder and whimsey that lived in my soul and twinkle that shone through my eyes, or at least I think it was there. It's now just a faint memory of a memory, something that I yearn for but unsure if I ever even tasted it.

Garbage Pail Kid cards.

10 cent Near beer, (NA beer today), available for us kids to buy on street vending machines.

Some of my best memories was being able to get into town in the evenings after all the chores were done and playing baseball with my friends on a hot summer evening. And when we were done, we would walk uptown to the one pop machine that had Hamms near beer in it. At 10 cents for a 12 oz bottle it was amazing. So cold and so refreshing.

People today would absolutely lose their minds over 9 or 10 kids standing around on a sidewalk drinking NA beer today.

Hoy Fong Sriracha story is a hell of a ride, highly recommend checking out the wiki

A bit of a weird one because it never actually came out, but I was really excited about the news that Michel Gondry was set to direct a film adaptation of Rudy Rucker's novel The Master of Space and Time. I really like both Gondry and Rucker, and their sensibilities would have worked really well together. The story is kind of a sci-fi three wishes fable. It's not my favorite of his--that's gotta be White Light--but it's really light-hearted and fun. And Gondry is terrific at getting bizarre, dream-like ideas onto film. I'm still bummed out that they cancelled that.

For something that actually did come out but then got cancelled, I enjoyed Disney's adaptation of The Mysterious Benedict Society. Then they threw that one down the memory hole for tax reasons, so there's no way to watch it anymore short of piracy. I feel like that shouldn't be allowed. Seems like they should add least have to provide the Library of Congress with a copy. It's weird that our cultural history can just be yanked away like that now.

The 4400 and Eureka

Camel Exotic Blend Cigarettes. Good times. cough COUGH ahhhh. Good times.

The series that I really liked and wish it would have completed but ended up being canceled due to a writer strike was 'Pushing Up Daisy's' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925266/

Something I wish I'd bring back is the '90s style. Honestly so much was more interesting back then. All the colored gadgets, and the really cool ones where you could see sort of through the plastic see the components. Commercials were absolutely unhinged and wild. Things were just more fun and less formulaic. So many things today seem to have no real personality.

The Quest (2014). It was a random find on Netflix many years ago. My friend and I checked it out and ended up getting into it. We ended up watching 2-3 episodes back to back. It's one of my all time favorite 'different' TV shows.

"Fantasy meets reality as 12 contestants engage in epic challenges in the world of "Everealm", and compete to avoid "banishment" in order to become the one true hero that will save the kingdom."

Fritos original lime and Chile early 2k.

Noragami - too soon it was just getting good.

The sour cream and chive flavored PastaRoni.

I remember a blue Pepsi that was hella fucking good back when I was in high school. I miss that. It was a pretty sour berry flavor; might have been blue raspberry but it was also pretty unique and one of the sweetest, yet still tolerable, sodas I've ever tried.

I also miss Dr. Slice. It wasn't a Dr. Pepper knock off; it was an official mix of Dr. Pepper and Slice. Not sure if it was orange slice, but it was better than regular Dr. Pepper and I only ever saw it at one random ass restaurant in the small town I had lived in most of my life.

I think a remake or sequel of Samurai Pizza Cats would be golden.

Journeyman, The OA

The Logitech G600. It had a 3rd mouse button for your ring finger, and 12 thumb buttons with amazing macro capabilities. Only the sensor kind of sucked so it was useless for FPS gaming

I'm not a fast food person, but the McDonald's Arch Deluxe was amazing. I'd love to have one again. Also Pepsi Kona (coffee-flavored Pepsi) was really good.

I miss things having actual buttons instead of touchscreen - most commonly, car dashboards. But even my microwave's interface has a touchscreen feel. It's not an actual screen but the "buttons" don't need to be pressed so much as grazed, or sometimes my finger being near the button is enough to "press" it. So it ends up in a lot of false inputs that I have to clear out and start over. I have to be very deliberate which slows down my ability to use the stupid thing. And I mostly only use it as a kitchen timer, I can't imagine how annoyed I'd be if I used it more frequently!

So yeah, buttons.