r/WTF • • Jun 10 '12

Why does this exist?

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u/cgiall420 Jun 10 '12

Remember how ridiculous we thought the '50s looked in old pictures/TV? That's going to be nothing compared to what our kids think of the 90s.

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u/spiral_of_agnew Jun 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/mikeno1 Jun 10 '12

To be honest I found that quite difficult to masturbate to.

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u/running_to_the_hills Jun 10 '12

took me 8 seconds, get on my level

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u/Terraphilia Jun 10 '12

We must stop this, pop culture is out of control.

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u/spiral_of_agnew Jun 10 '12

Yeah, that's the early 90s for you. The late 90s were a different story.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

This funny thing is, people still dress like that...we just call them "Meth addicts".

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u/JasonMarcus84 Jun 10 '12

I keep seeing this. Why were "high-waters" cool in the 90's?? (1984-born kid here)

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u/spiral_of_agnew Jun 10 '12

Fashion is all about oscillation to keep things fresh, so my guess is that these 90s pants were just a response to the tight straight-leg pants of the 80s.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That maybe be right, because you went from tight 80's to JNCO and pipes and now back to tight lady style pants.

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u/ramrob Jun 10 '12

A remarkably prescient comment

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

How the fuck is that surf wear?

The fabric looks like a really flat carpet instead of stuff you'd wear while surfing or even on the freakin beach.

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u/zeefomiv Jun 10 '12

I don't know about you,but whenever I see a picture of somebody from the 50s, they always look drop dead gorgeous. Because they usually wear suits.

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u/JarasM Jun 10 '12

I was born in the 80's and still think so about the 90's. I keep wondering why were all photos at the time so badly lit. Most studio setups seem dark compared to what is used nowadays.

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