Things They Like #5: The Nineties

Unpopular girls love love love the nineties. They love that time period so much because they feel as though if they had been a teenager during it, then they wouldn't be so unpopular.



Key points of appeal of the nineteen-nineties are its sketch comedy (The State, Mr Show, Saturday Night Live when it was actually good), its television shows ("Snick" line-up, everything that premiered in 1999), and plaid. Unpopular girls will often sometimes tell you that they love bands from the nineties, back before they sold out, but that is just their excuse to listen to Modest Mouse. Other than that, the only musical group from that era that unpopular girls will associate themselves with is Pavement, but usually just in a self-deprecating, "ironic" way.

Unpopular girls also find tragedies (West Memphis Three, Columbine, Jonesboro) that occurred before 2000, but after 1989, just that much more fascinating, and worthy of scouring the library for documentaries on.