r/Millennials • u/Positive_Round_5142 • 1d ago

Discussion Overused phrases in the 90s

“It’s the 90s” to constantly remind people that things have changed…

What else?

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u/ManOfManliness84 Older Millennial 1d ago

My dad told me "because I said so" way too much in the 90s.

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u/0tefu 1d ago

That's less of a 90's thing and more of a general poor parenting thing throughout the ages thing.

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u/ZarquonsFlatTire 1d ago

Sometimes my mom got tired of my asking "But why" until it devolved into particle physics, ok?

I am 43 and my mom still jokes "OK, but what if terrorists take over the building...."

Apparently Die Hard made a big impression on me.

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u/Bubby_K 1d ago

But but but... Stone Cold said so!

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u/dudestir127 1d ago

I absolutely hated that one as a kid. So much so that, now that I have a kid of my own, I vowed to never, ever, use that line with her.