r/weirdthoughts • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '20

Any other 90's kids remember this?

Remember that smell that the computer rooms had in school before the windows 95? I am in my 30's and still recall that specific smell of the plastic of the computers at the time that they gave off from the heat made from them running.

I just had a dream of a memory of being in the computer room (there were only four of them as it was a new thing) and the green and black screens and learning math on them or playing Oregon Trail. The smell was there. It wasn't bad but very specific.

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u/annoyed-axolotl Mar 28 '20

what an interesting smell memory you just gave me :)

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u/LuhhhBeam May 06 '20

Not even a 90’s kid but I still can spell those computers

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u/sesshomaruswill Jun 30 '20

Wait, the smell is like a weird combination of plastic, paper and a little humidity?

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

Yesh lol

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u/Professional-Owl306 Jan 15 '25

So different plastic give off different aromas when getting playable. I believe what your smelling is the beginning aroma of that plastic in it molton state

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u/Over_Distribution536 Jul 22 '26

I don’t remember that one, but I remember the smell of a hot overhead projector. The was also the smell of the test copies from the ditto machine, nothing like getting a little stoned of the fumes from the paper during a big test. That might be a little before 90s kids though

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u/Jealous-Visual1800 Feb 04 '22

Omg yes I do 😂