Dating Apps. Here’s what dating was like in the 1990s… Firing up Windows 98 and playing a game of Oregon Trail with your significant other was the original “Netflix and Chill.” If you weren't born yet or didn't have the privilege of dating in that spectacular decade, here are some major differences between dating now versus then. So using dating apps effectively is another important dating skill didn’t exist back in the ’90s. But there was the grunge movement, the Backstreet Boys, tapas bars, and riot grrrls. Dating apps are becoming just as big as traditional dating sites. The key to using dating apps effectively starts with using quality pictures in your profile. Remember dating in the 1990s? 1. Dating in the 90s. Dating in the '90s was better than today. Dating in the 90s was still what we may consider old fashioned — after all, there were still no text messages or mobile phones. So let’s make a mix tape! They were happy times, simpler times, times when men didn’t send pictures of their erect penises or Vines of themselves masturbating to women they’d found online. Dating in the 90's Lyrics: Your boyfriend's getting close to you / The one you said you couldn't love, but you already do / To me it seems like we're a long time overdue / … Dying of dysentery.