Jokes aside, you really did miss peak culture. Boys and girls had their own cartoons. Cartoons had their own artstyles. There was diversity in looks and genres. The music in cartoons rocked. Everything had attitude and the female characters were sexy. Bugs Bunny kissing Fudd and crossdressing were still considered jokes. There were multiple good movies coming out each year. You could make gay and immigrant jokes on TV and satirize the government. If any group bothered you, you'd tell them to go fuck themselves. Christians telling you DOOM/D&D/Conan is satanic? "Go fuck yerself". Neonazi rally being noisy? "Go fuck yerself". Hippies taking up space and protesting about the environment? "Go fuck yerself". Leftists and immigrants calling you fascist? "Go fuck yerself". Class girls gushing over DiCaprio and Spice Girls? "Go fuck yerself".