42 Types of Retro Technology We Miss From the 90s

Personalized Bitmojis are a dime a dozen nowadays. Love them or hate them, there’s no denying that their origin story probably began with the Windows XP account pictures. These were the coolest things when they came out. With the account feature, super-cool teens could create a password-protected home screen all their own on the family computer.

One of the biggest decisions when creating an account was which profile picture to choose. No, you couldn’t choose a picture of yourself. It was so much better. You got to base your entire personality on fun, pre-selected images of guitars, frogs, dogs, and more. To this day, most of us can probably remember our go-to profile picture. It’s part of our personal identity at this point.