re: Everyone always talks about how good the 90's were. What was bad about the 90's?

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Grunge has been elevated to a 'movement' now?

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now?
it's been know as the "Grunge Movement" or "Grunge Era" for a pretty long time now.

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The grunge thing started as a moniker for MTV to throw a bunch of bands that shared little in common, but general geographic location, and a proclivity for utility clothing in a chilly damp climate, into an easily marketable box. It was a fashion trend, more than anything else,

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how it got started is not relevant.
it took off. and took off big.

and while most of the bands from that era get lumped in under "grunge" incorrectly, the term has come to mean that entire alternative rock scene from the time period.
A lot of really good rock music came out during that time.
and the "Grunge movement" or "Grunge Era" is commonly used to encapsulate the whole thing and not just small part that fits the definition of actual Grunge.

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Kurt Cobain, was mostly unknown before 1992, and completely dead by 1995.

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he was "dead" in the sense of a human being no longer being a living breathing being.
but you using a date a full year after his death insinuates you meaning more his presence or influence on music. In which case he still isn't "dead"

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The girls I knew who were into the trend didn't change their hygiene habits. They bathed, washed their clothes, and smelled nice. They just loved 'Black' by Pearl Jam, and wore flannel shirts, ripped jeans, and Doc Martin's for a year or so.

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agreed on this.
I don't know anyone that changes their hygiene or sanitary habits (other than guys wearing 5 o'clock shadows instead of being clean shaven.
everyone just dressed like homeless bums, not smelled like them.

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There was no "Grunge Movement"

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yes there was.

an LA Times article written in '98

The Rise and Fall of Grunge

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Yes, grunge stuck around long enough to get into the dictionary, but the excitement and early promise of the ‘90s [b]rock movement draws distant indeed as the decade comes to a close.

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1995: Pearl Jam, feeling the pressure of being the focus of the entire grunge movement,

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a brief one at that

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was definitely a brief one, but it was so much more than what you're trying to make it seem.
the fact that it is still commonly referred to as an "era" or "movement" shows that it was absolutely a big deal then and still is influencing things today.

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Everyone getting fake tits

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When this is the biggest issue you are living in good times.

The obvious are crack and murder. Some massive numbers in the 90s that make today's look like child's play. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone alive in the 90s that didn't know someone who got murdered. It's funny though, living through them as a young, reckless man, didn't seem that bad. Had an amazing amount of fun. Just so happened 2 of the most egregious examples of insane murder rates happened to be Richmond, VA and New Orleans both which I frequented often.

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When people bring up HBOs The wire and try to act like it’s not accurate

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I love the Wire.

My parents getting divorced. That's all I got. Other than that, a fun time to be a kid.

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Grunge has been elevated to a 'movement' now? The grunge thing started as a moniker for MTV to throw a bunch of bands that shared little in common, but general geographic location, and a proclivity for utility clothing in a chilly damp climate, into an easily marketable box. It was a fashion trend, more than anything else, and a brief one at that, that, much like Kurt Cobain, was mostly unknown before 1992, and completely dead by 1995. The girls I knew who were [briefly] into the trend didn't change their hygiene habits. They bathed, washed their clothes, and smelled nice. They just loved 'Black' by Pearl Jam, and wore flannel shirts, ripped jeans, and Doc Martin's for a year or so. There was no "Grunge Movement".

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Lol. Grunge/alt rock/post hair metal — whatever you wanna call it — was a movement that had almost nothing to do with girls dressing in the style. They just glommed on late to the pop culture influence of the music. It was a decidedly different style than what had dominated the scene for the previous decade. The influence of it was transcendent and global, and the most popular music of the 1990s came from this scene.

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That shite blew back then and it still blows today.

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can I get an Amen??

AIDS needles everywhere... in the candy.... on the street... Mickey D's ball pits....

Has anybody mentioned that it wasn’t a good time to be a Branch Davidian?

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Starter Jackets.... in Louisiana. No point to those.

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You can’t understand how cool I looked in my Florida State starter jacket circa 1993