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30 Memes that '70s and '80s kids will remember from way back when

Gen X grew up spending their days outdoors. They also had a lot of cool tech back then, like cassette tapes, that just aren't popular anymore. Now that music is on everyone's phones and computers, no one needs a separate device made just for music. That's certainly something that many of us look back on wistfully.

Playgrounds are another of those Gen X legends that almost seem too crazy to be true. Photos of the playgrounds from back them make them seem dangerous! Playgrounds just get safer and safer these days, but in the 1970s and 80s, people just let their kids run loose and play as they wished. Today's helicopter parents would never. 

Next up, this woman came up with a truly terrible travel hack. 

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