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

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
May 15, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

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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    Shocking development

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    These pizzas were crazy delicious

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    Just sit back and watch the drama

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    "This could use a plastic sheet over it 100% of the time"

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    I miss my walkman

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    It was a whole other world created in these tubes

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    You can smell the bottom half of this photo, that wood scent is unforgettable

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    Yummy, water from the hose

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    This TV show went hard, too

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    Teaching people to code back in the day

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    Never seen these in my life, tell me if these are real or not, because they look fake.

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    Most excellent

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    Was the pizza good back then?

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