OK Boomer: 32 Memes for a Nostalgic Blast from the 80s and 90s

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John Summers • Contributor
Jul 26, 2023 9:00 PM EDT

Step into our meme time machine and let's take a radical journey back to the 80s and 90s! From the days of cassette mixtapes and Walkmans to the era of dial-up internet and AOL, these were the golden years when our biggest worry was not having enough minutes on our pager. Leg warmers, neon spandex, Furby, and Tamagotchi, the era where simplicity met the cusp of the digital age.

Ever find yourself longing for a time before smartphones and social media? A time when MTV still played music videos, and Saturday mornings were meant for cartoons, not chores? Well, you're in for a treat. We've compiled a list of 32 nostalgic memes that will transport you right back to your neon-colored, slap-bracelet-wearing, Gameboy-playing glory days. So pop in that 'Now That's What I Call Music' CD, pull on your parachute pants or tie that flannel around your waist, and prepare for some serious nostalgia.

Don't worry, we won't make you wait for the dial-up to connect, or blow on the cartridge to make these memes work. So get ready to ride this wave of nostalgia. And who knows? Maybe, just maybe, you'll get that Fresh Prince theme song stuck in your head all over again.

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  • 01
    Input device - You might be old but are you this old 444 144444 C
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    Tableware - Carl @CarlLeCat The 80's on netflix vs the 80's irl Cora La Creme @baalhisses : www As a very old person I feel qualified to say that most modern media set in the 80s fails to capture how f g brown everything was
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    Brown - Some of y'all never had walls like this and it really shows
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    Output device - "What do you think you'll be doing in your golden years?" Me: Me LIFE EU Aid TheLacy Lection
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    Musical instrument - IF YOU GREW UP PLAYING THIS CO Nintendo BITTERTE SUSTEM YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE A COLONOSCOPY
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    Human - Me walking into the Scholastic Book Fair with $20 in my pocket about to buy 6 goosebumps and a Lamborghini poster
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    Font - Ygrene @Ygrene Found by CleanMemes.com remember when the fbi would threaten you at the beginning of every vhs tape, that was pretty cool
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    Wood - Old McDonald's was a fun playland. US 24 New McDonald's looks like a prison.
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    Cartoon - REMEMBER WHEN FLOPPY DISKS 111 b TORN COULD SAVE/DESTROY THE WORLD?
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    Font - BIGGEST LIE OF MY CHILDHOOD 25¢ PUSH TO REJECT @90smadness PUSHING DOES NOTHING
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    Hand - KIDS THESE DAYS WILL NEVER Ⓒ Sdilind KNOW THE STRUGGLE
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    Font - REMEMBER THIS? THESWEAT YOU CAN PROBABLY STILL HEAR THE SOUND IN YOUR HEAD.
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    Font - THIS IS WHY I HAVE TO STOP AND THINK + X BEFORE PRESSING "X" shared 8
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    Output device - NOTHING MADE YOU HAPPIER THAN SEEING THIS WHEN WALKING INTO A CLASSROOM AS A KID
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    Hood - UUDS, NERUS BEYOND SWINZA
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    Gesture - SONY E COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT PlayStation Licensed by Son Computer Enter:zinne-t America SCEA JoyStation
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    Camera accessory - KIDSTODAY WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO TAKE A TON OF PICTURES @90smadness Ha Wa Kodak FunSever Ticket camera AND HAVE TO WAITAWEEK TO FIND OUT THEY WERE USELESS
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    Product - Ok 1998 had no right to slap this hard Fallout THE LEGEND OF ELDA CARIMAS OF TIME TOMBE RAIDER Sucury Roscot New CHORE GRIM FANDANGO EPIC CRIME CORRUPTION LAND OF THE DEAD made with mematic RESIDENT EVIL BANJO KAZOOIE F-ZEROX Tom Clancy's ACTION STRATEGY SIX THIEF a STARCRAFT K HALF-LIFE www.CLASS.COM INFOR ST Progres TUROK SEEDS OF EVIL Cen METAL GEAR Morret
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    Product - One burned you alive and the other one gave you electric shocks @90SMADNESS
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    Mode of transport - Remember playing Mario Kart and thinking you were in first place, until you realized you were looking at the wrong screen and actually crashing into walls? That's adulthood. LAD 1/3 1 2 3 78.8 TIME 00 03 16 D
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    Smile - AMERICA'S FUNEST HOMEOS YOUTUBE IN THE 90S imgflip.com
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    Smile - "Big Nick" Lutsko @NickLutsko Worst thing about Al is that future generations won't believe that this photo of Fabio getting hit in the face by a goose on a roller coaster is real
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    Product - Some of y'all never got tricked into pulling one of these by your siblings and it really shows PULL HERE SHOCK CHEWING GUM NWRIGH 90s Babies Only @90sbabiesonly why were these legal HEID BHOCK PULL NERE CHING ST BEN TING MOONS
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    Hairstyle - TikTokers 000 fo 33 yo me SES
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    Gesture - "So how did you get into Classical Music?" Me: HAIR TONK
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    Forehead - My answer whenever someone asks me how old I am X I WAS ONCE ON THE TELEPHONE WITH BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO
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    Musical instrument - I'm going to tell my kids this is Ed Sheeran NICK
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    Photograph - Me: "Back in my day, the movies were wholesome." The movies back in my day:
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    Forehead - Slightly @slightlysailone This new generation doesn't know the PAIN we went through when these two mfs were popular hor 2000
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    Tie - Learning about my inheritance in the '90s: Parents You go sell these and buy yourself a nice spaceship. DEEP TRACKS ONLY
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    White - I am this old. VOL TEMPER M600 SCAN TRACK TUNE @millennial misery 135CV 211CA 3 PROG LO OFF 5 RPT TOYOTA ATH ALENO CONTROL PAW MODE xan 6 RAND Do Panasonic ROT-SHOCK INEMORY AM TAPE FM CD
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