43 Gen-X Memes to Give You a Burst of Nostalgia

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John Summers • Contributor
Aug 27, 2023 9:00 PM EDT

I love being a Gen-X. It means I am old enough to remember a time when we didn't have the internet, the TV only had 3 channels, there were no cell phones and it was considered okay to just walk around your town looking for stuff to do. It makes me appreciate all the comforts of life we have today while also making me less anxious about life in general. people are so afraid of everything today but I still remember drinking from the garden hose and going to my friend's house without any actual way to call my parents to tell them where I was going. 

I'm old enough to remember playing with sticks in the forest, but also playing video games with my friends. I guess what I'm saying is that I can appreciate modern life AND the simplicity of the past, bridging two worlds with fond memories from each..

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  • 01
    Musical instrument - An ancient artifact from a more civilized time. AM PM 41400 12:00 SATTENY SACKUP (36) WAKE SNOUE FM 88 92 96 100 104 108: AM X 55 65 80 100 130 160 MHz KHz
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    Corded phone - It's been a long time since I slammed a phone down good and hard. LOL 04/ 1 PRS DEF ABC 2 AREA cove 404 378-3298 8 TUV 9 WXY BOYLESNO
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    Rectangle - Kids these days will never know the feeling of seeing someone you know name in the book THIS BOOK IS THE PROPERTY OF: STATE C PROVINCE COUNTY PARISH. SCHOOL DISTRICT OTHER ISSUED TO Year Used Kaleian Constantino Cort dessica MakwinSKI 07-07 Book No. Enter Information in spaces to the left as instructed FARMIN CONDITION ISSUED RETURNED Steven Weinrich 08-10 Borat Delaney Jures 12-13 Michael Jackson 15-16 Black White PUPILS to whom this textbook is issued must not write on any page or
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  • 04
    World - Teacher: The 5 senses are sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. Me: I can hear pictures. Teacher: No you can't. Me: M YNS
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    World - If you have a favorite pattern, your back hurts when you wake up now Select Card Back OK Zwani. Cancel X
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    Car - Getting out of your car in the 90s was like
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    Gadget - technology design peaked here 17 1000 Ominc
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    Font - Michael J. Hudson @lasloo. Replying to @kathbarbadoro I know... Gen X here... and I totally overdo ellipsis. What happened in our generation that made us so fond of them? It's like we don't ever want to commit to ending a thought... or we're afraid of run-on sentences... a way of expressing stream of consciousness... hmmm DataAngel, part-time wolf. @DataAngel Replying to @lasloo and @kathbarbadoro It's because we spent years just trailing off when we realized no one was listening to us.
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    Eyebrow - How we used to take selfies in the '90s 1 TATA.
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    Forehead - Mother in the '60s: my hair can't get any bigger Daughter in the '80s: Hold my boombox
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  • 11
    World - I'm starting to think our parents really didn't care what happened to us back in the day.
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    Font - Aurora @obscurepluto i love the fact adults are buying plushies, lego build sets, hello kitty crafts, painting their room all kinds of colors, putting fairy lights everywhere i love it. i love seeing all of us put our money in stuff we wanted as kids/teens and seeing it come to fruition
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    World - Therapist: You said you were disappointed with life & how the world operates. What were your expectations? Me: TOWN HALL コロロ Co UP 19 POST OFFICE Ⓒ 000 M CHA
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  • 14
    Forehead - My answer whenever someone asks me how old I am I WAS ONCE ON THE TELEPHONE WITH BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO
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  • 15
    Input device - You might be old but are you this old 444
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  • 16
    Sleeve - WHEN THE GOTH ELDERS HEAR A CLASSIC AT THE CLUB AND HEAD TO THE DANCEFLOOR
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  • 17
    Photograph - CHRISTOPHER LLOYD IN THE MANDALORIAN CHRISTOPHER LLOYD: MAN IN THE DELOREAN
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    Human - Me: "OMG my kids watch the dumbest stuff on TV." Me in 1985:
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    Font - Luke+ @LukeWheeler01 The 1990s can be defined by buying a CD on the strength of the one good song you heard on the radio.
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    Chin - An unbelievable thing that has changed in 30 years is that in 1995, this was supposed to be what 45 year-olds looked like
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  • 21
    World - Hundred bucks says there's a coyote under there!
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  • 22
    Forehead - Remember Chucky? This is what he looks like now. THE ULTIMATE 80 APP SPAGE
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    Footwear - These guys were way ahead of their time AN HALEN Live streaming from their basement
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  • 24
    Beard - My daughter was doing her history homework and asked me what I knew about Galileo. I said, "He was a poor boy, from a poor family"
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    Hat - How I feel when I talk about the 1980s to anyone under 30. @Social_Mime
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    Organism - It's not that our parents "tried" to kill us. They just didn't always put a lot of effort into preventing it
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    Forehead - Me: Hey ma can you take me to get my haircut. Mom: No we have scissors at home. www
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  • 28
    Font - Jonathan Edward Durham @thisoneOverhere Mister Rogers had it down cold: after you get home, first order of business is to change into something comfy and then it's RIGHT into the neighborhood of make believe for some old-fashioned dissociation from the terrors of reality
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    Green - 80s DENTIST: "Good job Jimmy! Now pick a prize from the treasure chest.'
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    Human - Kid: Did they have scary movies when you were a kid? Me: We had scary everything when I was a kid... B m
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    Head - posts i would make to signal that i am being held hostage @jaynesbluewish One of my favorite parts of The Breakfast Club is the makeover they give Ally Sheedy at the end of the movie. Not only does she look much better than before, but it represents her characters' journey from darkness to light
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    Hairstyle - Can't believe that as a child Grease had me thinking that these ppl were teenagers 3336
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    Forehead - REMEMBER Turn your computer off before midnight 12/31/99. on O BEST BUY I was there. 3,000 years ago...
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    Hair - When kids ask me why people in old photos have red eyes I tell them they were too young to remember The Demon Uprising of 1980.
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    Eyebrow - 80s kids telling about how they threw eggs at things for absolutely no reason @myjesusjam
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    Forehead - From about 1983 to 1991, Phil Collins sang like every fourth song on the radio. If you were in your car with the radio on for 15 minutes, you heard Phil Collins at least once. That's just how it was. I feel like those over 40 will confirm this to be accurate
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    Forehead - Some kids won't know but, once upon a time this was the trend
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    Vertebrate - Rare photo of a remote control from the 70's
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  • 39
    Forehead - Barry Manilow wrote "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There," "I'm Stuck on Band-Aid Brand Because Band-Aid's Stuck on Me," and "You Deserve a Break Today at McDonald's." Everyone should know this.
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    Furniture - Other people: How old are you? Me: This old
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  • 41
    Clothing - Mens short & long sleeve business shirts $2.99 EA. Polyester/cotton in white and pastels. 37-44. Fashion ties $3.⁹9⁹9 Prints and woven designs. Look smart in a Target tie. Fashion shorts $7.9⁹ EA. Fashion shorts in a good range of styles. 3-7,4%, 5%, 6%, 7%. Leather belts $2.5⁹ 59 1½/2" size Other sizes and prices available too. Walk socks 99 PR. Machine washable. 1 size fits all. Assorted colours.
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    Font - Watching "Back to the Future II" with 14yo, and he said "2015?! That's not the future. That was 6 years ago!" I just sat there, quietly, almost like I was at my own funeral, because I'd somehow outlived the future of my own childhood, and somehow I'm not already dead.
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    Product - IN THE 1980S HAMBURGERS ATE YOU
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