37 Gen-X Memes to Give You a Burst of Nostalgia (September 4, 2023)

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John Summers • Contributor
Sep 4, 2023 11:00 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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    Picture frame - E 14 56670005 VERH MOST KIDSTODAY WON'T UNDERSTAND THE JOY OF PLAYING WITH THE TELEPHONE CORD
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    Home appliance - Back in the days, if I wanted to download a song, I used to sit with my old tape recorder next to the radio and wait for a cool song. Then hit "record!" STEREO AUTO STOP
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    Food - These tasted like dry Kool-Aid mix, chalk and aquarium gravel 27
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    Font - FIRST EYE PHONE
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    Glasses - Back in mu day, we ate ice cream out of toilet paper rolls and didn't complain
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    Electronic instrument - AM PM Milton's Late 1110 36 WAKE SWOGE FM 88 92 96 100 104 108: AMN 55 65 80 100 130 160 MAGY
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    Amber - Hard to believe I once had a phone attached to a wall. When it rang, I'd pick it up without knowing who was calling, Amazing I'm still alive
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    Gadget - Everything in this picture is now in your pocket. 4500
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    Aircraft - F-94 * Guillow's Jetfire GLIDER ROK Fighter 10
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    Light - WHOEVER IT WAS WHO DECIDED TO TAKE AWAY THE BENCH SEATS OBVIOUSLY NEVER HAD A GIRLFRIEND.
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    Font - SOME OF Y'ALL NEVER HAD TO PUSH YOUR OWN CAR THEN JUMP IN AND POP THE CLUTCH AND IT SHOWS..
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    Font - UNFOLDING THE CASSETTE INSERT TO READ THE LYRICS?
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    Product - This door weighed more than the entire car you're driving now bro
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    Television - NOTHING MADE YOU HAPPIER THAN SEEING THIS WHEN WALKING INTO A CLASSROOM AS A KID.
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    Fixture - when you needed 2 keys for 1 car GM GM
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    Yellow - Found a pair of these at my uncle's house, after trying to learn how to use them, I walked away with two lumps on my head. HIGH IMPACT KLATTER THE SKILL TOY FOR '71 ((BALLS $ INSTRUCTIONS: Thread strings through holes in balls, Knot ends Attach ring as shown drawing (A) KLATTER BALL CO. P.O. Box "R" Mountain View, Ca. 94040
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    Gauge - UKL MN 6 PRS 7 DEF GHI 3 ABC 2 TUV 8 39 100 Le WXY FIRE POLICE AMBULANCE OPERATOR 0Q 0 3 1
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    Handwriting - WHO REMEMBERS 611:37 L951b1 AUTHOR TITLE Lowell. The Biglow papara. Data Da Date Returned Aug 6'40 atto 40 May 3'41 Berrewer's Name May 10'41 K. Hatly 25.41 J' Ruth Harbuch 12 42 Dec 12:42 Cablue Loui Au944 Ae10 44 na ال سے لے کر نے May 30'41 1745 Ad M WY8/45 NY 19 45 DE 14 35 Calle O AA.348 WHAT THIS IS FOR?
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    Automotive parking light - fotomat FILM-DEVELOPING FLASH BULBS Kodak Film ONE DAY PHOTO FINISHING 16.00 BACARS YOUR DE
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    Table - the first search engine?
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    Bicycle - WAY BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA S G THIS IS HOW WE KNEW WHERE EVERYBODY WAS
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    Christmas ornament - No one has ever bought these. They don't exist in stores. On the day you become a grandma, a crystal candy dish full of them appears on your kitchen counter and never runs out.
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    Jeans - MTV USED TO PLAY MUSIC sure grandma let's get you to bed
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    Brown - Grandma's House in the 80's Starter Pack YAL DANSK with Butter Cunkies @eightiesgirls 1955
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    Product - If you know why the corner is taped You are officially old C64/128 0110ve the 80s SKA by Michael k & Copyright © 1987. Electronic Arts
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    Vision care - It's a Saturday night in 1982. You've just washed your hair with Pert Plus, brushed your teeth with Pearl Drops tooth polish and there's a case of Busch in the trunk of your Camaro with t-tops
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    Sleeve - IF YOUR AUNT DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF THESE... Marlboro 80sForeverandever.com THEN YOUR NOT OLD ENOUGH TO LIKE THIS PICTURE.
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    Gas - IF THIS DOESN'T REMIND YOU OF YOUR CHILDHOOD I'M SORRY TURBO 1430 355 ATARI
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    Wheel - Let's confuse some young people. Dont say what it is just post it
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    Font - I remember the spoon's taste more than the Ice Cream. CEDAN VANITE THASPORCE
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    Font - Before the internet, some dude in middle school would tell you that a kid from a TV commercial exploded from eating Pop Rocks with Coke and you'd just go around believing it for the next 20 years rawberry JALLY FLAVORED ANDY TAS TH Loke NEW! @totally80sroom
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    Cartoon - Like three people will get this but it's worth it. 00 PENCIL...
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    Facial expression - Old school costumes had it looking like a classroom full of serial killers ready to go on a Purge
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    Bumper - WHOSE MOM HAD A KNIFE LIKE THIS? Jebonas fr mondebones.
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    Rectangle - having this big box was like winning the crayon lottery!!!! 48 Crayola CRAYONS Voren NERE Different Brilliant Colors BINNEY&SMITH NON-TOXIC APERT
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