30 Gen-X Memes to Give You a Burst of Nostalgia (November 5, 2023)

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John Summers • Contributor
Nov 5, 2023 9:00 PM EST

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
    You may be old But are you this old? Winston America's Best. Hakklied @padPatrol
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    The brownies I started baking in my Easy-Bake Oven in 1979 are ready if you guys want one. KENNER EAST-BAKE OVEN
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    Grant Tanaka @Grant Tanaka my daughter was wearing a flannel hoodie so I said "hey, the 90's called" and she replied "yeah cause they couldn't text" and DAMMIT I'm getting really tired of my kids owning me
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    Today's generation has no idea who lived here -
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    Video The radio star
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    Max Miller @RuinMyWeek A guy broke into my car in 2002 and stole a stack of CDs except he left a couple which means he took the time and risked being caught to judge my taste in music and that hurt so much more than the broken window.
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    If you know what this is we can be friends XXXX
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    I told my kids I need to "tape" something and realized they have no idea what I meant and then I crumbled into ancient dust and my spirit went to live in an abandoned blockbuster video
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    Son, when I was a kid, when my mom would use the blender, it would ruin the picture on the TV screen. Don't ask me the science behind it, because there is none.
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    "Our country has never been more divided" Nah Think again :
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    Kids today will never know what it was like to take a ton of pictures @90smadness Kodak Cod 400 m Kodak Fensaver Picket camera And have to wait a week to find out they were useless
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    Don't complain about your research project. This was my google. 178 HED 183 KONUYASITING Why
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    Who remembers unfolding the cassete insert to read the lyrics?
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    It's 7 now :(

    IN 8 YEARS, THE 80'S WILL HAVE BEEN 50 YEARS AGO
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    movie theater: no outside food or drinks allowed me:
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    Never Ending story when I was a kid Never Ending story as an adult
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    when your phone is dead and you've gotta take one of those 90s dumps
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    Tv Exec: So the whole show is just you painting for a half hour? It'll never work. Nobody will watch that. Bob Ross:
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    Cartoons in the 90s really were like, Let's just throw a leather daddy into this episode. The kids'll love it"
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    My friend: You can't recognize someone just by their foot. Me:
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    How they dress girls today RAINTS How they dressed me
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    are you this old WATERFUL RING-TOSS
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    LION-O RICHIE
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    Back off! I have a paperclip, and an '80s hairstyle and I'm not afraid to use them!" ICK
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    YOU KNEW THE ALBUM WAS GREAT Pichie Jackson Thriller 380 @RnBNights 90s EDDY PENDEROOSTER VANDROSS IF THEY HIT THIS LEAN ON THE COVER
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    888 THE 80'S PROOF THAT PEOPLE DID NOT LOOK INTO A MIRROR BEFORE GOING OUT.
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    I RENTED A MOVIE THE PREVIOUS CUSTOMER DIDN'T REWIND IT
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  • 28
    "YOU HAVE A COLLECT CALL FROM: HEY MOM, COME PICK ME UP, DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHARGES?" (Network S M KIDS TODAY WILL NEVER KNOW THE STRUGGLE
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    Bany Rodd LIP-SYNCHING TO DEF LEPPARD TAPES SINCE 1985
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    Legend said that the blue part could erase ink
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