31 GenX Childhood Snapshots to Give You a Burst of Nostalgia (April 18, 2024)

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John Summers • Contributor
Apr 18, 2024 10:00 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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    I distinctly remember moms picking up their kids from school in a Dust Buster DUSIBUSIER Plus powerful cordless vac plus-energy for long use time plus-attachments TM DUSIBUSIER Plus
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    Paul Rudd and Wilford Brimley, each at age 52
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    Let's be honest. Watching childhood cartoons when you're an adult is really weird.
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    Meanwhile, Back in the 80s... when things were normal.
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    BUT HERE IS THE GUY YOU ENDED UP WITH. 80'S GIRLS, HERE IS THE GUY YOU WANTED TO MARRY...
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    THROWBACKB Every 80s kid knows the agony of getting branded by one of these seat belts on a hot summer day GM
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    JOHN CENA IS SLOWLY TURNING INTO ERNEST.... TAKE SO
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    Todays Kids will never know that before Grand Theft Auto ...there was this. SAMPH SIGW
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    NeverEnding story when I was a kid NeverEnding story as an adult
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    When you're 24 beers deep and Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi comes on at a Wedding Hier BI
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    Seriously- Edith was 44 and Archie was 48
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    Hungover in your 20s Hungover in your 40s totally80sroom
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    SOMETIMES I'D LIKE TO DROP MY KIDS OFF IN 1985 JUST TO SEE HOW LONG THEY MAKE IT.
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    YOU DON'T WANT ALL THIS SMOKE
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    Every 80s kid has a photo with this same exact letter board LYN BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MRS. SUMMERS GRADE 1 1983-84 @totally 80sroom
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    Pizza Hu GRY BO totally80sroom I WANT TO BE THIS EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING
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    YOU KNOW THIS ROCKSTAR FROM HIS HAIRLINE @totally80sroom
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    Justine Bateman's 17th Birthday Party, 1983.
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    MY HIGHSCHOOL HAD A SMOKING AREA @totally80sroom
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    WHY? BECAUSE IT WAS THE 80S... THAT'S WHY.
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    HOW WE UNFRIENDED PEOPLE IN THE 80S
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    Before the internet these people would take your order, write down an address and deliver a pizza to your home in less than 30 minutes by using a paper map like some sort of mystical land pirate. YZZM ONINOG Stotally80sroom
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    #DJMODU WHEN YOU FLIP THROUGH YOUR 80S YEARBOOK
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    MTV FIRST AIRED AUGUST 1ST 1981 MUSIC TELEVISION @totally80sroom THANKS FOR 15-YEARS OF MUSIC
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    Leg warmth was a big deal in the 80s Leg Warmers @totally 80sroom 7 2
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    16 TOTALLYAL THE STANLEY CUP we need!
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    Schra Math SMACK DEAR Word Shady SCHOOL TEACHERS NOW WHEN I WAS A KID Ctotally80sroom
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    When it's school picture day but you gotta sell that cutlass supreme at 3:45 @totally80sroom
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    Don't forget to wear your Cabbage Patch ear muffs. It's cold out there. V Ototally80sroom
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    THE REAL ONES KNOW @totally80sroom
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    These were all released within 44 days of each other in 1991. #rock METALLICA ZT 47857 121 PEARL JAM ten epic GEFFEN GUNS N' ROSES USE YOUR ILLUSION 1 GAFFEN RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK SOUNDGARDEN Badmotorfinger Pet NIRVANA MEVERNING
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