35 GenX Childhood Snapshots to Give You a Burst of Nostalgia (April 23, 2024)

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John Summers • Contributor
Apr 23, 2024 8:00 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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    Jam Press HOME
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    As I become older The more I understand these two.
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    The Reason The Average Gen X-er Will Live to a Hundred INTS The Ultimate Eighties Page Que Community
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    HAVING A 2 VCR SETUP Emerson ON SCREEN PROGRAMMING 4 HEAD HIFI STEREO ▷ KAY MEANT OWNING A COPY OF EVERY MOVIE YOU RENTED FROM BLOCKBUSTER.
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    BATTLE OF THE PLANETS
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    FORD ESCORT FORD FALCON FORD FIESTA FORD MUSTANG FORD ESCAPE FORD FOCUS
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    You can't unsee it now! Swifty
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    Crocs in the 80's PICT
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    Commo HANDBUCH
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    When I gotta go to work again even though I just went yesterday Totally Tubular 80's
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    The 1980s Every Year Since
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    When I was your age, this was a dragon... ...and we were grateful to have it.
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    Bewg @bewgtweets If you want to know why Gen X'ers are always mad it's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection that was then replaced with a cd collection that was then replaced with MP3's and damn it how many time must I pay to listen to grunge
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    OLD keep.it.old.school SCHOOL 80s Kid Trauma Starter Pack
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    Enrico Palazzo singing the National Anthem at Angel Stadium, 1988
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    The 80s: When people had terrible taste in clothes but great taste in cars
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    Looking to sell my Delorean. Good shape, low mileage. Only driven from time to time.
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    "KERMIE... I WONDER WHAT OUR KIDS WILL LOOK LIKE?"
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    I just found this old tape, so I gave it a play. I don't recommend it at all. Head Cleaner - worst band ever... Head Cleaner Play Both Sides Tapo Line
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    THE ORIGINAL Invicta MASTER MIND English Français Dansk Italiano Portugues Svensk Deutsch Norsk Español Nederlands GAME YEAR PREMIADO JOGO DO ANO IL GIOCO DELL'ANNO LE JEU DE L'ANNEE ÅRETS SPILL SPEL SPIEL DES JAHRES EL JUEGO DEL AND ARETS SPEL ARETS SPIL ORIGINAL Invicta MASTER MIND English A GAME OF CUNNING AND LOGIC FOR TWO PLAYERS BREAK THE HIDDEN CODE
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    I'M THIS OLD A
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    "You're still a rockstar," I whisper to myself as I take my multivitamin and get in bed at 9:00.
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    THE YOUTH OF TODAY WILL NEVER KNOW OUR STRUGGLE
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    CURES FOR EVERY SICKNESS VICKS I HAD AS A KID Campbells CONDENSED CANADA DRY VapoRub COUGH SUPPRESSANT TOPICAL ANALGESIC Chicken Noodle ***SOUP* Fed Ginger GINGER ALE 100% Nad a EMIUM original PREMIUM PRice SHOW
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    Citin PEANUTS ISBN 0-307-04461- MAGIC SLATE GOLDEN PAPER SAVER 0 33500 04461 8 Produced in USA by DO NOT STORE AT TEMPERATURE OF 100°F. OR ABOVE. Western Pushing Company R Wisconsin 53404 GOLDEN GOLDEN & DESIGN, AND MAGIC SLATE Publishing Company, Inc. A SNIP AND STORE При DRAW THEN LIFT FILM
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    Scientists now believe the depletion of the ozone layer was caused by 3/4ths of the people from your high school yearbook
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    YOU KNOW HOW RETIREMENT HOMES PLAY MUSIC OF THEIR RESIDENTS' ERA IN THE LOBBY (BENNY GOODMAN, FRANK SINATRA...) ONE DAY OUR NURSING HOMES WILL BE PLAYING TWISTED SISTER AND MOTLEY CRUE IN THE LOBBY.
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    NEVER FORGET
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    ST SMI A CANDLE FOR GEN X SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT Which smells like Doc Martens and the girl with the most cake.
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    Remember when Pizza Hut pan pizzas were basically a culinary delicacy? They'd bring them out in a real freakin skillet that was pipping at 700 degrees Fahrenheit right as your 3rd song kicked in on the jukebox after you played a game of Galaga. WE WERE ROYALTY
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    THE TOOL THAT DEVELOPED MY CAT-LIKE REFLEXES FOR PUSHING THE PAUSE BUTTON JUST BEFORE THE DJ CAME BACK ON NATIONAL PANASONIC LUCI @HEYPARCOPODCAST
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    ME IN 8TH GRADE 800BIES
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    High
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