33 GenX Childhood Snapshots to Give You a Burst of Nostalgia (May 15, 2024)

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John Summers • Contributor
May 16, 2024 12:00 AM EDT

I love being 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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    Imagine if you will.. television with only three networks and no remote
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    Old McDonald's was a fun playland. M US New McDonald's looks like a prison.
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    Tapes had side A and side B so it's only logical that their successor would be the CD.
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    I propose Gen X Island, where we can live out the rest of our days with our forgotten peers, watching movies on the VCR, snacking on Jiffy Pop and Tang... Saturday morning cartoons & tearing up our mouths with Cap'n Crunch, riding bikes with no helmets, listening to records
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    I DON'T GET OFFERED DRUGS NEARLY AS MUCH AS D.A.R.E SAID I WOULD.
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    my theory is every gen X person read a stephen king book way too young and that's why they are the way they are
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