35 GenX Childhood Snapshots to Give You a Burst of Nostalgia (July 4, 2024)

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John Summers • Contributor
Jul 4, 2024 9:00 PM 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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    THROW EVERY 80'S KID KNOWS THE FEELING OF BEING BRANDED BY THIS ON A HOT SUMMERS DAY
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    BEFORE CROCS WE HAD THESE
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    I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS TO SANTA IT'S CALLED "I ASKED FOR TRANSFORMERS, AND YOU GOT ME GOBOTS"
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    When the weather man says dress for the mid 80s
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    COUCHES ON MY CHILDHOOD 四草
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    NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ANIMALS IBET YOU'VE TRIED TO SHOOT THIS DOG
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    THIS IS WHAT A GRADE 8 GRAD LOOKED LIKE IN THE 80'S
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    MEETS NICE GIRL IN FIRST PERIOD DEFENDS HER HONOR AT 3PM
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    NOT A CELL PHONE IN SIGHT JUST PEOPLE LIVING IN THE MOMENT
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    ONLY TRUE MUSIC FANS WILL GET IT
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    No one: We need a movie about arm-wrestling truckers 1980s: Go on. I'm listening.
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    SMURF SKATES BY ROLLER DERBY RO MUR OLL OLLER
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    WHEN I WAS A KID Ta THIS WAS MY MOBILE PHONE
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    8 yr-old me home sick Bob Barker & The Price is Right
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    Free to a good home, just a warning, they get BIG!
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    You had to be there. On a Friday night. BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO
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    GEN Z "THIS THING REALLY BOS KICKS!" GEN X: "CAN IT KNOCK PICTURES OFF THE WALL ?"
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    PREHISTORIC GOOGLING
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    Me watching all these reboots of my favorite movies that had nothing wrong with them in the first place
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    Dad: *doesn't want dog* Family: *gets dog anyway* Dad and the dog: Bat
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    CHOCOLATE FLAVOUR RASPBERRY FLAVOUR FIENDISH Feet Fangs a lot MONSTROUS MUG OFFE STRAWBERRY F FERMA Fiendishly smooth egurr MAN
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    DID YOU OWN? MAJOR MORGAN PLAY RA ABCD DEFG GABC CDEF
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    SO GLAD I WAS TAUGHT THE RECORDER AT SCHOOL IT'S REALLY COME IN HANDY. I'VE LOST COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES I'VE RESOLVED A DIFFICULT SITUATION WITH A QUICK BLAST OF 3 BLIND MICE
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