Unlock Some Childhood Memories With These 34 GenX Memes for All You 80s Kids (July 21, 2024)

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John Summers • Contributor
Jul 21, 2024 9:00 PM EDT

Today I was trying to help my 10-year-old find a good movie to watch on TV, and we came across "Gremlins." I instinctively told him that this movie was too scary for him, and we went on and picked "Inside Out" instead. And as we watched it, I suddenly realized that I was only 8 years old when Gremlins came out, and I remember me and my friends going by ourselves to the cinema and having an absolute blast watching it. Was it scary back then? sure! but what's wrong with being scared while watching a movie? It's part of the experience!

Don't get me wrong, there are some amazing movies today (Inside out 1 and 2 are great examples) but while they are wonderfully written and directed, they are mostly funny, adventurous and maybe a little sad - but pretty much NEVER scary! why not?  What is so wrong with scary? E.T., Ghostbusters, The Never-ending Story, Gremlins—all of these movies had actual scary moments in them, and I feel like it made them better. 

I guess what I'm saying is that we should go back to scaring children. It's good for them!

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  • 01
    Gender study when I was a kid A PLAYBOY TV NEWSCASTER BARES ALL
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    Dolly Parton, 1976. She wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day. ON THE SAME DAY.
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    Jesse McLaren @McJesse Gen Z will never understand the absolute grip this baby had on our culture. BROSAURS
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  • 04
    This is a childhood delicacy.
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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. VZZid SONIWOG @totally80sroom Delery 98
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    IF "THE BREAKFAST CLUB" WAS MADE TODAY, IT WOULD BE A SILENT FILM ABOUT FIVE KIDS STARING AT THEIR PHONE.
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  • 07
    The Only Hugs My Parents Gave Me
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    My generation was expected to climb a 30 foot rope with a life saving 2 inch thick mat below. RS24
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    They're only noodles, Michael.
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    HOW WE UNFRIENDED PEOPLE IN THE 80S
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    Only in the 80s could a kid turn into a wolf in the middle of a basketball game and they finish the game avers 15 Beavers 42 @totally 80sroom
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    Nintendo prepped us for this.
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    REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THE PHONE BOOK TO ORDER A & CORUNNA SPORTS BAR PIZZA!? SEE OUR FULL MENU IN THE MENU GUIDE AND ON OUR WEBSITE BEST PIZZA EPROVED CATERING INAHURRY! AVAILABLE PHONE YOUR LUNCH ORDER IN AND WE'LL HAVE IT READY WHEN YOU GET HERE VISA ITA MEAL! Bread Kickers Breadsticks Hing Pizza Delivery Experts 11:00am dey SARNIA 332-3733 889 Exmouth Street Frills Plazal www.fumings.08 TOWN! GRAMMIES BEST PIZZA Subs SARNIA 337-2222 988 Confederation St. WE DELIVER VISA Hours: Tun Tan Franta
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  • 14
    I've watched Predator many times, and the most horrifying part is still Mac relaxing himself by dry shaving.
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    Don't complain about your research project. This was my google. 183 -C
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    Dad always seemed to find time for us in between his busy schedule of puffing Winston's indoors and blasting White Snake from his bitchin Camaro. @totally80sroom
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    I'm old enough to remember when ice cream came in a box Rutter's THRIFTY-PAK Ice Cream ARTIFICALLY SLAVORED VANILLA GALLEN Rutter's THRIFTY-PAK Ice Cream NEAPOLITAN VANILLA CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY ARE CALEN
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    Been chasing people in their dreams so long I forgot to chase my own
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    When I was young, I thought this was the epitome of wealth and sophistication VIENNETTA Vu
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    Dear kids, her name was Lady Elaine Fairchilde and she was terrifying
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  • 21
    YOU DON'T WANT ALL THIS SMOKE
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    When I was a kid this literally translated to "Change the channel immediately." G Starring Richard Thomas
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    IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 80'S YOU KNOW THERE WAS NOTHING SCARIER THAN mysteries Alsocturn THIS GUYS VOICE TELLING YOU ABOUT SCARY STUFF THAT NOBODY SOLVED
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    Our parents in the 70s/80s
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    Well played, Target. MARVEL JAWS
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    We're having company, go get the fancy cups. EDI AUTHORIZED LOO Not yes STAR WARS RETURN OF THE JEDI ON OF THE EDI
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    Technically 90s but I will allow it

    GOT MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH REM @totally80sroom THAT'S ME IN THE CORNER
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    Kids exploring ancient ruins verige
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  • 29
    DANG! RANA'S MEXICANO 01 SOMEBODY GOT THE WHOLE SET!
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    Once seen it cannot be unseen. Axl Benny Rosé Hill
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  • 31
    For more than 30 years, plastic Garfield phones have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery has finally been solved - a shipping container from a ship that sank in the 1980s was found in a hidden cave.
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    Going to bed in the 80s No Internet No mobile phone
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    when you're four coors light deep at Applebees and "eye of the tiger" starts playing
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    Uber of my generation
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1990s 90s memes retro nostalgia 80s music Nostalgia Overload 80s 90s kids 90s memory lane nostalgia memes millennial-nostalgia 1980s
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