25 Totally Tubular Gen X Nostalgia Memes That Only True 80s Girls Will Understand (November 25, 2024)

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Nov 25, 2024 6:00 PM EST

Welcome, Gen X gals. Just about everyone can agree that the 80s were the best decade. Even Millennials who were lucky to experience the 80s in diapers and Gen Z kids who only heard about it through their parents' ramblings know that it was a magical time. The internet existed, but it was not easily available to the general public. If you wanted to know something specific, you had to go look it up in a book. In fact, you most likely had to go to library, which was a quick 30-minute bike ride from your house. What would be a thoughtless Google search in 2024 was a whole afternoon adventure in the 80s. Movies actually had practical effects instead of being CGI fests, the music was diverse and came on cassette tapes, and cereal boxes still came with actual toys inside. If you miss your girlhood in the 80s, check out these memes for nostalgic Gen X women.

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    I'm "Little Professor" years old 123 D SET O GO+ "LITTLE PROFESSOR
    via @genxchelle
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    MTV TURNS 43 THIS YEAR MMY MUSIC TELEVISION® THANKS FOR 14 YEARS OF MUSIC
    via @genxchelle
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    NeverEnding story when I was a kid NeverEnding story as an adult
    via @genxchelle
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    THE MANY FACES OF GENERATION X 000 INDIFFERENT HAPPY SAD ANNOYED EXCITED WHATEVER Memezila.com
    via @genxchelle, Memezila
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    YOU DON'T HAVE TO RO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT
    via @genxchelle
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    1980'S DENTISTS: NOW PICK A PRIZE FROM THE TREASURE CHEST @genxchelle
    via @genxchelle
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    It is never explicity explained how the Brady Bunch had access to Zoom in the 1970s. @genxchelle
    via @genxchelle
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    A RARE PHOTO OF A VINTAGE REMOTE CONTROL @genxchelle
    via @genxchelle
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    JENNY WAS AT WALMART 1.00 Birthday 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.0 Birthday Birthday Bthday Bathday 7530 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 $1.00 Birthday
    via @genxchelle
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    McDonald's Making the Filling for their Apple Pies in the '80s ROUND
    via @genxchelle
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    FANCY TOILET PAPER FROM THE PAST: NORTHCE NORTHERN ORTHERN STROFT ORTHERN NORTHER @eightiesgirls
    via @eightiesgirls
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    What bringing lunch to school looked like back in the day: Oscar Mayer Lunchables Deluxe JUNCO CORDIONVERSES SQUET Chucklin Cherry ATOUT NO FRUIT TX 6-PACK LICIOUS O Betty Crocker MADE WITH REAL FRO FRUIT 10 FRUITY MIX 6-PACK RED PUNCH LEMON-LIME GRAPE SODA LICIOUS SODA POP FRUIT SNACKS 6 POUCHES O NET WT 5402 NOW Fun Snac 600 Made With UP AND UP Natural and Artificial Flavors @eightiesgirls GHOSTBUSTERS Cinnamon Graham DunkAroos Y IN TREST HiC Ecto Cooler made with mematic Handi-Snacks CFRUIT C
    via @eightiesgirls
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    CIRCLING STUFF MY PARENTS WOULD NEVER BUY ME MAY 1995 IT'S FREE SCHOLASTIC ARROW BOOK CLUB NES BOOK MONTHS Troll A ORDER DAY Ant check @eightiesgirls 14007 Youself Heldin Giller Fens The Dragon That Ate Summer Quick Facts About the U.S.A.. Only 95c Camp SEPER SHAPES Cocou Zia 5850 Super Summer Pack R.ESTINE Goosebumps EMERGENCY ROOM Emergency Room by Care & Con Goosebump The Barking Ghost No AL New FREE POSTER ZINSIDE Than Only 956 MSCHOLASsic made with mematic JOHAL Make Holiday Cookies KOUS FE
    via @eightiesgirls
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    REMEMBER THESE RETRO TINS? Great for Baking HERSHEY'S COCOA NET WT & OZS 12 @eightiesgirls VILLAGH MOISTURIZING SPIP LICKERS QUIP BALM SPEARMINT NET WT.%0Z. (5.67) 1978 Village Bath Products Minnetonka, MN 55343 U.S.A BAND-AID BRAND value pack plastic strips 70 Johnson-Johnson bandages 35-3/4 IN STR 15-1 IN STRI 20 JUNIOR SUCRETS Sore Throat Lozenges Demulcent/Anesthetic Formula fast temporary relief of minor sore throat pain and mouth irritations 24 LOZENGES Throat Lozenges SUCRETS VILLAGE MOIS
    via @eightiesgirls
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    WHEN GRANDMA GAVE YOU CANDY, IT WAS ONE OF THESE: @eightiesgirls
    via @eightiesgirls
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    WHERE OUR ANXIETY STARTED: Perfection ADAM'S APPLE BRAIN FREEZE UNNY ONE WISH BONE BROKEN HEART WRITER'S CRAMP 8% Perfection SPARE RIBS BUTTERFLIES IN STOMACH BREAD BASKET @eightiesgirls Simon 123 1234 LAST LONGEST
    via @eightiesgirls
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    Grandma's House in the 80's Starter Pack YAL DANSK Butter Cookies @eightiesgirls
    via @eightiesgirls
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    NOTHING SCREAMS REGRET LIKE THE EMAIL ADDRESS U CAME UP WITH AS A KID @eightiesgirls 31
    via @eightiesgirls
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    I'M SATURDAY MORNING @eightiesgirls 80st CARTOONS OLD! 10 11 12 13 U
    via @eightiesgirls
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    666 EVEN OUR STICKERS WERE BETTER IN THE 80'S! @eightiesgirls MILK 0000
    via @eightiesgirls
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    Our first makeup palettes: POWDERED EYESHADOW 6 EYESHADOW STICKS @eightiesgirls Impera BLLISHER BLUSHER Petite Miss NA ROLL-ON POLISH LIPGLOSS E LIPSTICKS
    via @eightiesgirls
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    Even if you never had one of these draped over the back of your couch, you knew someone who did THROW A
    via @eightiesgirls
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    biggest elementary school flex: 64 Crayola eightiesgirls CRAYONS Different Brilliant Colors BUILT-IN SHARPENER NON-TOXIO made with mematic
    via @eightiesgirls, mematic
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    A long time ago an engineer decided he hated children and wanted to watch them burn
    via @eightiesgirls
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    Without saying how old you are, name one thing from your childhood that someone younger wouldn't understand. I'll go first: @eightiesgirls
    via @eightiesgirls

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