Top 50 Most Totally Tubular Gen X Memes of 2024 That Gave 80s Girls the Biggest Hits of Nostalgia

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Dec 6, 2024 1:00 PM EST

Welcome, latchkey ladies. Since, there was no new season of Stranger Things this year to shove 80s nostalgia down our throats, many of us had to turn to other sources to get the hit we craved. While the Netflix show became popular due to its accurate portrayal of all latchkey kids' childhoods, nothing beats watching an actual 80s classic. Whether you tried to imitate laying eyes on your childhood crush for the first time by rewatching Indiana Jones, or revisited your girlhood romantic expectations set by When Harry Met Sally, every 80s girl has her own comfort movie with which to reminisce over the golden years. Still, nothing will ever bring the 80s completely back — not even all the young hipsters in mom jeans and mullets. If you're a Gen X girl who can't get enough 1980s nostalgia, scroll down for the best 80s memes Cheezcake had to offer this year!

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  • 01
    THINGS LITERALLY EVERY 80S GIRL HAR WW ECENTED ALL-PURPOS AQUA NET PROFESSIONNE HAIR SPRAY ALLWEATHERN THROW WORE AT SOME POINT
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 02
    How they dress girls today... How they dressed me...
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 03
    Scientists now believe the depletion of the ozone layer was caused by 3/4ths of the people from your high school yearbook
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 04
    THEY SAY SCENT IS THE STRONGEST TRIGGER FOR MEMORY
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 05
    Wow! You grew up in the 80's! No, I grew up in the 80's الترهل Dream in Nasa
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 06
    That moment when they're playing '80s music on the "oldies" station.
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 07
    My Profile Picture COO 80sThen80sNow When Someone Takes a Photo Of Me
    via @80sthenandnow
  • 08
    Kids Today Have Tablets I Had This 80sThen80sNow
    via @80sthenandnow
  • 09
    Who's Old Enough To Remember When Drinks Tasted Better In These? 80sThen80sNow
    via @80sthenandnow
  • 10
    WHO REMEMBERS UNFOLDING THE CASSETTE INSERT TO READ THE LYRICS?
    via @80sthenandnow
  • 11
    I finally remember what Zoom meetings remind me of. 每
    via @80sthenandnow
  • 12
    This was all you needed for a birthday party "back in my day GRU
    via @80sthenandnow
  • 13
    MTV TURNS 43 THIS YEAR MMV MUSIC TELEVISION® THANKS FOR 14 YEARS OF MUSIC
    via @genxchelle
  • 14
    NeverEnding story when I was a kid NeverEnding story as an adult
    via @genxchelle
  • 15
    CIRCLING STUFF MY PARENTS WOULD NEVER BUY ME @eightiesgirls MAY 1995 SCHOLASTIC ARROW BOOK CLUB 5 IT'S FREE BOOK MONTE Troll BOOK MONTHY ORDER TODAY es you wand The Dragon That Ale Summer Quick Facts About the U.S.A.. Only 95c SAPEN SHAPES Cocou Super Summer Pack Emergency EMERGENCY Room ROOM THIN Own and that MSCHOLASTI Than On 95c made with mematic Goosebump The Barking Ghost NAL NOW TH Twea Zia Youne Make Holiday Cookies Helldan Gitler Fem FEAR SPET 1995 Calendar R.ESTINE Goosebumps FEAR SIST
    via @eightiesgirls
  • 16
    WHEN GRANDMA GAVE YOU CANDY, IT WAS ONE OF THESE: @eightiesgirls
    via @eightiesgirls
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    Grandma's House in the 80's Starter Pack YAL DANSK Butter Cookies 2001 @eightiesgirls
    via @eightiesgirls
  • 18
    Our first makeup palettes: POWDERED EYESHADOW 6 EYESHADOW STICKS BLUISHES BLUSHER Petite Miss @eightiesgirls Imperad NAI ROLL-ON POLISH LIPGLOSS E LIPSTICKS
    via @eightiesgirls
  • 19
    Even if you never had one of these draped over the back of your couch, you knew someone who did THROW A
    via @eightiesgirls
  • 20
    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
  • 21
    I was recently asked who my favorite vampire was. I said, "The muppet from Sesame Street." They told me, "He doesn't count!" I replied, “I assure you, he does." @xennialsgetit
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 22
    One burned you alive and the other one electrocuted you with static
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 23
    "So how did you get into Classical Music?" Me:
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 24
    OUR PARENTS NEVER KNEW HOW FAR WE RODE OUR BIKES IN THE 80S
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 25
    I'm this old... апша POWER DS NSX-520 AUTO REVERSE- FM/MW/SW/SW 8390 AUTO REVERSE SUPER 7-BASE VOLUME
    via @80s_foreverandever
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    If this image doesn't immediately start a long forgotten song in your head, can you even call yourself GenX...
    via @80s_foreverandever
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    I'm this old... апша POWER DS NSX-520 AUTO REVERSE- FM/MW/SW/SW 8390 AUTO REVERSE SUPER 7-BASE VOLUME
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 28
    The year is almost over. We're in the home stretch. The home stretch
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 29
    REMEMBER WHEN YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION LOOKED LIKE THIS? 09 SR SONY
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 30
    "Do you use iPhone or android?" Me: Garfield Telephone A real phone that's real fun! VA TYCO N 297 PL 2 17 SW 99.05 with any 30.00 system TYCO Lift the receiver, GARFIELD wakes up! Hang up and he goes back to sleept fo Pulse/Tone Switchable-Re-dial in Pulse Mode FCC approved-Dimensions: 11x7x5 Tyear limited warranty NON-HEARING AID COMPATIBLE (See enclosed Siterature regarding restrictions on use) GAFIELD 9972 ure Syndicat
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 31
    How kids think we lived in the 80s... How we really grew up... a
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 32
    YOU DON'T KNOW TRUE PAIN UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN POPPED IN THE HEAD WITH ONE OF THESE memes.com
    via @80s_foreverandever
  • 33
    Scratch and Smell the STRAWBERRY SHAKEI SCRATCH AND SMELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY Can You Smell This Post?" Scratch and Smell LIFEFLAVERS Scratch and Smell the MELLO SMELLOS COOL ADE Bubble Gum! Scratch and Smell Gola SCRATCH AND SMELL THE HOT FUDGE SUNDAE SCRATCH AND SMELL 80s Then80sNow, SCRATCH AND SMELL LEMONADE MELLO SMELLOS
    via @80sthen80snow
  • 34
    No Matter What Meal You Bought They Never Cooked Evenly SVRAVE Never! G
    via @80sthen80snow
  • 35
    PILLOW FIGHTER Who Remembers Pillow People? 80sThen 80sNow
    via @80sthen80snow
  • 36
    40 Years Ago We Helped You Sleep 80sThen 80sNow
    via @80sthen80snow
  • 37
    QUAD Who Remembers BOUNDY When McDonald's Sold its Sandwiches in Styrofoam? N EGG MCMUFFIN UFFIN EGG EGG MCMUFFIN www.80sThen80sNow.comOUNDER MUFFIN EGG MCMUFFIN HEESE ARTER INDER. QUARTER CHEESE QUA COLLANDER WITH CHEESE ARTER LINDER AA AA QUARTER POUNDER GUARTER POUNDER, A QUARTER POUNDER WITH CHEESE QUAR MAC MA BIG MAC A BIG MACA BIG MCMC SAGE CIFFIN AA SAL MCM QUARTER POUNDER AA SAUSAGE MCMUFFIN SAUSAGE MCMUFFIN M A SAUSAGE MUFFIN
    via @80sthen80snow
  • 38
    Shoved in the back with no "A/C", video games, "Ipads", TV, or internet, and I STILL SURVIVED.
    via @thegenerationxfiles
  • 39
    My favorite childhood memory is the fast metabolism I had at eleven. Smc
    via @thegenerationxfiles
  • 40
    A divorcing couple dividing beanie babies in court, 1999
    via @thegenerationxfiles
  • 41
    Look, I'm not saying kids today don't have it tough in school, but we had to chew these and everyone knew who didn't brush their teeth. TABLETS OT NO.: T600 EXP. DATE 0009 DISCLOSING TABLE DATE O SCLOSIN ELETS TABLETS LOT NO TEOG EXP DATE: 09:09 0091 DISCLOSING TABLETS EXP. DATE: 09/09 ENISO OSIA DISCLOSE TABLETS LOT TO 16:0 OF EXP DATE OMGE BU 60940 101 SNI วาวsia LOT NO.: TABLET DISCLOS EXP. DATE OF CO/G 4x3 0091 GOOD FON 201 407
    via @thegenerationxfiles
  • 42
    jordan @jordan_stratton Just found out Gen Z kids are calling the 90s "the late 1900s" and I feel like I just drank from the wrong grail in Indiana Jones
    via @thegenerationxfiles
  • 43
    You know you're getting old when things like this excite you
    via @thegenerationxfiles
  • 44
    PG TODAY PG IN THE 80's
    via @thegenerationxfiles
  • 45
    Kids complaining about Spotify... they don't know the real struggle. AUPMA RASMETTE ECORDER ARAS
    via @DongleBelongsToDingus
  • 46
    I THINK MOST OF MY PROBLEMS CAN BE TRACED BACK TO ALL THE AQUA NET INHALED IN THE 80'S
    via @DongleBelongsToDingus
  • 47
    Sometimes I'd like to drop my kids off in 1985 just to see how long they make it.
    via @DongleBelongsToDingus
  • 48
    Today in 1987, your school served you this for lunch and you were excited about it...
    via @DongleBelongsToDingus
  • 49
    I remember the spoon's taste more than the Ice Cream. CEDAR CREST VANILLA 16652 bbs
    via @DongleBelongsToDingus
  • 50
    Today's kids will never know the strength you needed to get the car window down
    via @DongleBelongsToDingus
  • 51
    Who remembers predicting your future by playing MASH? Mxxx Boys Scott W Johnny Depp Joan Gruffudd Hugh Grant City Paris Provence Studio City Careers Cart Critic Moure Stor Voiceovarie Writer Cars Jeep off mercades tandrover Jaguar
    via @DongleBelongsToDingus

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