41 GenX Memes for 80s Kids Who Grew up in Simpler Times

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John Summers • Contributor
Dec 13, 2024 10:00 PM EST

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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    I loved my Commodore 64

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    If you wiped your face you are immortal now

    f If you used this to dry your hands back in the 80's at the gas station you're probably immune to literally everything.
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    Quick! I need a pencil!

    Kids complaining about Spotify... they don't know the real struggle. POWER AM/FM RASMETTES RECORDER JARAS
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    I used to talk to my next door neighbor

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    Everything up to the black album was gold!

    Me in the future... WHERE THE FO Is my METALLICA
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    Probably the greatest achievement of his life

    When you've got all 10 of the high scores on Asteroids......... PAC-MAN
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    How could we ALL have the same chair?!

    WHO REMEMBERS THESE CHAIRS?
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    And luckily there are no photographic proof of what we did

    When I was a kid, going OUTSIDE was my social media
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    No Maam!

    In 1987 a man working as a shoe salesman could support a family and still own a home like this
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    ZAXXON!!

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    Did it taste like strawberry?

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    This was hotter than a fireplace

    Who remembers getting dressed for school in front of one of these on cold mornings?
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    Do you like me? ✔-yes X-no

    80'S TEXTING
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    Totally waterproof

    BEFORE UGGS....
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    My dad's finger was in half of them

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    1980S BLING

    1980S BLING
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    Teenagers in their 30s

    can't believe that as a child grease had me thinking that these ppl were teenagers
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  • 18

    I admit

    ADMIT IT, YOU HAD A PAIR.
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    Also had several pairs of these monstrosities

    JAMS JAMS JAMS
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    This was the first game I ever played - Pitfall

    2000 || 20:00 ACTIVITISH ZENITH
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    Looking good!

    THE NEVER ENDING STORY II THE NEXT CHAPTER
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  • 22

    I sure do

    DO YOU REMEMBER ALL 4 OF US? Rainbow Brite
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    Not me thankfully

    COME CLEAN WHO HAD A RATS TAIL?
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    My mom wore those all the time

    REMEMBER THESE 80'S STYLE EARRINGS?
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    I had a "Video game notebook"

    A long, long time ago before gamers could look up maps on the internet, this is what you did. Map circa 1987 ZELDA Level Mag DOGCO Wares The Legend of ZELDA INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
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    Simon says Take a couple ibuprofen

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    Why can't we have transparent tech again?

    KIDS TODAY WANT THOUSAND DOLLAR CELL PHONES... WE JUST WANTED THIS TACKY MESS!
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  • 28

    Blockbuster and Tower records were my second home

    OUR KIDS WILL NEVER GET DISCOVERY ZONE THROWBACKS 1975 US TOWER RECORDS BLOCKBUSTER RAR HOW MUCH THESE PLACES MEANT TO US
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  • 29

    I never met this guy. I swear

    It's a Saturday night in 1982. You've just washed your hair with Pert Plus, brushed your teeth with Pearl Drops tooth polish and there's a case of Busch in the trunk of your Camaro with t-tops
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    Define "Survived"

    IF YOU'VE EVER PLAYED ON THIS PUKE-CAUSING, CONCUSSION-GIVING, BONE-BREAKING, KID ROCKET- LAUNCHING HUNK OF METAL AND SURVIVED... YOU ARE A TRUE WARRIOR!
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    A brand new CAR...pet!

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    Fancy

    LAZER Tay Game Kit
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    Smells like teen spirit

    Berry Blossom TEEN Spirit The '80s "Getting ready for a Friday night" Starter Pack Red LIP SMACKER 1980 AQUA Spato Appice NET shared
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    I actually don't know this game

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  • 35

    Pretty sure it was Dick Tracy

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    I love the sound it made when you erased the drawing

    Х Woody Woodpecker MAGIC SLATE PAPER SAVER HAPPY BIRTHDAY woopy AND STORE BACK IN MY DAY, THIS WAS OUR IPAD DRAW THEN LIFT FILM
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  • 37

    Merlin!

    MERLIN BEFORE GAMES ON YOUR PHONE, SOME GAMES LOOKED LIKE A PHONE! NEW SAME GAME GAME COMP TURN
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  • 38

    It was

    GETTING THE NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Nintendo ACTION SET ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE
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  • 39

    I had this exact transformer watch

    QUARTZ QUARTZ QUARTZ
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  • 40

    I had no idea

    Did you know?... Winnie and Becky from The Wonder Years... are real-life sisters
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    I wonder how much it costs now

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