21 Gen X Memes for 80s Kids Raised on Hose Water (January 3, 2024)

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 3, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Kids with phones are the bane of my existence. Listen here, little buddy blasting Cocomelon in the grocery story from an iPhone, back when we were kids, we had to actually sit in silence for two seconds. Look at the world today, blinded by screens and missing out on the best things in life. Sure it wasn't perfect back then–with Mom gifting McDonald's gift cards for Christmas and Dad chain-smoking in the living room–but at least we spent time together. 

Nowadays, kids don't do anything but look at their screens. 

Gen X knows that childhood is all about building bike ramps, climbing trees, and hiding your newest knee scrapes from your parents. Because although we were feral and set free on the likes of the entire neighborhood, we were undoubtedly free. 

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    generation x Falling off a roof when you're a kid Sneezing too hard when you're an adult
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  • Being a kid in the 80s meant you could go for hours without ever ‘checking in’ with your parents and you could ride your bike for miles. With nothing but the wheels under your feet, the world was your oyster and no TV show was hypnotizing enough to ever rip you away from the real fun being had outside. 

    So if you're feeling nostalgic over the good ol' days of yore, plucking gray hairs from your hairline and wishing your knees could still bend without cracking, scroll onward to enjoy this week's nostalgia-inducing collection of Gen X memes straight from the time capsule buried in 1980.

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    It's an older code, sir, but it still checks out SHARP ELSI MATE EL-240S ANS M 53 18008 F DEC SET
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    I paid $0.99 for a soulja boy ringtone sure grandma, let's get you to bed
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    Annual reminder that in the 1980's the thought of not receiving a year-end bonus at work was so egregious that they made it the plot of a Hollywood comedy
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    So glad I grew up doing This, and not this
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    Me watching skinny jean girlies go up against the new jean trend girlies. @oneawkwardmom m You guys are wearing jeans? <
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    DID WE ALL HAVE THIS EXACT ALARM CLOCK BACK IN THE DAY? AM PM ANTE MUSIE ALARM GE Digital Clock Radio 4:36 BATTERY BACKUP SNOOZ @80s.deennice (JE) FM 88 92 96 100 104 108 WAKE AM*55 65 80 100 130 160 KH
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    When somebody calls you back instead of just texting...
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    If you grew up in the 80's You know exactly what this is!
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    Shoutout to the mom and dad in A Christmas Story just chugging wine for breakfast.
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    Looks like my neighbor's put their Christmas display up early this year.
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    The older I get, the more I realize he wasn't that crazy
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    I THANK GOD I GREW UP IN A TIME WHEN AN APP WAS JUST AN UNFINISHED WORD, AND A PHONE HUNG ON THE WALL. WE SPENT TIME WITH EACH OTHER AND IT WAS GREAT. Dairy Queen
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    Crocs in the 80's PICI
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    E 00 Who knew playing with this.... Mon GenXTalks Wed Thu Fri Sat Was preparing us for this....
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    Don't tell me you're fan. of 80's music if you don't know this group Roland GenXTalks
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    "Kevin, stop playing Galaga and get over here! Your pizza is getting cold!" Pizza Hut Piz a-Hup GenXTalks
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    $20 dollars when I was a kid DEPTH GAUGE 90ft $20 dollars at my 30s
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    BEFORE UGGS....
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    The sole reason Gen-X will live until 100 21010
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    Wow! You grew up in the 80's! No, I grew up in the 80's in Neon
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