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

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.

Jesse Kessenheimer

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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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