25 Totally Tubular Gen X Nostalgia Memes That Only True 80s Girls Will Understand (March 31, 2025)

Everyone has nostalgia for the 80s – even those who weren't around. The time period is so well-documented, and the pop culture of the era still permeates everything. Just a few years ago, Gen Z kids were asking their parents to unearth their old "vintage" clothes from their youth. I'd seen pictures of my mom sporting high-waisted, acid wash denim jeans, oversized blazers with shoulder pads, and comfy roll neck sweaters with funky patterns. Unfortunately, she got rid of it all in the early 2000s, thinking that these gaudy styles would never come back into fashion. I was pretty upset by this, but she got to relive her youth by taking me shopping for all the same styles she wore as a teen and young adult.

If you spent your youth making mixtapes, challenging your friends to Super Mario Bros on the NES, and breathing in copious amounts of hairspray to maintain the perfect level of fluff, scroll down below for a collection of memes that will take you down memory lane.

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Be careful what you wish for! Knowing my luck, I'd end up right in one of the many Stephen King book adaptations from the 80s. I'd prefer to end up in The Neverending Story.
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Sure, the future doesn't look as sleek as it does in Robocop, but it's still pretty impressive that we have all these gadgets – and much, much more – in the palm of our hand!
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