25 Totally Tubular Gen X Nostalgia Memes That Only True 80s Girls Will Understand (June 20, 2025)

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Jun 20, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

Welcome, Gen X ladies. We all gaze upon our childhoods with rose-tinted glasses. Gen Z yearns for the years of the early internet — back before every YouTube video was riddled with 5 ads and Flash games were all the rage. Millennials still hold a fondness for the gaudiest fashions of the 90s. They dream of renting VHS tapes from Blockbuster and playing hours upon hours of video games on the Nintendo 64.
And you, Gen X? What are you nostalgic for? Perhaps you find yourself missing the bold fashion of the 80s — neon windbreakers, padded blazers, or leg warmers. Maybe you miss having to practice your patience; every show, movie, or song wasn't just available at the touch of a button with a subscription. You used to have to schedule your day around a TV show if you didn't want to miss an episode and put tons of effort into making a mixtape if you wanted your favorite songs in one place. If you miss the simpler times, scroll down for memes!

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  • 01
    Do you remember these little beaded coin purses that fell apart super quickly!? 71
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    If you could count on one thing as a kid, it's that every party favor bag you received. would have one of these inside: @eightiesgirls Made In China Made in China made with mematic Made in Chine
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    ONE REASON WE ARE SO STRESSED AS ADULTS IS BECAUSE WE REPLACED OUR SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS WITH WATCHING THE NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. @eightiesgirls 30
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  • They should totally bring back Saturday morning cartoons. I guess no one is stopping you from streaming the Ninja Turtles at 9 AM on the weekend.

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    @eightiesgirls Another random childhood memory: these backyard Swing sets!
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    NO MATTER HOW OLD I GET I WILL ALWAYS BE TEMPTED TO PLAY WITH ONE OF THESE IN THE STORE. @eightiesgirls
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    Who's old enough to remember when... these came wrapped in tinfoil?
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  • 07
    WHEN I WAS A KID, IF YOU COULD RUN UP THE SLI YOU HAD SKILLS
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  • 08
    Most popular regift of the 80s. Pretty but so stinky
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    I'M NOT SAYING THAT DARTH VADER CHOKING PEOPLE THAT ANNOYED HIM WAS RIGHT I'M JUST SAYING THAT I UNDERSTAND
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    IF YOU WERE A KID IN THE 1970'S YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS www
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  • 11
    WE HAD A PLAYROOM GROWING UP IT WAS CALLED "OUTSIDE
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    Uber of my generation
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    IF YOU GET THIS... YOU HAD AN AWESOME CHILDHOOD
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  • Look, kids do still have balloon fights. It's just that they have gadgets to fill the balloons with water now.

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    STAM Irmoury EGETOLE Grape soda ARMS doesn't taste at all like grapes, but it does taste like purple and I don't know how to explain that. Cott kling GRAPE Soda Welch's ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE
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    As a Kid LACHOY CHICKEN CHOW MEIN WITH VEGETABLES, SAUCE & CHICKEN INSPIRED BY TRADITIONAL ASIAN CUISINE THIS was of Chinese Food
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    RIPPING OFF THE SIDES WITHOUT TEARING THE PAPER WAS A PERSONAL SUCCESS imaflio.com
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  • 17
    NOT MANY KNOW WHAT THIS IS
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  • 18
    If you don't get this, we can't be friends!
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    CAL CATS LIKE YOU LIVE OFF THE BACKS Saves SHI STHAD OF 63 BACK IN MY DAY 14 L BALMS AW FIRST, I'M NOT Tes COME FROM A NE MO FAMILY. SECOND, YJIMA FAT. I HAVE THAT PANITAR SER by Art an WIFE DOESNT YES THER HAVE YOUT THIS IS HOW WE SHARED MEMES ENCO and Jack Bend sunnv.co GOGLA
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    WE'RE SO OLD WE REMEMBER WHEN Delicious SUGAR DADDY WAS JUST A CAND
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    THE BEST DAY IN P.E
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    LIFE WAS SO MUCH SIMPLE WHEN WE COULD PLAY A FRIENDLY GAME OF RED ROVER AND JUST CLOTHESLINE THE PEOPLE WE DIDN'T LIKE K
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  • 24
    When you become officially older than the old folks you watched on TV...so wrong... 48 48 50 53 39 43 44 51
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    Today's kids will never know the struggle when you lose one of the pieces on these
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