Memes for Essential 80s Kids Who Know They Grew Up in the Best Decade

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 22, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

I love the 80s - it was a time of nascent technology and economy, which had important effects on the people and culture. Who remembers the big hair, all frizzed out, with a single pony tail on one side of your head. Or the erroneous fashion - from leotards and leg warmers, to neon print jackets and matching sweat pants. The 80s had it all, and no decade before or after has ever been the same. 
 

We all love to reminisce about the 80s, even gen z and alpha, who can only look back on it through a contrived lens of television, photos, or anecdotes. When I was in high school and could finally go out to clubs, my favourite club to go to was an 80s club in Hollywood. They only played 80s music on Monday nights, and the bar was indelibly deemed "Blue Mondays." Everyone was in their own little world of wonder, dance, and nostalgia there. 
For girls and boys who just want to relive a life where music was better, movies had Molly Ringwald, and no one had a fell phone, enjoy the memes below.

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    BEFORE UGGS.... 5
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  • I wasn't alive in the 80s, but it doesn't mean I don't think about the 80s, love the 80s, and wish it was the 80s again. I wish the economy was up, I wish that we didn't live with smart phones, and I wish that I could see these old 80s bands live when it was their prime. 

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    I loved these things!! Who else?? WONK GREAT FLAVORS 12 ANT PIECES WACKY WAFERS Tangy Pruity a Wafers Candy CKY ERS LIGIGIA Net Wt 1.5 oz (42.5) WACKY WACKY WAFERS WAFERS. Did you love them!? Nutrition Facts 5775 71
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    ท Hash Brown BIG The good ole' days! BIG BREAKFAST ETS g drink Sprite 310 Preppes
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    145 25 Memo 2:40 Memo EXPRESS MO M MOTOROLA Memo EXPRESS
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    Therapist: Just relax, and tell me when it all began Me: I. I.
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    IF YOU EVER HAD ONE OF THESE..... YOU PROBABLY STILL TELLIN ON PEOPLE.. mematici
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    SWANSON DINNER New! SAFETY CRONG RAIN PONCHO SALISBURY STEAK
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    Before Snapchat and Instagram was around, this is where you showed off your shoes/outfit. Never forget where you came from MA
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    MILLENIALS: MUST SAVE WORLD GEN X: LET IT BURN memegenerator.net
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    Other people: How old are you? Me: This old
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    Which one are you?! THE OUTCAST WHICH MEMBER OF THE REBEL THE BREAKFAST THE CLUB ARE YOU? Eurything's Caprative PRINCESS THE THE GEEK JOCK
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    In the 80's, THIS was our Netflix MEMOFILX MEMOREX FUJI T-120 T-120 T-120 7 20 RCA RCA T-120 BASF BASF chrome T-120 GHOSTBUSTERS TRON PROTOCOL IBAT MAN (1966) 0-2177 GODFATHER (1974) 2177-503 KARATE KID DOWN & OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS CLASH OF THE TITANS FLASH GORDON SINBAD THE SAILOR THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTEN INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF Doon KING KONG LIVES STARWARS. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK MIDWAY 9A PUBLIC ENEMY PART THE LAST UNICORN (1982) ANNE C.482) SECRET OF NIHM (1982) PADDING TUN GOES T
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    Bewg @bewgtweets If you want to know why Gen X'ers are always mad it's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection that was then replaced with a cd collection that was then replaced with MP3's and d...n it how many time must I pay to listen to grunge
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    Returning to the office after working from home for a year UCSANTA CRUZ BANANA SLUGS
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    Unless you were there in 1982, you can't even imagine how baller this setup was. 2000 20:00 ZENITH
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    BILL www CERTED ALL-PONE AQUA NET PROSION All these things go together because they're in my heart. Thank you.
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    In the 80s & 90s they didn't even build a new school. They just hauled these in & said go learn something, trailer park children.
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    Growing up we didn't have lettuce, we had chips.
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    70's/80's Child How I lived without a smart phone Atari 2600 How I lived without an iPod How I lived without Google lostaz ATARI How I lived without an Xbox, PS3 or Wii How I lived without text messaging How I lived without email, Facebook, or Twitter MUSIC TELEVISION How I lived without YouTube RAND MONALLY Road Atlas How I lived without GPS How I lived without a Kindle or Nook
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    Remember these? Jolly Rancher CANDY (R) JOLLY AND ATERALLY FURRED CINNAMON FIRE STIX APPLE STIX ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED
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    Hands up who remembers when text messages used to look like this?! T NOKIA 10:20 message received Read
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    No quarterbacks. No blockers. No. receivers....No teams. Everyman for himself. If tackled...you throw the ball up and someone else grabs and it runs. Where you're from...what is this game called? BENGALS
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    Mr. Rogers wearing a Bob Ross t-shirt chillin with Steve Irwin in front of a rainbow BE
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    Don't claim to be a football fan if you don't know who this is. LS 9
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    my bathroom floor is always wet bc neutrogena taught me to wash my face like this:
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    Need for speed When I was a kid... Call of duty Minecraft 00 000 Mortal kombat 180
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