Being a latchkey kid sounded like the dream back in the 80’s. Like every kid’s comic or TV series, all of a sudden there weren’t any parents around. No adults? It’s the dream! But for us Gen X kids, bidding farewell to our parentals before hopping on the bus to go to school was our …
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37 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water (April 17, 2024)
Growing up in the 80s was a riotous time. Hair was big, clothes were flashy, and everyone had something to prove. For us kids, growing up in the 80s was more about finding which parking lots were the best to hang out in, copping a smoke from the high schoolers on our lunch break, and …
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34 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water (April 9, 2024)
Do you ever think about the house you grew up in? Everyone thinks that growing up in the 80s meant that your bedroom was full of bright neon colors, see-through landline phones, and an infinite sneaker collection, but anyone from Gen X can tell you that our house looked more like Eric Foreman’s basement in …
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‘The experience of boredom’: Gen X and older reveal x things about the 80s that pop culture forgets
Living through a period of time and looking back at it are two very different things. History is often told by unreliable narrators, even when those who experienced it are still alive. This is especially true when things become glamorized for Hollywood or the mainstream media. Most of the time, entertainment is going to triumph …
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‘The experience of boredom’: Gen X and older reveal 20 things about the 80s that pop culture forgets
Living through a period of time and looking back at it are two very different things. History is often told by unreliable narrators, even when those who experienced it are still alive. This is especially true when things become glamorized for Hollywood or the mainstream media. Most of the time, entertainment is going to triumph …
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36 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water
What’s the most important thing we learned from Oregon Trail? Always pay the ferryman to cross the river, because you WILL lose a wheel and perish in the rapids. For Gen X, in life, that’s been our motto! With the wheels coming off the wagon of life, we’ve somehow made it through without ever getting …
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Funny Generation X Memes For Members of The Forgotten Generation
I recently discovered something I would have never known unless a Gen Xer told me. Apparently, the way that I watched Daria on Hulu was not how it was initially aired. In the 90s, the show wasn’t punctuated by the guitar riffs from the theme song but had tons of 90s hits courtesy of MTV. …
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20+ Back to the Future Memes That Do Justice to Doc Brown
Most of us know Back to the Future as the series of mega-hit movies that many couldn’t imagine the 1980s without, but the first film almost didn’t get made. Co-creator Bob Gale once revealed that studios rejected the script more than 40 times before it finally got off the ground. It’s a darn good thing …
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30+ Gen X Memes For Xoomers and Xennials
Gen X is a pretty exclusive generational club. It’s no wonder many stragglers who are technically baby boomers or millennials want to be a part of what Gen X offers. Take my parents, for instance. They were born in 1962 and 1963 and don’t want to be aligned with being baby boomers. I mean, who …
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20+ Labyrinth Memes That Do the Magic Dance With the Goblin King
When it comes to 80s kid’s movies with a dedicated cult following, Labyrinth (1986) has to be somewhere near the top of the list. It boasts countless reasons for being iconic, and not all of them revolve around the suspect choices made by the wardrobe department for David Bowie’s character. The soundtrack bangs, it’s full …
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