There was a time, dear reader when we had to watch TV live. We raced to the bathroom during the commercial breaks and flopped onto the floor 2″ from the screen when our show came back on. And if you missed the broadcast, you were missing out. There was no way to rewind or look …
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A Nostalgic Scrapbook of 70’s and 80’s Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (September 13, 2024)
Did you ever stand up on the park swings? If you were a latchkey kid like many children in the 70s and 80s, you probably didn’t have a hover-parent to survey your every move on the jungle gym, which means you definitely pushed the boundaries of safety on that swing set. Kids back in those …
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27 Gen X Memes for 80s Kids Raised on Hose Water (September 11, 2024)
Back when recess insults were encouraged and playgrounds were made of industrial-revolution-grade metal, kids used to be tougher. Gen X was built for knee scrapes, sandlot banter, and the occasional undiagnosed concussion. Perhaps it was the homemade bike ramps or the impromptu games of freeze tag in the vacant lots, but there’s definitely a reason …
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‘Karen’: 34 Classic Gen X Names on the Brink of Extinction
What’s in a name? A lot actually… In fact–ancient cultures believed that your name was a predecessor for who you’d become, what you’d stand for, and the legends you’d create. Nowadays, young parents seem to be trying to out-stupid the other parents in the kindergarten PTA by naming their kids something ‘original’ just for the …
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A Nostalgic Scrapbook of 70’s and 80’s Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (August 29, 2024)
Do you remember how cool it sounded when you put a baseball card in your bike spokes? We all wished we had a little 2-stroke motorcycle, but all Dad could afford was this lame single-speed Schwinn. Well, like everything back in the 70s and 80s, that ‘lame’ bike of yours is still kicking–and is probably …
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27 Gen X Memes for 80s Kids Raised on Hose Water (August 27, 2024)
Gen X was wild when they were young. We were launching off of homemade bike ramps in the streets until dark, climbing every tree in the park next to the school, and digging holes in the yard deep enough to sink Mom and Dad’s wood-paneled station wagon. This generation of rabble-ruffians was wild and free, …
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Gen X Reveals 35 Childhood Norms That’s Hard to Believe Was Actually a Thing: ‘Not knowing where your kids are for 12 hours’
Life for kids today is so different than it was for the previous generations. Especially speaking of Gen X, where rules were few and far between, and you could go days without seeing your families – with the expectation of meals, of course. Gen X kids roamed free range in packs around the town, with …
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33 Gen X Memes for 80s Kids Still Living on Hose Water (August 1, 2024)
The simplest joys in life are analog
32 Gen X Memes for 80s Kids Living on Hose Water (July 25, 2024)
Ferris Bueller said it best: ‘Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it’ Gen X was raised by 80s movies. Since we were all latchkey kids and our parents worked all, we had to do our homework when it came to the laws of …
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A Nostalgic Scrapbook of 70’s and 80’s Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (July 24, 2024)
Remember those metal lunchboxes that came with a matching thermos? Not only could you bring a Wonder Bread and bologna sandwich to school every day for lunch, but you could accompany that deliciously singular meal with either a hot soup or a cool glass of Hawaiian punch! Life was good. Not only would you flex …
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