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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Gen X Shares How They Went From YOLO to ‘Get Off My Lawn’
Groaning when you climb up a flight of stairs is the new norm. Remembering names has become more difficult, although to be fair, you were never particularly good at that anyway. And the music? This new stuff sounds like angry robots having a rave in a blender. Does this sound like you? Congrats, you’re getting …
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Nostalgic 2000s Kids Memes For True Gen Zers Who Don’t Remember The 90s
I am willing to admit I harbor nostalgia for the 2000s. It’s only natural for someone to look at the decade where they were under 12 years old for the whole of it with some rose-colored glasses. I’m aware that for most adults, the 2000s were not the most peaceful and fun time of their …
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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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Fast Food Workers Share Most Entertaining Workplace Moments
Everybody here has had some experience working in customer service. A number of us had jobs in theaters, motels, fast-food restaurants, and various other places. It’s safe to say that working as a server was one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had. For the most part, we felt like human punching bags that people might …
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18 Lunchables Memes For Nostalgic Millennials Who Embrace The Chemicals
When I was a kid, I was never a Lunchables consumer. I could not understand the appeal of eating rubbery deli meat and cheese on crackers for lunch. In my mind, there was no way that would be enough to tide me over for the rest of the school day. I was especially disgusted by …
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‘American nightlife is lame and tends to end in one’s 30s’: Grown-ups bemoan the loss of adult nightlife, claim it ended with with the boomers
Nowadays, we tend to think of nightlife as very youth-oriented. When I think of a club, I imagine a gaggle of spry 20-28-year-olds twisting the night away in a loud techno warehouse. But when I watch old movies or talk to my older relatives, they paint a different picture. Remember the days of big bands …
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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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