A Nostalgic Scrapbook of 70’s and 80’s Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (September 25, 2024)

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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‘The return of Vans Warped Tour, Y2K, and indie-sleaze’: How Millennial Nostalgia Has Become the Biggest Cash-Grab Since Student Loans

Y2K is becoming cool again. Millennials and Gen Z are romanticizing the tech-free days of the early 2000s with its excessive aesthetic, rebellious nature, and excitingly edgy offensiveness. Originality may be dying, but the market wants the feel-good memories from our youth, not something unfamiliar or innovative. Why improve or change anything when you can …
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A Burnt CD of 2000s Nostalgia for an MTV Cribz Tour Down Memory Lane

We are the last of a dying breed. We are the first of a new generation. We are the ones to watch technology grow into a sentient monstrosity and the last to have a Tamagachi. We are… Millennials.  There’s something to be said about the generation that straddled the dawn of the Internet. Growing up, …
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25+ Wallace and Gromit Memes Tucking Into a Bit of Wensleydale

If you grew up in the early 2000s, odds are you’ve wanted to go to the moon just so you could take a slice of it and see if it was actually cheese. Wallace and Gromit was one of those oddball DVDs that we all somehow had in our TV consoles as a kid. Like …
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32 Nostalgic Childhood Memes to Heal Your Inner Kiddo

Are you feeling melancholic this week? Do you miss when your biggest problem was deciding which face paint design you wanted at the county fair? Correct answer: Spiderman, always. Those were the days, weren’t they? Instead of paperwork, we had multiplication worksheets. Instead of a 9-5, we had a 7-3. Nobody, not even children, enjoyed …
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25+ Club Penguin Memes for 2000s Kids Still Mourning Their Puffles

Nothing sends a nostalgia shiver down the spine quite like Club Penguin. As soon as I would get home from school, I’d log on, perhaps AOL messaging my friends to see what server they were on and spend hours traipsing around Club Penguin. I’d work at the pizza parlor (which definitely trained me for a …
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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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25+ Nostalgic Back to School Memes for Former Students Who Miss Recess

Back to school used to be such a potent combination of exciting and dreadful. Summer was over, and you had to say goodbye to your endless free time and camp friends, but the thought of finding out who was in your class, cracking open a new pack of pens, and picking out your first day …
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