‘With Arms Wide Open’: How Memes Resurrect Long-Lost Lore Through Nostalgification and Elevate Old Trends That Deserve an Encore

What do Creed and Shrek have in common? Of course, both embody the post-grunge anthems of the early 2000s, but more recently, these two icons are forming a new fandom with Gen Z, earning a delayed round of applause through memeification.  As you’ve probably noticed, the resurgence of 2000s trends are relentless.  We’re constantly dodging …
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24 Gen X Memes to Get You Home Before the Streetlights Turn On

Gen X is the toughest generation. Born from the mire of metallic jungle gyms and a street light curfew, most latchkey kids in the 80s lived for radical bike stunts, climbing trees, and making petty bets with the other local kids. Whoever built the coolest bike became the king and the whole neighborhood was their …
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‘The kids yearn for 2014 Tumblr’: Algorithms ruined the original intention of social media and left us uninspired

Though, to many of us, 2014 feels like yesterday, some young internet users are already nostalgic for that not-so-bygone era, one of indie pop, American Apparel, and reblogging moody gifs. It’s called «Tumblrcore» since the axis on which that nostalgia revolves is Tumblr, a social media platform that ruled a certain side of the internet …
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30+ nostalgic 90s and early 00s pictures to unlock core childhood memories

Growing up in the late 90s and early 00s was everything. From the electronics that felt futuristic (hello, see-through Game Boys!) to the thrill of renting movies at Blockbuster, it was an era where even the smallest things felt like big adventures. And let’s not forget the TV animation shows that defined our weekends. There …
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21 Gen X Memes 80s Kids Romanticizing the Good Ol’ Days

Why don’t kids play outside anymore?  Well, if you’ve ever played a video game and had your life changed by the cinematography, gameplay, and immersion, you have your answer. Games, in general, have shifted from playing freeze tag at the park with the local kids to signing in and playing Fortnight with your classmates online …
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26 Zillennial Memes for the In-Between Generation Clinging on to Their Youth

The thing about arbitrarily dividing up decades into different generations is that there are always going to be people who feel like their birth year falls through the cracks. Such is the case for self-identified Zillennials, who can broadly be defined as anybody born on the Millennial/Gen Z cusp in the mid to late 90s.  …
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A Nostalgic Scrapbook of 70’s and 80’s Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (January 8, 2025)

I recently just learned that Ted Nugent, the legendary guitar soloist who played songs like «Stranglehold» and «Cat Scratch Fever,» once rode onstage on the back of a bison… A BISON! To debut his song, «Great White Buffalo,» Uncle Ted rode up on the back of a buffalo, nearly 6ft tall at the shoulder, in …
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21 Gen X Memes for 80s Kids Raised on Hose Water (January 3, 2024)

Kids with phones are the bane of my existence. Listen here, little buddy blasting Cocomelon in the grocery story from an iPhone, back when we were kids, we had to actually sit in silence for two seconds. Look at the world today, blinded by screens and missing out on the best things in life. Sure …
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‘The real Disney plus’: Family gifts their kids an old school TV with built-in VHS player and a box of old Disney tapes for Christmas, Internet goes into a wholesome nostalgia spiral

Remember Christmas morning back in the day when you were little? We’re talking ’90s babies—even before DVDs! Your heart would beat with excitement and you would wake up extra early. You’d want to open presents and you knew exactly what you were hoping for. You wanted all the VHS to your favorite movies! The ones …
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A Christmas Scrapbook of Nostalgic 70’s and 80’s Kodak Moments for a Trip Down Memory Lane (December 24, 2024)

What was your favorite gift from Santa Claus when you were a kid? Did you believe in Santa? At some point in every kid’s life, they’re forced to face the facts of the holiday season. But for a few brief years (some longer than others), the magic of Christmas doesn’t lie in the truth or …
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