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People often talk about baby boomers, millennials, and Gen Z, seemingly overlooking an entire generation sandwiched between them. Gen X, otherwise (and aptly) known as the “Forgotten Generation,” is the generation born between 1965 and 1980.
These folks are also referred to as “latchkey kids” who spent their carefree childhood years enjoying Saturday morning cartoons and had MTV as their cultural beacon as they approached adolescence and early adulthood.
If you identify as a Gen Xer, the following memes and images will likely resonate with you. Scroll through for your dose of nostalgia.
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In Prince's Funky Name
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I Don’t Think I Have Ever Felt So Personally Attacked By A Meme As This One:
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Good Advice Then, Now, And Forever
There are many stereotypes associated with Gen X. Environics Research classified them into five sub-groups: Thrill-seeking materialists, detached conformists, social hedonists, inclusive idealists, autonomous minimalists, and security-seeking ascetics.
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Historic Ted Talk
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I’ll Tell Ya What
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 13 hours ago
Saving to the cloud annoys me, I want stuff on my hard drive, I do not want it all online being used as material for AI.
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The Fifth Element Foretold The Rise Of The Influencer
A more accurate description of who they are comes from Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, a psychiatrist, researcher, and educator at Tufts Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
“Coming after the hippies, we rejected their rejection of the status quo, but we had lost our faith in it too,” wrote Dr. Ghaemi, who grew up in the ‘70s in McLean, Virginia. “We were unmotivated, unmoored, and unconcerned. The Cold War chugged along, and we had lost the passion to keep fighting it, but we had no better alternative.”
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This Is Where It’s Headed, I Swear…
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Had To Share This!
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At First I Laughed. But Then It Really Got Me Thinking
Zig Zag Wanderer 9 hours ago
Most of it is stifled by the music industrial complex. More indie platforms are needed.
In his article, Dr. Ghaemi pointed out that Gen X seemed to have taken a back seat as older millennials came of age at the dawn of social media and smartphones. He noted that a “generational disconnect” regarding technology also occurred during this era, leaving Gen X stuck in the middle.
“Our teachers are unknown to history: They had no celebrity and are not found on the internet; they were simple, unassuming people who embodied the best of their generations,” Dr. Ghaemi wrote.
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How Everyone Else Thinks The 80s Looked Like vs. Reality
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We’ve All Felt It
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This Felt Like The Pinnacle Of Technology
According to Dr. Ghaemi, being sandwiched between boomers and millennials gave Gen X a unique perspective on societal issues. As he stated, “We don’t have a program or strategy for the world. At least not yet.”
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Anyone Play These Before?
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Anyone Remember The Metal Lid You Had To Use A Butter Knife To Pop Off?
“We see the problems more clearly than our predecessors and our successors. We may not have a treatment, but at least we can diagnose,” Dr. Ghaemi continued.
“If we can find a way to articulate our insights, the only question left would be whether the generations around us are willing to listen.”
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I Loved These Koala Clips
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Does Anyone Else Still Do This?
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The Single Reason Genx Didn't Become A Hoard Of Psychopaths
Peter Bear 13 hours ago
Credit also due to the other PBS shows that shaped us; LeVar Burton taught us to read voraciously, Sesame Street taught us diversity and care for others, 3-2-1 Contact instilled a respect for science. That's why we are the truly greatest generation. Bring back PBS funding, because we need it now more than ever. And if Fred Rogers were still alive, you know he'd go before Congress again to say the same thing.
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Sadly Very True
Bored Jellyfish 10 hours ago (edited)
There were so many of these “penny” schemes- record clubs, cassette clubs, all kinds of book clubs (mine was a sci-fi book club- where you’d have to return a postcard in time before they sent you the choices of the month (more like every four weeks), and then you’d be on the hook to pay for them when you didn’t notify them in time. And like most kids I knew, we all defaulted on it eventually.
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Some Of You Will Remember
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When Someone Paid By Credit Card, We Had To Drag Out This
to old to care 12 hours ago
Hey, when the store lost power - you were really happy to have this.
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I Think We Can All Relate
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How Costume Stores Think We Dressed In The 80’s, I’m Here For It Though
Rick Murray 7 hours ago
Nope. All the neon stuff is the same colour. To be authentic, green top, pink socks, yellow shoes (or whatever, but different colours). Experience? My next door neighbour actually did dress like this.
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Endless Fun With This
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One Of The Funniest Movies Ever Made?
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 11 hours ago
"What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."
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What Would Some Of Our Disproven Facts Be?
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Anyone Have One Of These Swing Sets?
Bi.Felicia 13 hours ago
Of course, the higher you swung the more the legs lifted off the ground, threatening to tip the entire swingset over.
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The Struggle Was Real
1-800-OMG-STFU 12 hours ago
I still remember the name, use(s), and pins for each port. The connectors used to be labeled male or female.
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The Good Ol' Days
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Good Times …
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Saw This On Fb (Not Mine). Love Y'all!
Peter Bear 13 hours ago
Probably right. But we were also raised on Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers, and Sesame Street before it became the Elmo Show, so that also explains a lot about us.
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Anyone Else Feel This Way?
Bi.Felicia 13 hours ago
Deja vu? Nah, it's just a repeat of the very first post in this thread.
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I Find This To Be Very Relatable
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Anyone Remember Moon Boots?
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How Many Of You Grew Up With One Of These In Your House?
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Anyone Remember This?
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“Bobcat” Goldthwait & Tim Kazurinsky Then And Now
Nik Odongray 12 hours ago
I once stood behind Bobcat Goldthwait and Robin Williams on an escalator.
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Remember When We Wore Baby Tees Under Our Sundresses? Early 90’s Here, The Scrunchie Was A Must Have Too
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This Kid Had A Pretty Good Christmas
Peeka_Mimi 9 hours ago (edited)
My dad got us an Atari and played it himself. The only time we could play is when he wasn't home.
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I Miss These Days!
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I’ll Always Remember The 8 On The Bald Dude 🤣
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What's Your Favorite Genisis Or Phil Collins Jam?
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It's Not Going To Happen, But I Can Dream
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Oj In The Day
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Look What My Sis Just Found At Goodwill
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You Never See These Hairstyles Authentically Recreated On TV Shows Set In The 80's
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Robin Hood Movies Of The 90s
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Anyone Else Associate These With The Christmas Season?
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The Sit 'N Spin (1977) Because For Some Reason Our Parents Wanted Us To Know What Nausea Felt Like
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The Official Lawn Chair Of The 80s
Bored Jellyfish 9 hours ago
Zoom in… see those ratcheting hinges sticking up? I still have a scar on my leg from one of those.
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Anyone Else Have One Of These?
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I Really Get It Now
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Because Of This Guy I Ate Sunday Diner On A Aluminum Tray Table Alone In Front Of The TV 🥹
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I Want In On The Fun. '92 Senior Photo (17) And Age 50 (2024)
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If You Know, You Know
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What Non Horror Movie Scenes Traumatized You As A Child?
Amanda Treat 13 hours ago (edited)
Large Marge. Indiana Jones face melts. The Dark Crystal. The end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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My 80yr Old Parents Gave Me A Bday Party Just Like It Was The 1970s
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I Scored A Zero
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Who Remembers?
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At Long Last, I’ve Acquired The Proper Lighting For My MS Pac-Man Table
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Had It Since Middle School..53 Years Old Are You Still Hanging On ?
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Ugh? Yay? Corduroys Are Back
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Anyone Else Miss Going To The Malls In The 80s?
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Did You Or Your Parents Have This Cookware? We Did
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Growing Up In The 70s And 80s,...2025 Was Supposed To Be Like This
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I Too Was A Teenage Robert Smith
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Only Took Me 49 Yrs To Realize This
Science Nerd 5 hours ago
Sorry, but “people you love” needs to be moved up to at least number 3.
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Why Did We Do This?
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I Can’t Stand This Junk Anymore
As a little kid, I lived on sugar… when I turned 25, my body started rejecting it…. Even looking at it in my mid 40’s causes me to wretch…
Peter Bear 13 hours ago
That's not a function of our age, it's a function of loss of quality and shrinkflation. These simply aren't as good as they used to be.
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It’s Christmas Morning 1985 And You Just Found This Under The Tree. What’s The First Cassette You Pop In?
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Who Else?…
Picked up my first “Choose Your Own Adventure - Hyperspace” in ‘83/‘84, and I was hooked. This book series fed my need for adventure and I’ve pretty much lived by that my whole life. My life, my choices, my destination. Then again, this is the way, of a GenX’r
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You’re At The Roller Rink In The 80’s.. What Song Hits Hardest?
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Sorry But We *absolutely* Stopped The School Day And Watched It By Satellite
to old to care 13 hours ago (edited)
You should have waited another 50 years to post this, we are all still alive to prove you wrong. And by the way, yes, the H*******t and the moon landing were very real.
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Finish This Genx Sentence: When I Think Of Val Kilmer, It's His Work In ________
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Stopped By To Visit My 80 Yr Old Sicilian Parents I Got Dinner Just Like When I Was Little In 1970s
Bi.Felicia 13 hours ago
This is the same poster that was in this thread earlier, the pic of a slice of pizza on the same plate as this one, with I believe a purple teeny weeny or hugs juice.
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Spotted On A Neighbourhood Walk. Nope, Nope, Nope
to old to care 12 hours ago (edited)
Oh lord, my family were just talking about this little guy. My brother in law played this show for my very young niece years ago. She is 26 now and that is the ONLY thing that still creeps her out. (she even grew up watching large snakes and dinosaurs.) But this....oh HeLl no.
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Spellflinger 13 hours ago
Sometimes I rather like being part of the invisible generation.
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Spellflinger 13 hours ago
Sometimes I rather like being part of the invisible generation.
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