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Turns Out, There’s A “You Had To Be There” Trend On Twitter And Here Are 75 Of The Best Tweets About It
Nostalgia is a powerful and, quite frankly, fun thing. Many of us likely have a favorite TV show we watched the first thing in the morning while preparing for school, the same one that influenced our personalities. Or perhaps you can recall the lighter things, the ones that make you laugh and grant some respite from the hectic pace of the world. And then there are the light mistakes, like the popular candy that left a sour taste in your mouth. Basically, nostalgia comes in many forms, we each have fond memories related to childhood (or not-so-distant youth!), and from time to time, it's nice to recall the carefree days of our lives.
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The one and only 4 years ago
I used to make these at summer camp while gossiping with the older girls and counselorsurs
Twitter users jumped right on the ongoing trend of "You had to be there", posting pictures that encapsulate certain times in their lives. Some of the posts can involve things from a few years ago, while others go back decades—and each of them is accompanied by the feeling of nostalgia that's attached to the pictures.
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Mishka Katira 4 years ago
the ones that gave me a sun burn. yes. And the endless amount of splinters i got.
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Loki odinson 4 years ago
i love parks like that my grandma used to take me to one before it got destroyed for safety reasons
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
As a kid I always gauged how great my day was by how many splinters I got climbing up the wooden jungle gyms or how burnt my legs and shoulders would get sliding on those huge metal slides. My favourite park was also taken down as a kid for "safety reason." Sigh, skinning your knees and falling off the teeter-toter were sign of passage as a kid.
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Inclusion2020 4 years ago
We have a park like this. It's got EVERYTHING. I'm just waiting to foster or adopt a kid so I can go there again without being creepy hahaha
Michaela Zahner 4 years ago
I had a place like this near me. Grew up calling it Pingo Pongo...not at all relevant to the actual name
Batgirl Kitty 4 years ago
Not really. I, a 11 year old, have one near me. It hurt. But the worst thing i saw happen on there, was a family friend’s 3 year old jump from a level down and bite down DEEP into his lip and have to get stitches. Poor kid. I was about 8.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
I adored the old wooden playgrounds as a kid. I think I was completely oblivious to the risk of splinters and all the hornets nests underneath some of the wooden structures. Who could forget sliding down those giant metal slides and getting splinters in your bum and feeling like the back of your legs were getting burned off.
Mia Hernandez 4 years ago
these playgrounds looked like absolute paradise but then I played on them and,,it hurt,,
Hehehehehehehehe (ve/ver) 4 years ago
There was one of these a block from the house me and my family rented in Michigan a couple years ago! Was really fun with the 7 year old.
Laura Mortensen 4 years ago
We had one of these at the park near my house. It was a lot of fun as a castle on weekends.
ILikeMeSomCatsAndDogs 4 years ago
omg that’s my school playground i think and they TORE IT DOWN D:
Karen Weiland 4 years ago
Possibly Cheshire, CT. I spent a lot of time at one just like it with my son. Sadly, the wood rotted so the playground was replaced with a metal one.
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Plenty of people are jumping in on this trend, from regular folk to official and certified accounts, each post presenting a blast from the past that was somehow special for them, be it TV series that aired a decade ago or a newer movie that's only a few years old. Time is a flexible thing, and the trend reflects different periods that people grew up in.
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And there's an unspoken rule to these posts—you shouldn't add a description to the pictures. Basically, if you know, you know. If you don't, don't worry about it. The variety of the posts—containing old movies, physical items, or discontinued media—apply to people of different ages. So, there's a bit of everything for everyone.
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Neurotic_Octopus 4 years ago
Man, this reminds me of my first car (an Acclaim). Like driving a pillow with better safety ratings.
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TimeyStuff 1,200 4 years ago
this was my early morning and late at night when we first got cable.
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William Faulk 4 years ago
Me and my dad grew up on that!(he had a see through HALO edition Xbox!)
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Martin Kaine 4 years ago
I'm sure Sarah Wayne Callies is a nice person, but between Prison Break and Walking Dead, I can't stand the sight of her
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l am freash 4 years ago
i have played every game and i have watched all the moves/shows about dragon ballz
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Angry Duck 4 years ago
OH MY GOD AQUAMARINE I CANT me and my older sister used to watch this movie together every time we went over to our grandparents house
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William Faulk 4 years ago
AY! Black ops 2! (idk the sand one, but the plane one seems familiar) Hijacked + MK-48 w/ zoom, FMJ, and suppressor = automatic 100 round camper.
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Brandy Grote 4 years ago
I miss my crackberry. Maybe next phone, since they brought physical keyboards back!
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William Faulk 4 years ago
ayyy, Sonic UnderGround was my favorite growing up, even tho it was old af.
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Neurotic_Octopus 4 years ago
Is... is this what the Millenials looked like to Gen X when we hit adulthood and got all cringey??
Wendillon 4 years ago
Yes, but don't worry. The same thing will happen to them when they hit adulthood.
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GeneralZod 4 years ago
BoredPanda has never made me feel as old as this post just did. I don't recognize 90% of this
Joonscrab 4 years ago
It also didn't make me feel as young as this post just did...I don't recognise 90% of them either XD
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Orange 4 years ago
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Many of these could still be around, they were not bad things and we have little or no improvement on them. I am British and recognise most of them.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
I didn't see any CHowder or Pet Shop references D: allow me to show you some pictures: yes-fam-60...f4d9a2.jpg 
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
I was not there. I was born in 2000. I am too young to be a millenial, but I am too old for gen z... I am like a ghost, stuck between two worlds but belonging to neither.
anarkzie 4 years ago
If you were born between 1997 and 2015 you're gen Z.
Load More Replies... Neurotic_Octopus 4 years ago
Is... is this what the Millenials looked like to Gen X when we hit adulthood and got all cringey??
Wendillon 4 years ago
Yes, but don't worry. The same thing will happen to them when they hit adulthood.
Load More Replies... GeneralZod 4 years ago
BoredPanda has never made me feel as old as this post just did. I don't recognize 90% of this
Joonscrab 4 years ago
It also didn't make me feel as young as this post just did...I don't recognise 90% of them either XD
Load More Replies... Orange 4 years ago
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udin jambul 1 year ago
Padang is an area that has a lot of delicious culinary delights, these culinary foods have a unique taste that we can't find anywhere else, for further information, visit this website https://sakuraichiru1998.wixsite.com/kulinerkita
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Many of these could still be around, they were not bad things and we have little or no improvement on them. I am British and recognise most of them.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
I didn't see any CHowder or Pet Shop references D: allow me to show you some pictures: yes-fam-60...f4d9a2.jpg
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
I was not there. I was born in 2000. I am too young to be a millenial, but I am too old for gen z... I am like a ghost, stuck between two worlds but belonging to neither.
anarkzie 4 years ago
If you were born between 1997 and 2015 you're gen Z.
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