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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wasn't old enough to remember blockbuster, but i do remember going to the mailbox with my grandma whenever she got deliveries from netflix

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to make these at summer camp while gossiping with the older girls and counselorsurs

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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What are the bad memories? Clip, save, and help the school to get a new chute or set of swings.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

omg elementary school i remember being on green some days yellow most and red every now and day and them math drills scared meeeeeeee

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandma still has a ziplock bag full of box tops that I was supposed to give to my teacher in SECOND GRADE?!! WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE? One of the unsolvable mysteries of the world

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had all of these. Once, for the tickets, I got all of them taken away, and then had three more taken away. It was a bad day.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh my god... i remember rocket math. i loved and hated that so much.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I miss them! They were the only good thing about my primary school, but my crappy highschool doesn’t do them.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Total 2nd grade vibes for me 🤚 especially the multiplication sheet

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the UK and recognised some of these! The one in the left corner is something to do with a book fair (I think), the top right corner are coloured cards, they get switched around depending on your behaviour. I have no clue what the top left is but the bottom right is ‘bunk-bed maths’ as we called it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could someone from the United States please explain the first photograph on the right (the photo with the colour cards)?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At the end of the day in kindergarten (approx age 5) the card on your name indicated your behavior throughout the day. Green meant you were good, yellow meant so-so, and red meant bad

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those 5 minute quizzes are what started all the 3rd grade drama....

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David Shelley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These pictures literally described what 1st through 4th grade in school was like for me.

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Joseph Kuhlman
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, the good old colored cards. Things were simpler in elementary

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first-grade teacher HATED me. For some reason, I'll never know why. Anyway, in class, we did have that thing shown in the second picture, with all the green, yellow, and red cards. she ALWAYS found reasons to make me switch my cards to red. A year passed and she either quit or got fired. Who knows?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, the pain qwq I remeber 2nd grade me getting so upset when I had to mave my card to yellow.

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Ryan Deschanel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it some kind of millenial joke that I am too young to understand?

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miss miss
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved buying those books. 50 yrs ago and still have them

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

TT Rockstars? Anyone? That's s**t was competitive as hell

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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should be right up with the slip-n-slide and wet grass feet...

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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man, this reminds me of my first car (an Acclaim). Like driving a pillow with better safety ratings.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's time to see who's under that mask- Oh, so we just ripped a mans face off...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For some reason I loves matching the could cables to the colours idk if it was just me

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

funny story- when i moved as a kid, my dad accidentally left altoids out the day they took pictures for anyone looking to buy it. so, when we met the new residents, the dad said "oh, by the way, thanks for the free altoids!"

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had no idea this chimera of a fandom existed... Weirdly cute tbh, they would actually work pretty well in hogwarts!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Online nail salons were the best I mean- all those 'girl games' on online game sites were my life

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