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40 Memes Which Roll Back Time To The Good Old-Fashioned Past, As Posted By This Instagram Account
Do you know why we love to be nostalgic about the past so much? Well, as you know, everything used to be much better, bigger and more interesting. There used to be Tetris, slot machines and Internet Explorer, and now... now there is only a light sadness for those wonderful times when we were younger.
And we will be taking just this fascinating journey into the good old days with you, thanks to Bored Panda and this collection of absolutely wonderful vintage memes, lovingly collected by a dedicated Instagram account. So fasten your seatbelts, put your favorite cassette into that old Sony Walkman, here we go!
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Amberlie Mikelsen 2 years ago
I was about 6 when I opened my Angel Tree present and received the AUTHENTIC Crayola 256 Box Set (I knew how much it cost, something like $25) and not 1, not 2, not even 5, but 10 whole coloring books all for just me! My parents swear they thought I had won the lottery!
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Mad Dragon 2 years ago
These are still around! Last Christmas I bought one for my husband and one for my daughter (and one for myself).
The most interesting thing is how our perception of "good old days" changes over time. As someone whose teen years were in the 90s, I remember very well how the adults resented these newfangled Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls, comparing them to the great rock classics - certainly not in favor of the youth. And now, nearly thirty years later, we're shedding tears watching the reunited Spice Girls on YouTube, and this time their hits are in our hearts somewhere between Stairway To Heaven and Under Pressure. So tell me what you want, what you really, really want... and I'll tell you, we want to go back to our childhood again.
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Psychologist Alan R. Hirsch in his report, “Nostalgia: A Neuropsychiatric Understanding,” defines nostalgia as a yearning for an idealized past - “a longing for a sanitized impression of the past, what in psychoanalysis is referred to as a screen memory - not a true recreation of the past, but rather a combination of many different memories, all integrated together, and in the process all negative emotions filtered out."
And indeed, the more we live in this world, the more value we attach to things and phenomena from our youth. Often downplaying what we have now. Although, you know, I personally would probably sell my soul if I had my current smartphone somewhere in the late nineties!
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FabulousMari 2 years ago
I don't know if I can throw mine away. It's like saying good bye to a faithful friend. When Spotify is down or my music is so obsolete that it doesn't exist in digital form, my faithful compact disc's will always be there to sing to me. Now, I just don't know what to play them on...
And, of course, the Internet and social networks come into play, literally fixing every step of any more or less famous person. For example, would we be so categorical in adoring Michael Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time if we were guided not only by old VHS tapes of his games and Space Jam? Or would we vehemently discuss each of his missed shots and failed interviews like we do with LeBron James? Okay, okay, the second Space Jam really wasn't even half as good as the first one! Or is this where nostalgia kicks in again?
Be that as it may, memes are a great excuse to take a little trip back in time, recharge with the energy of our youth, and return again to the crazy, fast contemporary world that has become so incredibly small with the development of all these technologies. Okay, let's digress for a couple more minutes - just scroll this list to the very end, point out the memes you like best and just share your own viewpoint on whether nostalgia is really that cool.
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Mad Dragon 2 years ago
I had the clear phone in my room, and the ringer was LOUD! I would turn off the ringer and it would still light up when it rang, so my friends could call me late at night and not wake up my parents (I had my own phone line in my room paid for by my babysitting money).
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It's just me 2 years ago
I'm 43 years old and I take my metal "Yellow Submarine" lunch box to work every day 😁
LapCat 2 years ago
Teddy Ruxpin, omg. My parents got me the talking doll when I was 4. My dad chased me around the house with it while it was talking. It freaked me the fck out
Oros Vildheim 2 years ago
the year? How rich were your parents, or how cheap were these lunch boxes?
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
My former boss/mentor gave me a hot pink Minnie Mouse lunch box (with matching thermos) for my birthday one year. In the card he had written "Just a reminder to never take yourself too seriously". I used that thing until it died. I still miss that guy!
C Nelson-Lifson 2 years ago
i have the yellow care bears one!! i keep all my hand poke tattooing supplies in there
OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago (edited)
You know you’re actually an 80s kid when that lunchbox was metal and not plastic. The higher end ones, made by Thermos, with the mini thermos.
Sarcastic and Proud 2 years ago
Up vote to the ones that put acdc tapes on their teddy ruxpin!
Joshua David 2 years ago
I had Heathcliff because our family was poor and my mom took us late and I was embarrassed about it. That was 1982 and I still remember it all.
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago
Mine was S.W.A.T before Star Wars. My PE teacher had Pigs in Space
SamuelLK me 2 years ago
I always wanted a super cool lunch box like these! All I ever got were small paper bags that we also used for cleaning the cat's litter box. We would even reuse them multiple times (as long as they were only previously used for lunches, of course). This is what happens when your mom is raised by someone who lived through the Great Depression. #frugal
Lauren W. 2 years ago
I have the same one. It's in my attic with my actual My Little Ponies
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MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
The way it clicked shut; made it very satisfying to slam the lid closed.
mark glass 2 years ago
Wonder what my Lone Ranger lunchbox would be worth now if Mom hadn't tossed it?
Janet Bernstein 2 years ago
I was a free lunch kid. I was so jelly of everything lunchbox. Including what was in them.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Dropped the accompanying thermos once in the 60's, inside shattered into a million pieces
Kelsie Marx 2 years ago
I’m kinda bummed. My brother and I never got one of these cool lunchboxes growing up, we just had the standard brown paper bag. But my mom would write a message on the brown paper bag to make it more special. Come to think of it, I really wish I was smart back then, and kept the sacks. 🫤
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Lol, we never could afford a new one every year. Had to use it to death and never got licenced ones.
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Mad Dragon 2 years ago (edited)
They are easy to throw and catch, and the sound they make when you catch one is the same as their name (Koosh!),
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Betta Fish 2 years ago
yooo my grandma had them and let us eat golden ghrams in front of the tv on saturday mornings, probably one of my favorite memories
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dean tirmizi 2 years ago (edited)
This isn’t nostalgic, the first movies was 2010. The first iron man movie is older than this, wouldn’t call that nostalgic, and this pic is from the 2019 movie
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§~ Rainbow Panda ~§ 2 years ago
Im 12. I know of half of these. I was born in 2010. What does that mean?
2 years ago
same, im also 12 i think some of these are just more recent than you'd think :)
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ОльхаКинг(AlderKing) 2 years ago
i was born in st. petersburg, russia, in 2005, and i have never been more confused in my life
Adam Zad 2 years ago
I went to your city, 20 years before you were born. It was named Leningrad, then.
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Easily Excitable Panda 2 years ago
I never know what to think of these posts. On the one hand, it's fun to see silly stuff from my childhood. But on the other hand, a LOT of this still exists, and the "Kids will never know "X" kind of bothers me. But I'm a Gen X'er, so what do I know?
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
the kids will never know also bothers me. Not everything you grew up with has completely disappeared. It's such a strange thing imo
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Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
At the rate things are going actually owning a house (much less anything in it) will count as nostalgia.
Dorothy Cloud 2 years ago
I'm 80 and most of those apply to my kids. So, in my way, I still remember them.
Donna Ballenger 2 years ago (edited)
You want to play 'I remember"? Try the 1940's and 50's. This stuff is all super new!
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Just a thought here: I know the articles about „big bad/ stupid USA“ are going on everyones nerves, but consider this: THIS article is also about the US! Yes there are some things that you could find in many other countries, but mostly it is US centred. And there are lots of similar articles like these on here. Just FYI
Ronnie Cutshall 2 years ago
Toys in my day you pulled back so spring push car forward. Shesh younging
§~ Rainbow Panda ~§ 2 years ago
Im 12. I know of half of these. I was born in 2010. What does that mean?
2 years ago
same, im also 12 i think some of these are just more recent than you'd think :)
Load More Replies... ОльхаКинг(AlderKing) 2 years ago
i was born in st. petersburg, russia, in 2005, and i have never been more confused in my life
Adam Zad 2 years ago
I went to your city, 20 years before you were born. It was named Leningrad, then.
Load More Replies... Easily Excitable Panda 2 years ago
I never know what to think of these posts. On the one hand, it's fun to see silly stuff from my childhood. But on the other hand, a LOT of this still exists, and the "Kids will never know "X" kind of bothers me. But I'm a Gen X'er, so what do I know?
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
the kids will never know also bothers me. Not everything you grew up with has completely disappeared. It's such a strange thing imo
Load More Replies... Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
At the rate things are going actually owning a house (much less anything in it) will count as nostalgia.
Dorothy Cloud 2 years ago
I'm 80 and most of those apply to my kids. So, in my way, I still remember them.
Donna Ballenger 2 years ago (edited)
You want to play 'I remember"? Try the 1940's and 50's. This stuff is all super new!
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Just a thought here: I know the articles about „big bad/ stupid USA“ are going on everyones nerves, but consider this: THIS article is also about the US! Yes there are some things that you could find in many other countries, but mostly it is US centred. And there are lots of similar articles like these on here. Just FYI
Ronnie Cutshall 2 years ago
Toys in my day you pulled back so spring push car forward. Shesh younging
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