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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
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are still around! Last Christmas I bought one for my husband and one for my daughter (and one for myself).

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    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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    Trash Panda 🦝
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And wherever they're all at, I guarantee most of them still work

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    Thegoodboi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are you doing this to us?

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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."

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    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
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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...

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    Em
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite movie growing up!

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    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?

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    Carole G.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember listening to conversations on a party-line, 😆

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    Haru
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had this scratch and sniff one that I was really proud of

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    Haru
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And there were these extra curricular teachers that would hand them out if you did good or smth like that

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    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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    Vermonta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    of blurry pictures. Remember flash cubes?

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    Val!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i can hear the sound of the plastic UUGHHHH

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    Mad Dragon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    A girl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And peeling your legs off the pleather seats.

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    Carole G.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, Tales From The Crypt, one of the good ones.

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    It's just me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm 43 years old and I take my metal "Yellow Submarine" lunch box to work every day 😁

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    Andy Resh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. Well. Have you ever had one slip out of your grasp only to give you a minor knuckle fracture?!!!!!

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    Mad Dragon
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    Carole G.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Son still has his, it works, he's 45!

    Amanda Witt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bought a new one awhile ago as I have a nickel allergy so can't wear anything with a metal clasp

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    Paola Martz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the casio's calculator wristwatch and still works!

    MotherofGuineaPigs
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had at least a dozen Swatches. Including the larger ankle Swatch

    R Lenz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you remember shirts that were sold to accommodate those watches had a cut-out on the cuff!

    OmBoyGanesh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pssshhh. I literally just bought a Swatch this past week. They’re still around and as amazing as ever.

    Upstaged75
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine had a purple band and a pink face guard. I loved that thing!

    Sammy boy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have been searching for one for my sister birthday gift.

    Kharyss
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of airports still have swatch shops. Bit extreme to fly for a present but keep a look out next time you travel.

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    tabithapaquette98
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always wanted one, but I never got one.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had about 10 to coordinate with my outfits. I also had about 50 pairs of "Candies" AND the tree to store them!

    Omima mimi miki
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or a slap band or wristband whatever it was called.

    Tóth Bernadett
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have too. I have Musicall edition ...i am 51 old.

    Maureen Rouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have my Cinderella watch!

    Dana McCall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I couldn’t tell time on it but had to have it anyway 🤦‍♀️

    Anja Schmidt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here! :-D Still got my automatic body and soul when it came out first.

    Val Luedecke
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I even had the striped one in the back! ;)

    Georgina Lenna
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I stil buy one every Easter and most work from the 80s

    LMS
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had the knock-off version. Changed it to match my outfit everyday for work!

    Batwench
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still do and still buy them.

    AliJanx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And wore 2 or 3 at the same time

    Bridget Connors
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My body kills the batteries. I can't wear one for more than 30 days (if I'm lucky) before it dies.

    Joshua David
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have tons and I'm 44. I started collecting them in 2000. I was too poor to buy one in the 80s so I never forgot them. They're like the Jeremy Scott but watches.

    Selena McGowan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a new Swatch. It feels more grown up to own an automatic mechanical Swatch.

    Dawn Joyce
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just bought 2 not too long ago. My original one was black and white checkers

    TheSnark
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still have my first one from 1984. Worked in a jewelry store and had about 12 Swatches at one time.

    Notme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had that white one with the pink face! 😱

    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can’t see me, but I’m not raising my hand. Either one..

    Regina Granat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of my watches are still Swatch!

    ChickyChicky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Raise your hand if they were too expensive so you bought a knock-off one at Kmart and everyone laughed at you!

    Rocco MZ
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had two in high school. One was a Keith Haring collectible. I got lost when one of my boxes in the Army never made it back to the states. It's worth 10K now.

    howdylee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow totally forgot about having this!

    Suzy Creamcheese
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have three of them. They all still work.

    Finn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well well well guess what I have!

    Terry Tobias
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swatches! I have a turquoise and pink one. If it worked I'd still wear it today.

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    Murph
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got mine in 1986. Still works!

    Old Roadie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Timex Iron Man watch was my favorite.

    AJW
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one I had is in that picture.

    Benita Valdez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No Swatch but I had cheap ones from Caldors

    Charlie the Cat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an all white Swatch watch. White face, white strap, white hands & no numbers.

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    Karen Krause
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was after my time. We had cards on clothes pins.

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    Betta Fish
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    Glengoolie Blue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Were all of those in your junk drawer at the same time?

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    dean tirmizi
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    Quarkbeast
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ranch is obviously a serious business in Wisconsin.

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