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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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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!
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.
My dad still had his until he passed away in 2014, and then I used it until I moved last year. It's now in a box in the garage until I finish bringing stuff in and find a place for it (it's very slow going since limited mobility and health issues caused me to have to move, so the actual moving in of things is happening at a snail's pace). I think dad bought his when I started first grade, so 1980-ish. 43 years later and it still works!
I recently had one of these, but got rid of it because it only seemed to have two volumes--- So loud it gives you a heart attack, and so quiet you don't wake up.
I had the pre prototype of that, the numbers were like flaps on a mini rollodex inside the clock n they would slowly roll n flip the next flap down , the digital clock pictured above didn't exist yet, youngsters!
In 2023 this is still a staple in my parents bedroom.. A testament to quality products and a refusal to acknowledge how ugly the thing is 😜
I had one. For a loooong time. It's down in my husbands workshop in the basement now. Still works!
My first one was one of those that had the metal numbers that physically ticked over each minute
I’ve had mine for a long time. Works great! Got it at a thrift store for $1.99.
This s**t was louder than apple's alarm, could wake up the whole neighborhood in a heartbeat
My parents had this exact one… they were my alarm clock bcuz I slept on the top bunk lol
My mom had one just like this for the longest time. Don't remember what happened to it
I.ve still got one. I never use it, just hang onto it for Old Time's Sake"!
Had one and not this one.Never so it before too get to be in the 6.9%%.
I have a similar one - use it still although the buttons are getting a little weird
Ha, my husband owned that radio, clock, alarm thing when we got married.
Many Australian country motels had them in each room too. Some still have them and they don't work
I'm of the 0.9%. Never needed an alarm clock. I was always able to wake up at the right time, whether for work for weekends.
I'm of the 0.9%. Never used an alarm clock. My internal alarm always awakened me at the right time..
I still have mine that I got for Christmas when I was 16 years old. The clock still works, but the radio stopped working years ago.
Some legends still say they exist in Motel 6's across the states to this day...
Then the square, pretty ones came in...I had one of the first. Someone stole it when I was moving. (Whoever you are, I will walk though time and FIND you.)
I am fairly certain that many different brands used the same insides and just made their own casing.
My grandma still has it. I think it's over 20 years old now
Kind of off topic: but the next time you stay at a hotel & they have a beside alarm clock - set the alarm for like 2:15 am & turn the volume up really loud! Makes for a fun treat for the next guest who stays there [ & they prolly will not notice bc everyone uses their phone as alarms, not the hotel clock ]
Years back we bought a newer one that had green lighting instead of red. Big mistake! It lit up the room and I couldn’t sleep with the durned thing facing me even though it was on hubby’s side of the bed.
I had one from the 90's that died 2 years ago. I f*****g HATE my Amazon Echo Dot.
I still have one almost exactly like this. Bought it at a thrift store years ago for $3. Still works just fine.
My mom still uses hers! Works perfectly. She's had it since before I was born ('87)
I was JUST talking about these construction machine noise level alarm clocks the other day
Mine lasted 20+ years through 2 marriages and 5 moves. They don't make stuff that lasts like that anymore.
This was my first alarm clock until one Christmas I got the cool pink one with teal stripes - it screamed 90's.
I have one (not the same one) in the same era. I got nostalgic and bought it off Ebay.
I still have something similar. I don't set it, but, the light is just low enough that it doesn't add light to the room, but, can roll over and read it when I wake up (green light)
I have a feeling my dad bought his and my mum's ones with money from tattslotto
Complete and utter truth 🙌🏻 It may, in fact, be a higher percentage.
My dad had one for a very long time. I can remember waking up to the sound of AM Sports 690 every morning. I could hear it clear down the hall in my bedroom.
I still have and use the one that I bought in the early 80's. It's the one with a phone. If I had a landline it would still work. GE made them to last!
BEST ALARM EVER. Had friend staying over and when this alarm sounded, he jumped 3 feet off the bed, grabbed all the kids and yelled FIRE! FIRE! as he ran out the door. 😂
That was 100% the speaker, and not the radio itself. I have one of these where the speaker was water-damaged. I replaced it with a similar (but slightly larger) one, and it sounds great.
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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!
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.
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).
They are easy to throw and catch, and the sound they make when you catch one is the same as their name (Koosh!),
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
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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Im 12. I know of half of these. I was born in 2010. What does that mean?
same, im also 12 i think some of these are just more recent than you'd think :)
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i was born in st. petersburg, russia, in 2005, and i have never been more confused in my life
I went to your city, 20 years before you were born. It was named Leningrad, then.
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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?
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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At the rate things are going actually owning a house (much less anything in it) will count as nostalgia.
I'm 80 and most of those apply to my kids. So, in my way, I still remember them.
You want to play 'I remember"? Try the 1940's and 50's. This stuff is all super new!
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
Toys in my day you pulled back so spring push car forward. Shesh younging
Im 12. I know of half of these. I was born in 2010. What does that mean?
same, im also 12 i think some of these are just more recent than you'd think :)
Load More Replies... i was born in st. petersburg, russia, in 2005, and i have never been more confused in my life
I went to your city, 20 years before you were born. It was named Leningrad, then.
Load More Replies... 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?
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... At the rate things are going actually owning a house (much less anything in it) will count as nostalgia.
I'm 80 and most of those apply to my kids. So, in my way, I still remember them.
You want to play 'I remember"? Try the 1940's and 50's. This stuff is all super new!
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
Toys in my day you pulled back so spring push car forward. Shesh younging
