This Page Shares Pics And Memes From The ’80s And ’90s, Here Are The 50 Most Nostalgic Ones
InterviewSometimes, often without warning, you will see or hear something that unlocks an entire ocean of memories you didn’t even remember you had. Nostalgia, after all, is a potent emotion. Naturally, there are many pages out there dedicated to dishing it up to everyone who wants some.
The “That 80s and 90s Page” Instagram account shares memes and pictures of things from past decades that might make you pretty darn nostalgic. We got in touch with the page’s administrator to learn more. So get comfortable as you scroll through and upvote your favorites.
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Idk what just happened in my brain. You unlocked something I didn't know was stored there. If you don't hear from me again you know why
Bored Panda got in touch with Tom, the creator and administrator of the group and he was kind enough to answer our questions. Firstly, we wanted to know the story behind why he created the account. “The story behind the page is that I would remember or come across a picture of something from my childhood, toys I grew up with, foods that have been discontinued, stores I used to shop at that were no longer around, and then the content to family and friends.”
“Eventually, I decided to post them on social media so others who grew up in the 80s and 90s could see them too, and then it just kind of grew organically. I had no idea I'd one day have hundreds of thousands of followers on social media,” he shared.
We also wanted to know what he thought attracted people to the page and this sort of content in general. “I think the main appeal is the combination of humor and nostalgia, not everything I post has humor, but I do try to add humor to my content when possible.”
I believe nostalgia-based content is popular online because it's sort of a mental time travel that reconnects us to who we are and our past, it was a simpler time in our lives and brings back a lot of happy memories, like a favorite toy you had when you were a kid, or a movie or TV show that you used to love but totally forgot about. It doesn't matter what walk of life you came from; we were all watching the same commercials, and TV shows, and looking forward to finding the prize at the bottom of a cereal box.”
Our fridge from 1984 had been running nonstop, never had a single repair, and died last year. Our fridge from 2011 died the same year
Me and my husband bought our house in 2010. It was built in 1985 and had the same GE fridge from then. If we had a power outage, (not very often) when the power came back on, the compressor would chug and chug and it would eventually kick in. Things were def made to last back then. Bought a super basic GE top freezer back in 2016. Curious to see how long this one will last.
Load More Replies...I have a late 60s model that a friend gave me. It's been through 2 moves with me and currently resides in my garage keeping my beverages almost supernaturally frosty. I've come to think of him as part of the family as he's older than my kids, I've named him Walt and all he asks is I defrost him twice a year.
Exactly! When my 80's fridge died because 'bleeding' some black goo. I got a new, AA+ type... Received €800 euros back that year from the electricity company...
Load More Replies...The uglier the appliance, the longer it lasts. So say my washer and dryer with the faux wood burl trim.
My 20 year old washer dryer just had to be scrapped because we have a parts supply problem right now - they make them, just problems getting them! What a waste! Though, yes, it isn't pretty in comparison to some of the sleak, space-agey looking ones around today!
Load More Replies...harvest gold was the name of that color. lol
Load More Replies...My mom had a vaccuum from the 80's that's still holding on to this day. I mean, the fire hazard is real, but still :P
My uncle has a washer he bought in 1971. He even bought a new one, thinking the old one was surely going to quit soon. The new one is still sitting it its box in the basement, 20 years later.
20 years? He can probably sell that for $$$ right now.
Load More Replies...That looks exactly like the fridge we had growing up. When it finally got replaced, we got a white one and the color alone made it seem like something from the future.
Pre-1970 appliances are indestructible! My Dad found a 1950's fridge in the dump. Took it home. He put it out in the barn. It is still running. My Dad loves a ice cold beer or two while taking care of our horses.
My parents use the refrigerator from 1988! That's my older sibling.
My parents had a new coppertone Frigidaire in a house they bought in 1966. Worked perfectly--with zero repairs--until 2010.
So true. Mine came with the house and is only 6 years old and dead as a door nail
My grandmother had a toaster so old that it couldn't fit bagels. It was designed before bagels were a thing. Meanwhile at my house toasters last 3 or 4 years tops. Yup, they know what their doing.
I don't know when my refrigerator was built, it was in the house I bought in 2001. Going on 23+ years.
We had that stove, but in brown. It was still working when we sold the house in '13.
This is so true. Got married in 1988. Bought a cheap used refrigerator for our first home. It is still running, in the garage and I have never even had to replace the light bulb in it. Bought an expensive, brand new refrigerator when we built our house in 2003. I have had to replace the evaporator, the motherboard (twice), the water solenoids, and had to put thick green insulation on the back of the freezer door to keep the water dispenser from freezing up.
My Dad found a 1950' s fridge in the dump. Took it home. It is still running in our barn. My Dad loves a Ice cold beer when taking care of the Horses.
Our current fridge was purchased in 1988. I wrote the date on the egg drawer. Still cookin'!
We had a Kenmore washer and dryer and refrigerator that survived 13 kids and multiple moves until we moved into my families last house in 1984. I've lived in this house since I was 7 years old and all 3 appliances finally gave up in the early 90's. I was in my teens when we finally had to buy new ones. Since then we've been through multiple washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, vacuum cleaners, etc.and it is so true that they really don't make things like they used too.
Another incorrect nostalgia driven post...That fridge will cost you more than the value of a new fridge in one year with how inefficient it is.
Older ones are even better though trying to keep Indiana Jones out of it is another thing....
Nope, actually. Edit: do people really believe this? That a fridge like that from 1980 is still going?
Ask my Kelvinator fridge in my basement. It's from the 1980s, came with the house when I bought it and will probably still be there and running when I sell.
Load More Replies...Undoubtedly, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a very unique time, so we wanted to know why he focused on them in particular. “That's what I knew and was passionate about since I was born in the early 1980s. I have fond memories of growing up in both the 80s and 90s. I had no idea the page was going to do as well as it had done when I first started it. I feel blessed to have had the page to have grown the way it has and I'm very grateful to all the fans who have followed and supported the page over the years,” he shared with Bored Panda.
“In a way, my page and other nostalgia pages like mine are time machines, followers get to see toys they played with when they were kids and have long forgotten about until they see it on the page, they see fashion they grew up wearing, stores that are no longer around, movies and TV shows they used to watch but haven't seen in years. It's like comfort food for the soul because it brings back a lot of happy memories of a simpler, less stressful time in their lives.”
My ADHD brain still does this but nobody understands me :') It also does this with any other obscure niche reference to the past it can think of.
“I think it's natural for the younger generation to find the two or three decades before they were born appealing, I remember watching 'Dazed and Confused' in the nineties and thinking how cool it would have been to grow up in the 1970s, I loved the music and fashion, and I think the same is true for a lot the younger generation today, they like the music and fashion, and have watched shows like 'Stranger Things' and 'The Goldbergs', so they have a romanticized view of the past.”
McDonald’s has become unbearable now. I was lucky enough to go into one recently where they actually had a place to order at the counter instead of the kiosk. The employee then proceeded to come around the counter and have me give him my order while he punched it into the kiosk for me. Almost broke the whole store when I decided to pay with cash.
“And while the 80s and 90s were overwhelmingly positive for me, it definitely had some drawbacks like no internet in the 80s, a very slow internet in the late 90s in comparison to how fast it is today. If you took a trip you had to use a map, whereas now you can enter where you want to go into your phone and it will tell you exactly how to get there every step of the way.”
Happened to me @ bros wedding..thought it was one of his friend's dad..nope..kid I graduated with...
“In the past, if you needed help with your math homework you had better hope one of your parents knew how to solve the problem and could explain it in a way that you understood, and now a kid can use a site like Calculator Soup or go to YouTube and find a video that explains it in a way they can better understand it. I have no doubt that in twenty to thirty years from now, there will be a whole new younger generation wishing they had grown up in the 2020s.”
I have one of these floating around my parents house..it has pix of the world trade center from a class trip less than 3 months before they went down....
Lastly, we wanted to know if he had any particular philosophy when picking what to feature. “I try to keep my content family-friendly for the most part, and I stay away from politics. In short, I want my page to be an escape to the simpler and happier times of the past, even if it is for a brief moment.” So if you want more nostalgic content, check out “That 80s and 90s Page” or go to their Facebook page.
I'm still waiting for the flying car that folds up into a briefcase. I'm convinced that it can be done. Gyrocopters are getting close to the flying car and Transformers to the folding car. But I want them together.
It’s important to remember that nostalgia isn’t just some term marketers use to get us to buy things, it's a very real emotion with its own benefits. Some research suggests that it helps us remember better days as a substitute for current sadness. This, interestingly, often allows a person to pull through. So if you are in need of a pick-me-up mentally, feel free to check out our other articles on nostalgic content.
I live in a small coastal town and it is so safe that the local kids still do this
I preferred swings and get them going flat out! I was on some swings recently and the thrill is different when you are 72...
My first apartment had an entire set stolen from Pizza Hut over numerous visits to their Lunch Buffet.
Actress Mae Questel who played the role of Aunt Bethany in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation was the voice behind Betty Boop, Minnie Mouse, Olive Oyl, and Felix the Cat.
I have a picture of 4 year old me me dressed up in one of these when we still lived on the Navy Base in Japan. My Japanese mom did her best, and I don't remember what happened, but I had a skull mask and a Bozo The Clown suit for my constume. LMAO
My mom beat the first Super Mario World game for the gameboy, it was insane because you had to play it in one go and I remember it being very difficult
They are still around. I see them at places like Family Dollar every summer.
Now you have to give them your name, email, phone number, date of birth, and mother's maiden name, just to be told you didn't win
Well, in The Netherlands you brought your own lunch, or you went home for 'overblijf'.
I had Holly Hobbie Wallpaper. I still have a piece somewhere from when it was decided it was too grown up to want that wallpaper. No one asked me!!
If this was in the UK, the medicine would be radioactive yellow, the drink would be Lucozade (probably Irn Bru in Scotland), throat sweets - strepsils, the soup would be Heinz. We would still have Vicks. I can't for the life of me remember what the daytime TV was back then...
My absolute favorite toys (and cartoon) growing up! My first bike was strawberry shortcake.
Close, our garlic bread was made from hot dog buns. And now I want some!
I wrote an editorial to my college paper about why righties need to stop stealing these from us lefties.
There is one of these old huts being used for storage at a plaza near my work! Makes me smile every time i see it.
Ok. The fact this one is right after Timmy from passions is perfect… little grinch!
Most of these were “technology bad” and “kids are so weak these days” memes, I’m gonna get downvoted to hell, but they’re just annoying at this point
You're not wrong though. I'm so tired of all the people insisting kids don't play outside, or hang out without technology. Are these people even around kids? I've raised three since 2000 and they and all their friends were always outside, running around the neighborhood, playing sports, riding bikes, etc. We have a walking path and park behind our house and I still see teens hanging out back there, just shooting the s**t, ALL the time. But for some reason everyone has convinced themselves kids don't do those things anymore.
Load More Replies...Respectfully, if they are getting tiresome, in your opinion, don't look at them. There are those of us who really enjoy them. You can tell that by the comments. Thank you
Load More Replies...These posts always make me think of the Drew Gooden video where he breaks down how ridiculous these posts are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FUmf0T8YI
Some of these are nostalgic for all kids aswell. Also why are some of these just slandering 2000s and 2010s kids childhoods. Most I fypu are the older generation that caused this and are for some reason blaming the kids that you lot raised. Smh
I agree. I’m amongst the oldest millennials and definitely in the target group for this kind of nostalgia but it gave me kind of a weird feeling. Some of the entries were a little amusing, but many of them seem to connote a misplaced sense of cultural superiority and judgey nostalgia that would cause lots of millennials to roll their eyes if boomers were doing it.
Load More Replies...I feel like only old people like the posts that feel the need to make it a contest about which generation was best: Newsflash, none of them, you're just biased and will obviously prefer your timeline from when you were young. People that were kids and young adults in the 80s prefer the 80s, people from the 70s, people from the early 2000s and so on. Y'all really became your parents 😂 not so young anymore, now you're the old farts wishing you were a kid again and dogging on young people today.
Most of these were “technology bad” and “kids are so weak these days” memes, I’m gonna get downvoted to hell, but they’re just annoying at this point
You're not wrong though. I'm so tired of all the people insisting kids don't play outside, or hang out without technology. Are these people even around kids? I've raised three since 2000 and they and all their friends were always outside, running around the neighborhood, playing sports, riding bikes, etc. We have a walking path and park behind our house and I still see teens hanging out back there, just shooting the s**t, ALL the time. But for some reason everyone has convinced themselves kids don't do those things anymore.
Load More Replies...Respectfully, if they are getting tiresome, in your opinion, don't look at them. There are those of us who really enjoy them. You can tell that by the comments. Thank you
Load More Replies...These posts always make me think of the Drew Gooden video where he breaks down how ridiculous these posts are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FUmf0T8YI
Some of these are nostalgic for all kids aswell. Also why are some of these just slandering 2000s and 2010s kids childhoods. Most I fypu are the older generation that caused this and are for some reason blaming the kids that you lot raised. Smh
I agree. I’m amongst the oldest millennials and definitely in the target group for this kind of nostalgia but it gave me kind of a weird feeling. Some of the entries were a little amusing, but many of them seem to connote a misplaced sense of cultural superiority and judgey nostalgia that would cause lots of millennials to roll their eyes if boomers were doing it.
Load More Replies...I feel like only old people like the posts that feel the need to make it a contest about which generation was best: Newsflash, none of them, you're just biased and will obviously prefer your timeline from when you were young. People that were kids and young adults in the 80s prefer the 80s, people from the 70s, people from the early 2000s and so on. Y'all really became your parents 😂 not so young anymore, now you're the old farts wishing you were a kid again and dogging on young people today.
