This Page Shares Pics And Memes From The ’80s And ’90s, Here Are The 50 Most Nostalgic Ones
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Sometimes, 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.”
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.
I think everyone's first apartment had cups stolen from someplace.
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My mom still has these. She brought them with her when my late father and her moved from the Republic of Panama to America. They look brand new.
They only recently stopped using them here. And they closed down the buffet. 😢
We had 2 different sets of glass cups that were for ONLY for adult guests. God help you if one of us kid's used one. The rest of us had mixed match cups from restaurants, gas stations and the odd, weird a*s cup Mom would buy us from the dollar store. We always had Kool-Aid, iced tea and occasionally Shasta or Nehi if it was on sale for 25 cents a can at the local grocery store. Mom would stock up and buy cases of different flavors as soon as they went on sale to get us through the summer if she had a little bit of extra money. We lived off of ramen noodles, macaroni and cheese and cheap hot dogs, bologna and homemade flavor pops or pudding bars. That was our summertime meals while Mom was at work.
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
Not anymore. They just announced they're discontinuing it
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.
Yes these were how I pictured myself grown up when I was 6 years old
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
