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54 Nostalgic Posts For Those Who Don’t Feel Like They Belong to Either Gen X Or Millennials
With the world seemingly plunged into perpetual crises, you’d be forgiven for wanting to take a break from all the stress and go back in time to the good old days. Things seemed simpler in the past.
‘Xennial Kid’ is a popular Instagram account that shares nostalgic pics, and they are a blast from the past that makes you want to put on your rose-colored glasses. We’ve picked out some of the very best images that radiate vintage goodness to give you a well-deserved break from the present.
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Crystalwitch60 8 hours ago
Me to infact I was actually married when he first hit uk music lol
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Crystalwitch60 8 hours ago
I got the magic roundabout n bill n ben 😂lil weed ,oh n the clangers n bag puss ! Music wise was brilliant mind pink Floyd dire straits n the like ❤️
Nota Robot 15 hours ago (edited)
Anyone else immediately thinks of Foofur instead of these when hearing'blue dog'?
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Douglas Gold 2 hours ago
Saw the film for the first time at the 40th anniversary showing - brilliant movie
The ‘Xennial Kid’ social media project, aka “your neighborhood nostalgia dealer,” is fairly new. It was created in July 2024, and in just a year and a half, it amassed 470k followers.
Xennials, also known as Xillennials, are a micro-generation. They include people who were born on the cusp of Generation X and Millennials (aka Generation Y).
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Ray Heap 15 hours ago
Yeah, but only because the tech weenies put in massive amounts of overtime and pulled overnighters for months in the run up to 31.12.1999.
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B Hobbs 4 hours ago
In about 60 years, the planet can start doing it all again. It is not a millennial problem, it is a centennial problem. As long as it is common for meat bags to use only two digits for the year, programmers will create programs with two digit years. And AI will probably incorporate that into the programs they create. I am afraid that medical science may keep me alive for the next round. "B Hobbs, you worked on the 1999/2000 problem. We need your help for the coming 2099/2100 problem." Bugger!
nicholas nolan 5 hours ago
Remeber, kids: Y2K was absolutely nothing because of YEARS of work to correct the problem in vital systems, not because it was never an issue.
Corvus 10 hours ago
It didn't happen because developers actually took measures to prevent it from happening. Why does everyone forget this detail?
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I'm very glad the legions of IT professionals that fixed the critical issues that were caused by the y2k made you feel like you were brilliant and special for not worrying about it. I genuinely hope that one far off day in the future, another person like you can say the same about climate change.
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Giles McArdell 6 hours ago
I remember that, them trying to prove they could really sing was both excrutiating and hilarious.
Load More Replies...How someone interprets a generation or micro-generation depends on the researcher, the country they’re studying, etc. But broadly speaking, Xennials include people born in the US from 1977 to 1983. Of course, some researchers broaden this timeframe.
Typically, Xennials had an analog childhood and a digital young adulthood. They are almost exclusively the children of Baby Boomers and came of age during the 1990s.
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Crystalwitch60 7 hours ago
😂😂😂😂80,s lmao I was like 8 in 1973 when the exorcist first came out n I watched that lol 🤷♀️and laughed all the way thru , that hell hound ,which is what that thing is was old by then pfft
Lisa Q 1 hour ago
I though it was the werewolf from American Werewolf in London?
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emorinelli49 14 hours ago
I used to make forts under our dining table with sheets and pillows and I’m 76. My grandkids do this now. ❤️
Crystalwitch60 8 hours ago
Mine always did this as kids loved it mine didn’t have devices till they were 13 yes Xbox you get but only an hour a day , rest they were out being you know KIDS ! n they were born in 2001 n 2004 ! kids these days are ruined ! n I hope the uk does ban socials for kids under 16 , might make parents keep their kids off devices so early !, its lazy parenting pfft and bad for the kids
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Xennials are not to be confused with Zillennials, which are a micro-generation of folks between Millennials and Generation Z.
Zillennials are individuals born between 1993 and 1998. That being said, some researchers believe that this micro-generation encompasses people from as early as the 1990s all the way to the early 2000s.
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Upstaged75 16 hours ago (edited)
I have tinnitus from the time the neighborhood kids and I decided to throw caps (the things that go inside a cap gun and make a loud noise) in a fire to see what would happen. Hearing damage is what happens..🤷♀️
sbj 15 hours ago
My parents used to let me go with flow back then and if I did hurt myself their response was 'Well, you won't be doing that again soon will you? "
Lucy Covington 7 hours ago
Same! I can't say the lesson was always learned though.
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This made be laugh. My son, now 39, had a posse of friends who got up to all kinds of shenanigans. One day I drove to pick him up at his friends house. They are the boys were, they had built a fire in an oil drum and they were flying over it on their bikes, skateboards, and skates. I got out of the car and I said where the hell are your parents? And he said oh there around the other side of the house they can’t see out this way oh my God. 🤣🤣🤣
Gordon 6 hours ago
The MINUTE they saw smoking in fast food restaurants, they'd lose their minds.
Crystal M 2 hours ago
My first nursing job in 1992, we smoked in the hospital!
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BlahBlobLa 16 hours ago
I currently teach high school. We all have these in our rooms. Not just a Gen X thing.
Baby Boomers include people born between 1946 and 1964. Generation X refers to individuals born between 1965 and 1980.
Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996. Generation Z, aka Zoomers, are folks born between 1997 and 2012.
Generation Alpha includes kids born between 2013 and the mid-2020s. The newest generation, Generation Beta, aka Gen Beta, refers to children born from 2025 all the way to 2039. The latter still seems like the far-off future, writing this now in early 2026.
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Lynchamigsakta 13 hours ago
But the satisfaction of finally making it is still unmatched by anything else in my life
detective miller's hat 4 hours ago
By the time my best friend made it to the end of that game, he had memorised it so good, he could play the entire thing in 12 minutes without warp zones.
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Sleepy Panda 16 hours ago
4 n64 controllers all equipped with rumble paks? What, are these kids rich or something?!
Crystalwitch60 8 hours ago
Blimey I didn’t have these till I was already married with step kids n we only had ONE controller !
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Huddo's sister 15 hours ago
I never paid for a ringtone, admittedly because I wasn't allowed to :) I did download three REM songs (from a cd) that were ringtones on my samsung flip phone.
If you ever hear someone older grumbling about ‘kids these days’ and referring to them as Millennials, they’re probably thinking about members of either Gen A or Gen Z, not Gen Y.
While inter-generational tension is inevitable to a certain extent, we can all strive to be more accepting of others despite our differences.
Broadly speaking, each generation tends to think that those preceding them are too old-fashioned and behind the times, while those that come after them supposedly don’t have the right values, work ethic, etc. anymore. It’s a tale as old as time.
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Rusty’scate 15 hours ago
Or just slowly ripping apart until you the grand finale of falling through
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AtMostAFabulist 6 hours ago (edited)
Spring chicken! I first learned computers on punch cards in high school. Then learned Binary in college.
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Nostalgia has lots of benefits, but in larger doses, it can be quite harmful, too. We tend to feel the most nostalgia for our youth, when we were full of energy, had fewer responsibilities, and felt like we were unstoppable.
On the positive side of things, reminiscing about the past and nostalgic content can make you more resilient in the present. What’s more, nostalgia can help you fight off feelings of existential anxiety and loneliness.
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Trillian 12 hours ago
Except we wouldn't take pictures because, with what? The expensive family camera?
James016 10 hours ago
When I was 17, I was on a tour group in another country, someone on the group had bought a large can of lighter fuel as half the group smoked. As we were dumbasses back then a couple of us dunked our hands in the can covering them in lighter fuel. Then lit it, running around screaming our hands are on fire. Which they were for about 30 seconds while the lighter fuel burned off. Amazingly it didn't hurt...apart from some singed arm hair.
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AtMostAFabulist 6 hours ago
Way back, when I was in AV in high school, we had films to set up. On film projectors.
The downside, however, is that if you constantly live in the past, you’re likely missing out on opportunities in the present. It’s one thing to joyfully reminisce about your youth and vintage content from time to time. It’s another thing entirely to think that the past was amazing, the present is awful, and the future will be worse still.
While some periods of time are calmer than others, every decade will have its challenges and opportunities. But you have to be willing to work with what you have instead of constantly moaning about what’s missing. You can most definitely live a good life now, even if things have changed immensely over the past few decades.
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Grant Slade 15 hours ago
In the 1960s I rode my bike such it eventually fell to bits. Factually, the frame c*****d it multiple places and then it just broke. It was a second hand Raleigh three speed. No one I knew could afford a new bike in those days
Huddo's sister 15 hours ago
I talked to my mum about it recently and she definitely knew! (Even about the fires we lit in the parkland next door) The only thing she maybe didn't know about was when my brother and next door neighbour walked through the storm water drain pipe that she had warned us not to do. Actually, I'm surprised I didn't dob on them at the time, since I was really scared they were going to die.
The Other Guest 3 hours ago
Back in the late 70s my friend & I got permission to ride our bikes to a park about 6 miles away. We later got in trouble for going, because our parents hadn't realized where the park was. I was so mad - we TOLD you the name of the park, you SAID we could go, and it's not our fault you didn't bother to ask where it was if you didn't already know. (Why, yes, I *do* hold tight to grudges.)
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Sleepy Panda 16 hours ago
Just switch Super Mario out for either TLoZ game and 40 years old for 30 years old, and that’s basically me!
detective miller's hat 4 hours ago
My siblings and I still play Mario Party and Goldeneye whenever we get together.
Despite the massive local, social, and global issues, you can have loving relationships, a fulfilling career, and make a positive impact on the world. It won’t be easy (it never is!), but it’s possible so long as you’re adaptable, curious, and open-minded.
You can actually feel nostalgic for time periods that you were never alive for and never experienced firsthand. This is called anemoia. It happens when you romanticize a period of time due to the stories you’ve heard and the positive experiences you imagine people living back then would have had.
So, even if you were born much later, you can feel a deep sense of yearning for the past that Xennials lived through.
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Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 hours ago
That's why we're not a bunch of soft sooky wimps scared of our own shadows.
AtMostAFabulist 5 hours ago
I cant remember the guy on the top left. But adding Lady Elaine Fairchild?
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Huddo's sister 15 hours ago
In Australia, all ours were outside (in a long trough) so the waster was always hot in summer! They still use the exact same ones now.
Breadcrumb. 15 hours ago
Yah more hygienic to bring your own water bottle to class. Have you seen what those grade ones do to that thing?
Which of these pics from the past made you yearn for your childhood the most? What generation are you, and what decades or specific years do you feel the most nostalgic about? How do you avoid getting lost in nostalgia and continue to be fully present here and now? Share your insights with everyone in the comments.
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Upstaged75 16 hours ago
We used to call boys from the payphone at the roller rink every Friday night. 😁
Rali Meyer 7 hours ago
This is a friend of Zoe, is she in? - What is your name? I am a good friend of Zoe, from school. - Yes, but what is your name? (klick)
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Upstaged75 16 hours ago
Except it never worked like that. And the person usually ended up farting. 😂
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Upstaged75 16 hours ago
How every kid in the 80's first experienced PTSD. 😥😥 Poor Artax. He comes back to life in the end though!
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 hours ago
For me it was Watership Down >.<
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Crystalwitch60 7 hours ago
Omg the wall of death , uk had these as fairs went on one once NEVER AGAIN 😱
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Meesh Meesh 8 hours ago
You would have sports day at your school and these are the ribbons you won.
Load More Replies... Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 hours ago
Yeah, but they probably go up to 14th place now *rolls eyes*
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Pernille 9 hours ago
We never had things like this in the '70 and '80 in Danmark, competing for anything was uncool among the hippies I grew up among, and the local schools went along. It could easily be completely different in another neighbourhood.
Lady Eowyn 7 hours ago
Nothing like this in the 60s-70s in the US where I was. At least not in public schools.
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Huddo's sister 15 hours ago
One of my students brought in his dad's Tarzo (Aussie name) collection last year and I was so jealous!
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Kelly Scott 3 hours ago
My brother bought a condo in San Diego for $85,000. My dad was in disbelief: "You spent $85,000 on THIS?" It's worth over $400,000 today. I wish my dad could see it now.
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La fille à Rod 4 hours ago
my mother did'nt want to buy me halk a sock!! at that price you will have a whole one!!!!
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 15 hours ago
We weren't allowed anklet/sports length (like the pic) socks at my school (uniform). We were allowed knee high (that I hated) or ankle (about 6cm longer than pic) socks, though I had ones that were mid calf, so I was able to get away with folding them down to the right length. Looks way more comfortable than what is pictured here!
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Roxy222uk 10 hours ago
Me neither. You could just help yourself to a coupon before buying the item??? Why didn’t they just reduce the price?
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B Hobbs 4 hours ago
I vaguely recall Motel 6 actually costing US $6 a night. "Nurse, please wheel me into the sunlight."
Load More Replies... Rusty’scate 15 hours ago
Fire pits at the power lines then after party with 30 kids in two rooms that the person who bought the booze rented. Those where crazy nights.
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CP 9 hours ago (edited)
But it looked so cool. I remember the futuristic gray toned gun that looked like a s*****n used for duck hunt too. Looked cooler than the pistol.
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howdylee 6 hours ago
Still have my set that looks very similar to this. I no longer own any cassettes to play on it though...
OneHappyPuppy 1 hour ago
I do, and I've got a similar deck, but I doubt it works nowadays...
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Fenouille Fenouille 3 hours ago
When you realize that the future of Back to the Future is now in the past…
The Other Guest 2 hours ago
When you realize that if they made the film today and Marty went back the same number of years, he'd end up in 1996.
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Upstaged75 16 hours ago
At one place I worked Updog was the name of our kickball team. Yes, we used the same joke. 😁
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sturmwesen 15 hours ago
my brother (born 1980) had one. Not sure I ever saw another one in Germany
detective miller's hat 4 hours ago
My brother recently found one of these is a thrift shop and I don't remember the last time he was so happy with a purchase.
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SCP 4666 9 hours ago (edited)
What game was that? I see you're not supposed to touch the purple seaweed or whatever. I remember similar levels from Donkey Kong country
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Sleepy Panda 16 hours ago
281-330-8004 is apparently a song by the band Bones from 2013. Honestly 867-5309 would’ve been way better here.
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