childhood

This twitter thread gave way to people looking back on those occasionally painful, cringe-packed, silly moments from the days of their youth that were on brand, for the way they find themselves presented to the world, present day. Sometimes we unintentionally act out who we are, before we know it further on down the road. If that means you're an injury-prone clutz, pull up a seat, and join the club. 

Radio host Sam Sanders asked his fellow twitter users what kind of strange delicacies they created for themselves as children. The results were, really, pretty gross. Lots of peanut butter, ketchup, kraft singles and coca powder went into these people's upbringings. And not necessarily in separate dishes either.

Hey, adults are the ones who write all of these shows anyway so it just makes sense that they'd sneak something in for the parents. Some of these are references only adults would get, others are just straight up filthy. Anyway, after these you may look at your childhood a little differently.

Music's a crazy thing. It has the power to take us to a place outside the present moment, to a memory of where we heard a particular song play. It can reconstruct our mood, and throw us into the sublime or pained or bittersweet haze of a place, embedded as a moment in time, that has since passed. These 15 people shared their music memories from their childhoods, and it's a bit of an emotional rollercoaster! 

Writer Ariel Dumas asked people what stuff they used to think were the height of luxury. Turns out everyone had similar childhoods. Even Jaegermeister dropped into the conversation, to be met with a pretty solid slam.

Everyone who has flipped a board will remember the pain and loss that went into game night. You might get a little nostalgic with these too-accurate game titles.

Some habits we just refuse to give up. I mean, in all fairness, there very well could be a monster underneath your bed. 

The Mario Kart one needs to make a comeback like yesterday. 

C'mon 90's kids, get your fix of some of that sweet, sweet nostalgia. Back when things were simple. If you wanted to rent a movie you had to go to a store. The ketchup was blue, and the charizards were holographic.

Kids just believe the darnedest things. 

Keep your friends close, and make sure your enemies can't touch your stuff. Turns out people will break your nice things and steal your pills. Even if it's something like dog ear medicine.

That seems to pretty much sum up the state of things.

Who else misses the shit out of those milky pens? They were the equivalent of scholastic Pokémon cards. Friendships were forged and broken over the successful trading of those little absolutely useless, magical pens. 

Probably the most wholesome cookbook you've ever seen. The kids who wrote it are a mystery, but that doesn't mean we can't recreate the recipes to honor these young culinary masterminds. Some recipes seem harder than others. How much flour is 18 minutes of flour?

Having kids is hard. I don't personally have any, but I was a kid once, so I can only imagine what my parents went through. Children have their own agenda, which includes eating candy for dinner and complaining if asked to help. As a parent, getting angry at your children probably isn't the most effective way to mould them into good human beings. But there's this thing called reverse psychology, and it's amazing. After reading the following posts from AskReddit, I realized that my own parents duped me with reverse psychology. Sneaky... and clever. Well done, parents.