nostalgia

While the 80s technically started 40 years ago, it's probably best to not think about that part. The 80s did some things with hair that many people are still just now recovering from. And while it was a time of loud pants filled with questionable butts, there are still things to miss. Here's some powerful nostalgia for the 80s and 90s kids.

If there's one nice thing about being an adult, it's that you can bankroll at least some of your childhood dreams. Jurassic Park is a timeless classic, and many of us have our own personal reasons to say, want to believe in twitter updates from Jurassic Park or in this case, buy cool toys we never got to have.

The 90s were an amazing time for senseless and gimmicky candies, and it was great. Everyone had a skateboard and no one really knew how to skateboard. They had green ketchup. No one knew what made it green, but the kids in the commercials sure made it seem extremely radical.  Snack companies went as far as basically just giving kids a toothpaste tube filled with neon colored syrup. Here's an unhealthy indulgence of fast food nostalgia, as well as some powerful nostalgic memes.

Maybe being old nowadays is realizing that you can recall a time in your life when you went through the whole day without taking a picture. Wild stuff. Maybe we were more present in the past. 

Whether it's a product that was never actually effective from the start, a company with a horrible business model, or just a mother of an inconvenience, it is weird that some of these things are still around. For other questionable things, here are things that exist only because people are dumb. For some real specific memories, here's some unhealthy fast food nostalgia.

Students usually don't have anything better to do than be weird, like the ones in this Tumblr post who worshiped a stuffed octopus. It doesn't take too much reminiscing to come across a time when someone at school did something weird as hell. As it turns out, that weirdness extends to awkward moments at high school reunions.

This collection of nostalgic images will take you on a nice trip down memory lane. Never underestimate just how painful it is to step on that one missing LEGO piece. No thank you. 

Ah, yes, sweet nostalgia. The fact that we don't have to get off the computer (internet) anymore while people are using the phone is a true blessing. Or how about not having to type in "www" because the browser was incapable of guessing it? Sometimes, change is a good and welcomed thing. 

There was always a sort of extended leniency toward crap that popular kids could get away with, but sometimes they either flew too close to the sun or played a part in some high school's "incident". Sometimes it wasn't even up to them, but that's just how things shake out sometimes. Sometimes they come back for round two and make high school reunions awkward.

This nostalgic Twitter thread very successfully hits on many of the iconic memories from muddling through elementary school. Whether it was trying to make sure you didn't get caught by those chairs' ferocious static electricity, or fall victim to the terrible taste of those wooden spoons; these are sure to bring many folks back to those strange olden days. 

Most people who grew up in the 80s and 90s remember the peculiar angular pastel interior of a fast food place, the lawlessness of a McDonald's play place, the absolute need to get a specific happy meal toy, and the peculiar flavor of Hi-C orange drink. What a weird time. If this gets your nostalgia motot running, here's some 90s nostalgia from simpler times.

This quick and entertaining Tumblr thread shines light on the wild joy that is digging into watermelons with a reckless abandon, barehanded, and just feasting on them. We get a quick story from a dude who worked at a summer camp, and witnessed the feral energy that can come from such an event. Watermelons and summertime is where it's at. 

This Twitter thread goes all in on the nostalgia. Careful, it might hit you right in the childhood. But hey, it's fun to relive the times of the past, and remember just how far you've come in this long and strange trip.