Like anyone else, our best years are behind us. Or at least they seem that way, since human beings are pretty much psychologically incapable of remembering things accurately. We all want to look back at our VHS tapes and dangerous toys and say that's when we had it all figured out or "young people could never understand this," but in the end it's really just a way of dating yourself. But hey, that's nostalgia, baby.
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Some of these television programs give off straight up fever dream vibes. Seriously, I'd imagine that some of these shows were aired at very unique times. Maybe during those early hours of the morning where you might find yourself caught in a dreamlike state, unable to fall back asleep, and watching whatever you can find on TV. So, naturally you settle on a promising TV show like Snorks.
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It happened all the time. Some kid would start collecting walnuts that fell on school property, or a teacher would ban rubber bands, and all of a sudden there was a new schoolyard black market. It was a confusing, weird and stupid lesson in basic economics. For those aching for simpler times, here are the school memes for the mostly educated.
Sooner or later, everyone becomes a relic of a bygone era. There's a moment we all have when some new way to play a movie comes out, and we remember the now-obsolete technology when it was new. It happened with VHS tapes and it will somehow happen with all-digital content. It's sort of exciting and sort of scary, but to make ourselves feel safer at the end of the day we can always indulge in powerful images of sensory nostalgia.
Aside from the nostalgic powers of remembering old things we used to like, there is something really weird about being able to look back in your own life and see the signs of changing times. It's mind-boggling to think that only a few years ago, people were paying big money for VHS players and texting each other heartfelt messages using only a number pad. Time doesn't just make things obsolete, popularity and money can ruin good things too.
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Sometimes, it's fun to revisit the past and appreciate just how strange some of the things were throughout the journey that was muddling through the education system as a young one. This Twitter thread from @melmadara will likely resonate with many folks out there. It might even make you feel far older than you did before. If you want to keep the nostalgia going after this thread, check out some nostalgic snacks from the 90s and 00s.
They say taste and smell is a big part of memory. Heck, there are tons of nostalgic junk foods from the '90s. but what about the pain of getting burned on a hot metal sunbaked slide? Or cutting open the corner's of your mouth on a plastic tube of flavored ice? Or stepping on a Lego? Or clobbering the ever-loving sin out of your ankle with a razor scooter? Sometimes we need some nostalgic memes to set our heads straight.
Most people had a childhood that featured Legos. For millions of us, a birthday or Christmas saw Lego sets as a welcome sight. It's iconic, man. And the old sets had a certain mystique that makes for some hardcore nostalgia fuel. Yeah, there might not be any Bionicles in here, but there's some pretty cool space ships. Here are some nostalgic snacks from the good ol' days.
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This is just the kind of dump that'll probably really hit home for some folks out there. You might be a millennial who is still busy eating some of these foods that the kids of the younger generations don't even know about. The Hi-C Ecto Cooler looks just a little bit sketchy.
Yeah, it's nice having access to better tv at the click of a button. Of course it's better to be able to video chat with a friend who lives across the country. It's definitely convenient to be able to solve a heated argument by looking up the cast list for The Lion King. But also it was nice to not have to walk around with a box that makes you angry to look at. You could chalk it up partially to nostalgia, but there were a few nice things about the modern dark ages where VCRs ruled and we used to be excited about a re-run we liked.
We've all had our low points. Those moments when judgment was terribly out of reach, and decisions were made, cringeworthy decisions, that go on to haunt us when we're just trying to catch a restful night's sleep. It's terrible how that happens. Maybe these people's moments of notable cringe will make you feel better about your own moments of profound cringe.
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It's not like anyone wants to give you bad advice. Well, maybe these hilariously bad and dumb life pro tips might be exactly that. This incredibly dumb financial advice also falls into the category of "straight up don't do this." That said, times change and some previously ubiquitous good ideas find themselves no longer belonging, whether it be due to evolving technology, changing social ideas, or the rapid decline and corruption of various institutions.
Anyone with a few decades on them can remember a time when toys were heavy, sharp, fast, toxic and scalding. Whether it was a playground slide that would sear the flesh off your palms or a chemistry set that could have made biker crank, people had a different idea of what was considered safe for children. People remember the wildly dangerous activities they participated in as children.
Every day, life presents us with challenges that we have to overcome, and our outlook can be a major factor in how we deal with that dumbness that life can throw our way. Wholesome memes provide a convenient reminder that things are worth doing, if not only for the sake of doing them, but for the things we learn and relationships we build out of them. Sometimes wholesome memes just provide a little boost.
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.
The junk food we grew up with holds a special place in many of our hearts, like this unhealthy indulgence of fast food nostalgia. The 90s were an interesting time for food. Ketchup was blue, food could be "X-treme" and people were trying to fit sugar into every last discoverable crevice on a piece of cereal. Good times. Here are some nostalgic memes for the 80s and 90s kids.
