2024 is almost over, and the year has been nothing short of a joyride. As we look back, we see how far we have come, the world has changed a lot in the past 3 decades, and no one knows that better than the millenials & Gen Xs, who have lived through the most groundbreaking innovations in human history.
2024 witnessed several throwback posts dedicated to the 80s & 90s on the internet, that took millenials and Gen Xs back to the good old times in a time machine. So as we ring in the new year, here are some of the best & most hilarious Childhood memes that will surely evoke nostalgia among the Millenials & Gen Xs.
1) Home Alone
The 90s gave birth to what might be perhaps the most iconic Christmas movie of all time - Home Alone. This classic family comedy without the family became a pop culture phenomenon, loved by kids around the world.
2) Payphones
The kids today using smartphones will never really understand what it was like using payphones, where one had to insert coins to make a phone call, and the sheer horror of realizing that you had run out of coins.
3) Radio
Way before downloadable/streamable music or even the internet, there was the radio. You had no option but to eagerly wait for your favorite song to play on the radio so that you could hit the record button and listen to it later.
4) Crank windows
With every car company manufacturing & selling cars with power windows, gone are the times when vehicles had only crank windows, and rolling the window up or down would make for a solid arm workout.
5) Tangled music cassettes
Millennials & Gen Xs surely remember the joy & pain of using music cassettes, where on one hand they could record & listen to their favorite songs while on the other hand, the cassettes would unravel out of nowhere and had to be untangled using a pencil.
6) Action packed movies
The 80s & 90s were dominated by action movies featuring lots and lots of gunfire, explosions, and heroes with ripped physiques.
7) Legendary music
The 80s and '90s produced some of the greatest musicians in history, and some of their songs are widely considered some of the best of all time even now.
8) Iconic video games
The Nintendo Gameboy was the hottest-selling and first-of-its-kind handheld video game console in the 90s. If you were a kid and didn't own a Gameboy back then, you just weren't considered cool. Super Mario was among the console's most popular games.
9) Cable television
Before the era of streaming / digital content, there was cable television. You had to tune in at the same time every day to watch your favorite shows. You also had to make it in time before the commercial break ended if you didn't want to miss what happens in the story next.
10) Magic pen
Back in the day, the coolest piece of stationery you could have was a pen that could change colors.
11) Road maps
Before there was any GPS, people had to rely on road maps. Then there were people who never carried maps and would just stop to ask for directions.
12) How parents would go to school
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Almost every millennial or Gen X has heard stories from their parents or grandparents on how they would have to travel far & wide to get to school.
The 80s and 90s were truly a wonderful time to be alive, and what a great trip down memory lane these memes offered!
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