If you were never your parents' remote control. Sit down.
@nopenoway1519
3 ай бұрын
We also had the antenna on a pole on the back porch so we were also responsible for opening the back door and turning the pole until the station was coming through clearly. They would shout at us through the door, a little more, now back a little…. Lol
@maryhaley5569
3 ай бұрын
@nopenoway1519 oh yes, good times. At one time, my neighbor actually translated to me what my dad was yelling to do. LMAO
@joannesimpson2527
2 ай бұрын
😂😂👏👏👏🇦🇺👌loved cassettes and record player,still got my fleetwood mac,bay city rollers,Navana,beach Boys albums.😂😂👏👏was party time🎉
@BigPouge
2 ай бұрын
THIS!!! I wish I could upvote this more. As the youngest I was everyone's remote 😞😀
@lindsaylivingston9754
2 ай бұрын
Thank God the only one I missed was the Challenger explosion and I’m counting that one as a good thing. I’m a Xennial half way between the two.
@maryhaley5569
3 ай бұрын
If you have never seen a native American crying because of litter. Sit down.
@TheKristenMcLaughlin
3 ай бұрын
Omg, memory unlocked!! That's a good one!!
@CarlaBuggs1-iz6gp
3 ай бұрын
Or heard ‘only you can prevent forest fires! 🔥’
@maryhaley5569
3 ай бұрын
@@CarlaBuggs1-iz6gp yep!
@maryhaley5569
3 ай бұрын
@@CarlaBuggs1-iz6gp everyone knew Smoky!!!
@SheilaR.08
2 ай бұрын
Crying Eyes Cody!
@DickGozinya-zl2bd
Ай бұрын
If you were never told "Sticks & stones can break your bones but, Words will never hurt you," you can't get in.
@user-mh4tx8zl4s
9 күн бұрын
Or the version I learned in High School.'Sticks and Stones may break my Bones, but Whips and Chains excite me!"
@travisandmissydog
8 күн бұрын
Man I wish people would go back to that frame of mind!
@rockrollangel1972
4 күн бұрын
or ennie meenie miny mo catch a tiger by it's toe
@krystynasmyth1891
Ай бұрын
That sound......when you notice your tape is being eaten up and you run to save the cassette 😂😂from across 3 rooms
@stoopidbastid6420
20 күн бұрын
ah the crinkle. I found out the hard way that you couldnt use rubbing alcohol to clean the pinch roller. Zeppelin 4 RIP
@danielbeltz1914
18 күн бұрын
This actually made me chuckle.. I remember jumping from the upstairs to the landing to the downstairs and running into my room coming from the kitchen to save a tape.
@radolfkalis4041
5 күн бұрын
Yeah, that noise burns into your SOUL!
@EB1878
4 күн бұрын
@@stoopidbastid6420actually you can clean the pinch roller and the head in a cassette player using rubbing alcohol as long as it's 90% alcohol (less water in the stronger rubbing alcohol), swab with q-tips and let it air dry. The only time I experienced my tapes going crinkle cut French fry on me was when the cassettes themselves wore out, became tight (due to age, humidity chages, and repeated playing). I actually had some success salvaging some of my cassettes that became crinkled. I usually bought random cassettes, unscrewed them, switched out the spools, and labeled them, artist/album/year. It was tedious, sure. But those cassettes lasted me clear until 2012, then finally became oxidized due to their age. I managed to transfer a handful onto CD, then put them onto my MP3 players. I dubbed nearly all of my LP'S onto CD, then transferred those to MP3 and the same for my 8-track cartridge tapes, which by 85' those were being phased out entirely. They were a novelty to me and my hobby when I was 12 in grade school. 😊 Do I miss those tapes? You bet! I held onto my beloved Kiss 8 tracks, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath. The only 8 track players I owned were LLoyds (crappy home units in all actuality), one Weltron space helmet, one Weltron "Aquatron" both units wore out completely though. I believe those were sold for looks back in the day and less about quality and performance. The best 8 track player I owned later on was a Panasonic Dynamite (plunger style) red portable one, and a home unit, Realistic. Those actually lasted me several years since I maintained them well. Most all of my stereo stuff was either given to me and others I'd buy from thrift shops. It was always like striking gold if I found anything by my favorite bands or found another 8-track tape that I didn't have already. My first 8-track tapes were: Alice Cooper- Goes to Hell (my mother's tape), Cheap Trick- In Color (still have this, belongs to my mom), Kiss- self-titled 1974 (contains Kissin' Time so it's not the extremely rare pressing), Kiss Alive!, Kiss- Love Gun (fixed this myself at 12 years old and it played okay), Kiss- Dynasty ( I bought this for a huge .25 cents in 89' from an overpriced junk store), Kiss- Alive II both vol. 1 and 2, ZZ Top- (truck stop bootleg album, black cartridge with a generic label), .38 Special, Jim Croce- best of hits. My favorite was always the first Kiss album on 8-track. I loved hearing the rich, full music from a pair of those clunky pillow cushion headphones. I also had the big adapter to hook up modern headphones too. In way of music, we had it! In fact, growing up we had good music. 😊
@crisl9079
14 сағат бұрын
😂 Ah yes, good one!
@jamiequick3607
2 ай бұрын
“Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?”
@darkangel_1978
2 ай бұрын
"But of course"
@pottymouthedplanter
2 ай бұрын
Bahahahaha
@leanngerson7381
2 ай бұрын
😂 omg that commercial was always on
@WildnUnruly
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@robbieparr3753
2 ай бұрын
Also, “Where’s the beef!?”
@heatherchrisco9106
3 ай бұрын
Who remembers riding in the very backseat of a panel stationwagon that faced the traffic behind you?
@peachykeen7634
2 ай бұрын
THOSE WERE THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. We just had a Ford Taurus, but our cousins had the station wagon and I always begged them to ride backwards!
@maryshannon3326
2 ай бұрын
We loved sitting back there on long trips and waving to all the people!
@OldGal73
2 ай бұрын
We had a Ford Falcon station wagon and there was always a fight for the back seat (The Dickie Seat) on the trips to visit the Grandparents, who lived hours away!😂
@kimwatson9338
2 ай бұрын
Bonus points if the window was rolled down so that you breathed in all the exhaust fumes!
@ssm248
2 ай бұрын
We rode in the back back of a station wagon with no seat! We loved it!
@S-T-R
Ай бұрын
Welp I'm 1000% in the club as I've had/done/lived every one of those requirements. And also adding to the list: 1) watched one of your parents pump $0.87 leaded gas into their car while smoking a cigarette. 2) Watched Saturday morning cartoons like it was a religion. 3) Road your bike all day through town and country without once having to "call home". 4) Then make sure your butt was home BEFORE the street lights came on! 5) Had a boombox so damn big it took 2 people to carry it.
@motherstation
Ай бұрын
We never needed a note to buy cigarettes. Selling to minors didn't become illegal until the late 80s.
@ejtattersall156
22 күн бұрын
Depends on the state. I was in Florida in 1984-5. The age was 16.
@mrbig7718
21 күн бұрын
My mom would send me across a busy highway, 4blocks, to an Asian store, right next to a Crack head infested pool hall to buy Virginia Slims at the age of 7. Always felt like a real life game of Frogger. Those public service busses never slowed down for nothing 🤣
@sarahclardy6727
21 күн бұрын
I rode on my bike to the store to get cigarettes, bottle of wine, and a loaf of bread. My mom counted the change too.
@PinkeeTuscadero
19 күн бұрын
I used my lunch money ($1) to buy cigs after school (10th grade). And... I got back change. 😂
@kettle_of_chris
17 күн бұрын
@@PinkeeTuscadero LMAO! *SAME*
@emeraldjonz.
2 ай бұрын
If you never heard the national anthem played on your television and then it turn to snow....for hours because that was ENOUGH TV for er body..SIT DOWN!
@MrMwmussel1
2 ай бұрын
I was explaining the happening to a current highschool senior, they thought I was crazy
@michaelblaes9847
2 ай бұрын
Not one channel had a guy say... Why don't we just rerun the primetime lineup? Or even just put on 3 or 4 episodes of a show?
@nicolemikoski7775
2 ай бұрын
I was JUST telling someone about this & their minds were blown 😅
@chiarac3833
2 ай бұрын
I barely remember this and I'm an early Xer...
@ladyv5655
2 ай бұрын
I remember waking up early, turning on the TV just before 7am, watching the snow turn to inspiring shots of beaches, waterfalls, etc as the national anthem played before my favorite cartoons started.
@apsarasangreal84
2 ай бұрын
Must understand the significance of " Nanu Nanu"
@susannahschannel6643
2 ай бұрын
Amen! I ❤ Mork and Mindy!
@michaelsarahbahrt2681
2 ай бұрын
RIP Robin Williams 😢👽👻
@namjamlewis1844
2 ай бұрын
Could you imagine the material Robin would have these days?
@rjones4748
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@MrMwmussel1
2 ай бұрын
As an elder millennial I know all about Mork calling Orson.
@iseeyou8781
17 күн бұрын
Couldn’t afford new albums so we waited by the radio for hours just to hit record when that new song got played.
@thisisme2476
12 күн бұрын
And, got mad at the DJ who talk RIGHT up to the when the song started.
@iseeyou8781
12 күн бұрын
@@thisisme2476 🤣🤣🤣 my college roommate called in with a request and asked the DJ not to talk during the intro. The DJ laughed and hung up. Never played the song. The request was for “Jessie’s Girl,” by Rick Springfield.
@CorvusAlyse
Ай бұрын
Gen X here (1972) and I appreciated this bit of nostalgia. We had the big heavy black phone that was mounted on the wall, that if you hit someone with, you’d send them to the next life. Was home sick for the Challenger, was on the southeast coast and heard the sonic boom from home. My favorite Atari game was Centipede and I would play it while listening to the soundtrack to Purple Rain on my Walkman. And no generation will ever fully understand the angst associated with pencils and cassette tapes. And don’t forget Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and ThunderCats!
@Redlingstein
16 күн бұрын
Oh yes Centipede !!!! Loved that. And paceman and that ufo crablike shooting one too
@EB1878
4 күн бұрын
@Redlingstein you mean Space Invaders or Missile Command? Both I thought were totally awesome. I especially loved Mrs. Pac-Man, Pac-Man, Pole Position, Galaga, etc. Me and cassettes will never part. The hours I'd spend on reversing a cassette just to hear any of those 'supposed' backwards messages in our music was spooky entertainment growing up. But it worked best if you had a ball point Bic pen to 'rewind' the tape backwards. Remove the screws, gently flip the spools over, re-secure the cassette cover, pop the tape in the cassette deck and push play. I still own several cassettes, two new old stock cassette players and Walkmans. The over the ear headphones are better than ear buds in my opinion. 😊 And can't forget drawing in class, passing notes between classes to your friends, and nobody mentioned 'slam books' from 85'. These were made from scrap paper stapled together and whoever and whatever got under your skin or irritated you, you jotted it down, then passed the book to the next person in school among your group of friends. Also, at least one kid owned a Trapper Keeper. 😊 I was fortunate to own two throughout my childhood. Alas, neither survived into my adult years. But they held just about damn near everything including a pencil bag. ✏️ I used to cut the clear plastic and insert various rock pictures of my favorite bands to make mine unique. As for cartoons I want to add Go Bots (a rip off of Transformers actually I thought). GI Joe, She-Ra, He-Man, and for a while during the 80's there used to be a Dungons and Dragons cartoon. I only saw a few episodes when it aired, then never seen it again.
@sigmachi8783
2 ай бұрын
If you never heard the phrase, “I’m on long-distance!”
@KristiWilson
2 ай бұрын
Only if you waited till after 9pm!!
@kellyjimenez8984
2 ай бұрын
YESSSSSS....."SIT DOWN, SHUT UP. CAN'T YOU SEE IM TALKING LONG DISTANCE!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@derixalandry6740
2 ай бұрын
And had to pay for it!!
@daniellemitchell3118
2 ай бұрын
Or calling Person to Person.😅
@wildly_heather
2 ай бұрын
Must know what a chat/party line is!
@sanaisy81
Ай бұрын
If you didn't take typing class on a typewriter or do all your school research papers using an encyclopedia, you're not a gen X
@JHabc
Ай бұрын
Some encyclopedia that was decades old and had been passed down multiple times, and was missing at least 2 books
@hdc1979
Ай бұрын
One full year of typing drills now at 44 I'm thankful for this n ppl are amazed at my "skills"😂
@michelewalker3862
Ай бұрын
I've had children ask me if all my fingers are double jointed because I text so fast. Child, I'm 50. I learned a long time ago where all the letters are on the keyboard and can do it without looking.
@taunyaw2181
Ай бұрын
We had the whole set....
@kenwolf9124
Ай бұрын
I remember having typing classes on the typewriter while having computer classes
@coryw31
24 күн бұрын
"Surely you can't be serious!" "I am, and don't call me Shirley!"
@thisisme2476
12 күн бұрын
Bad day to quit cigarettes.
@RockPaperHammer
7 күн бұрын
Ever been in a Turkish prison Timmy?
@seanmurphy6034
Ай бұрын
You never caused yourself or another bodily harm with a Sit-n-Spin
@steelbeard151
17 күн бұрын
Or riding a Green Machine downhill into traffic.
@johnhorton9637
8 күн бұрын
Yep. That happened more than once . Ok maybe a dozen times. I don't remember the exact number. But yeah
@rontrosin7075
2 ай бұрын
Must have heard the phrase “stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about”! and experienced the phrase being enacted.
@jessieshepherd6642
2 ай бұрын
Or don't make me ask you!
@peachykeen7634
2 ай бұрын
“Go to your room and sit on the bed and wait for me.” Scariest words I’ve ever heard.
@lanky-x782
2 ай бұрын
Lol. They always gave me something to cry about until I learned it wasn't worth the belt.
@RiverRatsTotalOutdoors
2 ай бұрын
Wait till your dad gets home, after my mom already chased me around with a fly swatter
@maliasiwel7015
2 ай бұрын
My kids know that one
@brucewhite9657
2 ай бұрын
Remembering when MTV played music
@hagibhrobertson2657
2 ай бұрын
Remembering how excited everyone at school was knowing the new channel called MTV was starting up that day! First song, The Buggles, Video killed the radio star.
@florencedenham9395
2 ай бұрын
Friday night videos before MTV and the video/tune Video Killed the Radio Star
@beckyweiss6072
2 ай бұрын
Most millenials should remember when MTV played music- TRL was the highlight of my afternoon when I came home from school in 6th and 7th grade. I also enjoyed watching VH1s pop up videos for all of the little trivia about the making of each music video.
@terrijones4228
2 ай бұрын
90 percent of the day😊
@danieb4273
2 ай бұрын
Remembering waiting for the first video.... Video killed the radio star! Opening day for MTV.
@bobskibob8870
Ай бұрын
When riding the city bus, we used to get paper transfers if you wanted to take another bus and not pay the fare again. The driver would punch the transfer with a hole punch device. The fare to ride the bus was less than a dollar back then.
@gregorybflynn
29 күн бұрын
Must understand what it means to say "I learned it from watching *you*, Dad!"
@stephl5838
2 ай бұрын
If Saturday morning cartoons were what you lived for, then youre in.
@kathy5hoech391
2 ай бұрын
After these messages we'll be right back. jingle.
@queencitysaint9600
2 ай бұрын
Cowabunga
@theartistjodievans
2 ай бұрын
Or if you tried to get up early enough to see Gigglesnort Hotel before the cartoons started!
@DaddyWarCrimes78
2 ай бұрын
Saturday morning cartoons, into pro wrestling and then into American Sports Cavalcade on TNN to watch drag racing and NASCAR highlights. It will always be the Winston Cup to me.
@bruceayers512
Ай бұрын
Bay City Rollers, H.R. Puffinstuff, Sigmond and the Sea monsters. Anything by Sid & Marty Kroft.
@ginadoll00901
Ай бұрын
This is your brain. This your brain on drugs. Any questions🤣
@rebeccaduncan6793
Ай бұрын
Back when they actually brought the drugs to school so we would know they looked like……
@jonischoenbrun8110
Ай бұрын
Nobody ever said I want to be a junkie when I grow up lmao
@krystynasmyth1891
Ай бұрын
& The more you know........😂😂😂😂😂😂we took that literally and they didn't like that😂
@krystynasmyth1891
Ай бұрын
I learned it from watching you ok 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@devonsilverfox3114
Ай бұрын
Yes, why are my brains on drugs soo tasty?
@lookingfordrama01
25 күн бұрын
“WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT WILLIS? “ . MUST IDENTIFY.😂😂😂
@user-bn4jk8gn1k
15 күн бұрын
willis. also: I love it when a plan comes together.
@davidparr6567
11 күн бұрын
Sit down Mr Drummond...
@crisl9079
14 сағат бұрын
Oh, good one!
@tawnyschlienz9063
18 күн бұрын
Watching the original Star Wars movie in the theater. And rode in the first muscle cars, jammed in with 12 people and laid in the back window dash or in the back of a pickup box with no worries in the world. Trying to get cigarettes out of the cigarette machine without making any noise. Playing outside all day, building tree forts and ramps to jump your bike. Walking to town by yourself to get milk for cereal and didn't worry bcuz all the mothers in the area kept an eye on you. When you could go into a bar with a parent and stay all day and nobody cared. MTV's Headbangers ball late at night was my favorite. And watching my first METALLICA video, my favorite band to this day. Going to the pizza joint and playing music on the jukebox. Going to the arcade with a roll of quarters. Going to the 5 and dime store to buy penny candy.
@ldsvenusk9524
3 ай бұрын
One more to add, getting up on Saturday morning to watch Saturday morning cartoons only to watch the test screen pattern until the station comes on.
@donnataylor980
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 I remember that😂
@nopenoway1519
3 ай бұрын
Yes, oh my goodness NBC had the best cartoons Saturday morning.
@LisyCO
3 ай бұрын
With a big o'bowl of the best sugary cereal in the world. Fruity Pebbles, Cap'n Crunch, Fruit Loop..my list is endless. I take that back, wasn't a fan of Honey Smacks😂
@fireflyhikes4250
2 ай бұрын
Also the there was no 24 hour TV. Local stations shut down at night
@angle5520
2 ай бұрын
Yep! And watched it pop on after midnight special. There might have been one other programming thing, but after that it was the pattern screen until the very next morning, waiting for the cartoons to come on. A typical Saturday morning went something like this for me: Cartoons, American Bandstand and Soul Train. I would switch back and forth throughout the hour. And then at night, Saturday night live or Monte python and midnight special hosted by wolfman Jack.
@amyl.7570
3 ай бұрын
If you don't know what "Gag me with a spoon" means...sit yo ass down!😂😂😂😂 .
@paganbornspiritbear8249
2 ай бұрын
We always said…”with a wood chip”…hahaha! Lol!
@user-sg9if7py5n
2 ай бұрын
SERIOUSLY 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
@dianneagain3830
2 ай бұрын
Damn makin me miss Frank Zappa .
@TikiStanford
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, but this was Moon Unit Zappa! Omg, I thought she was IT. Loved the whole valley girls thing. Ironically, of course 😂😂😂
@dianneagain3830
2 ай бұрын
I can't hear Moon or Dweezel and not think of their dad. I think I still have on of the knitted hats Moon was making around here some where.
@JB-gv9cr
28 күн бұрын
You must have at least 4 scars from “hey yall, watch this!” events. Plus, you must be able to recount the story upon request.
@davidparr6567
11 күн бұрын
Bicycle from barn roof on a dare... Attempting to ride a Hereford bull in a pen... Learning why your dad said do not put your new pocket knife in an outlet...he's crying , and if he's crying, he's breathing...he'll be fine.
@joenobody5631
2 күн бұрын
@@davidparr6567"If he's crying, he's breathing." Why did that hit my inner child so hard? 🤣
@TheRealEvilSaint
Ай бұрын
sharpening my dare pencil till it said Do Drugs was a yearly highlight
@joenobody5631
2 күн бұрын
Blast from the past. 😂
@penneyreed7316
2 ай бұрын
Don't forget that square dancing for middle school P.E.
@j348011
2 ай бұрын
I said the same thing🤣
@WrinklesNWarPaint
2 ай бұрын
Did you guys live in Kansas? I remember learning square dancing in elementary school P.E. for Kansas Day, but that was about it.
@ladyv5655
2 ай бұрын
Square dancing was what my high school did for PE in the last two weeks of the semester.
@djpaeg1
2 ай бұрын
And fox trot and waltz in High School PE
@assignments5094
2 ай бұрын
Still happens
@meganmccormack5182
2 ай бұрын
Gen Xer here. If you never owned the original Jelly shoes, a snap bracelet or Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper sit down.
@Certainlycaroline
2 ай бұрын
Or an arm covered in black jelly bracelets and a stack of Garbage Pail Kid cards. I miss those days so much!
@meganmccormack5182
2 ай бұрын
@@Certainlycaroline Me too girl! Me too! I wish I had a time machine.🤣
@woodntyuuliiktooknoo
2 ай бұрын
If you have never gone cross-eyed staring at a poster to figure out the hidden image....
@rahshidawalker1350
2 ай бұрын
1978 speaking: Loved, Loved, LOVED Lisa Frank! So pretty....😍
@moniqueemmett294
2 ай бұрын
What about metal skates? Don’t let you sneaker get stuck 🤣
@michaelsalisbury939
Ай бұрын
I wasn't in school when the Challenger exploded. I was off the coast of Cuba doing Naval exercises. Born in 1965, I'm a first year inaugural Gen X-er
@vincentgarzoli3197
5 күн бұрын
Mark 1, Model 1--Nice!
@juliechildress8905
Ай бұрын
As an older Millennial, I loved watching the Smurfs and Fraggle Rock. Some of my favorite music is from the 70s, 80s and 90s. We had a rotary phone in our garage and a phone on the wall in the kitchen. I used to watch Brady Bunch, Chips, The Andy Griffith Show and the Munsters reruns.
@carloslaboy7026
Ай бұрын
If you never got excited over the prize from the cereal box, Just sit down
@mariavenner2823
Ай бұрын
Or cracker jack box?
@matthewperry9243
Ай бұрын
Or cracker jacks
@guppy0536
Ай бұрын
Let alone fighting who was gonna take it out of box 😅
@Indomitable.essence
Ай бұрын
Still do🤣🤣🤣
@CatrinaTeverbaugh-if2zr
Ай бұрын
Especially Cracker Jacks....😂❤
@caraferris9390
Ай бұрын
Being left in the car while your parents went in the grocery store
@SarahMichelle777
Ай бұрын
Being left at home while your parents went away for the weekend LOL
@maritamuras8978
Ай бұрын
Born in 1985. I was starting to wonder where my car people are. I also remember my parents saying, “Get in the car. We’re leaving” after a family gathering in the middle of summer only to have to sit in that stuffy air for several more minutes while the parents still talked. Eventually, we learned to wait until the last second and keep the doors open.
@americasmomloveeveryonenoe7517
Ай бұрын
Got arrested for this 🤦🏼♀️ even though the the tween could exit the vehicle and it was on
@angiebarclay3218
Ай бұрын
Or the bar lol
@Bubblegumswitch
Ай бұрын
Oooh dang, in the summertime, and hopefully with the windows down 😅
@86corruption
Ай бұрын
Stink bombs on the heaters at school; roller skating every weekend; ethnic joke books in the bathroom; smoking area for students; fist fights announced in the morning and the whole school attended after school; cruising; Sun-In and crisco for sunbathing; Jams shorts; Big Wheels; Aqua Net and perms; you got dressed up to fly in an airplane and when you got to your destination you smelled like an ashtray. Fun times!
@martialartess
Ай бұрын
Oh yeah. You're Gen X if your first programming language was some form of BASIC and if you remember when Amazon just sold books. Putting your quarter on the video game console to hold your place in line. (I remind my daughter that I'm a member of the original video game generation). Definitely remember the excitement when we got an Atari 2600 for Christmas, but the trick was getting it away from my Silent Generation mom who usually monopolized it. "It's just a scrape...walk it off." "If you don't stop crying, I'll give you something to cry about." "I don't care if you don't like dinner, eat it anyway. There are starving children in [China, India, etc.] who would love to have that."
@amybarthel479
Ай бұрын
Basic in high school on Apple computers. We had to program 99 bottles of pop on the wall and get it to count all the way down to zero. Ha.
@rachelkmac
Ай бұрын
I put salt all over my dinner once as a child, a lot of salt. I had to sit at the table until bedtime while everyone else watched tv. (Or eat it…which wasn’t happening)
@Or_else_it_gets_the_hose_again
16 күн бұрын
My dad used to get the Atari magazines for the programmable one (can't remember the model). I'd spend half the day copying a game code out of the magazine only to lose it when someone would eventually turn the Atari off. That is, until my dad splurged and bought the cassette tape drive that allowed you to save to an audio cassette!
@keimorgan5654
12 күн бұрын
I did basic programming in high school 😂😂
@davidparr6567
11 күн бұрын
Commodore 64
@libbylulu148
Ай бұрын
"It's 10:00 p.m.. Do you know where your children are?" If you never heard that PSA on Tv, sit down. Personally, i always found this PSA scary. 😅
@Indomitable.essence
Ай бұрын
I loved hearing it, bc I knew the good stuff was about to come on, my granny only had 4 channels, and my aunt was about to leave so I could hog her TV! Lol
@matthatch3920
Ай бұрын
Our parents had to be reminded they had kids. Lol
@Silver_Rayn
Ай бұрын
For me, I felt it was more like, "Do you know where mom is at?" My sister & I were always home when it got dark. I was always in charge (doing all the work)
@mercedeslewis4598
Ай бұрын
I always loved it. Someone was looking out for me!
@maplelatte3366
Ай бұрын
It was freaky. And so were the "this is only a test" Emergency Broadcast tones.
@chernobyl169
2 ай бұрын
If you never went to a restaurant with a smoking section, I'm afraid you are disqualified.
@MrMwmussel1
2 ай бұрын
If you cant remember McDonalds having ashtrays
@d.sepulveda7669
2 ай бұрын
YUP! 🚬😗 💨
@karinowens7750
2 ай бұрын
Or cars having ashtrays!!
@j348011
2 ай бұрын
Or when they make the Mall velvet rope, smoking exhibit.
@shivag73
2 ай бұрын
@@MrMwmussel1 Or actual playgrounds with the merry-go-round
@blaquepearlzchocolatediamndz77
Ай бұрын
The nostalgic sound of dial up, a paper cut from loading the typewriter and keep the whiteout next to you. When the scented markers came out markers
@imaniglasgow6889
Ай бұрын
Scented stickers too!
@shj78492
Ай бұрын
The California Raisins. “Where’s the beef?”
@diarradunlap9337
Ай бұрын
If this phrase, "Hey! Hey! Hey! It's Faaaaat Albert!" doesn’t remind you of Saturday afternoons as a child, then you cannot be Gen-X.
@saxismyax
Ай бұрын
I have a portion of the show on dvd! 😁
@pieterwillembotha6719
Ай бұрын
literally no one cares. It's incredible how Gen X is just as lame as their parents. I guess age does that to you
@bellamin4549
Ай бұрын
@@pieterwillembotha6719 whoever’s kid this is, come and get him. He’s out here whining, again.
@pieterwillembotha6719
Ай бұрын
@@bellamin4549 too bad their's not an HR department for you to run and complain about me to xD
@bellamin4549
Ай бұрын
@@pieterwillembotha6719 that’s cute. GenX knows better than to go to HR.
@marcomoton3449
2 ай бұрын
Never watched a After-school Special, you don't qualify 😂😂😂
@CurioMin
2 ай бұрын
If you do not know “Open, Open, Open”. Go sit down.
@tirzah-marielewis3447
2 ай бұрын
I fell in love at least twice per year with some no name teenage actor from an after school special movie! Haaaa!! 😂
@hks2377
2 ай бұрын
Or “The More You Know” PSA. 😂
@christis7217
2 ай бұрын
School Specials
@SoulSoundMuisc
Ай бұрын
I was typically not allowed in the house after I got home from school. Dropped off my bag, changed clothes, and outside until 6.
@janisvaro4949
Ай бұрын
PULL BUTTON START!! Ahhhhh....bringing back memories.
@something-somethingdarksid9498
10 күн бұрын
Millennial here, but I think this fits. If you never experienced the joy of hitting record exactly when the song you like starts playing on the radio when making your mix tape sit your ass down. - Bonus: The joy of getting that perfect recording where the radio hosts did not start talking during the instrumental bridge of that song - Double bonus: Knowing why radio hosts started talking during the instrumental bridges of a song.
@ericliford9293
Ай бұрын
You must know that Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down
@VisionMusicWorks
Ай бұрын
😂😂🙋🏾♀️
@americandefender1861
Ай бұрын
Lol me! And I'm Gen Z lol
@marlomchenry1784
Ай бұрын
Hell yeah!Gen X Jersey girl here.Weebles fucking rocked.When I got mad at my brother I would hut him with one.
@kellie1255
2 ай бұрын
53 years old myself…don’t forget we had to wait for pictures to be developed, then laughing at what we took on those cameras, even disposable cameras!
@ct3po776
Ай бұрын
Pictures solid black cause lens cap left on, blurred out, 2 pictures blended together, a finger, your feet/ground by accident, bad lighting, so all you see are red eyes, a glowing head, but no background at all, and then telling the developing store you used that you don't want to pay for any pics from the list above! Oh yeah, and then finding a roll you forgot about 10-20 yrs later, so you know you lost some pictures, but can't remember what they could be!
@brookewebb4924
Ай бұрын
Yes!! Walmart photo desk was the spot in our college town about a week back from spring break!! So many memories and seeing groups of people immediately thumbing through all their developed pics
@SaraMKay
Ай бұрын
And hated each other because one forgot to take the used up roll of film out, the other one forgot to check, if the roll was already finished, so we had regularly two events overlapping on one photo 😂 Why did those rolls even rewind and allowed to be photographed over again?
@williambryan3346
Ай бұрын
You didn’t have to wait if you had a Polaroid.
@ct3po776
Ай бұрын
@@williambryan3346 Too expensive to get film for people living on peanut butter and jelly, and you got more than twice the pictures on 35mm! 110 cameras were cheap, with a built-in flash, also 35mm cameras were free, if the parents sat through a 90min seller's pitch for something they weren't going to buy!
@komakafox4207
Ай бұрын
Wow, I said "get out your Math book" at the same time you did... what a memory that turned out to be, ey? How about... Can still sing the jingle from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom? Forced to participate in the annual TV event that was "The sound of Music"? Ever heard of Certs "with Retsyn?" Remember the life changing day that "Cable" came to town.
@chellehollon7679
18 күн бұрын
1. Multi-story schools without elevators because anyone that couldn't climb the stairs went to a different school. 2. Collecting 12 oz glass pop bottles and trading them in for money to buy candy or baseball cards. 3. When going to the park wasn't complete without throwing up at least once (merry-go-round), having burns from the slide, or blisters from the monkey bars. 4. Skating Rinks were the place to be. 5. Walking to the concession stand at the drive-in alone and then trying to find your parent's car in what essentially looked like a giant used car lot.
@licketyflip9957
2 ай бұрын
You remember the excitement and awe when phones changed from rotary to touch tone, and you had EVERYBODY'S phone number memorized.
@jenbhikes
2 ай бұрын
I *still* remember all those phone numbers! Barely know my own now. ;) I use the old ones as my PIN numbers lol.
@angeliaisastar
2 ай бұрын
I still remember some of my elementary school friends' phone numbers!
@crystalbarbare3896
2 ай бұрын
Touchstone phone's came out in 1963 but we didn't switch over our main kitchen phone ( you know the one with the mile long cord ) until 1989.
@theresam6864
2 ай бұрын
I was elated when we got our touch tone phone. Best thing since sliced bread.
@Galloway278
2 ай бұрын
@@jenbhikesgood idea!!!!
@shawnempson2060
2 ай бұрын
The worst punishment parents could give you was being grounded from going outside!
@ct3po776
Ай бұрын
Mom would send me to my room where my record player was, so not really much of a bummer to me!
@randomfpv22
Ай бұрын
Absolutely!!!
@MissNoel82
Ай бұрын
OMG... I'd rather get a beating than be stuck in the house!
@FallnAngL-dg7gx
Ай бұрын
And as we got older, our parents suffered as well😎 My brother and I were a year (+5 days) apart. We worship music and play drums and guitar. Grounding became more infrequent in favor of heavy-chore punishment.
@pattyhoughtaling6230
Ай бұрын
The worse punishment I could get was my Dad's belt on my backside. I would rather take the grounding.
@FrisbeeGirl
16 күн бұрын
OMG. The Challenger explosion experience. Our science teacher, who had served in the military, got the note from the principal's office, returning to his lecture his reaction was the equivalent of, "Well, that just happened." He was so calm and nonchalant that I didn't understand that they were dead until class was over and we went to assembly. Afterwards, I saw him sobbing alone in the hallway. We were raised with bizarre levels of emotional incompetence.
@kmason3279
Ай бұрын
If you didn't eat a Swanson T.V. dinner while watching Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights, you're out.
@peachykeen7634
2 ай бұрын
If you don’t know what Teddy Ruxpin was - SIT DOWN.
@Thaqueenb3221
2 ай бұрын
I still got a couple of the books.
@steveminton8329
2 ай бұрын
That was our virtual assistant 😂
@Nikkimommyof4
2 ай бұрын
OMG! I forgot about that stupidly expensive toy that basically nobody had. I only know one child that had one. But Cabbage patch kids were everywhere and people were obsessed with those ugly dolls.
@atina197796
2 ай бұрын
Lol we had one and I still have nightmares of it going crazy after playing "shout at the devil" in it, it couldn't handle it and the animatronics went out.
@Xyy2387
2 ай бұрын
Let's add My Buddy, Garbage Pail Kids, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rainbow Brite, Pogo Ball, View-Master, and Popples to the list.
@cherylmarquez2645
2 ай бұрын
Let's not forget what Mr. Whipple said, "Don't squeeze the Charmin!"
@themaggattack
2 ай бұрын
Nor Mr. Winchell- "Time to make the doughnuts!" 🍩
@christiesmith978
2 ай бұрын
Don't squeeze the Charmin, bc it's TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS
@michaelgoldsmith635
2 ай бұрын
I remember when Johnny 5 in Short Circuit said that line and I was so impressed at hearing a pop culture reference in a movie.
@gabrielinsley4908
2 ай бұрын
Where’s the beef?
@Indysme
2 ай бұрын
If you saw Adam Savage from Mythbusters, in the commercial squeezing the Charmin…10 bonus points
@travisandmissydog
8 күн бұрын
Remember McGruff the crime dog???? LMAO!!!
@colettewilliams3575
6 күн бұрын
If you weren’t obsessed with Who shot JR, you can’t join. If you don’t know who JR Ewing is, you can’t join.
@lauriebackus7973
3 ай бұрын
"Where's the Beef"? Lol
@rain0069
3 ай бұрын
siamese cat shaped avon bubble bath virgin mary plug in night lights vintage mounted doorbell's
@amandalibby3239
2 ай бұрын
Yup, right along with "time to make the donuts"
@MamaMOB
2 ай бұрын
I've fallen and I can't get up!
@patriciabusch4599
2 ай бұрын
OMG ALL THESE! 😂😂😂 YES! Check, check, check, and check!
@JessicaLee.3
2 ай бұрын
YES!! And "punch it Margaret!"
@Magdalena-ow7gy
2 ай бұрын
What do these items all have in common: house slippers, flip flops, wooden spoon and/or spatula, skinny long tree branches, fly swatters, and rolled up magazines/ newspapers.... not a comprehensive list here😆
@jamigrey5554
2 ай бұрын
Items close by to be hit with! Country goose wallpaper in the kitchen Orange and brown furniture Being left home alone at night so parents can go out.
@colleenmarin8907
2 ай бұрын
Hairbrush
@user-sg9if7py5n
2 ай бұрын
Beat yo ass equipment 😂😂😂😂
@kennpeters1973
2 ай бұрын
Hey!! That's what we got our asses whooped with when we deserved/earned it!
@aimeewalls8208
2 ай бұрын
Been whooped with all of the above! Proud gen-xer, born in ‘76!
@Aneubis
2 күн бұрын
Don't forget "Pencil Wars" and "Hot Cinnamon Toothpicks!"
@markbenson9334
Ай бұрын
Love this. Although I was born on the "baby boomer/gen x borderline (Jan 1963) I completely relate to this. I tell people all the time how fortunate I feel to have grown up in a country where you could purchase firearms, ammo, explosives (fireworks), live animals and chemistry sets containing a chunk of U235 through the mail!!! God help us. Lol
@MEEMOSS77
2 ай бұрын
Having text books for every class AND having to use a brown paper bag to make your own book cover. Watching the tv channels come online every morning with the national anthem playing and watching the tv channels end their day with the national anthem and going to the test bars.
@maranathaschraag5757
2 ай бұрын
Don't forget trapper keepers
@Michael-fb1rl
2 ай бұрын
👍
@daniellemitchell3118
2 ай бұрын
I used the brown paper bags, too. But as I got older, I got fancy. I would put the comics from the Sunday newspaper over them for some color. Then I could read them during class.😅
@daniellemitchell3118
2 ай бұрын
@@maranathaschraag5757Yep, mine was blue.
@Kalamain
Ай бұрын
In the UK we often used wallpaper samples for school books. Free and you could sometimes do more than one with any end of rolls they let you have!
@jkparks3163
2 ай бұрын
Schoolhouse Rock "I'm just a Bill..." '67 here.
@melanieomer9186
Ай бұрын
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function… and I was born in ‘62. Close enough
@gregorykiernan7849
Ай бұрын
Love it!
@EvelynSaungikar
Ай бұрын
We the people…
@kimanderson9380
Ай бұрын
We were suffering’ until Sufferage!
@rachelderagonartist9766
Ай бұрын
And Zoom!
@peytonplace3335
24 күн бұрын
If you never had to sit and wait for your cassette to rewind, and then tried to play/stop/rewind to find the start of your favorite song on the tape, please sit down.
@ilovehmetal666
6 күн бұрын
You forgot getting hit with whatever object was closest to hand 😂
@j348011
2 ай бұрын
Benny Hill show! Carol Burnett show! Soul train! American Bandstand, Solid gold! 😆🤣
@WrinklesNWarPaint
2 ай бұрын
Oh, man, the Benny Hill Show! I loved that show! It came on after my bedtime, but my babysitter would let me stay up and watch it. The only condition was that we had to keep an eye out for my mom’s headlights coming up the driveway so I could dive into bed and pretend I was asleep. Ah, memories… 😊
@karlar8648
2 ай бұрын
Benny Hill was a mother!😅
@Chrissy521stl
2 ай бұрын
OMG we watched Carol Burnett everynight
@Chrissy521stl
2 ай бұрын
My mom definitely didn't want me watching Benny Hill
@amylehman5915
2 ай бұрын
I wanted to be a solid gold dancer when I grew up!
@Necropheliac
2 ай бұрын
To be Gen X, You have to stop caring about everything. It’s fking exhausting. We care about good music, cool cars, good food and that’s about it.
@nadjasunflower1387
2 ай бұрын
and good video games. 😁
@mariafranciscabertoglio6759
2 ай бұрын
And coffee. Don't forget coffee. Just black. Or with a splash of cold milk. Nothing fancy.
@kuuderesyndrome3249
2 ай бұрын
nah I just don't drink coffee stopped caring about it@@mariafranciscabertoglio6759
@RebelAllianceJAC
2 ай бұрын
And not necessarily in that order. 😂😂😂
@imscenery
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's about the speed of it.
@Ferretlover64
13 күн бұрын
Omg come on!!! WOLFMAN JACK and the Saturday Night Special!!!
@franceslarsen4037
19 күн бұрын
I'm on periphery of some of this cause born in 61, but didn't get cable til I was 22 - summer of 84:) The Challenger thing was horrific - I was in a group therapy and came in late, to have them all be talking about it in shock - but look at me and say, you know what happened right, to which I did not know yet! I was 24, so not as awful as if I'd been in a classroom alot younger:(( I remember seeing D.A.R.E. everywhere on t-shirts, but all the phone/t.v. stuff for sure. My mom had quit smoking earlier, but my grandma lived with us, she bought her own salems though. We chased her on the porch to smoke cause of hard time breathing. Music was fantastic. I mostly liked Ms pacman , climbed trees, tried to dig a tunnel underground til the parents found out a few days later, lots of good candy at cheap prices, wax bottles with some kind of juice inside to drink:) etc etc if I think of more it'll be too long, lol
@Prence
3 ай бұрын
If you have no idea what an 8-track is. Goodbye. LOL.
@Sarah-with-an-H
3 ай бұрын
Honestly I heard a lot about 8 track and was familiar with it but never grew up with them. We had records and cassettes. I was born in 1975 my memories of the 70's is limited.
@danamcmorris788
3 ай бұрын
Late 70's. We knew what they were but we never had or saw one.
@melrmontez
3 ай бұрын
1979 here. I was brought up on my mother's '60s-80s record collection
@midwestchick187
3 ай бұрын
And if it wasn't an aftermarket install on the bottom of the dashboard, it doesn't count.
@Prence
3 ай бұрын
@@midwestchick187 exactly. LOL.
@DMVGT
2 ай бұрын
1. If you don't know what Villa Alegre or Electric Company were, sit down. 2. If you don't know what the definition of a 'Latch Key Kid' is, sit down. 3. If your TV screen didn't turn to snow at midnight and you didn't see the fighter jet 'touch the face of God' before it doing so, sit down. 4.If your curfew wasn't when the street lights came on, sit down. 5. If you don't know what an 8-track is, sit down. 6. If you don't know what a candy lady or cookie lady is, sit down. 7. If you've never seen a JC Penny Christmas Catalog, sit down. 8. If you don't know what a Magnavox Odyssey is, sit down. 9. If you didn't have a TV with dials for UHF and VHF channels, sit down. 10. If you don't know about the Kroft Supershow, Lance Lot Link, Zoom, Captain Kangaroo, Great Space Coaster, Land of the Lost, Sigmund the Sea Monster, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl or Far off Space Nuts then sit down. 🙂
@m_n_a_b
2 ай бұрын
Ooh! The JC Penny Christmas catalog was the BEST! I circled toys and dog eared pages for my parents for my Christmas list for Santa. Lol. And Land of the Lost was one of my favorites!
@Galloway278
2 ай бұрын
La la la la la la la la la la la la Allegre! 😂 🎡
@wtfreed7576
2 ай бұрын
They still do latch key kids
@Samael1113
2 ай бұрын
I take issue with number 4. It implies we had a curfew. Other than being called in for dinner, there was no such restriction on most my neighborhood's activities, once the kids hit double digits in age. Maybe be in bed by 9 or10-ish, but it was an increasingly loose suggestion as age got higher.
@themaggattack
2 ай бұрын
Magnavox Odyssey! That's a REAL O.G.! I didn't have anything like that, but my best friend's family had an Atari. Pong. Asteroids. Those were the days!
@tonydenney2139
3 сағат бұрын
Lol love your humor,born 1976 live in Berryville Arkansas, everything you mentioned I laughed so hard.... funny but so true!!
@TheBourbon88
3 ай бұрын
You forgot "Calgon take me away!" 😆
@wendydisanto
3 ай бұрын
@TheBourbon88 " It's an ancient Chinese secret". Lol
@curtisclayton8023
3 ай бұрын
What about a stick of margarine talking 💩 to somebody by saying "Parkay"
@kimlarge4077
2 ай бұрын
I say thst to this day.
@phoenixspirit9530
2 ай бұрын
Those were the days. Old commercials... Nair : " who wears short , shorts?...we wear short, shorts. Bandaid : " I am stuck on Band-Aid Brand cuz Band-Aids stuck on me" ! Oscar Mayer : " My bologna has a first name, its O-S-C-A-R...."
@TheBourbon88
2 ай бұрын
@@phoenixspirit9530 That is INSANE! I has just humming the band-aid jingle this morning over and over and then asked myself "why?" Spirit animal. . can you hear me!!??
@Abeesees.
2 ай бұрын
🤣👍🏼 Thank You! 11. Playing outside All day until the street lights came on. 12. Riding our bikes with No Helmet. 13. Cramming as many people as we could in the back of the truck for the Drive In on Saturday Nights. 14. Bon Fires at the beach 15. Hokey Pokey on Roller Skates
@Pressity1
2 ай бұрын
YESSSS! Ahh, so few good memories from childhood and those are some of them!
@princezzpuffypants6287
2 ай бұрын
I hated the hokey pokey on skates and I was always bullied into participating - and consequently falling breaking my ass
@fylith6378
2 ай бұрын
These! 💯
@42ayla
2 ай бұрын
The Roller Garden, even if you didn't skate
@gabrielinsley4908
2 ай бұрын
No seatbelts too. How did we make it this far? Lol
@kmason3279
Ай бұрын
Your mom ironing in front of the t.v. while she watched soap operas 😂
@user-bn4jk8gn1k
14 күн бұрын
any Australians here? Saturday night was for Countdown, and yeah, mum ironed and we sat on bean bags.
@OldJoeBlows
4 күн бұрын
While still wearing heals from her day at the office.
@CharlenePink-Dufresne
28 күн бұрын
Smokey the Bear, "Only you can prevent forest fires".
@ftrevino4493
2 ай бұрын
"It's a ancient Chinese secret".
@YeshuaKingMessiah
2 ай бұрын
I remember that! Can’t remember brand tho lol
@nicshere
2 ай бұрын
“Ancient Chinese secret, huh?” I think that was a Tide commercial. Could be completely wrong though.
If you never requested a song from a radio station and then waited to record said song on a cassette recorder, you can’t sit with us! 😂 Oh the memories! ❤ I can remember thinking, “this guy needs to stop talking so I get all of the song!” I didn’t need his intro or comments. 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ Also, when Gen X left the home on a Friday or Saturday night either with us driving or our friends picking us up, our parents didn’t know where we went and couldn’t talk to us until we got home. No cell phones, no Life 360…and speaking of no cell phones, there were NO cameras to record us doing dumb stuff! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 PTL! 😂
@dayb1938
8 күн бұрын
We got cable in the house because my mom won a 1 year cable subscription in a drawing. I was so excited when MTV started. I watched the very FIRST music video MTV every played when they came on the air. It was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles 😂
@gr0mit948
10 күн бұрын
If "the holidays are coming" doesn't elicite an emotional response.
@kellifraser5355
Ай бұрын
Ch-ch-ch Chia! Chia Pet. The gift that grows.
@Wants2knowitall
Ай бұрын
My late husband’s mother gave me one for the holidays one year. I should have known that relationship was doomed.
@cynicalbeotch
Ай бұрын
Don't forget sea monkeys!
@Malini108
29 күн бұрын
still so weird
@bjr3688
Ай бұрын
If you've never written in cursive. Sit down. 😂
@phreak1118
Ай бұрын
My 9 year old is learning that now.
@amydopson2946
25 күн бұрын
My kids could not fake a note from Mom, because mine were always cursive! Life hack! 😂
@Denise-pn1tj
18 күн бұрын
Remembering the first opening song when MTV hit the air! Also listening to MTV 24 hours a day in the summer. Remembering when cable was first introduced.
@sassyscrofa1972
18 күн бұрын
🎶Video Killed The Radio Star🎶 😁
@victoriamoll690
3 күн бұрын
😂♥️Gen X here 1965. My friend and I bought cartons of cigarettes for our Moms and chewing tobacco for her Dad and no note was needed in 1975 in Chicago. They didn’t care or ask. Our phone was on the wall in the hallway and it’s cord did indeed reach all over the house 😂🤣😁. Ah what Great Times. Truly the Best Years of My Life 🥰
@lynns969
3 ай бұрын
Don't forget the Rainbow Bright or Jem!!!
@angeliaisastar
2 ай бұрын
I had a Rainbow Bright sleeping bag and a Jem coloring book!
@anyanin77
2 ай бұрын
@@angeliaisastar still have the doll AND the misfits.
@cck6740
2 ай бұрын
And Strawberry Shortcake..the originals, not the crappy remakes.
@krkb13
2 ай бұрын
Yesss
@phlogistanjones2722
2 ай бұрын
Well that is just Truly Outrageous!
@iwonderasiwander9031
3 ай бұрын
If you have never owned a Walkman, played in the sand ash trays at the end of the grocery aisle or knew that Mikey would try anything. Please dont let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
@joycee5493
2 ай бұрын
Mikey hated everything!
@ninamason5877
Ай бұрын
Mikey would try anything - good one!
@ninamason5877
Ай бұрын
Radio Shack
@sherryj7419
Ай бұрын
You are not invited if you've never washed a chalkboard at the end of the school day or took the erasers to the cleaning machine OR better yet, asking a live operator to connect your call
@Adiautu
Ай бұрын
Sent with a note from mom to the corner store for cigarettes... that took me right back 😂 😢
@shalontejordan5941
Ай бұрын
You must know what a payphone is. You must have used an old-school map. You must have have had an answering machine.
@Laiuka1
Ай бұрын
Old-school, as in made of paper, not a Garmin gps.
@exofunbun7785
Ай бұрын
Must be able to recite any phone number from memory.
@krystynasmyth1891
Ай бұрын
What about the pager 😂
@AbsolutelyNoOne12
Ай бұрын
Ah the payphone... n when caller ID came into play... "you have a collect call from..." "call me back at this number!!!" Click... 😂😂😂
@jeremyhess7977
Ай бұрын
It's not an "old school" map.... it's an actual, folded paper map. We're not charting the seas for a northern route to fuckin' India to trade exotic spices.
@djdean9881
3 ай бұрын
Listen to the logon for AOL internet and hearing "You've got mail"❤❤❤😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
@angelsmilkyway4352
3 ай бұрын
Oh God the trauma of waiting forever for it to connect.
@sgtkatt4041
3 ай бұрын
I remember when my mom found out you could charge the voice on there...She changed it to Kenny Chesney saying "You got love letters?" Smh
@SimplyInterested
2 ай бұрын
Word!! I STILL use my AOL email every day! Lmao!
@jasonheavilin9466
2 ай бұрын
Being excited to get free AOL cds
@anniepeach2417
2 ай бұрын
Dial up in general. Lol. The computer was like “let me sing you the song of my people”. You typed in the page, then had to wait again for it to load
@Femefatal
17 күн бұрын
I was born in '71 and I never went through the D.A.R.E. program. I remember some drug related videos and stuff, but I don't recall it being related to that specific program. The most I do remember about it was how much trash talking kids my age, did about the slogan "DARE to keep kids off drugs". LOL🤣
@vincentgarzoli3197
5 күн бұрын
Yeah, as far as I remember we didn't have DARE at my schools, either, and I was nlborn in '67. My understanding was took years for that program to expand nationwide. MADD, on the other hand, grew like weeds.
@pfrazier21044
18 күн бұрын
I am laughing my butt off because I remember every single thing listed. I remember watching He-Man while eating my Capt. Crunch on a Saturday morning. Saturday morning cartoons were the greatest during the eighties.
@Breezy-bv9te
2 ай бұрын
I have been present on ALL of the above! Born in 69' here. Anyone remember, "This is your Brain, This is Your Brain on Drugs" Commercial! or Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign. My Mom bought pantyhose in a plastic Egg. Getting Whooped in Gym Class playing Dodge Ball! In the 70's I drank juice from Wax Tubes, ate Ding Dongs wrapped in tin foil wrappers. I was a huge fan of "The Magic Garden, Romper Room, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Wonderama and the original Scooby-Doo!" I remember running home from school at 12 yrs old to watch Luke and Laura get married on General Hospital. 😁
@peachykeen7634
2 ай бұрын
This 86’er makes that list ^ my mom bought pantyhose in the eggs and I would take them out of the trash to store treasures in them.
@apsarasangreal84
2 ай бұрын
@@peachykeen7634Me too! They looked like Mork's ship.
@michelecommisso7535
2 ай бұрын
omg all of what you said!! 😂😂👍👍
@phoenixspirit9530
2 ай бұрын
Panty hose brand was L'Eggs
@cats333tube
2 ай бұрын
Born in ‘70 and we have an identical list. Let’s be friends!
@jjcc5338
Ай бұрын
100% right on.... That screeching sound of trying to hook up to the internet via landlines. Or getting kicked of line when somebody called. The art of making a collect call without having to pay, by saying"come pick me up" instead of your name. Sitting on your mom's lap when driving into town. Not being allowed in the house until after 5p.m. The taste of garden hose water in the summer. The sound of an icecream truck song(where you bought your candy cigarettes). Knowing how to spell words when paging a beeper. Knowing what a beeper/pager is😅. Learning to type on an electric typewriter. Knowing what "Be kind, rewind" meant. What the sound of a belt coming out of your dad's belt loops made just before you got it. Getting a "trapper" binder at the beginning of the school year. Not sure if your listening to the beginning of Ice Ice Baby, or Pressure. Sorry, got me remembering 😊
@CatrinaTeverbaugh-if2zr
Ай бұрын
Woooooow....the garden hose 💧...😅Cuz if u go in the house, you staying in the house😂😂😂
@jjcc5338
Ай бұрын
@@CatrinaTeverbaugh-if2zr Or....you weren't even allowed in the house till after 5p.m. these new generations wouldn't know what to do
@aprillowe8383
Ай бұрын
I was two when the challenger exploded 😢
@JHabc
Ай бұрын
Shoot, we never even got internet at home. Sit down
@misskris117
Ай бұрын
Trapper Keepers!!!!!
@TheCoffeehound
28 күн бұрын
I remember the Highway Patrol coming into our driver's ed class and showing VERY graphic pictures from traffic accidents. No blurring, editing or anything. Just blood, brains and twisted metal.
@terencegraaff3234
Ай бұрын
The A-Team was your version of Marvel super heros😂
@lelanacroft
Ай бұрын
Boys had shop class. Girls had home-economics 😂
@silvertarot25
Ай бұрын
My school was progressive, they forced boys to take home ec & girls had to take shop. Ftr I'm a woman & I hated home ec, but loved shop.
@stephy369
Ай бұрын
@@silvertarot25they let us choose
@silvertarot25
Ай бұрын
@@stephy369 I wish we could've had a choice, but in middle school it was mandatory. So 9 wks of home ec, 9 wks of shop, 9 wks of art & 9 wks of computer - in which getting to play the OG Oregon Trail was the highlight of the wk.
@1mouseman
Ай бұрын
I took typing, me and 20 girls😁🥳😉
@silvertarot25
Ай бұрын
@@1mouseman I was forced to do "keyboard skills" in middle school & sucked at it, so skipped typing in high school. I still can't type, but my kids being brought up on comps, well they can out type me any day lol.
@NovaNight13
2 ай бұрын
If you never played with a Popple, Lite-Brite or a Glow Worm toy, then you're definitely not Gen X.
@christis7217
2 ай бұрын
Big wheels, banana seats, pinning you're jeans
@Can8ian.
2 ай бұрын
Begging for transformers and getting go-bots for Christmas instead. Our parents didn't understand the shame we endured playing with our friends and "pretending" our go-bots were transformers.
@tiffanygrever8092
Ай бұрын
Or off Brand Barbie's if you are a girl.@@Can8ian.
@Mama_n_zylie
Ай бұрын
Oh the drift on big wheels in gravel amazing or the spinning toy we sat on classics
@mandydavis503
Ай бұрын
My glo worm was my favorite
@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb
Ай бұрын
My parents bought us Lawn Jarts. 😂😂😂And a mini bike. We had it made as kids. Drank from a hose . Graduated 1988. Moved out at 18
@DC-dd7cz
14 күн бұрын
Same here class of 88 , we had 3 wheelers though death machines😁
@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb
14 күн бұрын
@@DC-dd7cz Yea man buddy had Honda 250 three wheeler . Was a widow maker
@EverettVinzant
6 күн бұрын
If your first crush wasn’t Daisy Duke or Col. Wilma Dearing, STF down.
@christineandersonsarles7881
Ай бұрын
Gen x if remember the cabbage patch doll shortage at Christmas time. 😂 I learned mine came from a stolen truck 😮
@mariavenner2823
Ай бұрын
My first one's name was kora. Got her in 1984 or 1985. Wish i still had her.
@3173kiki
Ай бұрын
My mom had to actually make one because they were sold out! 😂 Me and my bobo Cabbage Patch doll😂
@rachelhall4808
Ай бұрын
I remember cabbage patch but never had one. I do remember collecting garbage pale kid cards and stickers. I had them hidden! My mom would’ve been grossed out and disappointed. And then I would have been grounded.
@page_one
Ай бұрын
My grandfather asked his best friend drive 2 hours to get me one. Still have it.
@lmward510
Ай бұрын
My first one came from Mexico. My grandparents bought it while they were on vacation. 😂
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