GenX club requirements 😂

[@sigmachi8783]

If you never heard the phrase, “I’m on long-distance!”

[@KristiWilson]

Only if you waited till after 9pm!!

[@kellyjimenez8984]

YESSSSSS....."SIT DOWN, SHUT UP. CAN'T YOU SEE IM TALKING LONG DISTANCE!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@derixalandry6740]

And had to pay for it!!

[@daniellemitchell3118]

Or calling Person to Person.😅

[@wildly_heather]

Must know what a chat/party line is!

[@maryhaley5569]

If you were never your parents' remote control. Sit down.

[@nopenoway1519]

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]

@nopenoway1519 oh yes, good times. At one time, my neighbor actually translated to me what my dad was yelling to do. LMAO

[@joannesimpson2527]

😂😂👏👏👏🇦🇺👌loved cassettes and record player,still got my fleetwood mac,bay city rollers,Navana,beach Boys albums.😂😂👏👏was party time🎉

[@BigPouge]

THIS!!! I wish I could upvote this more. As the youngest I was everyone's remote 😞😀

[@lindsaylivingston9754]

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.

[@iseeyou8781]

Couldn’t afford new albums so we waited by the radio for hours just to hit record when that new song got played.

[@thisisme2476]

And, got mad at the DJ who talk RIGHT up to the when the song started.

[@iseeyou8781]

@@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.

[@jaycee330]

Two words: Mix Tape.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

@@thisisme2476 Or when the song ended.

[@mistib70]

I loved making mix tapes. I got really good at it too. Me and my boom box.

[@coryw31]

"Surely you can't be serious!" "I am, and don't call me Shirley!"

[@thisisme2476]

Bad day to quit cigarettes.

[@RockPaperHammer]

Ever been in a Turkish prison Timmy?

[@Wade970]

I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

[@Shawn3002]

You have clearance Clarence. What’s your vector Victor?

[@apsarasangreal84]

Must understand the significance of " Nanu Nanu"

[@susannahschannel6643]

Amen! I ❤ Mork and Mindy!

[@michaelsarahbahrt2681]

RIP Robin Williams 😢👽👻

[@namjamlewis1844]

Could you imagine the material Robin would have these days?

[@rjones4748]

😂😂😂

[@MrMwmussel1]

As an elder millennial I know all about Mork calling Orson.

[@brucewhite9657]

Remembering when MTV played music

[@hagibhrobertson2657]

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]

Friday night videos before MTV and the video/tune Video Killed the Radio Star

[@beckyweiss6072]

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]

90 percent of the day😊

[@danieb4273]

Remembering waiting for the first video.... Video killed the radio star! Opening day for MTV.

[@travisandmissydog]

Remember McGruff the crime dog???? LMAO!!!

[@prime-mate]

"Take a bite outa crime!"😂😂😂

[@K1ll3r84]

Chicago Illinois, 60652

[@lookingfordrama01]

“WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT WILLIS? “ . MUST IDENTIFY.😂😂😂

[@user-bn4jk8gn1k]

willis. also: I love it when a plan comes together.

[@davidparr6567]

Sit down Mr Drummond...

[@crisl9079]

Oh, good one!

[@WildlyEclectic]

Gotta say right, though, chin down, look up "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis."

[@PhoenixRising82672]

Different Strokes Facts of Life

[@rontrosin7075]

Must have heard the phrase “stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about”! and experienced the phrase being enacted.

[@jessieshepherd6642]

Or don't make me ask you!

[@peachykeen7634]

“Go to your room and sit on the bed and wait for me.” Scariest words I’ve ever heard.

[@lanky-x782]

Lol. They always gave me something to cry about until I learned it wasn't worth the belt.

[@RiverRatsTotalOutdoors]

Wait till your dad gets home, after my mom already chased me around with a fly swatter

[@maliasiwel7015]

My kids know that one

[@heatherchrisco9106]

Who remembers riding in the very backseat of a panel stationwagon that faced the traffic behind you?

[@peachykeen7634]

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]

We loved sitting back there on long trips and waving to all the people!

[@OldGal73]

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]

Bonus points if the window was rolled down so that you breathed in all the exhaust fumes!

[@ssm248]

We rode in the back back of a station wagon with no seat! We loved it!

[@TheRealEvilSaint]

sharpening my dare pencil till it said Do Drugs was a yearly highlight

[@joenobody5631]

Blast from the past. 😂

[@S-T-R]

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.

[@PuzzleVibesAndFeathers]

YES to all of this! How about... we didn't know what an expiry date was!

[@justinbeck4197]

wow..I check all those too although my ghetto blaster was not so big

[@lilliputlittle]

And you'll remember how OPEC decided to screw everyone over and the long lines at gas pumps that resulted? Do you remember your parents only being able to gas up on certain days within certain hours based on the last number on their license plate(s)? I remember a lot that is built into my generation and it isn't all giggles and grins. Some of it is ugly as sin and we've not done a thing to change it.

[@victoriabostick2935]

The smoking the cigarette while pumping gas 😂😂😂😂😂

[@CarolynTaylor-pz9zn]

I sat in a car e my dad for almost an hour to get gas because Chevron was .68 cents but Phillips 66 was60 cents a gallon. 😅😅😂😊

[@jamiequick3607]

“Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?”

[@darkangel_1978]

"But of course"

[@pottymouthedplanter]

Bahahahaha

[@leanngerson7381]

😂 omg that commercial was always on

[@WildnUnruly]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@robbieparr3753]

Also, “Where’s the beef!?”

[@stephl5838]

If Saturday morning cartoons were what you lived for, then youre in.

[@kathy5hoech391]

After these messages we'll be right back. jingle.

[@queencitysaint9600]

Cowabunga

[@theartistjodievans]

Or if you tried to get up early enough to see Gigglesnort Hotel before the cartoons started!

[@DaddyWarCrimes78]

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]

Bay City Rollers, H.R. Puffinstuff, Sigmond and the Sea monsters. Anything by Sid & Marty Kroft.

[@FrisbeeGirl]

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.

[@Wentletrap213]

Yes, we were.

[@victoriabostick2935]

@@FrisbeeGirl yes I was in 10 th grade and I was in cooking class. We were watching the shuttle and everybody was speechless. The teacher didn’t explain anything.

[@gregorybflynn]

Must understand what it means to say "I learned it from watching *you*, Dad!"

[@marythecontrary]

This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

[@maryhaley5569]

If you have never seen a native American crying because of litter. Sit down.

[@KristenMcLaughlin-Sceurman]

Omg, memory unlocked!! That's a good one!!

[@CarlaBuggs1-iz6gp]

Or heard ‘only you can prevent forest fires! 🔥’

[@maryhaley5569]

@@CarlaBuggs1-iz6gp yep!

[@maryhaley5569]

@@CarlaBuggs1-iz6gp everyone knew Smoky!!!

[@SheilaR.08]

Crying Eyes Cody!

[@chernobyl169]

If you never went to a restaurant with a smoking section, I'm afraid you are disqualified.

[@MrMwmussel1]

If you cant remember McDonalds having ashtrays

[@d.sepulveda7669]

YUP! 🚬😗 💨

[@karinowens7750]

Or cars having ashtrays!!

[@j348011]

Or when they make the Mall velvet rope, smoking exhibit.

[@shivag73]

@@MrMwmussel1 Or actual playgrounds with the merry-go-round

[@seanmurphy6034]

You never caused yourself or another bodily harm with a Sit-n-Spin

[@steelbeard151]

Or riding a Green Machine downhill into traffic.

[@johnhorton9637]

Yep. That happened more than once . Ok maybe a dozen times. I don't remember the exact number. But yeah

[@marythecontrary]

I have a scar in my eyebrow to prove it. 😂

[@colettewilliams3575]

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.

[@patrickmcgee8556]

I think I had a t shirt that said "I SHOT JR!!!"

[@colettewilliams3575]

@@patrickmcgee8556 I had a T-shirt that said wanted (blank picture frame) for the shooting of JR Ewing!”

[@PhoenixRising82672]

Dukes of Hazzard The Hulk Dallas Falcon Crest Friday Night lineup on CBS

[@goldengryphon]

@@PhoenixRising82672 The A Team.

[@PhoenixRising82672]

@@goldengryphon The Fall Guy TJ Hooker

[@carloslaboy7026]

If you never got excited over the prize from the cereal box, Just sit down

[@mariavenner2823]

Or cracker jack box?

[@matthewperry9243]

Or cracker jacks

[@guppy0536]

Let alone fighting who was gonna take it out of box 😅

[@Indomitable.essence]

Still do🤣🤣🤣

[@CatrinaTeverbaugh-if2zr]

Especially Cracker Jacks....😂❤

[@ldsvenusk9524]

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]

😂😂😂 I remember that😂

[@nopenoway1519]

Yes, oh my goodness NBC had the best cartoons Saturday morning.

[@LisyCO]

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]

Also the there was no 24 hour TV. Local stations shut down at night

[@angle5520]

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.

[@kmason3279]

The Farrah Fawcet red swimsuit poster in your brother's room 😂

[@stellastarbrightk7563]

Hell my sixth grade class gave that to our teacher for Christmas. He put it up behind his desk. Lordy what would have happened today

[@tawnyschlienz9063]

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.

[@emeraldjonz.]

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]

I was explaining the happening to a current highschool senior, they thought I was crazy

[@michaelblaes9847]

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]

I was JUST telling someone about this & their minds were blown 😅

[@chiarac3833]

I barely remember this and I'm an early Xer...

[@ladyv5655]

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.

[@caraferris9390]

Being left in the car while your parents went in the grocery store

[@SarahMichelle777]

Being left at home while your parents went away for the weekend LOL

[@maritamuras8978]

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]

Got arrested for this 🤦🏼‍♀️ even though the the tween could exit the vehicle and it was on

[@angiebarclay3218]

Or the bar lol

[@Bubblegumswitch]

Oooh dang, in the summertime, and hopefully with the windows down 😅

[@JB-gv9cr]

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]

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]

​@@davidparr6567"If he's crying, he's breathing." Why did that hit my inner child so hard? 🤣

[@mastertwitch1]

What about 2 scars, and 3 improperly healed broken bones?

[@michaelsalisbury939]

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]

Mark 1, Model 1--Nice!

[@AnEnquiringMind]

All hail to the Elder!

[@1011skarn]

Older GenX are basically Boomers

[@vincentgarzoli3197]

@@1011skarn Bullshit! And neither Boomers, nor Xers would agree with that. Both were the original participants in generational warfare, and essentially hate each other more than any Millenial or Zoomer possibly can. F(orget) Boomers! Their time is up!

[@HulaHula667]

I’m the end of Gen X… and also British. So I remember seeing it on BBC news as we were done for the day…

[@licketyflip9957]

You remember the excitement and awe when phones changed from rotary to touch tone, and you had EVERYBODY'S phone number memorized.

[@jenbhikes]

I *still* remember all those phone numbers! Barely know my own now. ;) I use the old ones as my PIN numbers lol.

[@angeliaisastar]

I still remember some of my elementary school friends' phone numbers!

[@crystalbarbare3896]

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]

I was elated when we got our touch tone phone. Best thing since sliced bread.

[@Galloway278]

@@jenbhikesgood idea!!!!

[@diarradunlap9337]

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]

I have a portion of the show on dvd! 😁

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

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]

@@pieterwillembotha6719 whoever’s kid this is, come and get him. He’s out here whining, again.

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

@@bellamin4549 too bad their's not an HR department for you to run and complain about me to xD

[@bellamin4549]

@@pieterwillembotha6719 that’s cute. GenX knows better than to go to HR.

[@CharlenePink-Dufresne]

Smokey the Bear, "Only you can prevent forest fires".

[@something-somethingdarksid9498]

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.

[@mastertwitch1]

They started doing it to tighten air time between songs so they could sell more ad buys per hour

[@penneyreed7316]

Don't forget that square dancing for middle school P.E.

[@j348011]

I said the same thing🤣

[@WrinklesNWarPaint]

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]

Square dancing was what my high school did for PE in the last two weeks of the semester.

[@djpaeg1]

And fox trot and waltz in High School PE

[@assignments5094]

Still happens

[@ginadoll00901]

This is your brain. This your brain on drugs. Any questions🤣

[@rebeccaduncan6793]

Back when they actually brought the drugs to school so we would know they looked like……

[@jonischoenbrun8110]

Nobody ever said I want to be a junkie when I grow up lmao

[@krystynasmyth1891]

& The more you know........😂😂😂😂😂😂we took that literally and they didn't like that😂

[@krystynasmyth1891]

I learned it from watching you ok 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@devonsilverfox3114]

Yes, why are my brains on drugs soo tasty?

[@kmason3279]

If you didn't eat a Swanson T.V. dinner while watching Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights, you're out.

[@victoriabostick2935]

@@kmason3279 we ate them every Friday cuz my mom went shopping that day. I can remember the ones with the pitiful 3 shrimp and the mashed potatoes that never got cooked all the way bcuz it was still frozen in the middle 🤭

[@chellehollon7679]

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.

[@stacywalsh4248]

Yes!!! All of this!

[@amyl.7570]

If you don't know what "Gag me with a spoon" means...sit yo ass down!😂😂😂😂 .

[@paganbornspiritbear8249]

We always said…”with a wood chip”…hahaha! Lol!

[@user-sg9if7py5n]

SERIOUSLY 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@dianneagain3830]

Damn makin me miss Frank Zappa .

[@TikiStanford]

Yeah, but this was Moon Unit Zappa! Omg, I thought she was IT. Loved the whole valley girls thing. Ironically, of course 😂😂😂

[@dianneagain3830]

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.

[@sanaisy81]

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]

Some encyclopedia that was decades old and had been passed down multiple times, and was missing at least 2 books

[@hdc1979]

One full year of typing drills now at 44 I'm thankful for this n ppl are amazed at my "skills"😂

[@michelewalker3862]

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]

We had the whole set....

[@kenwolf9124]

I remember having typing classes on the typewriter while having computer classes

[@Ferretlover64]

Omg come on!!! WOLFMAN JACK and the Saturday Night Special!!!

[@kmason3279]

Your mom ironing in front of the t.v. while she watched soap operas 😂

[@user-bn4jk8gn1k]

any Australians here? Saturday night was for Countdown, and yeah, mum ironed and we sat on bean bags.

[@OldJoeBlows]

While still wearing heals from her day at the office.

[@PhoenixRising82672]

Or you Grandmother watching The stories

[@marcomoton3449]

Never watched a After-school Special, you don't qualify 😂😂😂

[@CurioMin]

If you do not know “Open, Open, Open”. Go sit down.

[@tirzah-marielewis3447]

I fell in love at least twice per year with some no name teenage actor from an after school special movie! Haaaa!! 😂

[@hks2377]

Or “The More You Know” PSA. 😂

[@christis7217]

School Specials

[@SoulSoundMuisc]

I was typically not allowed in the house after I got home from school. Dropped off my bag, changed clothes, and outside until 6.

[@meganmccormack5182]

Gen Xer here. If you never owned the original Jelly shoes, a snap bracelet or Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper sit down.

[@Certainlycaroline]

Or an arm covered in black jelly bracelets and a stack of Garbage Pail Kid cards. I miss those days so much!

[@meganmccormack5182]

@@Certainlycaroline Me too girl! Me too! I wish I had a time machine.🤣

[@woodntyuuliiktooknoo]

If you have never gone cross-eyed staring at a poster to figure out the hidden image....

[@rahshidawalker1350]

1978 speaking: Loved, Loved, LOVED Lisa Frank! So pretty....😍

[@moniqueemmett294]

What about metal skates? Don’t let you sneaker get stuck 🤣

[@pfrazier21044]

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.

[@peytonplace3335]

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.

[@MEEMOSS77]

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]

Don't forget trapper keepers

[@Michael-fb1rl]

👍

[@daniellemitchell3118]

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]

​@@maranathaschraag5757Yep, mine was blue.

[@Kalamain]

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!

[@ericliford9293]

You must know that Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down

[@VisionMusicWorks]

😂😂🙋🏾‍♀️

[@americandefender1861]

Lol me! And I'm Gen Z lol

[@marlomchenry1784]

Hell yeah!Gen X Jersey girl here.Weebles fucking rocked.When I got mad at my brother I would hut him with one.

[@juliechildress8905]

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.

[@sherryj7419]

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

[@melrupinski88]

Eraser cleaning machine? Fancy. We had to clap them by hand and get the chalk dust all over us while breathing it in.

[@sherryj7419]

@@melrupinski88 LOLLLL 😆 we had to clap them too before we put them to sit on the machine. Thank you for reminding me. I luv, luv, luv ❤️ the memories

[@cherylmarquez2645]

Let's not forget what Mr. Whipple said, "Don't squeeze the Charmin!"

[@themaggattack]

Nor Mr. Winchell- "Time to make the doughnuts!" 🍩

[@christiesmith978]

Don't squeeze the Charmin, bc it's TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS

[@michaelgoldsmith635]

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]

Where’s the beef?

[@Indysme]

If you saw Adam Savage from Mythbusters, in the commercial squeezing the Charmin…10 bonus points

[@Magdalena-ow7gy]

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]

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]

Hairbrush

[@user-sg9if7py5n]

Beat yo ass equipment 😂😂😂😂

[@kennpeters1973]

Hey!! That's what we got our asses whooped with when we deserved/earned it!

[@aimeewalls8208]

Been whooped with all of the above! Proud gen-xer, born in ‘76!

[@dayb1938]

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 😂

[@janisvaro4949]

PULL BUTTON START!! Ahhhhh....bringing back memories.

[@DR-wp6gy]

Don't forget the pliers when the knob broke

[@libbylulu148]

"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]

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]

Our parents had to be reminded they had kids. Lol

[@Silver_Rayn]

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]

I always loved it. Someone was looking out for me!

[@maplelatte3366]

It was freaky. And so were the "this is only a test" Emergency Broadcast tones.

[@TheBourbon88]

You forgot "Calgon take me away!" 😆

[@wendydisanto]

@TheBourbon88 " It's an ancient Chinese secret". Lol

[@curtisclayton8023]

What about a stick of margarine talking 💩 to somebody by saying "Parkay"

[@kimlarge4077]

I say thst to this day.

[@phoenixspirit9530]

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]

@@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!!??

[@ilovehmetal666]

You forgot getting hit with whatever object was closest to hand 😂

[@86corruption]

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!

[@shawnperry6465]

Or the book "101 Uses For Dead Cats" 😂

[@shawnempson2060]

The worst punishment parents could give you was being grounded from going outside!

[@ct3po776]

Mom would send me to my room where my record player was, so not really much of a bummer to me!

[@randomfpv22]

Absolutely!!!

[@MissNoel82]

OMG... I'd rather get a beating than be stuck in the house!

[@FallnAngL-dg7gx]

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]

The worse punishment I could get was my Dad's belt on my backside. I would rather take the grounding.

[@kellie1255]

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]

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]

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]

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]

You didn’t have to wait if you had a Polaroid.

[@ct3po776]

@@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!

[@TheCoffeehound]

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.

[@komakafox4207]

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.

[@jaycee330]

I can still hum the "Wide World of Sports" theme. (The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat...)

[@lauriebackus7973]

"Where's the Beef"? Lol

[@rain0069]

siamese cat shaped avon bubble bath virgin mary plug in night lights vintage mounted doorbell's

[@amandalibby3239]

Yup, right along with "time to make the donuts"

[@MamaMOB]

I've fallen and I can't get up!

[@patriciabusch4599]

OMG ALL THESE! 😂😂😂 YES! Check, check, check, and check!

[@JessicaLee.3]

YES!! And "punch it Margaret!"

[@krystynasmyth1891]

That sound......when you notice your tape is being eaten up and you run to save the cassette 😂😂from across 3 rooms

[@stoopidbastid6420]

ah the crinkle. I found out the hard way that you couldnt use rubbing alcohol to clean the pinch roller. Zeppelin 4 RIP

[@danielbeltz1914]

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]

Yeah, that noise burns into your SOUL!

[@EB1878]

​​@@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]

😂 Ah yes, good one!

[@bradleysherman4878]

If you’ve never been prohibited from entering your own home during daylight hours, you’re out.

[@Denise-pn1tj]

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]

🎶Video Killed The Radio Star🎶 😁

[@Prence]

If you have no idea what an 8-track is. Goodbye. LOL.

[@Sarah-with-an-H]

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]

Late 70's. We knew what they were but we never had or saw one.

[@melrmontez]

1979 here. I was brought up on my mother's '60s-80s record collection

[@midwestchick187]

And if it wasn't an aftermarket install on the bottom of the dashboard, it doesn't count.

[@Prence]

@@midwestchick187 exactly. LOL.

[@j348011]

Benny Hill show! Carol Burnett show! Soul train! American Bandstand, Solid gold! 😆🤣

[@WrinklesNWarPaint]

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]

Benny Hill was a mother!😅

[@Chrissy521stl]

OMG we watched Carol Burnett everynight

[@Chrissy521stl]

My mom definitely didn't want me watching Benny Hill

[@amylehman5915]

I wanted to be a solid gold dancer when I grew up!

[@MarkSmith-cd3ny]

You made me laugh. A good chuckle at every number.

[@Reformula321]

Watching Soul Train and Showtime at the Apollo. Awwww, snaps! And remembering Ice-T before he was a cop. Lol

[@christineandersonsarles7881]

Gen x if remember the cabbage patch doll shortage at Christmas time. 😂 I learned mine came from a stolen truck 😮

[@mariavenner2823]

My first one's name was kora. Got her in 1984 or 1985. Wish i still had her.

[@3173kiki]

My mom had to actually make one because they were sold out! 😂 Me and my bobo Cabbage Patch doll😂

[@rachelhall4808]

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]

My grandfather asked his best friend drive 2 hours to get me one. Still have it.

[@lmward510]

My first one came from Mexico. My grandparents bought it while they were on vacation. 😂

[@jkparks3163]

Schoolhouse Rock "I'm just a Bill..." '67 here.

[@melanieomer9186]

Conjunction Junction, what’s your function… and I was born in ‘62. Close enough

[@gregorykiernan7849]

Love it!

[@EvelynSaungikar]

We the people…

[@kimanderson9380]

We were suffering’ until Sufferage!

[@rachelderagonartist9766]

And Zoom!

[@balmy9535]

OMG the Challenger was IT!! Rolling that tv out and then the silence.

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

If you were never told "Sticks & stones can break your bones but, Words will never hurt you," you can't get in.

[@user-mh4tx8zl4s]

Or the version I learned in High School.'Sticks and Stones may break my Bones, but Whips and Chains excite me!"

[@travisandmissydog]

Man I wish people would go back to that frame of mind!

[@rockrollangel1972]

or ennie meenie miny mo catch a tiger by it's toe

[@marythecontrary]

I'm rubber and you're glue. Anything you say will bounce off of me and stick to you.

[@kellifraser5355]

Ch-ch-ch Chia! Chia Pet. The gift that grows.

[@Wants2knowitall]

My late husband’s mother gave me one for the holidays one year. I should have known that relationship was doomed.

[@cynicalbeotch]

Don't forget sea monkeys!

[@Malini108]

still so weird

[@tonydenney2139]

Lol love your humor,born 1976 live in Berryville Arkansas, everything you mentioned I laughed so hard.... funny but so true!!

[@theGimpfantry]

I'm glad you made this, showing it to my kids asap.

[@shalontejordan5941]

You must know what a payphone is. You must have used an old-school map. You must have have had an answering machine.

[@Laiuka1]

Old-school, as in made of paper, not a Garmin gps.

[@exofunbun7785]

Must be able to recite any phone number from memory.

[@krystynasmyth1891]

What about the pager 😂

[@AbsolutelyNoOne12]

Ah the payphone... n when caller ID came into play... "you have a collect call from..." "call me back at this number!!!" Click... 😂😂😂

[@jeremyhess7977]

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.

[@peachykeen7634]

If you don’t know what Teddy Ruxpin was - SIT DOWN.

[@Thaqueenb3221]

I still got a couple of the books.

[@steveminton8329]

That was our virtual assistant 😂

[@Nikkimommyof4]

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]

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]

Let's add My Buddy, Garbage Pail Kids, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rainbow Brite, Pogo Ball, View-Master, and Popples to the list.

[@Aneubis]

Don't forget "Pencil Wars" and "Hot Cinnamon Toothpicks!"

[@tyjenredd]

I love you! LMFAO and remembering so many of those! Especially the note! OMG

[@user-bh1ne9tv7s]

Or once a week you got a tv guide in the mail with listings of all the shows coming up the following week

[@emeraldjonz.]

Whoooo Hoooo Yeah!!! That was good reading!

[@williamsexton3078]

We used to look in the back of the TV guide at what was showing on HBO or CINEMAX. Write a letter to our grandmother who lived out of state with our movie requests. She would record them on VHS and ship UPS to us. We had a massive library and all our friends wanted to know what new movies we got.

[@rmcnally3645]

I had to explain this to a Gen Z the other day 😅 she looked at me like, "and what was it like going to school riding a dinosaur?"

[@user-bh1ne9tv7s]

@@rmcnally3645 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Some days that’s what it felt like

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Oh ho! Ya'll was rich!

[@ftrevino4493]

"It's a ancient Chinese secret".

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

I remember that! Can’t remember brand tho lol

[@nicshere]

“Ancient Chinese secret, huh?” I think that was a Tide commercial. Could be completely wrong though.

[@ftrevino4493]

@@nicshere Calgon commercial. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5eldZSAnpWHmKssi=9aVZtba3Oy29E1qy

[@jq8974]

Calgon!!!

[@bigretardhalo]

Calgon.... Take me away

[@krazyoldkatlady192]

The pencil with the cassette tape knocked me all the way back to my 1984 bedroom. 😂

[@bjr3688]

If you've never written in cursive. Sit down. 😂

[@phreak1118]

My 9 year old is learning that now.

[@amydopson2946]

My kids could not fake a note from Mom, because mine were always cursive! Life hack! 😂

[@djdean9881]

Listen to the logon for AOL internet and hearing "You've got mail"❤❤❤😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@angelsmilkyway4352]

Oh God the trauma of waiting forever for it to connect.

[@sgtkatt4041]

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]

Word!! I STILL use my AOL email every day! Lmao!

[@jasonheavilin9466]

Being excited to get free AOL cds

[@anniepeach2417]

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

[@chowchowmom]

If you never were smacked by a hairbrush, wooden spoon or a Hot Wheels track...sit your azz down 😂

[@markbenson9334]

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

[@GardenFox927]

Calling the movie theater and listening to a whole ass recording to find out a showtime. Or calling for the local Time and Temp 😂 I would call time and temp just because I was bored

[@gregorykiernan7849]

Newspapers for the showtime listings.

[@2sweet4u67]

😂, Sameee! Oh the memories!!😂

[@autobotdiva9268]

And then write the time down

[@krazyoldkatlady192]

Omg! You’re so epic for bringing that up! Not only were the movie and time listings 100 years long, but the wait to get to that point was as well!

[@cheefmynyon8348]

Thanks for resuscitating that memory! Haven't thought about calling the theatre in a looooong time....

[@Necropheliac]

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]

and good video games. 😁

[@mariafranciscabertoglio6759]

And coffee. Don't forget coffee. Just black. Or with a splash of cold milk. Nothing fancy.

[@kuuderesyndrome3249]

nah I just don't drink coffee stopped caring about it​@@mariafranciscabertoglio6759

[@RebelAllianceJAC]

And not necessarily in that order. 😂😂😂

[@imscenery]

Yeah, that's about the speed of it.

[@amandacox7624]

LOL I love this and I am Gen X! You got a great list!!!

[@christinalehman8862]

I LOVE YOU GIRL !!!!!

[@LoganGraceHope]

Black market Cabbage Patch dolls😂😂😂 Moms willing to go to jail to buy a doll in time for Christmas!

[@cablegirl90]

My cabbage patch dolls name was Jodi and I also had a koosa

[@rachelpettit5438]

Remember the video that made national news of the store manager standing on a display case, swinging a baseball bat to fight off the mob of moms? That was us, that was our Zare's store! Our mom's are epic!

[@princezzpuffypants6287]

My grandpa fought so hard to get me one and i didn't even like 'em....

Or had a homemade, hand stitched doll with a cabbage patch head.

[@ambermarieharper]

My dad bought me one off a truck. Lol

[@lelanacroft]

Boys had shop class. Girls had home-economics 😂

[@silvertarot25]

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]

​@@silvertarot25they let us choose

[@silvertarot25]

@@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]

I took typing, me and 20 girls😁🥳😉

[@silvertarot25]

@@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.

[@stacywalsh4248]

This was THE most accurate list I have heard to date!

[@iwonderasiwander9031]

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]

Mikey hated everything!

[@ninamason5877]

Mikey would try anything - good one!

[@ninamason5877]

Radio Shack

[@butterflybaby429]

You can definitely add the fact that we had everyone’s phone memorized😂

[@j348011]

I still remember my friends, parents phone number to this day. And my mom until just recently got rid of her landline that we’ve had since I was a kid and I don’t remember her cell phone number. But I still remember the landline number. Some of my old friends were still calling my mom‘s house when they couldn’t find me.

[@rjsuper6587]

Including Jenny's!!

[@jariedwards589]

🎉🎉😂😂

[@tincan70]

@@j348011 I still remember my old phone number from 40+ years ago.

[@roudy4607]

If your television never signed off at midnight, please take several seats.

[@vivsavage13]

Awesome. Totally Awesome. I know I'm in the club. I checked every single one of them. I loved this video. It was the best. 😊👍😁

[@lynns969]

Don't forget the Rainbow Bright or Jem!!!

[@angeliaisastar]

I had a Rainbow Bright sleeping bag and a Jem coloring book!

[@anyanin77]

@@angeliaisastar still have the doll AND the misfits.

[@cck6740]

And Strawberry Shortcake..the originals, not the crappy remakes.

[@krkb13]

Yesss

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Well that is just Truly Outrageous!

[@kmatayka]

The smell of a strawberry shortcake doll. Or the cutest monchichi!

[@Nine28457]

Omg yes! My mom collected them for my baby sister.

[@michellea1442]

I had a Strawberry Shortcake birthday party! Such good memories ❤

[@edithhuelskamp1649]

I had a tiny Strawberry Shortcake folding table with two little plastic folding chairs. That and my Care Bears tricycle were two of my most prized possessions

[@Fuckbiden]

My sister still has hers and her Raggedy ann and andy dolls i idk if i spelled the name right

[@theampski3794]

I had a strawberry shortcake big wheel. The smell of fake strawberries still takes me back.

[@danielrodgers7069]

✏️ had me at pencil & cassette correlation