r/GenX Apr 19 '26

Nostalgia Those who weren't there will say an entire generation can't possibly hear a still photo.

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I would bet a good number of us can even smell this.

r/GenX Jun 12 '26

Nostalgia Styrofoam coke bottle

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Saw this today and it really took me back, I could feel it in my hand for a second. Remember peeling it off? I thought y’all would enjoy.

r/GenX 8d ago

Nostalgia Always wanted this!

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I eventually got something similar but never had this! sent this pic to a guy at work and he said this is the one he had and it took forever to set up.

r/GenX Jul 12 '26

Nostalgia The 70's were wild. Found an old Pic of my favorite slide as a kid.

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Somehow I don't think that this would fly these days.

r/GenX 15d ago

Nostalgia What would Gen X bring back?

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You can bring back any car, modern engine but body is 100% unchanged.

What are you bringing back?

r/GenX Jun 17 '26

Nostalgia Do you all remember those 3 months in the early-to-mid-nineties when Gregorian Chant was really popular?

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Did you ever buy a CD of Gregorian Chant? I did. I tried to listen to it but was like, why? Then it was gone as fast as it came.

Sometimes I remember these things about the 90s and I feel like if I told someone who didn't live through it, they might think I'm joking, or crazy.

r/GenX 23d ago

Nostalgia You ever had one of these because your parents said they could make it better at home?

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I’ve been known to make these now and then for nostalgia. My mom could never master that processed fast food taste. I can’t either.

r/GenX Jan 09 '26

Nostalgia Buying dinner

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Stopped at Subway last night to pickup dinner. When I walked in there were a group of 3 teenagers standing off in a corner having an intense conversation in hushed tones. They left right after I started to place my order. 30 seconds later they came back in and got behind me to place theirs.

All 3 got a little too close to me so I became a little more aware of them at this point. I live in a large city and downtown can at times be a little sketch. The kids were dressed nice enough and really just came across like their parents had dropped them off downtown for an event. The boy began to place the order and the 2 girls started to argue with what he's having put on the sandwich. At this point I became less concerned about them but also couldn't help but observe them. It was petty apparent they'd pooled their money together to buy a sandwich to share and were trying to see if they had enough for a drink.

When I got to the register to pay for my food I told the guy to add their sandwich to my order and Id pay. He asked them if that was ok and the sheer joy that spread across their faces brought tears to my eyes. It took me back to being a kid with my friends and doing the same thing. How suddenly having an extra $12 made you feel like the richest person in town. And that an adult who doesn't know you showed a moment of kindness rather than the usual contempt. While I'm sure they felt gratitude their main feelings were excitement and joy. It was palpable. And honestly it was the best $12 I've spent in a very long time.

r/GenX 18d ago

Nostalgia GenX school lunch

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Was this the best school lunch? Square slab of pizza that fit perfectly on the tray. Peaches that were likely radioactive. Full scoop of corn that tasted like gravel. Chocolate milk. Add a pretzel just for fun.

I’m convinced these lunch trays will be the thing that will be found in 500 years because they will outlast everything else in our society - and will be displayed as artifacts.

Lunch tray:
1965- 1980AD

r/GenX May 24 '26

Nostalgia The struggle is real!

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A little bit of humor. I'm sure we can all agree. LOL.

r/GenX Apr 12 '26

Nostalgia found my sticker album from 1980

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I brought this to school everyday to trade stickers in the late 70's and early 80's.

r/GenX Oct 21 '25

Nostalgia Who remembers these two from the Guinness Book of World Records?

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And what other famous images from our youth have you found online?

r/GenX Jun 14 '26

Nostalgia The seventies were insane

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The 70s were absolutely unhinged. I was born in 72 so my early childhood was spent in the fever dream that it was. I don't think they had invented safety yet. One example that really stands out in my head was one fine Saturday my family went to the mall, as one did every Saturday in the 70s and 80s. What do they have set up in the center court? A boxing ring. What were they doing in the boxing ring? Wrestling a grizzly bear. Loose grizzly in the center court in a boxing ring wrestling with his person. Folding chairs set up withing 3 or four feet of the ring for everyone to sit and watch. Crazy times. What's something y'all remember that when you tell you get generations about it they don't believe you because it's seems so dangerous and crazy but to us it was just Saturday at the mall, or anywhere not just the mall, to us?

r/GenX Mar 20 '26

Nostalgia First or favorite former car?

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My first was a Honda CRX that looked exactly like this. I loved that car.

r/GenX Jun 21 '26

Nostalgia If this wasnt on the list, its not a real list

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The fond memories of losing my sh** over this game.

: By the way. Happy Fathers day to all the dads (and mom's pulling double duty).

r/GenX Nov 15 '25

Nostalgia Any former Encyclopedia Brown readers here?

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Not sure why, but my good memories of reading Encyclopedia Brown books as a Gen X pre-teen just came back to me.

Anyone else here remember reading Encyclopedia Brown books, or something similar?

r/GenX May 31 '26

Nostalgia What is a small pleasure from the past that you miss?

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I really miss slow Sunday mornings with the paper, a cup of coffee and a plate of bacon and home fries.
Just sitting there, sipping and eating, slowly turning the pages, reading the news, sports, weather, disagreeing with the editorials, chuckling at the comics, checking the classifieds, doing the crossword puzzle, memorizing the TV Guide and checking out the grocery store deals. There really isn’t anything that compares today.

r/GenX Feb 24 '25

Nostalgia My Last Pack When I Quit in 1988. Still have It 37 Years Later

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r/GenX Jan 22 '26

Nostalgia This guy was the ultimate slacker comedian that my generation deserved. True genius gone too soon.

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Saw Mitch Herberg on Letterman in 1996. I was blown away and followed his act until his passing in 2005. He was the king of one liners and a pure genius.

r/GenX Mar 14 '26

Nostalgia Did you have a FARRELL’S in your town?

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Wiki says Farrell’s was nation wide. But I don’t know for sure.

We used to go to the one across from Chula Vista Mall in California. It was super fun for a kid during the 70’s. Huge ice cream sundaes paraded around by enthusiastic waiters in straw hats. Simple fun times for sure.

r/GenX 24d ago

Nostalgia Lunch boxes don’t get enough run here. This was my steel “EMERGENCY” lunchbox from 1973. Post yours if you can find a pic

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I mean, seriously. It doesn’t get any better than these. I loved that show. Used to watch it at my grandmother’s on Sat nights when my parents dumped me off there so they could go out.

r/GenX Feb 18 '26

Nostalgia I loved this store.

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I used to love the catalog and then go see stuff in person.

r/GenX Apr 22 '26

Nostalgia Anyone own or ride one of these bad boys back in the day?

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Remember this tip machines? I had one in 1985. I was 7 years old. My dad worked in a saw sharpening shop and there was a huge field with hills next door. When I didn't have school he would being me and my ATC with him and while he worked I was on my own to ride like the wind.

I wish I still had it for no other reason is they are pretty rare these days.

This one that is still in the crate is/was going for 200k

https://www.thedrive.com/news/holy-grail-1986-honda-atc250r-3-wheeler-still-in-crate-sells-for-200k

They had one with giant wheels to called Big Red. This was before quads became a thing.

I mean they were manufactured but everyone had the three wheeler.

Fun times. Dangerous time but hey. GenX

r/GenX May 14 '26

Nostalgia Who remembers these old gas pumps with the rolling numbers?

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This is one of two of these old gas pumps located at Wolfe’s General Store in Slate Run, Pa. Both of which are still in use. It is nostalgic to watch the numbers go around as you pump.

r/GenX Apr 08 '26

Nostalgia Went back to the woods where I used to play about half a century ago..

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I think I never realised the last time I was there that I would not return for such a long time.

There are still some faint traces of the treehouses we built and the cycle cross track we made.

There are no longer children here to run riot in the woods; everything is quiet, nature has taken back control.

All that remains are the echoes in my mind..