Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:57     Subject: Generation X
the advent of Lunchables

making mix tapes...waiting for a song to come on the radio and getting a bit snipped off the beginning and the radio dj's voice at the end

trading stickers in your binders- oileys, fuzzies, shinys, etc...

wearing overalls with one one shoulder strap fastened

pacing up and down the aisles, taking 30 minutes to choose a video from Blockbuster or a video rental store





playing flashlight tag in my suburban neighborhood until well after dark with 20 other kids

TGIF when it was really an "event"

crystal pepsi

Just Say No (to drugs)!

Endless games of SkipBo and Uno in aftercare or summer camp

Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:50     Subject: Generation X
Pac-Man and the Ghosts: Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:46     Subject: Re:Generation X
The Limited shaker knit sweaters
Flowered jeans
Calvin Klein underwear
Walkmans
Esprit/Benetton colorful sweaters
Leather and lace
Video arcades
Neon
Tafeta ruffled dresses
Shoulder pads
Guess anything
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:37     Subject: Generation X
Anonymous wrote:Guess jeans
Jeans with a tulip ankle or zipper ankle
Jelly bags
Giant rectangle Esprit bags
Benetton rugby shirts
Scrunchies


I had jeans from Express that folded over at the waistband to form these two triangles over the belt area. So f-ing ugly, but were all the rag where I lived. Also guess overalls, for girls.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:33     Subject: Generation X
"A gourmet guide."

Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:32     Subject: Re:Generation X
learning about sex with this book HOT

Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:14     Subject: Generation X
Guess jeans
Jeans with a tulip ankle or zipper ankle
Jelly bags
Giant rectangle Esprit bags
Benetton rugby shirts
Scrunchies
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:08     Subject: Generation X
Video rental stores.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:06     Subject: Generation X
Our parents' Playboy and Playgirl magazines.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:04     Subject: Generation X
Anonymous wrote:Parachute pants
MTV showed music videos/veejays
Leg warmers and fitness tapes
Cutoff shits
Cabbage Patch dolls
Rubik's Cube


I miss parachute pants. So comfy. Now everything is fitted!
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:03     Subject: Generation X
ABC After School Specials
Star Search
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:02     Subject: Generation X
The classic "Caddy Shack" Oh Henry doodie pool trick.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 09:00     Subject: Generation X
Anonymous wrote:Watching the following movies when 9-11 yrs old:
- Porki's
- Revenge of the Nerds
- Purple Rain

Need I say more.


Also Meatballs and Friday the 13th, completely inappropriate for a tween but I watched them at that age, I think when it aired on HBO.

I also had a pet rock.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 08:58     Subject: Generation X
Shirley MacLaine and her past lives mummbo jumbo.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 08:57     Subject: Generation X
Parachute pants
MTV showed music videos/veejays
Leg warmers and fitness tapes
Cutoff shits
Cabbage Patch dolls
Rubik's Cube