Ask anyone that was born before the 1990’s, and they’d tell you that times have changed. A lot.

There are certain things — it could be smells, sounds, tastes, or sights — that can bring us back to a time in our childhood that just doesn’t quite exist today.

These 30 photos will have you instantly transported back to simpler times. Bring on the nostalgia!

Get ready for a flood of great memories to come rushing back.

1. Remember these things in gym class? Whatever they were, they were super fun.

2. Every girl had a pair, if not multiple pairs, of jellies back in the day. So gross when they got sweaty, though.

3. “80’s to the Maxx”

4. Text messages? I don’t think so. Note writing and folding took special skills back then.

5. Let’s be honest; this isn’t “real” mac and cheese. But it was always fun to pull off this little trick.

6. This, ladies and gentlemen, is where instant communication began.

7. One of the best, most frustrating games you’ve ever played.

8. Waiting for the TV Guide channel to scroll back to the beginning was absolute torture.

9. If you walked too fast or the car went over a bump, your CD would always skip with this thing.

10. This is how fortunes were told.

11. Another effective way to predict the future.

12. Do kids these days even know about the original Pokemon?!

13. This rule is forever engrained in our brains.

14. The more Pogs you had — the better.

15. That glorious smell of melting plastic.

16. This was always the best day in class.

17. Anyone born in the 80’s knows how to play ‘Hot Cross Buns’ on the recorder.

18. It gave you the warm and fuzzies every time your friends would make you one of these.

19. HYPERCOLOR!

20. The cereal choices were endless. And parents would actually let their kids buy them!

21. Every single kid had a pen like this at some point.

22. Ladies, what were we thinking?!

23. Before Pandora, before Spotify, before YouTube — we had LimeWire.

24. Almost everyone was rocking these at one point. Of course, this was was pre-scandal.

25. It was the most depressing thing ever if the movie you wanted was already checked out.

26. Not even kidding — this is what the “cool” iMac looked like.

27. Did anyone actually ever beat this game?

28. Yep, you guessed it — that’s a 1st generation iPod. And they were $400!

29. This was such a great show!

30. Learning math was kind of fun back then.

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By Ashley Fike

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Ashley Fike is a contributor at SBLY Media.