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30 Nostalgic Photos
Looking through these photos brought me back! My favorite is number 25 - what about yours?
Ashley Fike
09.19.17

Ask anyone that was born before the 1990โ€™s, and theyโ€™d tell you that times have changed. A lot.

There are certain things โ€” it could be smells, sounds, tastes, or sights โ€” that can bring us back to a time in our childhood that just doesnโ€™t quite exist today.

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

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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.

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

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3. โ€œ80โ€™s to the Maxxโ€

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4. Text messages? I donโ€™t think so. Note writing and folding took special skills back then.

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5. Letโ€™s be honest; this isnโ€™t โ€œrealโ€ mac and cheese. But it was always fun to pull off this little trick.

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

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7. One of the best, most frustrating games youโ€™ve ever played.

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

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

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10. This is how fortunes were told.

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11. Another effective way to predict the future.

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

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13. This rule is forever engrained in our brains.

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14. The more Pogs you had โ€” the better.

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15. That glorious smell of melting plastic.

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16. This was always the best day in class.

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17. Anyone born in the 80โ€™s knows how to play โ€˜Hot Cross Bunsโ€™ on the recorder.

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

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19. HYPERCOLOR!

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

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

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22. Ladies, what were we thinking?!

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23. Before Pandora, before Spotify, before YouTube โ€” we had LimeWire.

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

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

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26. Not even kidding โ€” this is what the โ€œcoolโ€ iMac looked like.

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27. Did anyone actually ever beat this game?

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28. Yep, you guessed it โ€” thatโ€™s a 1st generation iPod. And they were $400!

29. This was such a great show!

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30. Learning math was kind of fun back then.

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