Hey there, fellow children of the 80s and 90s! Growing up during this colorful era was a blast, wasn’t it? Whether you were rocking out to New Kids on the Block or watching Saturday morning cartoons, there’s no denying that we all shared some common experiences that shaped our childhood. So grab your slap bracelets and pogs, because we’re about to take a trip down memory lane and reminisce about some of the things that made growing up in the 80s and 90s so much fun!
1. “Starving your calculator to death”
2. Crunching the ‘good ice’
3. Drinking out of this Tupperware pitcher and cup set
4. Playing with the ashtray in the door of a car
5. Burning CDs of our favorite songs
6. Lusting after see-through electronics
7. Pretending to give yourself an injection with a mechanical pencil
8. Using one of these for the Presidential Fitness tests
9. Making difficult decisions like where to sit in the cafeteria
10. Getting splinters on the wooden playground
11. Removing the faceplate on the car stereo so it doesn’t get stolen
12. Forgetting to close the glass cabinet doors on the TV stand
13. Staring at the Pipe screensaver
14. Waking up to these exact alarm clock (why did we all have one of these?)
15. Turning markers into swords
16. Learning how to play slots by playing Super Mario Bros 3
17. Checking movie times in the newspaper
18. Laying on the floor making this thing go “sproing-oing-oing”
19. Swinging so high that the pools would come out of the ground
20. Booting this thing up
21. Covering your textbooks with brown paper bags
22. Asking your parents if you can have a pet lemur after watching Zaboomafoo
23. Using this exact microphone
24. Groaning when you saw this and realized it was ‘casserole night’
25. Thinking the hip-hop Looney Toons shirts were tough
26. Thinking this TV was the ultimate sign of wealth
27. Begging your parents to Orlando, Florida so you could go to Nickelodeon Studios
28. Suddenly being extremely interested in how much battery life was left in your Duracell AAs
29. Flipping your chair onto your desk at the end of the day
30. Running your fingers along the gap between bricks
31. Reading the back of the cereal box like it was your morning paper
