Look, I may not be Gen X, but I understand the appeal of memes that feel like they were pulled straight out of your childhood. These are the kinds of memes that make you want to fire up a cassette, eat a pudding cup, and maybe die of dysentery in pixel form on The Oregon Trail.
Gen X grew up in that perfect in-between era where you still played outside but also knew how to set the tracking on a VCR. That is elite behavior.
You had just enough tech to be cool without it fully taking over your life. You knew what freedom felt like before smartphones, and you probably still remember your home phone number from the eighties.
These memes are for anyone who lived through the mall era and still feels a little thrill when they see a payphone. So check these out because it’s your childhood served with sarcasm and a Capri Sun.
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