Turns Out, There’s A “You Had To Be There” Trend On Twitter And Here Are 75 Of The Best Tweets About It

Nostalgia is a powerful and, quite frankly, fun thing. Many of us likely have a favorite TV show we watched the first thing in the morning while preparing for school, the same one that influenced our personalities. Or perhaps you can recall the lighter things, the ones that make you laugh and grant some respite from the hectic pace of the world. And then there are the light mistakes, like the popular candy that left a sour taste in your mouth. Basically, nostalgia comes in many forms, we each have fond memories related to childhood (or not-so-distant youth!), and from time to time, it's nice to recall the carefree days of our lives.

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Star of the world 3 years ago

i can feel this

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Walter 3 years ago

I wasn't old enough to remember blockbuster, but i do remember going to the mailbox with my grandma whenever she got deliveries from netflix

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The one and only 3 years ago

I used to make these at summer camp while gossiping with the older girls and counselorsurs

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Phoebe Bird 3 years ago

same

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shinshige 3 years ago

I know it’s just a typo, but I really like the word, “counselorsurs”.

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Schrodinger's Cat 3 years ago

I used to do that as well-

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Wannabe Wakandan 3 years ago

Sameeee we had the best tea circles

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Lunacorn 3 years ago

Meeee toooo

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Mia Hernandez 3 years ago

same-

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partypoison 3 years ago

SAMMMEEE

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SusaHerring 3 years ago

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Your Local Fujoshi 3 years ago

"can you start this?"

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Ghoustie 3 years ago

i want more of these it use to be so fun

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Patricia Sloan 3 years ago

OMG!! Grade six flashback!!

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Chewing gum wrapper chains.

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HufflePuffleGothleGay 3 years ago

omi god thats how you do it

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Tacocat 3 years ago

It's a shame kids and teens don't still do this today.

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Rosemira Took of the Shire 3 years ago

I could never figure out how to end them!

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Diddlybop 3 years ago

Mhmmmmmmmm

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Sunnybby 3 years ago

I used to be the only kid there who knew how to start a box stitch other than the counselors. Had a whole line of kids come up to to me to start it for them 😎

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Eliza Schuyler 3 years ago

😭😭😭I remember these😭😭😭

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Xan Maranya 3 years ago

Name tag or whistle necklaces and friendship bracelets.

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Donna Leske 3 years ago

Yep, we thought we were pioneers, woodsmen, American natives, and master craftsmen all rolled into one. Even us girls.

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Aisling Allan 3 years ago

I still have mine, both the made ones and the colours I didn't like.

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Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 3 years ago

I never learned how to make these :(

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Mary Peace 3 years ago

Yes I remember making these, but what did you call them? In the UK where I lived we called them scoobedoo, but wasn't that the name of a dog in a cartoon as well?

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Sasha Kuleshov 3 years ago

These were very popular here in México, like money popular =$3$=

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Josh Tall 3 years ago

Camp Big SIlver!!!!

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Bush Ar 3 years ago

I remember some kids at school would sell customised designs.

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Mili Del Rio 3 years ago

I recall the key chains made with these in the 70.

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Lys Chen 3 years ago

This was a huge trend but then there were rumors, those things could cause cancer and all the moms took them away from us :(

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Ray Martin 3 years ago

These were an absolute fad in the mid 1960s, and I and all my friends - boys and girls - were constantly making things with them. Decades later, I taught my daughter how to make them, and she took them to school and viola!, another craze was born. I still have a huge bunch of the strands in my man-cave, and occasionally use them in model making.

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Shoto Todoroki 3 years ago

Oh my gosh those are so fun to make!

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Bisexuali-tea 3 years ago

ahhhh

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Ash 3 years ago

i remember

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Xandra 3 years ago

We made them from embroidery threads, took a looong time...

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Autumn 3 years ago

I LIVE DOING THESE!!! I can only do the box braid tho....

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Nerdy 3 years ago

Gimp!!! I remember this from summer camp!!!

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Twitter users jumped right on the ongoing trend of "You had to be there", posting pictures that encapsulate certain times in their lives. Some of the posts can involve things from a few years ago, while others go back decades—and each of them is accompanied by the feeling of nostalgia that's attached to the pictures.

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Martin Kaine 3 years ago

Or 15 foot metal slides!

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Star of the world 3 years ago

them doritos be hittin different

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Mishka Katira 3 years ago

Brings back good AND bad memories

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Plenty of people are jumping in on this trend, from regular folk to official and certified accounts, each post presenting a blast from the past that was somehow special for them, be it TV series that aired a decade ago or a newer movie that's only a few years old. Time is a flexible thing, and the trend reflects different periods that people grew up in.

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Walter 3 years ago

TOP!!!

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BarkingBunny 3 years ago

Should be right up with the slip-n-slide and wet grass feet...

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JennyBee 3 years ago

Tell me why I never wanna hear you say I want it dat way

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And there's an unspoken rule to these posts—you shouldn't add a description to the pictures. Basically, if you know, you know. If you don't, don't worry about it. The variety of the posts—containing old movies, physical items, or discontinued media—apply to people of different ages. So, there's a bit of everything for everyone.

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