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Nostalgia, as we all know very well, is a powerful and bittersweet emotion. It's like a time-machine that brings us back to simpler times. And so, perhaps no group is as vocal about their sentiments towards nostalgia as those who grew up in the '80s, '90s, and early noughties.

From memories of the iconic Walkman CD players that didn't fit into any pocket to the legendary Tamagotchis that we lovingly cared for (but occasionally forgot to feed), many of these relics are hard to come by today. If you listen carefully, you can still hear the 1991 Sonic "Segaaa" soundbite in your head. It's a good thing then, that online communities such as 'The Nostalgic 80s, 90s & 2000s', step in with nostalgia-fueled memes as a way of keeping these memories alive. So scroll down and see which retro-nostalgic memes we handpicked for your journey down memory lane today.

Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Nostalgia and memes. If you're like us, these two things go so well together that you can't help but let yourself indulge in memes from the eras we miss so much. Whether it's reminiscing about the sweet sounds of dial-up Internet, the TV shows we used to be obsessed about, or the fashion we used to rock - having a little laugh about how cringe everything was is a rare joy.

Then again, why do we love nostalgia so damn much? Well, for one, it gives us a sense of belonging. When we make fun of cringy things from our childhood or teenage years - those baggy shorts, my god - we are tapping into a shared cultural experience that connects us to others who grew up in the same era. It's a way of feeling like we're part of something bigger than ourselves. It's a way to collectively pick on "MTV" for showing how great and punk-rock a TV channel can be and then suddenly turning its back on us.

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    Twin brothers were born in an American family in 1978. The brother, who was five minutes older, had a healthy heart, and the younger one also suffered from cardiomyopathy and cerebral palsy. However, this tragic circumstance only brought the boys closer. The "older" brother always took care of the "younger", helped him, motivated him. And even when a sick boy at the age of 13 needed the heart of a voluntary donor, a healthier brother wanted to commit suicide so that his heart could be transplanted to his brother. The vital organ was found on time, and the "older" boy went to the studies of a biochemical engineer after school to invent a cure for the disease for his brother and other people. But fate determined otherwise. He became an actor and even a Hollywood star. And the younger brother became a lawyer who defends the rights of children with cerebral palsy. Today, Ashton and Michael Kutcher are active in charity work together.

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    The '90s, for example, were a time when access to pop culture was limited, making everything feel more valuable and exciting. Unlike today, where you can binge-watch a series in a few days and stream music instantly, you had to wait and work for it back then. Missing an episode of your favorite TV show was a disaster of the highest scale, and you'd spend the whole week obsessing over it until the next one came out.

    On the other hand, this '80s, '90s & 2000s nostalgia can be cringeworthy for the current generation. Looking back, it's easy to see how inconvenient and frustrating it was to have to wait so darn long for entertainment. It's hard to imagine being excited about listening to a song on a tape that you'd recorded off the radio, or having to quote movie lines from memory because you didn't have access to it whenever you wanted. In other words, the perfect fodder for memes.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who has struggled with addiction, RDJ is proof that we can come out on the other side. I’ll be happy with just surviving and being happy, though, I don’t need to become a movie star XD

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    In order to understand better what makes communities like 'The Nostalgic 80s, 90s & 2000s' tick, Bored Panda reached out to the page's moderators who were kind enough to give us some answers. "We created the page to recreate those lost times," we were told in an email by one of the group's several moderators who all come from the '90s.

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    The Doom Song
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I refuse to acknowledge there is any other scooby Doo. The original series is the only series

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    Besides trying to meme some of their most beloved childhood memories, the founders of the page, who are also responsible for the 'Like 'siriusly'' page with more than 200,000 followers, wanted to make a community of like-minded individuals who enjoy looking at nostalgia with humor. "And it totally worked out. It's a delightful experience to moderate a page that brings out vintage experiences and memories from childhood. Each and every meme is related to our [personal] childhood in one way or another."

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    Jill Bussey
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dementia of all types is a cruel and heart breaking disease. I wish only the best for him and his family.

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    Snoop Dogg & His Wife Shante Broadus

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm freaking out that his wife was born in 1971 and was 26 in that 1st photo, she looks 15 at the most.

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    Of course, moderating a page with almost 700,000 followers and memes flowing in each day is not an easy task - especially considering how nitpicky Facebook can get. "We make sure that [our memes] are what the members are expecting to witness in the group before giving approval to each and every post," the representative of 'The Nostalgic 80s, 90s & 2000s' explained.

    "Anything against the rules," like 'Post in English only' (rule number 5), "will be taken down." Just in the last month, the group's moderators have successfully enriched their already stunning collection of nostalgic memes with over 1,600 posts. We can't help but wonder how many of them didn't make it to the cutting room.

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    Lakota Wolf
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell, I named our family business after something out of Spaceballs (my favorite movie.) 20 years later, my family STILL has no idea our business name is a Spaceballs reference XD

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love record stores. The problem is that all the vinyls cost $60 and I like saving money

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Polkhigh Football wonderstar Al Bundy, with four touchdowns in one game!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the Mother (who has been up since 4am cooking all that) never goes berserk and makes them sit down and eat.I woul give an Oscar to any film Mum whose response is "get the f**k back here and eat this NOW!!!"

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    Vae
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know when the dinosaurs died? One of these phones dropped, survived the fall, wiped the species out, and still played ring tone and snake without fail. (In short, these were made of something else).

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    Nadine Bamberger
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bless her heart and make sure to hand these precious heirlooms down from generation to generation.

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    Janice Strickland
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I told my mom(57) that I (33) was naming my son(4) Brantley so he could grow up and say it's Brant ma (it's Brand ma from the movie) she was not impressed

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    July 16, 1988: Michael J. Fox married Tracy Pollan. Happy 34th Anniversary to the couple!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her face appears to say that she has successfully persuaded MJF to drink from the poison chalice!

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    nobodyever
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away. * music* DUNDUNDUNDUN- (music continues) -long as heckll paragraph that you need to read- (music drifts off) *mysterious bg music kicks in* (spaceship/planet) *MOVIE OFFICIALLY STARTS*

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    Foffy Skrimshaw
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From what I have heard, this was supposed to be a parody of party Anthems, not celebrated as one.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yippers, and don't forget my 1974 brown Nova that I inherited from my grandma 1976. I was a junior in high school. When she bought the car, she asked them to take the radio out so she wouldn't be distracted. SMH!!!

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    Robert T
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back when I was a kid, if your parent's had a colour TV....

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandparents had a rear projection TV, although it was much wider than this one. I really, really wanted to hook up my NES to it but I was never allowed because they were afraid it would cause burn-in. I don't even know if that was a thing with these sets but they weren't taking any chances.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had one of these growing up. My family played so many PS2 games on that thing. man I feel old

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to help my brother in law lug one of those up 3 flights of tight stairs at an apartment complex he moved into (2 weeks after he decided to buy the damn tv). Three months later he decided to move into a ground-floor unit and asked me help him move again. My wife told him to where he could shove his effin' tv so he had to hire somebody. Don't miss those at all.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always had black & white. I was in college when I saw the Wizard of Oz for the first time in color. I was so mesmerized, flames could've been licking the wall and I wouldn't have noticed.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw that for one dollar tag at the goodwill half price Saturday sticker about eight years ago... $0.50. Not kidding.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the point was that this was a big one, and also relatively thin for how big it is. In modern terms this would probably be equivalent to a 90 or 100 inch set, in terms of affordability.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, until you had to get that thing out for repairs...

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever seen the videos of the guy melting rocks and glass with a solar lens? It's made from the diffraction screen of one of these.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't imagine getting rid of one of those. I had a small CRT a few years ago and it almost destroyed my marriage before it began.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad threw our TV out when I was two. He was sick of televangelist and the Moral Majority. It was great having parents that were atheists in the 70's. I didn't start watching TV until the mid 80's.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm... Champion was really hot in the late 90's and early 00's and all the popular kids sported the logo if I recall correctly

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swizzels double lollies. You can get a giant version of them which is about three times the size but they aren't as powdery.

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    Ariadne Toms
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh...my...gosh....I had completely forgotten my fake finger ends cos I loved long nails....fms that is full on nostalgia there

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    Nadine Bamberger
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You had to insert 25 cents per pixel, that's why the pictures from that era look like 8 bit characters.

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    Vae
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Growing up, we had to do it in daylight due to some crime related stuff *if* i remember right. We never had it at night . (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). But we will ran around at night once ToT was done.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then you would spends hours circling all the things you wanted but knew you were never going to get

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    Lakota Wolf
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad used to put them in the freezer before he ate them! It made the cream inside almost like ice cream XD

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    Robert T
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I need to get my eyes tested. I thought the first pic was Chuck Norris.

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    Will Cable
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our TV when I was younger was a wireless single button remote and there were 3 channels

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember? Places in Wisconsin still do this, malts/shakes. You drink from the metal cup it blended in and gonna say it: it is sad other way.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could never make those when I was little. I just watched other people make them instead

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this princess diana bear. And yes I was hoping I’d be a millionaire by now.

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    Sabrina
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’re actually from Superman, not Superman II. That’s baby Clark, lifting a car, when his parents first realized there was something superhuman about him. And unless I’m mistaken, the fourth is a teenage Clark.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From this picture i go with the Turtles and super smash bros. No need for a 2nd game

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We couldn't afford cable. Iirc, where we lived, only had 5 channels. Middle school years moved to another state and went down to 3. High school, moved again and was down to only 1 😭

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact that the whole plot of the third movie was of a rich guy spending all his time and resources to berate an old man and his teenage friend. Actually puts off important meetings just to gaslight poor Daniel.

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    Demi Moore on David Letterman's sh0w in the 9Os

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, upon seeing this one, I started a discussion on my family chat about the long lineage of names our local supermarket had and in what order they were. Well, the conversation got so heated, I think I may have been disinherited, so thank you very much, BP.

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