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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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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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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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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

There was a tab there. If the tab was in place the cassette was recordable. If the tab was missing, you couldn't press down the record button. When you made your ultimate mix tape, you broke out the tab so it couldn't be recorded over. If you got a bunch of pre-recorded tapes, had a mix tape from an old girlfriend, etc. then you put tape over the hole thus making it recordable again.

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

It's worse than that: I do remember doing it, I just don't remember why...

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

Oh the pain of accidentally taping over the song you recorded from the radio after suffering through 6 hours of the happy breakfast show.

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

Or pausing the recording until the DJ on the radio stops yapping, so you can record the song. Pirating, the early years

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

I'm definitely old as I also remember rewinding with a biro or a pencil by spinning the cassette on the end

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

I realized I was officially old after reading the first of these 10 dozen posts

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

You snapped off the tab to write protect the cassette as the player/recorder had a mechanical switch that would detect if there was a tab or not. Tab=recordable, No tab=Record button could not be pressed

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

I didnt know this trick, but i had many tapes stuck back together after being chewed up.

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

I thought I was so clever getting the music for free. So many mixed tapes!

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

We used to put small paper balls instead of tape on the corners to re record on a cassette

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

I must be as old as dirt because I remember when cassette tapes replaced 8 track tapes, and when 8T replaced radio.

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

Shhhh!!!! Let them think a hack like that will work on CDs.

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

You're already old if you can recognize this item at all! :D

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

I'm not old, I'm thrifty and I didn't care for the NKOTB tape I had. It became Use Your Illusion I.

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

You know I was actually making very good progress on suppressing a lot of those old memories..... now I have to start over!

mystico627
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today's kids would never figure this out. But then they wouldn't have to cause their parents (who did this back in the day) would just buy unlimited numbers of new tapes so the kid wouldn't have to fret.

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

Just realized there is a computer program on this tape for the Commodore 64/128. Yes I am that old.

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

Just realized something else about this pic. Bottom left. Computer program on this tape for the Commadore 64/128

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

Same with floppy disks. The 5.25 inch ones had a notch on the side. Put a sticker over it, and it was no longer writable. Bonus: if you cut a notch on the opposite side, you just made yourself a two sided disk.

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

I'm old af and I have zero clue. But I do remember when these were cutting edge technology. So much better than 8 tracks.

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

Out of blanks, and I need to make a dope mix for this girl I know!

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

So it will hold the switch in the tape deck to allow the tape to be recorded over. Otherwise the tape deck will block pressing the record button. The idea was that you record a tape and then break the tabs in these spots so it can't be recorded over.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mr.Li
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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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