Right between the traditional baby boomers and tech-savvy millennials is the often overlooked Gen X. Known as the “Forgotten Generation,” these are the people who came of age at the height of MTV and before the digital age took over the world.
Gen Xers today are in their 40s to 60s, and many of them miss the glory days of their era. Some expressed their nostalgic sentiments in a Reddit thread, where they fondly looked back on the time when you could ride bikes for hours, disconnected from the world, or slam the phone down out of frustration.
If you were born between 1965 and 1980, many of these responses may hit home. For the younger readers, this could be your quick history lesson about the recent past.
#41
I miss renting movies from a store. I miss the excitement of grabbing a new release off the shelf before all copies got checked out. I miss making friends with the people who worked there and having them hold the first returned copy so you can come get it without waiting. I miss standing there, reading the back of the display copy to see if it was a movie you wanted to watch.
I miss really catchy ad jingles like the ones for Big Red and Double Mint Gum and Coke’s “I’d like to teach the world to sing…”
I miss catching lightning bugs to try and make a lantern.
I miss talking on the phone because cell phones and texting didn’t exist.
I miss really catchy ad jingles like the ones for Big Red and Double Mint Gum and Coke’s “I’d like to teach the world to sing…”
I miss catching lightning bugs to try and make a lantern.
I miss talking on the phone because cell phones and texting didn’t exist.
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17points
#43
1. Truth in advertising and news
2. Malls
3. Being able to actually survive on a single minimum wage job
4. Anonymity.
2. Malls
3. Being able to actually survive on a single minimum wage job
4. Anonymity.
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15points
#44
Playing outside instead of kids always busy with their phones. Less information about what happened every second of the world made it (looking back) less stressful. Better quality of education, less quality regarding healthcare.
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15points
#45
I miss not knowing every d**n thing from every "celebrity" I never cared about to begin with.
Also, and I might get c**p for this, but I worked in Toys R Us and Sam Goody. I took those places for granted but still had fun but thinking back, those were awesome places.
Also, and I might get c**p for this, but I worked in Toys R Us and Sam Goody. I took those places for granted but still had fun but thinking back, those were awesome places.
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15points
#46
Zines, mix tapes, talking on the phone, cheaper gas, high school friends, better music.
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13points
#47
Perms. I hate my straight hair. Getting perms weren’t fun, but I enjoyed having some body to my hair (not talking about teeny tiny frizzy curls).
My body. Oh, to be as “fat” as I was back then as what I thought I was.
My body. Oh, to be as “fat” as I was back then as what I thought I was.
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13points
#48
I miss sitting at a bar where people who don’t know each other actually make eye contact and have a conversation.
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12points
