25 Photos Of Nostalgic Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Anyone Over The Age Of 35

1.This exact alarm clock that your parents had in their bedroom and that gave a bright red glow:

2.This VHS edition of the original Star Wars trilogy:

3.And the wild number of The Phantom Menace toys that were on the shelves when the movie was released:

4.These water bottles that had the thick plastic straws that made everything taste plasticky:

5.Cherry Coke that came in this can design:

6.Vending machines that had the large buttons to push:

7.The Forrest Gump soundtrack, which was a double CD that your boomer parents listened to on repeat:

8.Anne Geddes books, which your mom or grandma would display on their coffee table:

9.These acrylic cube photo frames that usually sat on your parents' dresser and had photos in them that were at least a decade old:

10.Pizza Hut when it was a sit-down restaurant:

11.The massage chairs inside the Sharper Image store at the mall:

12.KB Toys stores and their distinctive blue checkout counters:

13.When the homepage of iTunes looked like this:

14.The bike aisle in Toys R Us and the strong smell of rubber that you would get if you walked through it:

15.When Subway restaurants had subway maps as wallpaper:

16.The giant toaster that would warm up your subs at Quiznos:

17.NES, SNES, and N64 cartridges that were usually gray and would give out a warm, plasticky smell after you played with them:

18.Boom boxes that looked like this and made you feel as if you had the HEIGHT of technology:

19.The phenomenon that was the Wonderbra, and seeing billboards for it everywhere:

20.Spacemaker pencil boxes, which would literally explode if you accidentally dropped them:

21.The neon lights at the back of the Target store:

22.The microwave popcorn you'd get while checking out your videos at Blockbuster:

23.School milk that came in those always hard-to-open paper cartons:

24.Lunchables, which made you feel so gourmet whenever you brought one to school:

25.And lastly, TVs that were like 18 inches, had terrible resolution, and somehow weighed 35 pounds: