50 Childhood Things That Xennials Experienced In The '80s That They'll Never Forget
1.The confusion over there being two cartoons called Ghostbusters:
2.The jingle for My Buddy and Kid Sister:
3.And the "...and growing" part of the jingle for Flintstones Vitamins:
4.That you can't think about Family Ties without hearing "Sha-la-la-la" in your head:
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5.The absolute disappointment you felt anytime you made shaved ice with the Snoopy Sno Cone Maker and only ended up with a slushy mess:
6.The absolute struggle it was to get your Popple back into its ball shape:
7.The absolute joy you got watching Muppet Babies (even if it was just a rerun):
8.And the bliss you got at just hearing the theme song for it:
9.Yet always wondering what the hell Nanny looked like:
10.How the illustrations from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark were actually more frighting than the stories:
11.That every kid owned these rainbow flip-flops — that were also super painful, since the nylon on the straps would rub against your toes:
12.Just how uncomfortable it was to see out of and walk in these costumes — but you wanted one, no matter what:
13.How cars came with metal ashtrays on the door and you were always compelled to play with it (by opening and shutting it fast) whenever you sat next to one:
14.And how they also came with metal seat buckles and you had a 90% chance of burning yourself with it on a hot day:
15.Wanting a Clapper because of the commercial (truly the smarthome appliance of its time):
16.The F.H.E. logo that appeared before a whole bunch of your favorite VHS tapes:
17.That nobody could convince you that Kenner's Family Tree House wasn't part of the Fisher-Price's Little People collection:
18.How you knew better than to remove the stickers from your Garbage Pail Kids cards:
19.How everyone's grandma owned this one Fisher-Price play set:
20.How you would hold the gun directly in front of the TV screen whenever you played Duck Hunt:
21.The sheer stress of ripping off the sides of dot matrix paper:
22.That just looking at the cover of a Mead Académie Sketch Pad inspired you to want to draw:
23.How you knew when exactly to close your eyes during the "Large Marge" scene in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure:
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24.And how you would immediately switch the channel whenever Time Life's creepy AF Mysteries of the Unknown commercial came on:
25.Just how much more satisfying it was to drink out of Welch's jelly jar glasses:
26.That there was no worse TV commercial character than the bitchy Tootsie Roll Pop owl:
27.That the Officer Big Mac climb-in jail at McDonald's always smelled like feet:
I know the 1980s were a crazy time, but I refuse to believe "Officer Big Mac" was real even though I witnessed his tenure of horror first hand.
28.That these cups at Pizza Hut always left a little lingering plasticky flavor to whatever you were drinking:
29.That watching Square One was primarily just for "Mathnet":
30.The smell of Hawaiian pizza — 'cause it was served at EVERY birthday party 😔:
31.That even though they were brother and sister, you still shipped He-Man and She-Ra:
32.The fact that you at least once put your fingers together like Evie on Out of This World to see if you could freeze time:
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33.That there was no such thing as owning too many Smurf PVC figures:
34.Just how dangerous it was to go down a hill in Roller Racers:
35.And how you had to be careful not to wreck your ankle while jumping on a Pogo Ball:
36.That it wasn't a trip to Burger King until you got your crown:
37.How Disney's The Black Cauldron...
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38....and Return to Oz were true horror movies:
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39.How you would save the plastic baskets strawberries came in so you could make Easter baskets in school:
40.The spoon trick you would use to open Quik (that came in a metal tin):
41.That the characters from the Sweet Pickles books were all messy and just a bit too relatable:
42.That there will always be three Cinnamon Toast Crunch bakers:
43.That 75% of the fun of playing with Colorforms was sniffing them:
44.That you believed the urban legend that there was a ghost boy in Three Men and a Baby:
45.The logo for DIC with the kid's voice that pronounced it "Deeek":
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46.How heavy these flashlights were because of the ton of huge batteries inside of them:
47.How you were always careful not to scratch your scratch 'n' sniff stickers too much, so you wouldn't waste the smell:
48.The fact that you found Alf both funny and completely terrifying:
49.That there was no better cartoon theme song than the one to DuckTales:
50.And lastly, how 35 years later, you're still traumatized by that episode of Punky Brewster where Cherie almost died after being locked in the abandoned fridge:
