15 Things You Definitely Understand if You Were Born in the ‘80s

Lauren Smith

July 25, 2016 at 2:25 PM

<p>We can still hear that dial-up tone now ...</p>

2) Buying $5 "The Baby Sitters Club" books at the mall.

12) Wanting to be Winnie Cooper from "The Wonder Years."

22) Listening to that annoying Dial-Up Internet tone.

32) Carrying around Trapper Keepers at school.

42) Watching the TGIF lineup every Friday.

52) Blowing dust off of a video game cartridge.

62) Listening to music on a bulky Walkman.

82) Dying of dysentery playing The Oregon Trail.

92) Arguing with friends over the cutest member of New Kids on the Block.

102) Singing along to the "Reading Rainbow" theme song.

112) The extreme stress of Dot matrix printer paper.

122) Nailing your friend's arm with a slap bracelet.

132) Rocking out to tunes on your Pocket Rocker.

142) Knowing every John Hughes movie by heart.

We can still hear that dial-up tone now ...

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