People often talk about baby boomers, millennials, and Gen Z, seemingly overlooking an entire generation sandwiched between them. Gen X, otherwise (and aptly) known as the “Forgotten Generation,” is the generation born between 1965 and 1980.
These folks are also referred to as “latchkey kids” who spent their carefree childhood years enjoying Saturday morning cartoons and had MTV as their cultural beacon as they approached adolescence and early adulthood.
If you identify as a Gen Xer, the following memes and images will likely resonate with you. Scroll through for your dose of nostalgia.
#1 In Prince's Funky Name
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#2 I Don’t Think I Have Ever Felt So Personally Attacked By A Meme As This One:
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#3 Good Advice Then, Now, And Forever
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There are many stereotypes associated with Gen X. Environics Research classified them into five sub-groups: Thrill-seeking materialists, detached conformists, social hedonists, inclusive idealists, autonomous minimalists, and security-seeking ascetics.
#4 I’ll Tell Ya What
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#5 This Is Where It’s Headed, I Swear…
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#6 Historic Ted Talk
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A more accurate description of who they are comes from Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, a psychiatrist, researcher, and educator at Tufts Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
“Coming after the hippies, we rejected their rejection of the status quo, but we had lost our faith in it too,” wrote Dr. Ghaemi, who grew up in the ‘70s in McLean, Virginia. “We were unmotivated, unmoored, and unconcerned. The Cold War chugged along, and we had lost the passion to keep fighting it, but we had no better alternative.”
#7 The Fifth Element Foretold The Rise Of The Influencer
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#8 We’ve All Felt It
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#9 Had To Share This!
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In his article, Dr. Ghaemi pointed out that Gen X seemed to have taken a back seat as older millennials came of age at the dawn of social media and smartphones. He noted that a “generational disconnect” regarding technology also occurred during this era, leaving Gen X stuck in the middle.
“Our teachers are unknown to history: They had no celebrity and are not found on the internet; they were simple, unassuming people who embodied the best of their generations,” Dr. Ghaemi wrote.
#10 How Everyone Else Thinks The 80s Looked Like vs. Reality
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#11 Anyone Remember The Metal Lid You Had To Use A Butter Knife To Pop Off?
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#12 Sadly Very True
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According to Dr. Ghaemi, being sandwiched between boomers and millennials gave Gen X a unique perspective on societal issues. As he stated, “We don’t have a program or strategy for the world. At least not yet.”
#13 This Felt Like The Pinnacle Of Technology
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#14 At First I Laughed. But Then It Really Got Me Thinking
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#15 Does Anyone Else Still Do This?
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“We see the problems more clearly than our predecessors and our successors. We may not have a treatment, but at least we can diagnose,” Dr. Ghaemi continued.
“If we can find a way to articulate our insights, the only question left would be whether the generations around us are willing to listen.”
#16 Anyone Play These Before?
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#17 I Loved These Koala Clips
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#18 I Think We Can All Relate
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#19 The Single Reason Genx Didn't Become A Hoard Of Psychopaths
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#20 Some Of You Will Remember
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#21 40 Is The New 65
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#22 When Someone Paid By Credit Card, We Had To Drag Out This
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#23 I Miss These Days!
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#24 What Would Some Of Our Disproven Facts Be?
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#25 How Costume Stores Think We Dressed In The 80’s, I’m Here For It Though
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#26 One Of The Funniest Movies Ever Made?
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#27 Good Times …
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#28 Endless Fun With This
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#29 Sad But True
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#30 Anyone Have One Of These Swing Sets?
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#31 Anyone Remember This?
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#32 Remember When We Wore Baby Tees Under Our Sundresses? Early 90’s Here, The Scrunchie Was A Must Have Too
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#33 I Find This To Be Very Relatable
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#34 This Kid Had A Pretty Good Christmas
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#35 Anyone Remember Moon Boots?
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#36 I’ll Always Remember The 8 On The Bald Dude 🤣
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#37 How Many Of You Grew Up With One Of These In Your House?
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#38 The Good Ol' Days
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#39 Saw This On Fb (Not Mine). Love Y'all!
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#40 What's Your Favorite Genisis Or Phil Collins Jam?
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#41 “Bobcat” Goldthwait & Tim Kazurinsky Then And Now
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#42 Oj In The Day
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#43 Look What My Sis Just Found At Goodwill
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#44 The Struggle Was Real
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#45 Robin Hood Movies Of The 90s
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#46 The Official Lawn Chair Of The 80s
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#47 Anyone Else Feel This Way?
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#48 The Sit 'N Spin (1977) Because For Some Reason Our Parents Wanted Us To Know What Nausea Felt Like
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#49 It's Not Going To Happen, But I Can Dream
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#50 My 80yr Old Parents Gave Me A Bday Party Just Like It Was The 1970s
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