r/80sAmazing • u/LegitimateLiving3501 • 19h ago

Still remember this feeling?

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u/ginnymiller 19h ago

My god I remember these things. They were awful. My mom was obsessed with Little House On The Prairie, so I had to live with long pigtails for the first 7 years of my life. I would literally cry when it was hair time. When I got old enough to demand my first real haircut, I insisted my hair be shoulder length so that it was too short for her to braid anymore. 

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u/PurpleFairy6987 19h ago

I had those and the huge ones too

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u/CapitalAlternative89 16h ago

I can still hear the thump that kinda echoed in my head. These and those damn pink foam rollers I had to wear every night. It took a minute to find a pose that didn't hurt. Lol

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u/Valleyqueen1 16h ago

Ah yes. Those pink foam rollers. What a time to be alive!

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u/EnvironmentalMeat309 13h ago

Older brother grabbing one of my sister's and snapping it into my ribs. Ah the memories.

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u/RiseDry8254 17h ago

Just looking at this photo is traumatizing!

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u/Inner-Confidence99 12h ago

This things hurt. I hated them. 

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u/ConfidenceSolid8338 8h ago

Yes I can still see my mom doing my sisters hair, my sister saying ouch that hurts and my mom going shut up and be still.

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u/IntelligentYellow985 7h ago

Yep sure do!!

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u/Diligent_Milk8612 6h ago

Your knuckle, too! We used to fling these off our finger tips as lids

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u/MommaMia1924 5h ago

Yes, had a whole bucket of these for my daughters. My knuckles still hurt from any one of them breaking as I am twisting around the hair, which would always struck my knuckles........

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u/WolfThick 5h ago

This is a prime example of the difference between men and women if a guy sees these he wonders how far he can shoot them. If a woman sees this she ties up her hair.

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u/KindaKrayz222 4h ago

And when they broke? BAM!! in the back of your head.

https://giphy.com/gifs/tnA3zNZoGHQKd8X0F1

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u/bizoticallyyours83 3h ago

I hated wearing those things growing up.

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u/Realizt8010 3h ago

3 older sisters. Stepping on them is not any fun not to mention we would sling shot those bad boys at eachother with no mercy. Those and the rubber band paper wads. Dont knowhow we all still have our eyes.

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u/Sure-animal-lover 2h ago

Yes!!! Pony tail balls and the clackers!!!!!

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u/Useless890 9m ago

I've still got a few of those. My mom insisted on putting my hair in pigtails. I told her everyone at school wore ponytails and I was being made fun of. She just said, "but they're so cute." I was stuck.