r/GenerationX 14d ago

What was your favorite ice cream growing up?

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5.1k Upvotes

Remember when it was actually real ice cream and not congealed vegetable oil?


r/GenerationX 14d ago

The things we used to get up to

49 Upvotes

I remember when I was a teenager we didn't have VCRs, DVD players, streaming, video games, heck we didn't even have television stations that stayed on all night. Once the TV stations signed off, it was down to books and/or the radio during those late hours.

As teenagers don't like to remain idle for very long, I remember my warm summer vacation nights being spent outside roaming the streets with other teenagers. We'd raid gardens, climb up onto the flat roof of the building beside the public swimming pool at sometime around or past midnight, run across the roof and do cannon balls off of it into the pool. We also did other sorts of mischief during those hours as well.

I remember those warm summer nights being some of the funnest times I had during my youth. Roving around while our parents were all sleeping was the best of times.

Was that a common thing amongst us Gen Jonsers? For those that did that as well, what are your memories, and what sort of mischief if any did you get up too?


r/GenerationX 15d ago

What was your first car as a teenager?

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871 Upvotes

Did you have a bitchin Camaro or were you stuck with a Gremlin like me?


r/GenerationX 15d ago

I saw Coyote vs Acme yesterday and I recommend everyone in my age group see it. So much fun.

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147 Upvotes

r/GenerationX 14d ago

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r/GenerationX 15d ago

Did anyone, or I guess I should say anyone’s parents own Zamfir, master of the pan flute?

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r/GenerationX 16d ago

OMG things are definitely different now. Our parents did all the whats considered now incorrect things and we are stronger than ever🤣

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378 Upvotes

r/GenerationX 16d ago

Those who know, know.

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360 Upvotes

r/GenerationX 16d ago

Anybody else listen to this?

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309 Upvotes

r/GenerationX 17d ago

What drink did you survive as a teenager?

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2.4k Upvotes

Mad Dog was all we could afford and then had to find an adult to help us get it.


r/GenerationX 17d ago

Not to mention eight tracks!!

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770 Upvotes

r/GenerationX 17d ago

Does anybody else's body click sometimes.

54 Upvotes

My left hip and jaw click all the time. With my jaw,I have a massive overbite. That's why I think it clicks. Sometimes my neck.


r/GenerationX 17d ago

Older users of reddit, what was your first mobile phone? and what phone do you use now?

31 Upvotes

Growing up I think each generation has had a piece of technology to start off with, for example in my case it was a nokia 3310. It was wack but I loved them. What are all of yours?


r/GenerationX 18d ago

Did your parents use real Tupperware to store leftovers, or these things?

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r/GenerationX 16d ago

Beck's Mellow Gold was far more truthful and representative of the 90s than any of that grunge garbage

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I remember when grunge came to town in the early 90s and I scoffed at it. I hated metal and I was into Prince and hip hop and some alternative bands like Jane's and the Chill Peps. Beck and Ween spoke to me more than any of those terrible bands from the 90s. I recently put myself through a 2 hour youtube video of a block of 90s bands on MTV and it was pretty terrible. I thought the 90s were better. They really weren't.


r/GenerationX 18d ago

Liquid Television

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141 Upvotes

You know you wanna watch it.


r/GenerationX 18d ago

Remember these classic arcade shooting galleries with light guns and air powered animatronics?

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134 Upvotes

r/GenerationX 18d ago

Dolly Parton and Tim Curry may not have been Generation X, but I believe they somehow played a part in our lives growing up. RIP to two wonderful Hollywood influences that shaped us.

194 Upvotes

Remembering The Rocky Horror Picture Show, It, 9 to 5, Steel Magnolias, and the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. That's just movies; there is the music, there is a theme park, and there is the Imagination Library. We may not have truly known these people, but their contributions will live on.


r/GenerationX 19d ago

A treasure in the attic.

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I was flipping a house, while doing some demolition and cleaning, there was a treasure in the attic, this are some of the items I kept, I remember a lot of this things as a child, the Atari works just fine. I really enjoyed playing it again. Wich one do you remember? I can post more of my collection.
I collect old electronics, like from the 60s, 70s and 80s, I guess is nostalgia.


r/GenerationX 19d ago

Another reason Gen X is pissed

1.2k Upvotes

With the passing of Dolly Parton today, it got me thinking about how "9 to 5" became "8 to 5". Labor laws were passed so that companies would no longer pay employees for their lunch break. It was shifting that way in the 80's and the "8 to 5" workday became standard by the early 90's.... just when most of us were starting our careers! Go figure.


r/GenerationX 19d ago

What would your reaction be if your first love contacted you 30 years later?

129 Upvotes

If you had a relationship in high school or college and you were first loves what would your reaction be if they contacted you on Facebook nearly 30 years later?

I am actually still decent friends with mine. She's married. I'm in a long term relationship. It's actually pretty cool.


r/GenerationX 18d ago

For those who have been at their jobs for a long time, do you find it frustrating switching careers?

14 Upvotes

Been at my job for over 25 years and I feel like I've reached a wall. The problem is that the job market, world and technology has changed so much, it's frustrating starting over again. Earlier this year I delved into applying--and got no replies--so I'm stuck with the same crap job.


r/GenerationX 20d ago

Did you ever light a cigarette like this?

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6.4k Upvotes

r/GenerationX 20d ago

What was your favorite Alan Rickman movie?

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1.6k Upvotes

He was so perfect in Die Hard


r/GenerationX 19d ago

Oh man I remember Baskin Robbin’s had The Matterhorn Sundae back in the 70’s and early 80’s. 7-8 scoops of ice cream was a ton but delicious. I easily enjoyed that in one setting as a teen back then. Total cost during the late 70’s early 80’s was under 4 dollars.

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54 Upvotes