24 Hilarious Signs You Might be a Gen X’er

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 4, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

Look, in the fast developing world of generations, it can be tough to admit to yourself where you stand if you are over the age of 20. Boomers are being written off as out of touch dinosaurs, Gen x are being blamed for complicity in the Boomers' evil doings, and Millennials seem to be bearing the brunt of the global warming crisis. Which no matter what group you fall into is not a particularly attractive option.

So we wanted to flip the script and through some reality into the picture with this list of hilarious memes that will once and for all determine if you are a Gen Xer. With the added bonus that you will not be cancelled for being a Gen Xer, not will you feel ashamed that these are the values you align with. We are talking simple, 80s childhood fun that made our childhood so special and well real, as opposed to the video game obsessed generations that have come after. So hold your head high and get ready to proudly wear the Gen X badge.

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  • 01
    In the 80s & 90s they didn't even build a new school. They just hauled these in & said go learn something, trailer park children.
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  • Wait what? They do not do this anymore? In some place in our mind we figured that this would end up being the new normal considering how little the powers that be wanted to invest in our education. Then again, kids today will soon be learning in VR headsets so that ought to bring costs down a fair bit.

  • 02
    No one knows what these lollipops were called but we ate them every summer
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  • 03
    KIDS TODAY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE JOY OF FINDING A DERELICT HOUSE IN THE 80s
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  • 04
    Monchhicht Labubu is just a Monchhichi gone bad
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  • 05
    THOSE THAT DID THIS KNOW WHAT IT IS A BOYLE
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  • Erm yes, it was the thing that instantly made you the coolest and most hated kid on your street. That is, coolest amongst the neighborhood kids, and most hated amongst the neighborhood parents who just wanted some peace and quiet when they sent their kids out of the house to play.

  • 06
    SOMETIMES WHEN I LOOK BACK AT MY LIFE AND I'M SERIOUSLY IMPRESSED THAT I'M STILL ALIVE
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  • 07
    This was a snack when I was growing up
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  • 08
    cherry Coke IN THE 80S, OFX. J-22087 AUTO STOP SYSTEM Phil Collins No Jadat Required LIFE WAS MUCH SIMPLER
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  • 09
    Directions Y'all weren't there... Distance Total Est. Time: 2 hours, 23 minutes Total Est. Distance: 91.96 miles 1: Start out going EAST on CORTESE DR toward WEATHERBY RD. START <0.1 miles 2: Turn LEFT onto WEATHERBY RD. 3: Turn RIGHT onto ROSSMOOR WAY. 4: Turn LEFT onto LOS ALAMITOS BLVD. 5: Turn RIGHT onto KATELLA AVE. <0.1 miles <0.1 miles 0.7 miles 4.5 miles 6: Turn LEFT onto BEACH BLVD / CA-39 N. 8.5 miles S HARBOR BLVD. 7: Turn RIGHT onto W IMPERIAL HWY. 8: Turn LEFT onto S HARBOR BLVD/N H
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  • 10
    Who remembers rocking these?
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  • 11
    Another childhood pleasure that has 0 explanation
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  • 12
    80s DENTIST: "Good job Jimmy! Now pick a prize from the treasure chest."
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  • 13
    MANY SUMMERS WERE SPENT PLAYING WITH THIS WATER TOY ANTIZA ADBLOC WERE DEAVORS
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  • 14
    Today is the day you learn that Uncle Phil was the voice of Shredder in the original TMNT cartoon series
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  • 15
    A lot of people don't realize that the same actor that played Wilson in Cast Away is the same actor from the volleyball scene in Top Gun. 0
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  • 16
    A Popcicle and a sprinkler... We were all set to play for hours.
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  • 17
    WHEN THE STREETS WAS REAL 415-494-8007 7
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  • 18
    Shoutout to all the kids that had one of these instead of a real pool SEROBY DOC. SCOOBY Doa Be
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  • 19
    This was probably the most irrational childhood fear that I had POOL CLOSED
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  • 20
    When someone says why was the 90s so special. I show them this. M McDonald's McDonald's 2020S 2000s McDonald's 1990s
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  • 21
    How I view myself How my kids view me AG- SAG-AFT INDA G-AFTRA SAG-A FOUN NDATION AFTRA SAG-AF FOUNDA MATION 鱼 AFT A
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  • 22
    All the cool girls wore these earrings!
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  • 23
    WHO ELSE REMEMBERS DOING THIS AS A KID?
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  • 24
    They need to make these www U As strong as these
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