Today I saw an old public service announcement from the 80s , telling parents that from now on they would have to strap in their babies and small kids when going for a ride in their car. This implies that when my parents took me from the hospital back in the late 70s, they just threw little baby me in the back seat and hoped for the best. I also distinctly remember riding my bike around town with no helmet, no knee pads, no nothing. One day, my brother and I rode our bikes down a steep hill, an…

Sit down, children, and let me regale you with a tale of a long-lost time called the 1990s . Oh, what a rad, out-of-this-world, wicked cool time that was! Picture this: everyone was rocking flannel shirts and baggy jeans, we all had Walkmans blasting grunge and boy bands, and Saturday mornings were sacred, reserved for the best cartoons ever. We didn't have smartphones; instead, we had Tamagotchis and Game Boys , and we lived for Blockbuster nights. Our biggest worry? Whether we'd ever beat tha…

Everyone thinks that their family is the most awkward , and everyone has the photos to prove it—which leads me to just one conclusion: Everyone's family is equally awkward and takes equally awkward photos. Let me get philosophical for a moment and ask, “What is a family?” and then quickly answer—just a collection of people who would never in a million years think about spending all their time together but somehow are required to. What's really funny is that the bigger the family, the more awkwa…

I love being Gen-X . It means I am old enough to remember a time when we didn't have the internet, the TV only had 3 channels, there were no cell phones and it was considered okay to just walk around your town looking for stuff to do. It makes me appreciate all the comforts of life we have today while also making me less anxious about life in general. people are so afraid of everything today but I still remember drinking from the garden hose and going to my friend's house without any actual way…

I freaking LOVE Doom! I love everything about it. From the weapons to the enemies, the speed of movement, the level design, the creature design, the music, the gore, the adrenaline-pumping non-stop action—I love it! I loved the first game, I loved Doom 2, Doom 64, and Doom 3—sure, it was a strange change of pace, moving from pure action to pure horror, but it was still awesome. Doom 2016 was SO GOOD! Then Doom Eternal took everything to the next level. And now, Doom: The Dark Ages looks very pr…

We know that sometimes you feel really old while talking about your childhood during the 1990s ; you feel like the younger generations are looking at you in the same way that you looked at older people talking about the 1940s when you were a child. But there's one huge difference - your childhood was awesome! You see, back in the early 20th century life kinda sucked; everyone was poor, there was no entertainment and you had to boil your food before you ate it. However, the late 20th century was…

I miss the '80s! And it's not just because I was a carefree child , riding my bike around the neighborhood with my friends, looking for treasure (we might have been a bit influenced by "The Goonies"). Sure, being a child was a lot more fun than being an adult, but it's not just that. Take, for example, the year 1984, exactly 40 years ago ; Do you realize how many awesome movies came out in that year alone?! We're talking Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Karate K…

It's amazing to see how far we have come in 34 years when it comes to technology. Think about it: the printing press was invented in 1440 and it stayed pretty much the same until 1993 when the first digital printer was invented. That's 553 years of technology standing in place. Now, browse through this 1990 RadioShack catalog and realize that pretty much everything you see in it now fits inside your pocket! (Well, maybe not the printer.) Seriously—recording video and taking pictures, listening…

I miss the '80s! And it's not just because I was a carefree child , riding my bike around the neighborhood with my friends, looking for treasure (we might have been a bit influenced by “The Goonies”). Sure, being a child was a lot more fun than being an adult, but it's not just that. Take, for example, the year 1984, exactly 40 years ago ; Do you realize how many awesome movies came out in that year alone?! We're talking Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Karate K…

We know that sometimes you feel really old while talking about your childhood during the 1990s ; you feel like the younger generations are looking at you in the same way that you looked at older people talking about the 1940s when you were a child. But there's one huge difference - your childhood was awesome! You see, back in the early 20th century life kinda sucked; everyone was poor, there was no entertainment and you had to boil your food before you ate it. However, the late 20th century was…

The 1990s and early 2000s were a hotbed of innovation in the world of tech. Don't get me wrong, we are still living in a time of amazing leaps in technological innovation, but today we kind of expect it (An AI that can produce video? Sounds about right). Back then, we were just emerging from the analog world into the digital one, and we had no idea what was possible and what wasn't. During that time, great leaps in technology and wondrous new options were presented to us on a monthly basis. Fro…

This is one of our favorite Hollywood stories. Back in 2020 a photo album was discovered in a Belgian thrift store called Opnieuw & Co in Mortsel. It was a very unassuming pink, floral album on the outside, but inside it contained a treasure trove of Hollywood history, featuring photos of numerous cinematic icons such as Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts, William Shatner, and Harrison Ford, all pictured next to a sweet middle-aged woman with curly two-toned hair, smiling and embracing the stars . And…

There was something special about Toys R Us . It wasn't the first toy store chain, and it certainly wasn't the only one, but every time my parents mentioned the name "Toys R Us," I would get so excited. Then, when those automatic doors opened, I would just start running. I didn't know (or care) where I was running; I just had an inner urge to sprint down every aisle to see all the toys before I started actually shopping. And when I say shopping, I mean grabbing as many toys as my little arms co…

I love being Gen-X . It means I am old enough to remember a time when we didn't have the internet, the TV only had 3 channels, there were no cell phones and it was considered okay to just walk around your town looking for stuff to do. It makes me appreciate all the comforts of life we have today while also making me less anxious about life in general. people are so afraid of everything today but I still remember drinking from the garden hose and going to my friend's house without any actual way…

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I love being Gen-X . It means I am old enough to remember a time when we didn't have the internet, the TV only had 3 channels, there were no cell phones and it was considered okay to just walk around your town looking for stuff to do. It makes me appreciate all the comforts of life we have today while also making me less anxious about life in general. people are so afraid of everything today but I still remember drinking from the garden hose and going to my friend's house without any actual way…