Ever felt, smelt, seen or heard something and been instantly transported back to “the good old days”? I know I have. Memories of the past can make us feel sad, or warm and fuzzy inside. They might even make us wish we were still little… living in a carefree time, unbothered by the stress of adulting, and the chaos of social media.
“Nostalgia is often triggered by something reminding you of a happier time,” reads the description of the r/nostalgia online community. It’s a place where 1.4 million people come to laugh and cry about days gone by. If you find yourself missing your childhood, fear not. We’ve lined up an epic trip down memory lane with a few blasts from the past that are bound to stir up all the nostalgic feels.
In the words of the online community, “grab your Pogs, Surge cans and Thriller cassettes” and keep scrolling for Bored Panda’s top picks from the page. Please upvote your favorites, and don’t miss that chat we had with existential psychologist, Clay Routledge. He’s the Vice President of Research & Director of the Human Flourishing Lab, and has done extensive research on the benefits of nostalgia.
#1 Anybody Old Enough To Remember Being Taught With An Overhead Projector And Writing On These Transparencies?
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#2 The Magic That Was The Scholastic Book Fair
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#3 Flipping Through These As A Kid Trying To Find Your Favourite Bands Poster
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#4 Wooden Playgrounds
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#5 The Labels That Came With Vhs Tapes
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#6 The Ge Alarm Clock That Everyone Seemed To Have
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#7 Who Remembers This [ice Cream] From School?
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#8 Remember Watching The Pipes Screensaver?
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#9 90s PC Speakers
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#10 Drawing Your Sun In The Corner
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#11 The Smell Of Opening A Brand New Can Of Play Doh
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#12 Cross-Section Books From The 90’s
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#13 Mechanical Pencil Sharpener- Sharpened Many Pencils In School Using One Of These. Always A B***h Whenever You Had To Sharpen An Unsharpened Pencil
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#14 The Family Computer
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#15 Pencils With Cartridges
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#16
So today, I accidentally broke my autistic brother’s favorite dragon tales plate and I can’t find it anywhere online. If someone finds one like or similar to it (online or in your basements) I’d pay you for it and you’d be really helping us out! Thank you, internet folk! :)
Update: Daniel has received the dragon tales plate thank you so much for everyone’s support and help
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#17 Who Remembers Reading About The Adventures Of These Two?
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#18 Old School Pizza Hut
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#19 Burning The Sickest Cds In The Neighborhood
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#20 Working On The Car With Your Dad So You Can Learn How To Fix Stuff. All I Learned Was How To Hold The Flashlight And Get Yelled At
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#21 Removing The Faceplate Of Your Car Stereo So It Wouldn’t Get Stolen
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#22 Wilson From Home Improvement, And How They Always Managed To Cover His Face In Every Situation
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#23 Rear Door Ashtrays; Playing With These As A Kid On Car Rides
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#24 This Velcro Toss And Catch Game
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#25 Remember When You Didn’t Have To Enter Your Personal Info Online To Win A Soda?
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#26 Ahhh Yes, Square Slices Of Pizza At School
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#27 Any Rescue Ranger Fans Out There?
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#28 Bristle Blocks, Do These Look Familiar?
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#29 Who Remembers Shopping For School Clothes Around This Time Of Year, But Your Mom Not Letting You Wear Anything Until School Started?
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#30 Those Bright Green Volume Bars
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#31 Those Red Pebbled Cups From The Pizza Joint With The Arcade When You Were A Kid
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#32 Starving Your Calculator To Death
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#33 Remember When Laptops Used To Have That Little Rubber Clit For A Mouse?
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#34 Glittery Sand Lizards
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#35 I Just Remembered How Much I Loved These Wooden Pattern Blocks
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