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Remember when McDonald's had real play equipment that was outside?!

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When you stayed home from school but there weren't any cartoons on so you spent your day watching game shows and feeling like you were getting your education on because you were winning

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Getting these with your tokens from Show Biz but not knowing what the hell the purpose of them really was

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That delicious taste and the sensation when you bit into gum with filling but one friend would always think these were totally barf me out. You remember Bubble yum, keeps it poppin

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Hi, this is you know who and we're not you know where, so leave a you know what, you know how, you know when and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. (And people really did leave detailed messages after the beep and saying things like, "this message will self destruct"

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These soft baked cookies that were like heaven on a cold winter day (especially when you put them in the oven or microwave)

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Catching this on Saturday morning

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Floppy discs were actually floppy and you knew better than to touch the film in the middle.

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Girl Talk- the party game of the '80s

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Spending time in real book stores and buying books to read at night and after you finished your lessons.

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And your mom fussing when it was one you didn't need

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Coming home from school and throwing a box of these in the microwave, never waiting the extra two minutes for them to get crispy (soggy fries were still good)

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Wishing somehow you would wind up on one of the Nickelodian game shows because you KNEW you would take every physical challenge and that final course would be the best thing in your life

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Everybody having colored or printed toilet paper

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Taking pictures with your friends in these booths and waiting for that small strip to print

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How many Mr. Wizards did they have? You finally liked one and they would replace him.

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Your biggest goal was to be slimed

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These were snack time delights

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Everyone had She-rah and he-man figures (By the power of Greyskull)

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Garfield was everywhere- car clings, stickers, stuffies, clothes, and of course the holiday cartoon specials

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nearly killing yourself on these skates that didn't allow you to actually skate

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Running home to catch this after school and wishing you too could work at a dude ranch

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Collecting caps and cans for coke clothes

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Sun visors were a huge thing and the ones with lights were sold at every giftshop and circus show everywhere

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Getting into trouble for hanging a hippity hop on a rope from your swing set. Damn that was fun

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The '80s kid starter pack

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These cookies making it into your lunch

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Making these at school or at home on a rainy day

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Every girl and her momma owned a pair of these and when your mom got mad and threatened to spank you with her shoe you prayed these weren't the ones she was wearing

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Never feed him after midnight

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Your mom always teaching you to walk far away from these because there were kidnappers in there

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Every boy in class owning one of these

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Spending rainy days with colorforms, our imaginations were pretty impressive

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Naming every orange cat Morris

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Popples were neato

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Nearly killing yourself on your pogo ball (I still have mine in the attic)

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These were rad duds, dude.

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The dancing raisins

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Another fun craft of the '80s

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Feeling like, totally hot with your sneaky pen bracelet

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You heard the horror stories of floods from waterbeds

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The smell of shoe town

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When someone thought Mervin's was cool and you were like, "Not even"

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The song "Don't worry, be happy" was probably playing in the background.

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Don't have a cow, man. It's just an ash tray that was found inside everyplace from restaurants and malls to your friend's house.

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Totally tubular

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After school grindage

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Poochie stuff

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Want a mickey bar? Cheeehuh (yeah)

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You wanted to be like Ernest- Psyche! he's such a dweeb!

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You remember these

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These were bodacious

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When your mom freaked out over these and you were like, "Take a chill pill, mom"

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Even kids thought this was lame

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When cheetoes looked like this

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These were bodacious

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Picking these up for after school grinage

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How radical it was when you walked into class and found it was your day to play on the one class computer

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Debbie Gibson and Cyndi Lauper on these

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Being a preppy for listening to Tiffany

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Staying home on Sunday nights to watch this

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There were those who thought Rax was gnarly and others who thought Gag me with a spoon!

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Say what?!