A walk through one’s old bedroom or visiting a mall you used to go to can hit you with a wave of nostalgia and memories that you often didn’t even know existed. Without these reminders, it can be hard to sometimes remember how things have changed.
The “Do You Remember When” Facebook page is dedicated to images, memes, and even ads that might jog some deeply buried memory. From plywood furnishings to pogo sticks, these posts are a real blast from the past, so get comfortable as you scroll through, be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your thoughts below.
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#1 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#2 Gum And Comic For A Penny
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#3 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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“Getting old” can be a pretty relative term. While most of us would agree that pensioners are “old,” you can also be hit by a wave of “oldness” when you first realize that you aren’t quite as up-to-date with popular culture. Or perhaps you overhear the younger generation (whose existence is already a sign) refer to the films you watch or music you listen to as “retro.”
Despite our best efforts, there is no escape from getting older. Of all the processes on this planet, the passage of time is the one we can’t even start to influence. Realistically, people need to make peace with the fact that every second they fight aging, they age regardless. Instead, images like the ones in this post serve to remind and perhaps educate beyond anything else.
#4 Love It!
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#5 Had A Datsun B210
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#6 I Have Several, Two Of Which I Inherited From My Parents!
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In much of the world, aging is actually celebrated. In Korea, when one turns 60, they will have a special party called a hwangap. Part of this celebration’s history comes from the fact that many people in the pre-modern era did not even reach the age of 60. As a result, Koreans have also started to celebrate “Gohi” or “Chilsun” when they turn 70 and “Palsun” when they reach the venerable age of 80.
#7 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#8 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#9 This Brings Back So Many Memories (Of Getting Thorned)
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One reason to make your peace with aging is that it can actually help you live longer. A positive self-perception of health in old age appears to be directly correlated with longer lifespans. So if living as long as possible is really important, then it’s almost as vital to believe it will happen. Worrying just wastes time for little-to-no gain.
#10 Division Was Goesinto
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#11 It Was Much More Rewarding. I Miss Researching And Enjoy Reading My Encyclopedias!
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#12 And When A Person Gets Older…..you Lose Them, In More Ways Than One! Lol
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Memory plays just as important a part. We tend to have a lot of what scientists call “flashbulb” memories, itself a reference to older cameras that would provide lighting with a bright flash from a lightbulb. These are instances, moments, and events that feel “burned” into our memories. Traumatic or important events are often featured, particularly if it was something shared with many people. Witnesses of 9/11 would be an example of “flashbulb” memories.
#13 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#14 Tin Kaleidoscope Toy
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#15 Yep, And My Dad Would Criticize My Teachers Handwriting For Being Illegible!
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We do tend to remember our firsts, as they set the standards and expectations for most events. First kisses, first days of school, and first day on a job all feature here, even though subsequent ones will often be forgotten very quickly. Try to imagine a specific day in fourth grade in November and most of us will draw a blank, even though in the abstract we have an idea of what could have happened and what the classroom may have looked like.
#16 Hey Boo Boo!
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#17 Drying My Hands In A Public Restroom, 1975
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#18 I Remember Swinging So High That The Poles Came Out Of The Ground. What Do You Remember?
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That being said, memories do degrade with the passing of time. Most “unimportant” memories disappear after the first couple of days unless there is a reminder or we convince ourselves to keep track of something. So if many of the things seen here are the first time you’ve thought of them in years, that’s a normal function of how our memory works. This “whiplash” of seeing something the brain has purposefully forgotten is also why these images might make someone feel “old.”
#19 “I’m Strong To The Finich, Cause I Eats Me Spinach, I’m Popeye The Sailor Man!”
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#20 Kurt Russell And Goldie Hawn…40 Years Together
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#21 Eugene Levy, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Rosemary Radcliffe, And John Candy, 1974, Sctv Cast
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Of course, a lack of attention also plays a part. If you stop to carefully look around you, there are a lot of dates. Colors, shapes, textures. Remember, every place you have ever gone has an abundance of information that, thankfully, our brain filters out. It’s enough to know in the abstract that most walls have some sort of coat of paint without systematically categorizing every wall you have ever seen. It could be a cool party trick, but realistically you would just get overwhelmed.
#22 Remember These Days ?
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#23 I Did It Way Back When When I Was In School And Then Made Them For My Kids!
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#24 My Mama Made Some Of The Best Fried Chicken Ive Ever Had In This Baby!!!
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Plus, as you age you take in a lot of new memories and information. Like building on top of a ruin, new memories “push back” older ones and make them harder to retain. The deeper these ideas are buried, the “older” one feels when they are rediscovered through the images here, or visiting a once-familiar place after a long time.
#25 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#26 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#27 Just A Random Question
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What also causes these feelings of “being old” is the fact that, despite what we often think, our memories are not actually recordings. We can misremember all sorts of details, falsify memories, and remove or add things that never actually happened. This only becomes apparent when we encounter images such as these that serve as a reminder that a lot of things we think we remember don’t actually look the way they did.
#28 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#29 I Love The First Three Seasons Of The Show The Most. The Writing Was Really Sharp And Funny
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#30 I Wonder What Happened To Mine
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But don’t despair, just because you can’t recall the precise model of a neighbor’s car doesn’t mean that this memory is lost forever. Somehow, somewhere, you will probably come across something that will jog your memory into place, and you’ll get that little rush as a bit of your past rematerializes in your head. So if you are trying to unlock as many memories as possible, Bored Panda has got you covered, check out our other articles here and here.
#31 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#32 The Good Old Days Puts A Big Smile On My Face
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#33 Heck – This Was A Snack When I Was Growing Up
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#34 The Flavor Only Lasted For Like A Second.. But It Was Super Delicious
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#35 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#36 Esp The All You Can Eat Buffet — Absolutely The Best Bread Sticks In The World
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#37 What A Truly Incredible Snapshot To A Simpler Time
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#38 I Absolutely Loved These!! Forgot About Them! The Tropical One Was My Favorite!
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#39 ‘scooby-Doo, Where Are You’ (1969-75)
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#40 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#41 Childhood In A Jug! They Were Essential To Camping And Picnics!
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#42 And The Sound Of Music Too!!
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#43 Cheech & Chong…. What Comes To Mind?
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#44 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#45 We Remember Baby Cribs That Looked Like This
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#46 U Only Had To Remember 4 Numbers The First 3 Were The Same Everywhere Near
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#47 Accurate As Heck
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#48 Look Out!!
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#49 Fisher Price Motion Ball Toy
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#50 Didn’t Get One. I’ve Been Working Since I Was 15
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#51 Oh Yeah, And Calling After 11 Pm Was Even Cheaper
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#52 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#53 My Parents Had One Of These. When They Left Home I Cranked It Up
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#54 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#55 Stairway To Heaven
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#56 Hey Hey We’re The Monkees!
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#57 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#58 Sylvester Stallone 31 Years Later…wow
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#59 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#60 All Of These
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#61 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#62 Yes And I Wish There Were Some Of Those Stations Around Now. Sometime Don’t Feel Like Jumping In And Out Of The Car
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#63 Having This Big Box Was Like Winning The Crayon Lottery!!!!
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#64 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#65 A Rat In Tom’s House Might Eat Tom’s Ice Cream
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#66 Those Really Were Some Happy Days
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#67 Back When We Had To Make Change Lol! I First Used One When I Worked In A Local Bakery During High School
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#68 The Archie Show (1968-69)
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#69 Not Old, Just Wise!
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#70 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#71 I Still Like Caramels
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#72 He Was Known As The Most Trusted Man On TV!!
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#73 Saturday Night Fever!!!
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#74 Oh Yes It Was Fun Shopping With Grandma!
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#75 Wow! I Remember This Doll House With Some Furniture. I Loved It
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#76 What A Great Show. I Was So Scared Watching This With My Mom. I Loved It Even Though It Scared Me Real Good
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#77 This Woman Does Not Look Her Age. One Of The Prettiest Women That I’ve Ever Seen Growing Up.❤️ Jaclyn Smith, 77, And Her 40 Year Old Son, Gaston!
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#78 A Random Picture Of Kids Playing Back In The Day, 1970s. No Cell Phones. Your Thoughts Please:
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#79 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#80 Then At 5oclock You’d Have World News Come On!
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#81 A Real Great Throwback Game
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#82 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#83 Bob’s Big Boy
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#84 I Loved These!! Grammie Would Give Me Money For Candy If I Was Good. Which I Always Was!
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#85 Wooly Willy Hi!
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#86 The Pogo Stick Itself Was Created In The Late 1800s, But It Wasn’t Until 1957 That The Two-Handle Version — Its Modern Iteration — Was Invented By George Hansburg
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#87 I Loved This When I Finally Got It But It Was Short Lived
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#88 Johnny Mathis
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#89 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#90 Pete, Linc And Julie
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#91 Nurses With Uniforms
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#92 When Us Girls Wore Boots Like These!!!
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#93 Yup I Do And We Walked To School In All Kinds Of Weather!!
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#94 Older Than Dirt And Proud Of It. We Lived The Good Life And Still Going Strong
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#95 Lost In Space, My Fav Show As A Kid. Still Love It
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#96 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#97 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#98 Glass Grapes… I Wonder If Anyone Still Has Some
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#99 True, But I Could Argue Ground Round!
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#100 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#101 50s Or 60s Era White Rubber With A Pretty Swirled Design
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#102 Two Brady Girls And Joe Namath
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#103 Loved A&w Frosty Root Beers!!! Throw A Scoop Of Vanilla In It Too!!
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#104 Never Seen This In My Life, Definitely Never Put Any In Any Toilets
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#105 Adam-12 Was A Terrific Program
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#106 I Remember Kiddie Land
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#107 We Had A Coal Stove, It Was Messy And Dirty. Hated Emptying The Ashes
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#108 ‘tennesee Tuxedo And His Tales’ (1963-66)
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#109 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#110 My Husband Got Me One As I Was Always Cutting Up My Legs
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#111 Mr Whipple!!!
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#112 Sitting On This In The Summer Is One Of Those Lasting Memories
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#113 Loved This In The 70s
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#114 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#115 Shakeys Pizza
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#116 An Old-Fashioned Horse Shoe Game
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#117 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#118 Pictures That Make You Feel Old
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#119 My Mom’s Wringer Washer!
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#120 “The Keg In The Woods Nights…..hiding From The Police ..” ?my Towns Spot Was Out By The Tracks Near The Edge Of Town. Lotta Hazy Memories!!
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#121 Father Knows Best – Elinor Donahue & Billy Gray…anyone Old Enough To Recall This Classic?
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#122 Marlo Thomas Recently Posted This Wonderful Window Into She And Phil’s Life…’on The Town For Our 43rd Anniversary. A Matinee And Then Dinner! A Happy Celebration! ❤️’ What A Wonderful Photo!!
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#123 Chop Suey
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#124 Most Popular Aftermarket Wheel Ever. Prove Me Wrong. ?♂️ Cragars Was Super Popular Back Then
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