25 Spot-On Tweets For Anyone Who Grew Up in the 70s and 80s

I support car seat safety, but shout-out to the 70s & 80s moms that saved our lives in the front seat with a single extended arm.

— Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) September 14, 2017

I told a teenager today I used to get 10 CDs for a penny in the mail, and I'm not sure if she thinks I'm lying about what a CD was, what a penny is, or what the mail is or all three.

— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) November 21, 2023

My teenagers are watching Jaws for the first time and laughing.

LAUGHING.

When I saw Jaws for the first time I didn’t even go swimming in a pool for 3 years.

— Lady Lawya (@Parkerlawyer) May 27, 2018

I feel sorry for Netflix era kids. They will never know the high stakes adrenaline of running to the bathroom/fridge/bedroom in a single ad break, with the beckoning call of a sibling screaming “It’s ONNNNNN” to send you hurdling over furniture to get back in time.

— Felicity (@FlossAus) October 14, 2018

Googled the annual death rate from quick sand, and it’s literally zero. My whole childhood was a lie.

— Lil Bit 🌈 (@LizerReal) September 10, 2020

Parents today:
Text me when you get there, text me the names of the kids who are there, text me when you're coming home.

Parents in the 80s:
Bye.

— Dan Regan (@DanRegan_Comedy) July 6, 2021

If you didn’t read every word on the cereal box like a novel while you were eating, did you even grow up in the 80s?

— redyellowgreendance 💃🏻 (@RYGdance) September 26, 2020

The kids all watched one of my favorite 80s movies last night. Now this morning, they are all trying to convince me they are sick and need to stay home from school.

Anyone got a guess what they watched? Anyone? Anyone?

— Sweet Momissa (@sweetmomissa) January 13, 2020

When a TV breaks today we buy a new TV.

When a TV broke in the 80s we watched a smaller TV on top of the broken TV for a full season of "Three's Company."

— Dan Regan (@DanRegan_Comedy) March 29, 2024

Last weekend my kids asked me what it was like growing up in the '80s. So, I took their phones and tablets off them, locked them outside and told them not to come back till the street lamps came on 😂

— I❤️Nostalgia '𝕏' (@il0venostalgia) January 10, 2023

I'm "I used to write my Christmas list by sitting down in front of a 4,000-page Sears Catalog" years old.

— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) December 10, 2023

Not to brag, but I was alive when you could SLAM the phone down to hang up on someone. It was spectacular.

— Not Today Eric (@NotTodayEric) December 15, 2023

I spent the 80s thinking I’d go to jail if I drove my car with the interior lights on.

— sixfootcandy (@sixfootcandy) May 2, 2022

i just need people to understand that before cell phones we had to call landlines and your friend's parents would answer and YOU HAD TO TALK TO THEIR PARENTS until your friend came to the phone

— Emma Bolden (@emmabo) May 30, 2022

Me: One of my favorite movies is "The Breakfast Club".
26yo: I think I've heard of that.
Me: *dies inside*

— Katy M. Clark (@ExperBadMom) February 27, 2017

Few days shy of 50 and when I ask my super goth 13-year-old what they're listening to they tell me it's a band I probably don't know called The Cure.

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) May 4, 2022