21 Nostalgic Tweets That Will Instantly Transport You Back to Your Childhood

Anyone remember buying a piece of bubble gum for a penny and the waxy wrapper had a comic printed inside

— Ron wright (@ronsterd89) March 14, 2024

Kids today will never know the excitement of waking up at 6am, pouring a mixing bowl full of cereal and binge watching hours of cartoons on Saturday morning.

— Shower Thoughts (@ShwrThght) September 14, 2018

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

Kids, I’m serious, there used to be a phone number you could call just to get the time.

— Harris (@GrandpaHarris65) January 24, 2024

why did my mom make me think it was illegal to turn a light on in the car while we were driving throughout my whole childhood

— ugh (@gIitering) July 26, 2019

i miss pretending to fall asleep in the car so i could get carried HAHA

— $pecial K🍯 (@kjoshae) April 9, 2018

Sharpening a pencil at the bin was the childhood equivalent of taking a cigarette break

— Dr Matt Winning (@mattwinning) January 4, 2018

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

schools were really making kids eat pizza with milk at 11am

— cryptic incognito (@CrypticNoHoes) August 13, 2021

If you are under a certain age, let me assure you this apple pie was served at the surface temperature of the planet Mercury. pic.twitter.com/xwUFMEZGIm

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) November 21, 2024

Remember when they drilled “Stop, Drop and Roll” into us so hard in elementary school that you grew up believing that catching on fire was a lot less of an “If” and more of a “When” situation?

— TwinzerDad (@TwinzerDad) October 16, 2022

I’m getting my landline hooked back up. Just so I can get this phone. pic.twitter.com/nBqaR6SGVs

— Corey (@TheMulletCowboy) January 30, 2024

it is kinda of crazy that you'd be sitting at your desk in elementary school and your teeth would just start falling out

— lea chin-sang (@bigfatmoosepssy) March 3, 2024

I miss childhood when all i really worried about was the Bermuda Triangle.

— 🎯𝕃𝕒𝕟e🎯 (@lanechanged) October 24, 2024

i’m this old pic.twitter.com/wiJFHj6v8V

— Nostalgia (@NostalgiaFolder) March 20, 2024

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

I'm "used to wrap text books in supermarket brown bag book covers and doodle on them during class" years old.

— Danny (@Mardigroan) April 8, 2022

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— 80s Nostalgia Channel (@80s_channel) June 7, 2024

7 more cassettes and I'll have finally fulfilled the terms of my Columbia House contract.

— Tony P. (@Tbone7219) September 17, 2022

Today’s kids will never know the thrill of seeing who had your textbook the previous year. pic.twitter.com/qeU6v99lZy

— The Modest Teacher (@ModestTeacher) February 5, 2024

Can you hear this picture? pic.twitter.com/CHLBshXxB6

— 80s Nostalgia Channel (@80s_channel) September 13, 2024