25 Photos Of Nostalgic Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Anyone Over The Age Of 35

I can still hear the 'Forrest Gump Suite' from the 'Forrest Gump' soundtrack in my head.
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This exact alarm clock that your parents had in their bedroom and gave a bright red glow:
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This VHS edition of the "Star Wars" trilogy:
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And the wild amount of "The Phantom Menace" toys that were on the shelves when the movie was released:
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These water bottles that had the thick plastic straws that made everything taste plasticky:
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Cherry Coke that came in this can design:
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Vending machines that had the large buttons to push:
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The "Forrest Gump" soundtrack, which was a double-CD and your boomer parents listened to on repeat:
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Anne Geddes books, which your mom or grandma would display on their coffee table:
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These acrylic cube photo frames that usually sat on your parents' dresser and had photos that were at least a decade-plus old in them:
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Pizza Hut when it was a sit-down restaurant:
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The massage chairs inside of The Sharper Image store at the mall:
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KB Toys and their distinctive blue checkout counters:
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When the homepage of iTunes looked like this:
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The bike aisle in Toys "R" Us and the strong smell of rubber that you would get if you walked through it:
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When Subway restaurants had subway maps as wall paper:
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The giant toaster that would warm up your subs at Quiznos:
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NES, SNES, and N64 cartridges that were usually grey and would give out a warm plasticky smell after you played with them:
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Boomboxes that looked like this and made you feel like you had the HEIGHT of technology:
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The phenomena that was Wonderbra and seeing billboards for it everywhere:
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Spacemaker pencil boxes, which would literally explode if you accidentally dropped it:
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The neon lights at the back of Target stores:
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The microwave popcorn you'd get while checking out your videos at Blockbuster:
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School milk that came in those always hard to open paper cartons:
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Lunchables, which made you feel so gourmet whenever you brought one to school:
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And lastly, TVs that were like 18-inches, had terrible resolution, and somehow weighed 35 pounds:

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