kids these days.. it's all "core" this, and "coded" that.. but damn does this make me feel old.

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urfriendflicka@reddit

It's really wierd when my daughter does her online shopping and everything in her cart is things I either wanted to wear or exactly what I did wear. Especially when she buys true "vintage" stuff and buys things I actually owned once upon a time. The kid is quite frustrated at my need to purge. She wanted a purse the other day and I told her I actually owned the same exact purse until we moved like 5 yrs ago and I donated it to goodwill. I had actually used it as a diaper bag bc diaper bags just didn't fit my aesthetic and I really didn't need or use anything that big anymore.

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scifithighs@reddit

I've been winning at being Auntie by bequeathing the 15-year-old in my life all my old studded bracelets, goth gear, wide leg jeans, and band buttons 😅

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

right‽ my daughter is obssesed with "vintage" flannel shirts, which are surprisingly hard to find these days.. if only i had kept all my old ones instead of ripping them up for workshop rags over the years 🫠

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urfriendflicka@reddit

My neice would kill for some of the flannels I wore in middle school. My daughter prefers the more feminine and/or emo looks from my late high school/ early college years. She frequently says she wishes I was a teen mom so that she had more access to the styles and music that were popular then when they first came out...and I would have known to pass my cooler stuff on to her 😂

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ailish@reddit

I enjoy the resurgence of 90s culture. At least for now I'm not "out of touch old person". I'm "cool hop old person."

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kalebdraws@reddit

Yeah, i get to wear baggy pants again! And actually find places to buy them.

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Opening_Stranger_925@reddit

My 14 yo is fully embracing 90s culture in terms of music and clothing. I’m here for it .😂

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ailish@reddit

I love hearing that. It's so fun watching these kids enjoy the same things we did. When they grow up they'll have the same memories we did as far as music goes.

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

i've enjoyed it too, but i know it won't be long before they change what it is, what i am with will no longer be it, and whst is it will become weird and scary to me..

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Future-Raisin3781@reddit

AND IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU!

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OrdinaryBrilliant650@reddit

No way, man! I’m gonna keep rock in’ forever! Forever Forever Forever

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

^(fooooooreveeer)

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OutInTheBlack@reddit

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muhredditone@reddit

Yeah, but at least they have their memories with it now, too. We have that in common. I'm disappointed with the way they just wore the band shirts without ever listening to the music, but whatever. At least I enjoyed the view for a while. This has been so much better than those diaper pants everybody was wearing before it. Here's to hoping a lot of people just keep wearing it, and whatever replaces it isn't something annoying to look at.

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ailish@reddit

I worked with an NB person who was 19 at the time and they were in love with Queen. A little before our time but still an amazing band. They listened to them all the time.

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Nottheadviceyaafter@reddit

Year old daughter just stole my flanno and nirvana shirt! Lest she got good fashion sense!

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

lol you sound like my uncle when he saw me in a pink floyd shirt the first time. "i bet you don't even know who sid barret is, poser".

let the kids enjoy things 😆

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muhredditone@reddit

Yeah, I think about that, but it was different then. They were asking us questions that have nothing to do with enjoying the music. These kids don't even know the music. It's just a shirt. They bought and wear the shirt, but still don't know the music. That's sad to me. They wasted the opportunity to enjoy the meaningful part of that trend. Disappointing.

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

their choice, and their loss 🤷‍♂️

i would have forced them to listen, personally 🙃

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Platt_Mallar@reddit

My daughter loves wearing Nirvana, Metallica, and AC/DC shirts, but she also listens to them.

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muhredditone@reddit

Good deal!

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popularnoise@reddit

I think about this rant a bit too often

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SauronsYogaPants@reddit

I personally feel like Robin Williams in Jumanji when I walk past a school these days

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Ginger_Snaps_Back@reddit

It was brand new!

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ThresholdSeven@reddit

Same, doesn't help that I have the same beard and hair. Usually my hair is in a pony tail though, so then I look a bit less homeless.

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Suspicious_Juice9511@reddit

Sounds nice. Would brush your beard for you.

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HotTubSexVirgin22@reddit

I eat lunch in a deli next to a high school and it is full of teens during lunch hour. It’s more intimidating then it should be, but also they look like we looked and none of them are ever on their phones. Kind of gives me hope.

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StandardStrategy1229@reddit

I’ve been seeing more and more teens just sitting and conversing myself.

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Scrabblewiener@reddit

Our age group must be doing something right. I have a 18,16,14 year olds and the worse things they’ve done aren’t even close to just my regular day shenanigans. We aren’t even the best examples all the time but they got thier own good things going on. I say our age group cause it’s not even just my kids, their friends are all really good kids too. They are in a small school district with very few bad apples and they don’t shun the bad kids but kind of just show them love and acceptance yet at the same time keep them at a distance. Like after school special kids. The kids are gonna be alright. Just hope we can fix our society up well enough for them to take over not such a mess.

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ailish@reddit

🤣

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DiabolicalDan82@reddit

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Every_Instruction775@reddit

Pretty soon we’re going to be cool old broken hip people.

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ailish@reddit

Hopefully not for another 30 years!

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Deep-Interest9947@reddit

I mean my mom thought she was hip too but she wasn’t.

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ailish@reddit

It is against reddit rules to follow people around from thread to thread.

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seche314@reddit

People who do that are so creepy and weird

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ailish@reddit

There are some seriously deranged people on reddit.

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Comfortable-Pea-1312@reddit

Retro Chic.

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Schwimbus@reddit

Let me tell you how hyped I was at age 19 to find out that the buckets of frosting I worked with in the bakery were sealed with a thin black rubber gasket the equivalent of a king-sized jelly bracelet.

I see your bracelet and I raise you a necklace.

Slap a couple of those babies on next to my extra large ball chain necklace, and double a few up for my wrists and I was good to go, crusty frosting be damned.

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Jcaquix@reddit

Ok but what is it? Are they hair ties?

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Schwimbus@reddit

My guy act like you've seen a jelly bracelet before

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ButterscotchAware402@reddit

"Been seeing this around in older hardcore/metalcore band pictures and I was wondering how I could get the name to buy one or if there was a chance to DIY it."

Oh, sweet baby angel...

Thanks for the flashback... that's a memory that had been tucked away in the vault. Since late '90s/early '00s hardcore fashion is apparently coming back I think it's time for a new pair of Saucony Jazz sneakers.

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Selmarris@reddit

Oh man I loved mine. They were burgundy.

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5th_gen_woodwright@reddit

I had those too!

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Schwimbus@reddit

Oh was I supposed to have stopped wearing those? My heart was broken when they stopped making low-pros a couple years ago but damned if the pair I have aren't holding up well.

(Okay I lied I did stop wearing them for a while but when I saw a color that wasn't garish I started wearing them again. And then I bought an EXTRA garish pair for good measure)

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

haha yes sauconies! also converse one stars, and to a lesser extent doc martins. man i wish i kept my old gear.

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ColbyAndrew@reddit

Nuvaring.

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SignoreBanana@reddit

Actually I'm not super clear on those bracelets tbh

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

you can make them out of anything, but the best ones used these silicone "jelly" bands.

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Illustrious-Low3948@reddit

Memory unlocked. Reminds me of those mini pacifier charms we used to wear (was that a trend in the US as well)?

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SignoreBanana@reddit

Why? Just like... a thing?

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apf6@reddit

Just looked cool I think. Fashion in the 80s and 90s involved wearing lots of accessories.

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

yeah! it was a trend for like a decade.

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cbih@reddit

Kids would have whole arms of those

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CrippleWitch@reddit

Remember those jelly bracelets? They came in a million colors and for a while there was some weird moral panic about how different colors meant different sex acts or levels of drug involvement and parents tried to ban them from schools?

Anyway the black jelly bracelets were part of the alt music aesthetic and you could weave two of them together to make this look. You could weave a bunch together and make it look all loopy.

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SignoreBanana@reddit

I think this whole phenomenon flew right over my little rural town I grew up in.

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LardLad00@reddit

I thought it was a younger millennial thing. Zero exposure here.

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musical_shares@reddit

I was in my early 20s when the jelly bracelet phenomenon started around me, prior to that though we were all sporting the pantyhose material “hot loops” in the early 90s.

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PupperoniPoodle@reddit

I wonder why these haven't come back, when the tiny rubber bands have, and looms and crochet are back, these fit right in the middle of all of those.

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SignoreBanana@reddit

lol oh I remember these

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Nuttybunny42@reddit

Happy cake day

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rinky79@reddit

I remember buying a pack of like 100 bracelets from an ad on the back cover of an Archie comic.

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WetBandit06@reddit

Lmao. Fuck we’re old

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DonNatalie@reddit

I still wear my backup hair ties like this.

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d3dk0w@reddit

Happy cake day

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SickthSenseOfHumor@reddit

Crazy… I was just thinking how it has been a long time since I’ve seen the cake icon or happy cake day in the comments. I figured they got rid of it but much to my delight they have not!

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not-hardly@reddit

It's giving...

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maggie320@reddit

I still never figured out how to make these. My friend had them but she never showed me. Also I associate them with Gwen Stefani.

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nzungu69@reddit (OP)

here you go friend 🙂

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maggie320@reddit

There really is a YouTube video for everything. Thank you I wouldn’t have even known what to search.

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the_kid1234@reddit

Now imagine our parents being on reddit talking about our bell bottoms, tie dye and daisy chains.

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urfriendflicka@reddit

I remember when bell bottoms came back and my mother told me how cool they were when she was my age and she used to love them too. I decided that since my mother didn't have a cool cell in her body there was no way I was jumping on the bell bottoms train. If my mother wore or would have worn if she could afford something that became trendy, I stayed away. My daughter however asks me if whatever she is looking at is authentic enough or just a 2025 take on the look...and if a look is something I look back at and cringe, lol

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PupperoniPoodle@reddit

Haha, and here I "yelled" at my mom for not saving her bell bottoms.

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heycarrieanne@reddit

I was so lucky, my mom saved two pairs! One was brown, one was rust orange, and they were 100% polyester. They were awful and I loved them!

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urfriendflicka@reddit

Lol, if I wasn't so he'll bent on being nothing like my mom, I probably would have too. My friend had a pair that I loved, but as soon as my mother tried to convince that she was cool bc she wore them when they were in style in the 70s, I knew I was never going to own a pair.😂

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urfriendflicka@reddit

I remember when bell bottoms came back and my mother told me how cool they were when she was my age and she used to love them too. I decided that since my mother didn't have a cool cell in her body there was no way I was jumping on the bell bottoms train. If my mother wore or would have worn if she could afford something that became trendy, I stayed away. My daughter however asks me if whatever she is looking at is authentic enough or just a 2025 take on the look...and if a look is something I look back at and cringe, lol

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left_of_hands@reddit

I dated a beautiful goth in 2003 who let me know in no certain terms that I was taken when she took off some of her jelly bracelets and put them on me at a party. I was smitten as hell.

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