nostalgia

If there's one thing kids have no lack of, it's imagination. Hell, they create entire languages with one another. So when @Jon_Bois asked his Twitter followers to share "the most outrageous lie another kid ever told you when you were a kid," the results, while incredibly entertaining, were hardly surprising to us. Of course a kid would tell his friends he spent his absent days fighting Shredder of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame. And of course people believed him. Imaginative and gullible kids are truly a blessing to the the world. And here's a crap load of their amusing lies in one convenient place.

Congratulations on making it through another depressing Monday. If you live in the Northeast like us, you enjoyed bone-chilling cold humidity and frigid spit from the heavens. If you're somewhere warmer, well, screw you. Just kidding. Whatever your hemisphere or temperature, we'll wager you deserve a break from the grind. That's what these memes are for.

If you grew up in the '90s then you probably used a lot of these products - and forgot about them over the years. Let these pics jog your memory and give you a little walk down memory lane from a superior decade.

A wise person once said that "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted." As purveyors of fine memes and ridiculous shitposts, we're inclined to agree. Here are a bunch of amusing tweets and silly memes to help you in not wasting your time.

'80s and '90s kids will relate so hard to these memes. If you're not an '80s or '90s kid then GTFO. Just kidding, of course! You might not be able to personally relate to these memes, but you'll likely find them amusing for their foreignness!

Blizzard released their faithful recreation of the original World Of Warcraft in late August, and people are still going absolutely wild over the nostalgic experience. Gamers, especially people who came up on WoW, are loving the release (yes, a subscription is still required) and there are plenty of gaming memes devoted to Classic its release. Here are some of our favorites. 

Chances are, you'll probably recognize at least some of these things from your childhood days of staying at your grandparents' house - we certainly did. Definitely brings back those fond memories of opening up the basement closet and finding some of the toys and games your parents used to play with. A lot of this stuff you probably even forgot existed, so get ready for a major nostalgia trip!

Remember the good old days? When we weren't glued to our smartphones, Instagramming every meal, or checking in wherever we went? Frankly, neither do we. But people swear that such a time existed. This meme pokes fun at all the near-luddites that are won't shut up about times without technology. We gotta hand it to these people, these takes (which incorporate both art and pop culture) are pretty damn good.

Everyone loves nostalgia, and this trending dank meme relies heavily on those wistful feelings to drive their joke across. Nerf guns may exist now, but they're not nearly as present as they seemed to be when your old AF editors were in their Nerf-shooting days. Besides the hours of tomfoolery, there's one thing about Nerf guns has always stood out to us: the fact that the darts always seem to disappear. It doesn't matter if you're shootin' them in a big field or a small room with no furniture. The damn things seem to vanish in thin air. We're not sure if it's a conspiracy orchestrated by the Nerf bigwigs or if there's some sort of parallel universe where the Nerf darts are located. We do know, however, that we appreciate r/dankmemes for shedding light on these mysteries. Now we just need a History channel investigation.

Okay, Disney. We have one question for you. Is nothing SACRED?! The entertainment overlords announced yesterday that they're planning to remake the Home Alone films, and people have had a lot of feelings on what we believe to be a disastrous and downright disrespectful idea. Even Macaulay Culkin decided to weigh in on the announcement, with a photo of what Home Alone would look like today. His self-deprecating and relatable post made a huge impression on Twitter, prompting fans to demand a reboot featuring the real Kevin McCallister. Other fans condemned any remake at all. We're honestly in that boat.