About

Who Remembers This as a Kid is a series of image macros sarcastically asking if viewers recall various disturbing or ridiculous events as children, which are typically used to mock 90s nostalgia posts on social media.

Origin

On June 20th, 2015, Twitter user @SpaniardGod^[6] posted photos of several childhood toys next to a picture of a heroin being sucked into a syringe with the caption "who remembers these from elementary school?" (shown below).

Spread

On February 25th, 2016, @SpaniardGod^[1] tweeted several juice drinks next to a picture of purple drank with the caption "I miss coming home from school and drinking these (shown below). Within one year, the tweet recieved more than 230 likes and 230 retweets.

On May 6th, Redditor offandthenonagain submitted an image asking "who remembers playing with these as a kid," featuring pictures of LEGOs, a Furby, a Game Boy and a priest (shown below, left). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 12,500 votes (85% upvoted) and 100 comments on /r/ImGoingToHellForThis.^[2] On May 13th, Twitter user @ayyjqce^[5] posted a photograph of a "Center for Autism" along with the caption "who else remembers hanging out here as a kid?" (shown below, right).

On September 15th, the @NoChillPosts^[4] Twitter feed posted a picture of several snacks next to a picture of a priest with the caption "who remembers sucking on these as a kid?" (shown below, left). On February 21st, 2017, Redditor pm_me_zoella_pics posted pictures of children's retail stores next to a photograph of a van with the caption "You haven't had a lit childhood unless you've been to all of these places" (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 1,200 votes (97% upvoted) and 35 comments on /r/dankmemes.^[3]

Various Examples

Search Interest

Not available.

External References