They say a picture's worth a thousand words, and often all it takes is a single photo to bring back a tidal wave of memories. But sometimes, that photo can also bring back the sounds, smells, and feelings that come from those memories. Here's a bunch of pictures that will take you right back to your childhood
The click of these on the gym floor
The fizzy taste of Clearly Canadian
The struggle of picking the right movie to rent
The excitement when they actually had copies of the movie you wanted
The rumble of riding these scooters in gym class
Followed by the agony of having it run over your damn fingers
The horror of realizing your HyperColor shirt showed the world just how sweaty you were
The sweaty comfort of wearing your favorite jelly shoes
The confusion of what learning the recorder was supposed to teach us
The sense of accomplishment when this happened
But wait, what's that smell?
The woody smell of sharpening your pencil
The warm fuzzy feeling when your friends made you pins or bracelets
The scratchy feeling of a Tech Deck's grip tape against your finger
The eternity that seemed to pass while you waited for the TV Guide to scroll to the channel you wanted
The feeling of pushing down the buttons of a payphone
The so...und of your Dis...cman sk...ipping
The smell of your latest creation being ironed
The horrendous screech of the wrong part of this holder hitting a chalkboard
The gross but also hypnotic feeling of holding one of these toys
The musty smell of the mesh pinnies we had to wear in gym class
The weird but also really satisfying feeling of pulling off this trick
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