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Photo credit: Images via Reddit/NoahTheAttacker, Face88888888 – Millennials get nostalgic about the teal and purple color combination in the '90s.

Culture, Joy

Millennials discuss their obsession with the teal-and-purple color combo in the ’90s

Emily Shiffer

1/10/2026
Students next to their garden project at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Atlanta

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Education, Innovation

From food deserts to oral cancer, these high school students are designing solutions for the planet’s toughest challenges.

Sarah Watts

9/11/2026
Photo credit: Canva – Xennial phrases that were popular in the 90s and 00s.

Culture, Joy, Popular

Xennials share the 29 forgotten slang phrases they always said in the 90s and 00s

Emily Shiffer

12/26/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Gen X and Millennial parents share things their parents let them do, that they'd never let their own kids try.

Family, Parenting, Popular

Parents reveal things they’d never let their kids do, but did frequently as kids themselves

Evan Porter

12/17/2025
Photo credit: Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons, Bruce the Deus Canva – CK One was a popular choice for Gen X-ers.

Community, Joy, Popular

Gen X-ers share the ‘scents’ they wore in high school and get instantly drenched in nostalgia

Cecily Knobler

12/17/2025
Photo credit: Kevin Labianco/Flickr, Rochelle Lockridge/Flickr, Bradross63/Wikimedia Commons – Adults share the nostalgic "must-have" Christmas gifts from their youths.

Culture, Joy

Grown-ups share 11 nostalgic Christmas presents they always wanted (and sometimes never got)

Evan Porter

12/3/2025
Photo credit: Photo by Windows on Unsplash – A woman sitting on a bed using a laptop computer.

Humor, Joy, Popular

Woman wants to outdo her neighbor with ‘funny’ Wi-Fi name and the suggestions are outrageous

Cecily Knobler

11/26/2025
Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Man discovers ‘one sound’ that, if you know it, precisely pinpoints your age

Tod Perry

11/25/2025
Photo credit: Canva, indahlestar29 | Indah Lestari (left, cropped) / Rido (right, cropped) – Millennials reminisce about the Scholastic Book Fair.

Education, Schools

Millennials share their most beautifully nostalgic memories of the Scholastic Book Fair

Ryan Reed

11/16/2025
Photo credit: Photo Credit: Canva, Austinist Dot Com, Ben Stiller III, Flickr – Winona Ryder chooses between Ben Stiller and Ethan Hawke in "Reality Bites."

Movies, Pop Culture, Popular

Gen X revisits the movie ‘Reality Bites’ and many now wish it had ended differently

Cecily Knobler

11/11/2025
Photo credit: S fabien Peters/Flickr & Monica Gabriele/Flickr – 12 delicious frugal dishes most Millennials ate every week in the 90s.

Culture, Joy

’90s kids ate these 12 classic foods every week. They’re affordable and still available.

Evan Porter

10/28/2025
Photo credit: A.J. Woodson/Flickr and Tupac/YouTube – The baby from Tupac's song 'Brenda's Got A Baby' has been found

Celebrity, Music, Pop Culture

Tupac’s song ‘Brenda’s Got A Baby’ was based on a true story. Now Brenda’s baby has been found.

Jacalyn Wetzel

10/21/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Nobody wants to relive this.

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Gen Xers and Millennials share childhood memories that would ‘destroy’ today’s kids

Heather Wake

9/15/2025
Photo credit: Lucky Boy/YouTube – A Gen Zer goes back to the 90s for a week.

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

A Gen Zer used only tech from the 1990s for a week. Here’s how he felt at the end.

Annie Reneau

9/15/2025
Photo credit: Canva Photos – A woman reminisced about a cute boy she met on a cruise in 1996 and sparked people's memories.

Friendship, Joy

People recall their fleeting relationships from cruises and vacations and it’s so wholesome

Evan Porter

8/26/2025
Photo credit: Image viau00a0Ed! at English Wikipedia – Original Pizza Hut in Athens, Ohio.

Culture, Joy

Pizza Hut’s quiet retro redesigns tap straight into Gen X and Millennial nostalgia

Emily Shiffer

8/12/2025

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