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15 Things That Prove Kids Today Should Be Jealous Of Our Childhoods
There are a lot of things that are awesome about being a kid. One of the best was obviously the fact that when you're a kid you have almost no responsibilities. Other than that, we had a bunch of amazing things that were super important to us at the time.
How many of these do you remember?
Wearing super bright spandex shorts
Going to The Disney Store with your parents and trying to convince them that you need everything
Playing Fireball Island as often as you could
Following the story of Baby Jessica
Eating Pizzarias after school
Dying of dysentery on the Oregon Trail
Trying to dance like Paula Abdul or Janet Jackson
Sing 'Somewhere Out There' every time you noticed the moon
Becoming obsessed with Roger Rabbit
Knowing every single word to the DuckTales theme song
Being completely obsessed with Ninja Tutles
How important it was to check your answering machine so you could erase the tape
Watching Double Dare and thinking you could win
Eating hundreds of Cheez Balls
Enjoying your McDonald's out of a Styrofoam container
It was pretty awesome to be a kid when we were. Kids today should be so jealous of everything we got to do!
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