Funny Gen X T-Shirts & 80s Nostalgia Tees

JLM Apparel's Gen X shirts are funny graphic tees about growing up in the 70s and 80s: latchkey keys, metal slides, landlines, VHS tapes and parents who meant every threat. They're unisex, printed on demand on soft black Gildan Softstyle tees, for the generation that went home when the streetlights came on.

80s childhood, playground edition

Remember when the playground was basically a stunt show? Metal Slide Burned My Ass, Merry-Go-Round Champion 1987, Big Wheel Legends, Survived the Rope Climb and Helmets Were for Nerds are for everyone who still has the scars and the stories. We Made Recess Last covers the rest of the school day.

TV, tapes and PSAs

Before streaming, we picked a tape. Look for Be Kind Rewind, I Walked Uphill Both Ways to Blockbuster, The VCR Clock Still Blinks, The TV Guide Was Our Algorithm and It's Midnight, Time for Static. The PSA crowd gets This Is Your Brain on Drugs and It's 10 PM, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

Landlines, joysticks and parental threats

Call Waiting Was Peak Technology, We Survived the Busy Signal and The Phone Cord Had Range Issues are for the kitchen-phone generation. Gamers get Twist the Knob and One Joystick, One Button to Rule Them All. And if your mom ever said "I'll give you something to cry about" or "I brought you into this world," there's a shirt for that too.

Many designs come in two versions: a White Ink print that pops on the black tee, and a color print. Looking for the years right after yours? Try our Millennial shirts or the Gen X & Millennial parent shirts.

Quick answers

What years is Gen X?

Pew Research Center defines Gen X as people born from 1965 to 1980, the kids who grew up in the 70s and 80s.

What's a good gift for a Gen X mom or dad?

Pick the memory they still bring up: the metal slide, the Blockbuster run or the phone cord that almost reached their room. Every tee in this collection is $16.99.