These 21 ‘we used to be a country’ memes will make you incredibly nostalgic

The latest meme taking over Twitter will have you incredibly nostalgic for a time of Blockbuster, Disney Channel and pink flip phones. In the last few days Twitter has been full of people sharing “We used to be a country. A proper country” memes. They’re full of old popular culture references and it honestly makes me miss the days of Club Penguin and The Fault in Our Stars.

The meme originally originated from a MAGA support account. The user tweeted a photo of a 7-Eleven convenience store from the 1970s and captioned it “We used to be a country. A proper country”. It’s thought they were showing a picture to highlight how great America used to be back then and how much things have changed.

Naturally the rest of the Internet did not agree with the statement and everyone began sharing memes to take the piss out of the original post. Now the meme is used to celebrate long gone parts of our collective history that should actually be celebrated. The most popular tweets pay homage to the music of 2011 and the creation of a hotdog stuffed crust pizza. They are the things that should make you proud of your country.

These are the 21 funniest “We used to be a country. A proper country” memes:

1. An elite year in music

We used to be a country. A proper country. pic.twitter.com/ljWGrxj359

— Marc (@marc_andrw) December 6, 2021

2. Bring back the OGs

we used to be a country. a proper country. pic.twitter.com/4yU64hf7xv

— lexi (@sultryfilms) December 5, 2021

3. What a time to be alive

A Disney store in the 1990’s .

We used to be a country. A proper country. pic.twitter.com/f5KVyQBZke

— Jeff Gordon “Gordongrubs” (@GordonGrubs) December 5, 2021

4. The good old days

https://twitter.com/meowmeowmia/status/1467269775030198272

5. Just wait for all the TikTok girls to start dressing like this

we used to be a real country. a proper country. pic.twitter.com/Gp0vvYrKMp

— madimoiselle ♡ (@drivingmemadi) December 6, 2021

6. A cultural delicacy

we used to be a real country pic.twitter.com/7f41Kexi8T

— hottiepants (@punishedpants) December 5, 2021

7. Is this my teenage bedroom?

we used to be a country. a proper country. pic.twitter.com/pNkuSxP2HQ

— sept, spring, summer by sheree (@beeyawnsaye) December 6, 2021

8. This is carnage

We used to be a country. A proper country. pic.twitter.com/yctVbhFhdS

— Nick Watts 🇺🇸 (@NickWatts) December 6, 2021

9. Ok but where do I get one of these?

We used to be a country. pic.twitter.com/EzRLCT6exM

— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) December 6, 2021

10. A literal interpretation

we used to be a country pic.twitter.com/h7KAzq3Z87

— 𝘁𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 (@TimBarnes451) December 6, 2021

11. The golden era of Bravo

We used to be a country. A proper country. pic.twitter.com/C0Rwm7hc8f

— Lisa Vanderbump (@confideinm3) December 6, 2021

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12. I miss my childhood

we used to be a country. a proper country. pic.twitter.com/RppjipCABx

— abiྀི ꕤ (@remdandelion) December 7, 2021

13. A classic

we used to be a country. a proper country. pic.twitter.com/dehSjA7UhL

— sav 🪐 (@savannahrb7162) December 7, 2021

14. This is when we peaked as a society

We used to be a country. A great country https://t.co/L5wENtrFjv

— the stone (@222daysthoughts) December 7, 2021

15. Thinking of the germs on this now

We used to be a country. A proper country. pic.twitter.com/xjCRU5S0AT

— Sophie Ross Brooks (@sophrossbrooks) December 7, 2021

16. Still not over it

https://twitter.com/reganslatic/status/1468058037264936963

17. Sobs

we used to be a country. a proper country. pic.twitter.com/1J9aztiohY

— mo☆🪩🫶💖 (@morganxjonas) December 7, 2021

18. I am triggered

We used to be a country. A proper country pic.twitter.com/9dlXoVHI6z

— lucks eterna ☘️ | Fallout S3 set leak spoilers (@lucks_eterna) December 7, 2021

19. They don’t make them like this anymore

we used to be a country. a proper country. pic.twitter.com/uNQ04WD2wD

— min. ᓭི༏ᓯྀ ˖ ࣪ . (@P1NKPALAIS) December 7, 2021

20. My Olympics

https://twitter.com/jr_beltran37/status/1468038378952220676

21. The youth today will never understand

We used to be a country. A proper country. pic.twitter.com/XG2hCdAz7L

— hal 🕸️🕸️ (@haliwriteswords) December 6, 2021

Featured image credit before edits via Maxim Berg/Unsplash

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