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2000s Middle School Breathmint Gold Rush Nostalgia Meme

This is a screenshot of a public post from the X (formerly Twitter) platform. The post is authored by user @KelgoreTrout, with the text: 'I went to middle school during the breathmint gold rush'. Below the text is a 4-panel collage of popular breath mint and oral care products that were extremely popular among middle school students in the 2000s to early 2010s: Altoids Mango Sours, Ice Breakers Liquid Ice Mints, Ice Breakers Cinnamon Mints, and Listerine Cool Mint PocketPaks oral strips. The meme taps into nostalgia for people who grew up in that era, referencing the widespread trend of these breath mint products being highly coveted, traded, or seen as a status symbol among middle schoolers at the time.
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I went to middle school during the breathmint gold rush

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I went to middle school during the breathmint gold rush

Overview

This is a screenshot of a public post from the X (formerly Twitter) platform. The post is authored by user @KelgoreTrout, with the text: 'I went to middle school during the breathmint gold rush'. Below the text is a 4-panel collage of popular breath mint and oral care products that were extremely popular among middle school students in the 2000s to early 2010s: Altoids Mango Sours, Ice Breakers Liquid Ice Mints, Ice Breakers Cinnamon Mints, and Listerine Cool Mint PocketPaks oral strips. The meme taps into nostalgia for people who grew up in that era, referencing the widespread trend of these breath mint products being highly coveted, traded, or seen as a status symbol among middle schoolers at the time.

Origin notes

This meme originates from a public post published on X (formerly Twitter) by user @KelgoreTrout (display name KELGORE). It is a nostalgic humor piece targeted at millennials and older Gen Z who attended middle school in the 2000s to early 2010s, and has been widely reposted across other social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit as relatable nostalgia content.

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