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| What do you think about the 80s? |
| I love the 80s |
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| I hate the 80s |
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| I was in diapers and wetting the sheets during the 80s |
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| I was in my 80s in the 80s |
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Mark-O
Joined: 25 Jun 2003
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Location: 6000 miles from where I should be
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isabel
Joined: 07 Mar 2003
Posts: 510
Location: God's green earth
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The 80's for me was:
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Making out with the cute Chinese guy in the philosophy stacks
(Well, those are the highlights that jump to mind, there was surely more.) |
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Capergirl
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Posts: 1232
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Gordon wrote: |
Great list Capergirl.  I can relate to them all except maybe the biker shorts under a skirt. Can't say I had the priveledge. |
You did have the privilege of wearing leg warmers then? 
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| Man I feel old now and I know we're about the same age. Don't you feel old when your daughter starts to do things that you used to do? Scary! |
Not really. What makes me feel old is when I open my mouth, and one of my parents speaks.
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| wearing acid wash jeansand those super long strands of fake pearls and pearly pink nail polish |
Wow, yaramaz, I think we're twins separated at birth!  |
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jpvanderwerf2001
Joined: 02 Oct 2003
Posts: 1117
Location: New York
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| Suzanna Hoffs. Yum. |
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ChicagoCubMike
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
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Location: Chicago, IL
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| Capegirl, i think you slipped a little bit before the 80s with some of the items on that list. Not that I don't remember the groovy 70s stiffness of an Atari 2600 VCS joystick, or can't quote the oft-missed lyrics from the Good Times theme, "...hangin' in a chow line..." |
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James_T_Kirk
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 357
Location: Ten Forward
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This thread is rad! A few questions:
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| Atari, Commodore 64 and CollecoVision |
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| 20. You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. |
Where's the love for Intellivision? Does anyone else remember Intellivision!?
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| 26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf. |
I still ponder why...please, can someone explain this to me? Please!!! 
Cheers,
Kirk
BTW, the list you posted was bodacious Capergirl! |
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dmb
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I was a teenager in the 80s( no apostrophe John) and I recognise alot of the list but think some of them might be specific to Canada |
Sorry we can't change where we grew up.
Care to add some of your own fond memories dmb? |
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003
Posts: 1874
Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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Capergirl, that was a SCARY list. Freak-me-out CITY!
Wonderwoman underoos? Woah.
I found a good 80s page. it says you remember the 80s if
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| this rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me." |
Everyone knows, of course, that the 80s started in 1975, which is whe the 60s ended. The 70s never happened. I hope.
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~udani/humor/80s_child.html |
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Shaman
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
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Location: Hammertown
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Everyone knows, of course, that the 80s started in 1975, which is whe the 60s ended. The 70s never happened. I hope. |
Quoi? What about the Homer Simpson line:
"Rock 'n Roll achieved perfection in 1974."
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Dr.J
Joined: 09 May 2003
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Location: usually Japan
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Born in 1980, so I was a 90's cusp child.
All those great kids slang words
'Bogus, awesome, radical' (In a Bill and Ted voice)
as well as the famous 'geek, nerd' etc.
Bad things: 'Fantasy' art like frilly sparkly unicorns dancing under waterfalls with rainbows...on a tie die t-shirt with stonewashed almost white jeans and gimmick sneakers like 'pump' or something, cringe cringe cringe.
80's rap makes me laugh laugh laugh. Especially done by kids on kids programs from the 80's. It's like a work of art; grotesque yet compelling.
Give it another 5 years and the 80's will look really cool - especially next to the (shudder) early 90's. MC Hammer anyone? |
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Shaman
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
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Location: Hammertown
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Evidently the 80s are making a comeback - everything is cyclical. I heard recently that the mullet is rearing it's lopsided head once more.
The best description I heard of said hairstyle:
"Business at the front, party in the back."
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003
Posts: 3198
Location: Beijing
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:50 am Post subject: From the OP |
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More reasons why the '80s sucked:
--Richard Marx
--Michael Bolton
--Tiffany
--The Facts of Life
--"My Sherona" by the Knack (God, what a stupid song)
--"Blinded by the light/wrapped up like a douche" (what's that supposed to mean?)
--Cyndi Lauper
--Reagan serving two terms
--the assassination of Anwar Sadat
--the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme (a case yet to be solved)
--AMC cars
--Flock of Seagulls' hairstyles
--stupid bands with double names: Duran Duran, The The, Mister Mister (even Yo Yo Ma Ma got in on the act)
--Tipper Gore and the Parental Committee on Music
--public believing that heavy metal songs contain subliminal messages
--public believing that records contain messages when played backwards
--227
--Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
--Tina Turner
--Charles/Chachi in Charge
--John Cougar/John Cougar Mellencamp/John Mellencamp (make up yer mind, will ya?)
--Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign (a joke, right?)
--"1,000 points of light," "read my lips no new taxes" and other stupid presidential quotes (like father, like son?)
--1980 Olympic boycott
--1984 Olympic boycott
--McGyver
--Kenny G
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003
Posts: 3198
Location: Beijing
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| Shaman wrote: |
Evidently the 80s are making a comeback - everything is cyclical. I heard recently that the mullet is rearing it's lopsided head once more.
The best description I heard of said hairstyle:
"Business at the front, party in the back." |
The mullet is making a comeback?!? THE HORROR! THE HORROR!
OTHER NAMES FOR THE MULLET
the Kentucky Waterfall
the Camero Cut
the Soccer Rocker
the Shlong (SHort LONG)
the 1090 (10% in front, 90% in back)
the Skullet
the Afro-Mullet
Hockey Hair
FAMOUS MULLETS OF THE '80s
Claire Huxtable
Jerry Seinfeld
A.C. Slayter
Richard Marx
McGyver
Kenny G
Michael Bolton |
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James_T_Kirk
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 357
Location: Ten Forward
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Speaking of mullets, one of the funniest sites on the web is Mullets Galore...check it out!
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003
Posts: 3198
Location: Beijing
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Hey Shatner,
That stuff is horrifically funny!
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