Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:43
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
More social connections
Birthday parties at home
Slumber parties
Lack of instant gratification with every thing
The surprise of getting film developed
Ordering from a catalogue and waiting for a package
Getting letters and postcards
Freedom to run around the neighborhood
Birthday parties at home
Slumber parties
Lack of instant gratification with every thing
The surprise of getting film developed
Ordering from a catalogue and waiting for a package
Getting letters and postcards
Freedom to run around the neighborhood
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:40
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Smoking on air planes
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:39
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Anonymous wrote:Pacman
Oohh PacMan tables at old school Pizza Huts. Hot spots for hanging out for everyone under 50 in those days. Many had to put no-loitering signs in parking lots.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:38
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Anonymous wrote:The Berlin Wall fell.
My grandpa was 90. He said he didn't think he'd live to see that happen.
It was one of those moments when history was moving in a good direction for little people.
Little people? They had been oppressed by Socialism for generations, but weren't less for it.
Not much they could have done, they were fully disarmed before the Socialists took over.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:37
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Pacman
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:36
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Atari 2600
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:35
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Member's Only jackets.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:35
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The 1986 NY Giants.
'84 Tigers
Your 1983 Baltimore Orioles!
Cal's ironman streak!
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:34
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Guess jeans, The Limited, Esprit and Benetton. If there’s ever an 80’s day during spirit week, my daughter is covered. I saved some of my clothes.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:31
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Washington Redskins under Joe Gibbs - winning the Super Bowl in '83, '88 and '92
Who can forget the "Bandwagon", baby!?!
Who can forget the "Bandwagon", baby!?!
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:31
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
The Good.
People were more sociable and out in public more, more people on porches still, kids out roaming towns all daylight hours having fun, parks full, arcades, skating rinks, drag strips, drive ins with roller girls still existing, better music, less drugs, less violence, less urban blight, less societal problems, town squares still full and fun on weekends, unisex salons not common yet,
The Bad.
Worse hair, silly fashion trends like big hair and tight uber-tapered mom jeans shredded up, the beginning of the girlying up of men, smoke and smoking everywhere, chewing gum stuck to everything, often no air condition in many people's homes still, 10 channels on TV, many vehicles with no A/C still being used, too much polyester clothing still, disco, expensive groceries in early 80s still, smog, body odor still common in public.
People were more sociable and out in public more, more people on porches still, kids out roaming towns all daylight hours having fun, parks full, arcades, skating rinks, drag strips, drive ins with roller girls still existing, better music, less drugs, less violence, less urban blight, less societal problems, town squares still full and fun on weekends, unisex salons not common yet,
The Bad.
Worse hair, silly fashion trends like big hair and tight uber-tapered mom jeans shredded up, the beginning of the girlying up of men, smoke and smoking everywhere, chewing gum stuck to everything, often no air condition in many people's homes still, 10 channels on TV, many vehicles with no A/C still being used, too much polyester clothing still, disco, expensive groceries in early 80s still, smog, body odor still common in public.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 16:24
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
MTV
The Berlin Wall came down
USSR was disbanded
The Iranian hostages were freed
Tofutti was better than ice cream
Coke won the Pepsi challenge
Martina Navratilova was winning Wimbledon
Tracy Chapman songs were #1
The Berlin Wall came down
USSR was disbanded
The Iranian hostages were freed
Tofutti was better than ice cream
Coke won the Pepsi challenge
Martina Navratilova was winning Wimbledon
Tracy Chapman songs were #1
Anonymous
08/29/2025 15:14
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
Roller skating and HOKEY POKEY dance!
Anonymous
08/29/2025 15:12
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
86 Mets
Anonymous
08/29/2025 14:55
Subject: What was best about the 1980s?
FYI there's a pretty good Devo documentary out now; they were way more out there/political than I remember (in a good but super disconnected from reality kind of way)
1980s Celtics heyday
Real ripped jeans that you broke in
Terrible spiral perms once they loosened up
Emack & Bolio's ice cream
1980s Celtics heyday
Real ripped jeans that you broke in
Terrible spiral perms once they loosened up
Emack & Bolio's ice cream