Posted on 12/12/2023 4:40:23 PM PST by DallasBiff
It was basically 1984 every year.
It was basically 1984 every year.
1. Running errands with your parents — or going to your sibling's events — was boring AF because you had no cell phone or Game Boy to pass the time with.
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Fauci was in his career infancy, career wise,
The author is a whiny little twink, commie.
At least we didn’t have grown men dressed as freakish drag queens waving their genitalia at us.
The author of this is nuts.
That Mr. Homophobic to you, little limp wrist tolerant twerp.
Gameboy came out in 89
1972 was perhaps the perfect year to be born. You were growing up during Reagan's America and came of age just as home computers and the internet were getting started.
I was born in 1962 so I missed that by about a decade.
of course the ‘80’s was bad for kids.
all the fun exciting things were for consenting adults only!
technological explosion, adult playtime explosion,
among other things!
If the first thing on your list tells everyone you are an ADHD, device addicted nincompoop who can’t sit still and enjoy life, I don’t think the rest of the list will get any better.
Gameboy came out in LATE 89
Listened to AM and FM radio a lot, transistor radios early on, then boomboxes, walkmen. Took five years of Latin in Jr./Senior H.S., incl. Horace, Catullus, Cicero, Vergil, Caesar. Aced geometry. Worked different local jobs. Bought albums and built a collection, turntable/amplifier, big speakers with “woofers”, “tweeters”. Played an instrument, member of bands. Parties, high school dances, junior/senior proms, shot pool, played baseball.
Video games were not needed, plenty of real life things to do.
What a bunch of crap. Life in the 80s was 100X better than today.
This seems like some Millenials’ attempt at humor. yawn
Atari 2600 home game console came out in 1977.
My father-in-law and mother-in-law were addicted to the thing.
They had it set up in their basement and spent hours playing it.
There was no bathroom in the basement so they were peeing in a coffee can so they didn’t have to take time away from the game.
I have never owned a home game system and strongly advise parents to not have one in their home.
GREATEST DECADE TO GROW UP IN EVER!
Actually, Sixteen Candles is improved with the VCR and later the DVD player. All you do is skip over the scenes that do not have Molly Ringwald or Anthony Michael Hall and it is still a very decent and watchable movie. The Breakfast Club was that bit more better, IMHO.
Your radio station played crap like “Lady in Red” and your oldies were disco.
This guy obviously did not try arcade games like Defender. Also, he obviously missed out on Haunted House or other great pinball games by Gottlieb or Bally. There is a pinball museum in Las Vegas that I’d love to go to so I could play those classics again.
Nope, loved every minute of my years in the 80s.
Kickk ass time to be a kid.
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