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Reasons for Children of the 80s to Feel Old (for all of us late 70s/80s teens & youg adults)
www.InThe80s.com ^
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Posted on 12/30/2004 5:44:09 PM PST by psimpson2005
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Hi everyone. I've been a lurker since the 2000 election and, given the terrible news coming out of India/Asia this week, thought that a light-hearted thread would be nice. I noticed that you guys like to delve into some cultural (pop or otherwise) discussions and thought this subject matter would be fun.
The excerpt is from a web site called 'InThe80s' which is an 80s nostalgia site. I thought some of the posts on this particular page were pretty amusing, and I know some of you FReepers would be willing to share similar stories and anecdotes. This 80s site doesn't get many posts, and I would prefer to discuss such things with fellow conservatives, as other 80s sites always end up trashing Ronald Reagan, which always ticks me off.
Given that the New Year is upon us, it is as good a time as any to discuss the passage of time and how one's youth just doesn't seem that long ago (or maybe it does!). This discussion is open to anyone, btw; not just us 80s people.
I know you guys frown on vanities; I just thought a diversion from the more serious and sad events of this past week might be welcome. I also hope I posted this correctly.
Thanks.
To: psimpson2005
Because "Do They Know it is Christmas" is now 20 yrs old.......................................... I still have the LP single. From the first press run.
BTW, welcome to FR.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:46:28 PM PST
by
Desdemona
To: psimpson2005
Let me be the first to comment.
The one that got me was the second remark that mentions that awful song "Do They Know It's Christmas". That is exactly 20 years old this month. On the Cashbox top 100 chart for '84, it shows it debuted on 12/22/84. Yikes!!!!!
To: psimpson2005
I'm so old that I remember when Dick Clark looked exactly the way he does now.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:47:21 PM PST
by
sazerac
To: psimpson2005
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:48:25 PM PST
by
rdb3
(Can I join the Pajamahadeen even if I sleep in the nude?)
To: psimpson2005
An eighties nostalgia site?
I was born in the thirties-------enough said!
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:48:45 PM PST
by
Mears
To: psimpson2005
Hooray for the 80s! Let me get my leg-warmers out.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:48:46 PM PST
by
CounterCounterCulture
(God bless FReeper Incindiary's work in Malaysia)
The "Oldies" station in my area started playing "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys (1988)and "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel (1983) about two years ago...no joke!
Ooooh... that is soooo wrong.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:49:57 PM PST
by
CounterCounterCulture
(God bless FReeper Incindiary's work in Malaysia)
To: Desdemona
Thanks for your welcome.
I don't know how to ping people. Isn't there a Gen X ping list on FR that we can contact?
Thanks.
To: psimpson2005
My wife and mother-in-law were on the Concorde with Phil Collins as he flew from London to New York so that he could play in both concerts. My wife thought it was cool, my mother-in-law thought it was all stupid.
But how long has it been since "Hands across America"? I cannot even remember what that was supposed to raise our consciousness about, it obviously didn't work.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:51:02 PM PST
by
Sthitch
To: psimpson2005; qam1
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:51:13 PM PST
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: psimpson2005; qam1
To: sazerac
I'm so old that I remember when Dick Clark looked exactly the way he does now. I remember milk came in waxed cartons ... TV (a new thing) was only in black and white.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:51:20 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Happy Festivus ...)
To: Desdemona
I love the people who were born in the 80s complaining about feeling old. Too funny! I was born in '66 and still don't feel old!
To: psimpson2005
Speaking of live aid i heard that silly song "Do They know its Christmas?"
I give the same answer as I did years ago, hell no, they where musslemen communists and animists.
BTW that famine was man made by the government trying to bring the animists under control.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:51:57 PM PST
by
dts32041
(When did the Democratic party stop being the political arm of the KKK?)
To: CounterCounterCulture
I've got you beat - muzak is piped in to my place of employment (I think they must have had someone go postal once) and I recoginized.....(wait for it).....
THE CURE!!!
AAAAAHHHHHH!!!
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:52:16 PM PST
by
mabelkitty
(Blackwell for Governor in 2006!!!)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Leg-warmers still drive me insane.
To: Sthitch
But how long has it been since "Hands across America"? I cannot even remember what that was supposed to raise our consciousness about, it obviously didn't work.
All I remember is The Ramones' parody video of it for their song "Something to Believe In"
To: technochick99
I love the people who were born in the 80s complaining about feeling old. Too funny! I was born in '66 and still don't feel old! I wasn't born in the 80's. I was in school in the 80's. And yes, I had more posters of Duran Duran on the wall...
To: mabelkitty
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