****THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD****

80's Pop Culture ^

[Lucky9teen]

Ah...back in the day.....

For me, it's flashing back to the 80's (my favorite decade)....

 

What were the 80s? . . . Bueller? . . . Anyone? Well, you are truly a child of the 80s if any of the following statements are true for you: 

 

You know what leg warmers are; You know who Mr. T is; You remember when Atari was a state of the art video game system; You used to be able to breakdance (or wished you could); The phrases "bright light" and "phone home" actually mean something to you; You had a BMX bike.

 

 

The 80s was a decade where young folk wore fluorescent, neon clothing and business folk wore double-breasted suits with shoulder pads and believed "Greed Is Good" . . .  and when Prince sang about partying "like it's 1999" it seemed so far away!

 

Dallas and Dynasty ruled the airwaves, Transformers were more than meets the eye, leggings under a short skirt was considered a stylish look, Michael Jackson was still black and 'by the power of Greyskull you HAD the power!'

 

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher promoted a 'return to Victorian values' in Britain, which was matched by a new conservatism in the USA under Ronald Reagan, who was voted in as president and served the maximum eight-year term in office.

 

 

Meanwhile at home and in the playground, people were struggling to master Rubik's Cube - the biggest craze of the early part of the decade, a block of movable coloured squares named after its Hungarian inventor, Erno Rubik.

 

 

Video games were the hottest new innovation as video arcade game machines began to replace pinball machines in amusement arcades across the Western world with Pac Man and Space Invaders leading the pack.

 

 

 

Sophisticated equipment for leisure and pleasure became increasingly affordable as incredible advances in technology continued, and the Eighties soon also became the decade of gadgets - From digital watches to cappuccino machines to cellular phones to computers (Even though a Commodore 64 was the pinnacle of computing excellence).

 

In 1984, Yuppies appeared on the scene. An acronym for Young Urban professionals, it became synonymous with upward mobility, greed, and selfishness. But then the 80s was the decade of Self; self-improvement, self motivation, self-help manuals.

 

 

It was also, IMO, the last decade to have decent music.

 

 

[darkangel82]

Spew.

[Lucky9teen]

The Secret Service has been worried by Bill Clinton’s practice of taking early morning jogs. They got a real scare the other day when somebody threw a beer at the president. Fortunately, it turned out to have been a draft, and Clinton was able to dodge it.

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[Lucky9teen]

Don't forget "crimped hair"...



I still have my crimping iron... ;0

[Lucky9teen]

What would be hilarious, is if you photo shopped Sanjaya on there... LOL

[Lil'freeper]

YES!!! Me, too, somewhere. Oh - and Aquanet. You can only get 80’s hair with industrial strength hairspray: Aquanet.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Q: What do Rock Hudson abd Len Bias have in common?
A: They both died from some bad crack

[BJClinton]

Hey, beeej... you about to float away?

It’s raining... again... today.

Almost, I got to do some kayaking down my street. And it's raining...again. Just drizzle so far but they're saying it could get heavy..again. 45 consecutive days of rain.

40 days and 40 nights. pfft Noah was a piker.

[Lil'freeper]

Lessee: adidas high tops, guess jeans, chic jeans, remember those silly jelly's shoes. (blech) Leggings and stirrup pants were everywhere (with leg warmers and scrunch socks) There was that whole "Blast to the Past" 50's/60's music revival. Beach Boys and The Monkees... and Lee Press on Nails! (gawd those were tacky)

The 80's were just tacky.

[agent_delta]

Aquanet...

AKA wood lacquer or shellac

[JRios1968]

STOLT

[Lil'freeper]

Had a roommate in college who used two cans - one for each hand. It was pretty amazing.

[Lucky9teen]

Send some rain to Phoenix man.... :(

[r-q-tek86]

I’m begining to think that this is all an elaborate Hollywood marketing campaign for Evan Almighty

[r-q-tek86]

your comment made me think of this classic...

[agent_delta]

Funniest thing I've seen all week...

[agent_delta]

Don’t light a match...

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[agent_delta]

Karl Rove?

[Lucky9teen]

[fireforeffect]

Lets not forget: