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30 Facts That Will Overwhelm You with 1980s Nostalgia
BestLife ^ | 9/4/18 | Sarah Crow

Posted on 09/12/2024 3:15:05 PM PDT by DallasBiff

Do you long for the days when MTV still played music videos? Do you fondly remember your Cabbage Patch doll as the best birthday present you ever got? If any of this sounds familiar, chances are you still hold a candle for the 1980s

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: 80s
.The worst thing about the 80's were boom boxes and hair(guys with mullets and girls with frizzy hair)

I know the 80's was the Reagan era, so don't f flame me.

Mods pull if inappropriate.

1 posted on 09/12/2024 3:15:05 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
"Do you long for the days when MTV still played music videos?"

My sons watched MTV in the 80's, not me. I watched American Bandstand in the 60's.

2 posted on 09/12/2024 3:23:16 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: DallasBiff
guys with mullets and girls with frizzy hair

80s girls had the greatest hair ever. Ever! I can agree with your shot at mullets, but not at the ladies. They looked fantastic.
3 posted on 09/12/2024 3:29:09 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: DallasBiff

31) Some rock bands still practiced their backup vocals.


4 posted on 09/12/2024 3:38:54 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: DallasBiff

Communist fighting mercenaries and the Survivalist movement were at their peak in America, and they never get mentioned.

Houston even had a huge survivalist themed night club all camo and such and there were many magazines on the two topics.


5 posted on 09/12/2024 4:56:36 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: DallasBiff

The 1980s saw the birth of the original Apple Macintosh computer.

That got me into using computers for the first time, and powered my university research and teaching career!


6 posted on 09/12/2024 5:10:45 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: DallasBiff
LOL, The Super Bowl Shuffle reminded me of this one...

"We are keeckers, we keeck ball, we play with ball, we keeck the ball!"

7 posted on 09/12/2024 5:14:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mass55th

Good old American Bandstand — “Well, Dick, it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it”.


8 posted on 09/12/2024 5:16:12 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: DallasBiff

Two things I didn’t like about the 1980s were the awful pop music and the “cubist” fad in automobile design that resulted in ugly cars that looked like they were made from boxes.


9 posted on 09/12/2024 5:40:28 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: DallasBiff

When I think of the 1980s, shoulder pads, come to mind. In all the tops and dresses. I generally liked how they looked, but I did not like having to reposition them Every time I wore them.


10 posted on 09/12/2024 6:51:46 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: mmichaels1970
80s girls had the greatest hair ever. Ever! I can agree with your shot at mullets, but not at the ladies. They looked fantastic.

I was in my 30s in the 1980s and I couldn't agree more!

11 posted on 09/12/2024 7:38:26 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: DallasBiff

super bowl shuffle...Bears just lost to Miami and had 3 games left in the season plus the playoffs when this was released.

Other than that and some other things - like big hair, large hoop earrings and 5 inch CFM heels, the 80s are mystery to me.


12 posted on 09/12/2024 10:39:02 PM PDT by stylin19a (America-has citizens who will cross an ocean to fight for freedom but won't cross the street to vote)
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To: DallasBiff

It was the Chicago Bears glory year!


13 posted on 09/13/2024 6:14:16 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: DallasBiff
Mrs. T and I were married in ‘81. Our two daughters were born in’83 and ‘87. Lost my Mom in ‘86.

It was quite the decade…

14 posted on 09/13/2024 6:18:43 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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