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re: Things we miss about the 80's
Posted on 11/5/22 at 8:28 am to udtiger
Posted on 11/5/22 at 8:28 am to udtiger
About the same.
I’ll bring it back to sports. New Year’s Day was like nothing else. 5 bowl games that all seemed huge and the occasional cluster-f at the end of the day with who should be #1.
Of course CFB was crooked as hell then too but as kids we didn’t know or care about it as much. The orange bowl always seemed to have the best matchup since OU and Nebraska, Miami and later FSU were rolling.
I’ll bring it back to sports. New Year’s Day was like nothing else. 5 bowl games that all seemed huge and the occasional cluster-f at the end of the day with who should be #1.
Of course CFB was crooked as hell then too but as kids we didn’t know or care about it as much. The orange bowl always seemed to have the best matchup since OU and Nebraska, Miami and later FSU were rolling.
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Posted on 11/5/22 at 8:33 am to WestCoastAg
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At no point in time whenever we have these threads have i ever gone "damn, missed out"
Just accept that you don't know what you don't know. The 70s was my teens and the 80s my twenties. Both were great decades to be a kid. In the age of internet, cellphones, and social media you can't possibly understand what friendships and life in general meant without those things. You missed out.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 8:33 am to DoUrden
The end of full service gas stations. Three of four corners at main intersections were stations - then came convenience and fast food and now we have chain drug stores occupying these corners.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 8:34 am to DoUrden
My 81 Supreme Broham. Seats like comfy couches 
EDIT: for your viewing pleasure
EDIT: for your viewing pleasure
This post was edited on 11/5/22 at 8:38 am
Posted on 11/5/22 at 8:36 am to DaleGribble
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Galaga was my favorite arcade game, even before a kid told me about the cheat for it. Went straight to the arcade and played until the kill screen on one quarter.
Same here. I still remember the cheat. I did it on the Galaga machine at the 7-11 up the street from us. I rolled the score at least three times before my pissed off Mom came looking for me. Had a crowd watching and about twelve spaceships lined up on the bottom.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 9:18 am to DoUrden
Wasn't even born until the 90s but the 80s to me looks like it would've been a good time if I was alive.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 9:25 am to DoUrden
Posted on 11/5/22 at 9:29 am to shutterspeed
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Sure's shoo-tin... I'll... probably... seeyouthere.
The second I saw that screenshot I could hear her awkwardly saying that line, complete with her racking the shotgun in the middle of the line.
This post was edited on 11/5/22 at 9:44 am
Posted on 11/5/22 at 9:33 am to A Menace to Sobriety
My teenage years were the 80s. My wife calls those years unsupervised but they were the best ever.
I loved what we had and didn't at the same time. Hanging in the malls to meet girls and but what could only be called some ridiculous clothes. I am glad that there were no cell phones with cameras to document what we did or things could have turned out different.
Music
Freedoms
Cars, both good and bad
First jobs and first fun job
Being able to to get on my BMX with my shotgun and go hunting in the nearby woods without the cops being called
I could go on...
I loved what we had and didn't at the same time. Hanging in the malls to meet girls and but what could only be called some ridiculous clothes. I am glad that there were no cell phones with cameras to document what we did or things could have turned out different.
Music
Freedoms
Cars, both good and bad
First jobs and first fun job
Being able to to get on my BMX with my shotgun and go hunting in the nearby woods without the cops being called
I could go on...
Posted on 11/5/22 at 9:46 am to BruslyTiger
All of Baton Rouge used to drive through Monticello.
Now all of Baton Rouge avoids it.
Now all of Baton Rouge avoids it.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 9:54 am to Wolfhound45
If that car had the horse power of the cars today, it would've been ranked as one of the most memorable cars ever made.
This post was edited on 11/5/22 at 9:55 am
Posted on 11/5/22 at 9:57 am to TejasHorn
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we’d use a butter knife on the two buttons to set high scores.
Nothing is more 80s than malls and we had a brand new one right across the road. It was glorious going to the arcade, couple of record stores then hit up the rock candy store and pizza joint.
We used a "D" Battery worked way better
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:04 am to DoUrden
In honor of it being Saturday morning, remember being a kid in the 80's and waking up to Saturday am cartoons? Good stuff, those days are long gone.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:22 am to BruslyTiger
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My wife calls those years unsupervised but they were the best ever.
The “unsupervised” part is a huge part of why they were so good.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:35 am to udtiger
I was 10 in 80 and 19 in 89. 80-85 were peak 80s but even the late 80s seem a lot better, in retrospect.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:37 am to Adajax
A perfect post for anyone who was not alive yo live through it.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:46 am to BruslyTiger
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. My wife calls those years unsupervised but they were the best ever.
The fears and insecurities rose with the internet. Prior to that, people were more free.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:49 am to Spoonbilla
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The video games I played were Tempest,
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GOAT
That game was hard to find.. I remember Putt-Putt on Veterans had it.. When I would randomly find one it was broken..sometimes.. Great game..
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:53 am to RogerTheShrubber
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The fears and insecurities rose with the internet. Prior to that, people were more free.
Smartphones and social media kicked that ish into overdrive. Dopamine and serotonin addicted Pavlovian robots. Drop an EMP on some satellites and reboot this mfer.
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