re: Were the 80s the best time to be a kid in American history?

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I had internet porn in the 2000s. I win

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That's not winning. That's being spoiled and not having to work for anything. Internet porn wasnt appreciated.

I'm an old school pervert.

Back when you had to hope to find discarded magazines on the side of the road. Or steal from a friend's dad. Then keep the magazines in the woods, hidden in a ziplock bag to protect from weather.

Last magazine I ever found, was with a penthouse from January of 1998. RIP to the covergirl.

My sons agree with you. Nintendo, Atari, and home computer. Jimmy Carter's screwed economy left one benefit for my ten and eight year olds. We moved to a house that was part of a planned subdivision. A couple houses were built before the high interest rates stalled construction. The house was on a Cul-de-sac, at the end of a street which ran about a half mile and ended on another Cul-de-sac. No other house on the road. I bought them Go Cart, the neighbors kids had a Mini bike and all five boys in the neighborhood had bicycles. They had a private, safe road to spend their time and play.

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You were getting pussy at 11?

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I graduated HS in '89. The math isn't difficult.

I was 7 y/o to 17 y/o in the 80’s and it was the shite, especially in smaller towns before Wal Mart and manufacturing loss made small towns terrible.

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I broke mine swinging from the clothesline.

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Swinging on the T shaped pole? Same with me!

Those poles were notorious for broken arms. The pipe diameter was small enough to wrap your fingers over the top, but too big to get a good grip!

If clothes lines hadn’t become obsolete, the makers of those T shaped poles would have been sued by the time product liability lawyers had hit their full stride in society in the late 1990’s!

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I'm an old school pervert. Back when you had to hope to find discarded magazines on the side of the road. Or steal from a friend's dad. Then keep the magazines in the woods, hidden in a ziplock bag to protect from weather.

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You are not a pervert.

That’s what everybody did in our mid teens. We walked down the road looking for Hustlers or Penthouses in the ditch and dad had an old Playboy stash.

It wasnt though..if all you ever knew were machines that funnel porn into a bedroom..you didnt truly know the struggle of the porn drought of the 1980s and 90s for young dudes.

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1984 to 1988 were nonstop... safe,

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No. When do you think milk cartons started featuring kidnapped kids? Crime was on the rise. You simply didn't hear all of it because you had three channels and maybe CNN.

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Swinging on the T shaped pole?

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Exactly. Slipped off and broke the fall with my hand. Surprised I didn’t break an ankle, I got some air doing that.