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Posted: 2/14/2019 2:48:22 AM EDT
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The 80's gave us (c)rap music.   Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 2:50:32 AM EDT
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I'm going to tell you why you're wrong. Fox body and 3rd Gen camaros. Feel that whopping 200 whorespower as the wind combs that mullet back pinning those goofy aviators to your nose. In an impressive 0-60 in 10 minutes. 
Hughes amendment passed in 86.
Cocaine everywhere. Shoulder pads in business suits. For men and women. What. The. Actual. Fuck. We're ya'll anticipating full contact game near the water cooler hopped up on coke? Rock bands dressing in drag. 
Hairspray. Could you fuckers live without it? 
Nothing good came from the 80s except the following. 3 wheelers. Honda 250Rs Yamaha Banshee Suzuki LT500 Yamaha blaster Suzuki LT250 82-87 body style Chevy C10s. Everything else. Shit. "Pop music" synthesizers is today's mumble rap
If the 80s were so great... how come nobody bought lightning links, drop in auto sears, full auto lowers like they were going out of style?!  Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories: Rick James & Prince - Chappelle’s Show |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 2:51:31 AM EDT
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If the 80s were so great... how come nobody bought lightning links, drop in auto sears, full auto lowers like they were going out of style?! |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 2:56:36 AM EDT
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free love no aids |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 2:58:37 AM EDT
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Just noticed this...laughed a little.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 2:59:47 AM EDT
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I'm going to tell you why you're wrong. Fox body and 3rd Gen camaros. Feel that whopping 200 whorespower as the wind combs that mullet back pinning those goofy aviators to your nose. In an impressive 0-60 in 10 minutes.
Hughes amendment passed in 86.
Cocaine everywhere. Shoulder pads in business suits. For men and women. What. The. Actual. Fuck. We're ya'll anticipating full contact game near the water cooler hopped up on coke? Rock bands dressing in drag.
Hairspray. Could you fuckers live without it?
Nothing good came from the 80s except the following. 3 wheelers. Honda 250Rs Yamaha Banshee Suzuki LT500 Yamaha blaster Suzuki LT250 82-87 body style Chevy C10s. Everything else. Shit. "Pop music" synthesizers is today's mumble rap
If the 80s were so great... how come nobody bought lightning links, drop in auto sears, full auto lowers like they were going out of style?! |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:02:57 AM EDT
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Just noticed this...laughed a little. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/166803/kinda_funny_JPG-844886.jpg  Al Bundy Tribute - Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers) |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:03:39 AM EDT
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 Weezer - Take On Me (Official Video) |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:05:35 AM EDT
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I'm watching Highlander right now, and forgot how great wrestling was in the '80's. Back when "WWF" didn't refer to wildlife.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:08:19 AM EDT
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Comedy was funny & didn’t lecture you on SJW
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:11:08 AM EDT
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I was born in 1977, I remember most of the 80's especially from about 1982 on.
It was great, everything seemed new, over the top and in your face, the future was always right around the corner. Then we rolled into the 90's which everything amazing just seemed to continue on, as a teen the beginning of the 90's was just full throttle. Music, freedom, not a care in the world. Looking back, it was absolutely idealistic, the perfect childhood. I have been watching a lot of movies, TV shows, commercials and MTV Classic lately. At times I get a deep sense of nostalgia, as if I can just feel certain days, times and situations. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:26:52 AM EDT
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Old dudes gonna old dude. Most guys will tell you the decade where they had the best combination of getting laid, their back not hurting, and making decent money was the best decade ever. For some guys here, that time was the '80s. For most guys here, that time was not the '80s. Usually, when trying to point to other factors other than maybe economics, their arguments fall off. Presidents? Please... Every President we've had in the last century has been an authoritarian ass that loved big government and expanded the size and scope of our government as well as its powers over us. Wars and the threat thereof? That never ends. Cars? I might give you a pass if you lived through the '60s muscle car era, otherwise, LOL. That brings me to the music... People who peaked in the '80s love to talk about the music, but pretty much the only thing that went right in that decade was the proliferation of metal. Most rock was either broken down to four chord arena bullshit or turned into wank sessions for overcooked guitar solos and/or synth pieces that were more about showing off than any kind of actual art. Jazz, blues, and anything with legit soul fell into the shadows. Classical was an afterthought. I'm also pretty sure the '80s MTV scene gave rise to the pop music artists that perform/lip-sync over canned music. Country was still country in the '80s, but it doesn't really stand out to adjacent decades. Unless you were an old school metal head, '80s music wasn't actually very good for the most part. You probably just love it because you associate it with getting laid and not having back pain. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:38:21 AM EDT
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I barely hit the teens before the 80's ended but from what I remember I can say that I mostly agree with OP on this. Awesome music, great movies. The better part of the 80's people in general were pretty happy and optimistic about the future. The last part after 87 a little less so.
Btw the 80 was the last decade Norway would still feel like Norway wherever in the country we went, with a few exceptions on the eastern part of Oslo. Nowadays, not so much. 
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:55:17 AM EDT
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Yup, I was there when MTV made it's debut...First song was Dire Straits "Money For Nothing". And if you couldn't pull chics in the 80's it was because you were gay. 
First song was Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star. Second was Pat Benetar - You Better Run. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:57:15 AM EDT
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The 80's gave us (c)rap music.  Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 3:59:53 AM EDT
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60's and 70's were good as a kid. As an adult, the 80's rocked. 90's were OK.
IMHO and YMMV |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 4:16:52 AM EDT
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Sorry. The 90s gave us Jurassic park. /Thread. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 4:28:49 AM EDT
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There were a handful of us fighting in Central America, but most of the US didn't pay any attention. But, it was a great decade. Aviator As one pundit put it, what we failed to do in Vn with millions, we accomplished in central America with a handful. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 4:29:12 AM EDT
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The 1980s was a very good decade for me.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 4:31:27 AM EDT
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Sorry. The 90s gave us Jurassic park. /Thread. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 4:50:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryAnd to the Russians and constant threat of Nuke attack... Once Reagan took office, started talking SDI Star Wars and pledged to bring back the B1 bomber in quantity... The Russians knew Reagan was ready to try and kick ass if needed. The Russians remembered how Kennedy Blinked in the Cuban crisis, Reagan scared the shit out of the hard line com-bloc generals, KGB and GRU. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 4:52:55 AM EDT
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It all depends on whether you like things better at their start, maturation or decline. There are rose colored glasses for whichever decade you grew up in. The sixties had more creative/talented musicians but my senior year Toys in the Attic, Wish You Were Here and Physical Graffiti were released. By the mid to late 70s the punks and hip hop/rap was taking over. Mainstream drug use in the 60's was Boone's Farm/Ripple and a little weed. The seventies it was a lot of weed, psychedelics and whatever prescriptions you could steal from your family. Cocaine, Crack and quaaludes for average folks exploded in the 80's. Obviously heroin has always been with us. "Best" is subjective not absolute.
"all antient histories, as one of our wits has observed, are only fables that men have agreed to admit as true" - Voltaire |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 5:05:10 AM EDT
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The 80s were absolutely awesome. 
... only downside was the threat of nuclear annihilation. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 5:12:10 AM EDT
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There were a handful of us fighting in Central America, but most of the US didn't pay any attention. But, it was a great decade. Aviator |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 5:20:58 AM EDT
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Yup, I was there when MTV made it's debut...First song was Dire Straits "Money For Nothing". And if you couldn't pull chics in the 80's it was because you were gay.  The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Official Music Video |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 5:28:11 AM EDT
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The 80s were absolutely awesome.
... only downside was the threat of nuclear annihilation. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 6:00:01 AM EDT
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Born in 82, I'm very much a 90's kid, which I enjoyed quite a bit. I do feel like I missed the boat by a little bit though.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:05:01 AM EDT
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I'm going to tell you why you're wrong. Fox body and 3rd Gen camaros. Feel that whopping 200 whorespower as the wind combs that mullet back pinning those goofy aviators to your nose. In an impressive 0-60 in 10 minutes.
Hughes amendment passed in 86.
Cocaine everywhere. Shoulder pads in business suits. For men and women. What. The. Actual. Fuck. We're ya'll anticipating full contact game near the water cooler hopped up on coke? Rock bands dressing in drag.
Hairspray. Could you fuckers live without it?
Nothing good came from the 80s except the following. 3 wheelers. Honda 250Rs Yamaha Banshee Suzuki LT500 Yamaha blaster Suzuki LT250 82-87 body style Chevy C10s. Everything else. Shit. "Pop music" synthesizers is today's mumble rap
If the 80s were so great... how come nobody bought lightning links, drop in auto sears, full auto lowers like they were going out of style?! 
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:16:10 AM EDT
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I lost my virginity in 1984 so yeah....amazing decade.  |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:21:48 AM EDT
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Given that generation Y started somewhere around the early 80s, there are quite a few millennials that remember that decade, even if vaguely.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:26:55 AM EDT
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You guys look at the ‘80s the same way that we look at the ‘90s, it isn’t that there’s anything particularly special about either decade, it’s just a matter of perspective.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:41:30 AM EDT
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You guys look at the '80s the same way that we look at the '90s, it isn't that there's anything particularly special about either decade, it's just a matter of perspective. 
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:49:15 AM EDT
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I loved the '80s
It was a good time
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:49:41 AM EDT
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Great thread.
Greatest decade. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:55:05 AM EDT
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Born in '82, the 80's were awesome as a kid. 90's were pretty good, too.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 7:59:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:00:01 AM EDT
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Yup, I was there when MTV made it's debut...First song was Dire Straits "Money For Nothing". And if you couldn't pull chics in the 80's it was because you were gay. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:01:48 AM EDT
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I was born in 1961, so yea, trust me when I say the '80's were an amazing time. I miss the '80's...
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:07:50 AM EDT
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The 80s were an awesome time to grow up.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:11:20 AM EDT
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Best thing about the 80s is it gave the world me.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:13:31 AM EDT
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The 80s were absolutely awesome.
... only downside was the threat of nuclear annihilation. But yes...what a time to be alive! |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:14:04 AM EDT
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HS 80-84
Army 84-88 Single with my own place 88- 80’s parties were the best parties |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:15:18 AM EDT
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I was 5 years old in 1980. My childhood was Awesome
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:19:39 AM EDT
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Born in '82, the 80's were awesome as a kid. 90's were pretty good, too. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:21:19 AM EDT
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You forgot to mention the most horrifying thing about the 70s. The fashion.
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:23:37 AM EDT
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The early 2000's pre-9/11 were fun.
We had the internet. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:26:08 AM EDT
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The 80's gave us (c)rap music. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:26:08 AM EDT
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The 80s were absolutely awesome.
... only downside was the threat of nuclear annihilation. |
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:26:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/14/2019 8:30:14 AM EDT
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Yup, I was there when MTV made it's debut...First song was Dire Straits "Money For Nothing". And if you couldn't pull chics in the 80's it was because you were gay. |
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