only in the 80's

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awesome! This is one of the hardest things to explain to ppl about how it was back then. Everything was rock n roll. Chicks bought albums, knew the words, went to rock shows, etc. I can remember some chicks being into rock n roll as much as I was. I remember them coming up to me "did you hear Iron Maiden is coming?", or "I have tickets to Ratt, do you?". It really was the best time, but I guess every generation says that.
 
Every generation may say that but that doesn't make it true. ;)

Now the commercials are all medical pills and disease. Feeling dizzy, take this but it may cause dizziness, pain, bleeding, discomfort in your fingertips, paralysis, gout, heart palpitations, paranoia, dry mouth, wet arm pits, erections lasting for 3 hours because 4 hours is a problem, and in some cases dizziness. It is depressing. I will take that commercial every time. \m/ \m/
 
thenine":3j1mps66 said:
awesome! This is one of the hardest things to explain to ppl about how it was back then. Everything was rock n roll. Chicks bought albums, knew the words, went to rock shows, etc. I can remember some chicks being into rock n roll as much as I was. I remember them coming up to me "did you hear Iron Maiden is coming?", or "I have tickets to Ratt, do you?". It really was the best time, but I guess every generation says that.
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So true...every argument against this era boils down to some whiny "you guys looked retarded and shouldn't have been having so much stupid fun". Yeah, whatever, misery dudes...
 
Sometimes I miss being a kid in the 80's.

What a great time to be alive.
 
The 80's and beyond made me realize I grew up as a teen and got into music in a unique decade, the 70's.
 
Music was king. MTV helped, but it was a carryover from the 60s/70s. Started waning in the 2000s, and now kids really don't take up instruments and aspire to be in a band anymore. Back in HS there were at least 3-4 groups at any given time, and all rivaled each other lol..10 bucks to go see Judas Priest/Iron Maiden or whoever. Packed the car with 10 friends and off we went to the concert.
 
This was a commercial for a local hot dog joint back in the 80's before Cinderella got popular.

 
Times have changed a lot. It was safe to let your kids walk to school. Fights in school did not include weapons. Kids were more physically active and weren't glued to social media or TV. Great music, great concerts, and great times.

People were more honest and not afraid of being PC. Teens were tougher. I can't believe that teens are crying about the elections and need a safe room and counseling.

As Clint Eastwood recently said, it is the pussy generation.
 
Marshall Law":1cs9x66r said:
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Yeah i remember going to that "club" back in the 80's... didn't look as awesome as it did in that video. Where did you find that video? :lol: :LOL:
 
4406cuda":16w0yja4 said:
Times have changed a lot. It was safe to let your kids walk to school. Fights in school did not include weapons. Kids were more physically active and weren't glued to social media or TV. Great music, great concerts, and great times.

People were more honest and not afraid of being PC. Teens were tougher. I can't believe that teens are crying about the elections and need a safe room and counseling.

As Clint Eastwood recently said, it is the pussy generation.
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Don't forget that some colleges gave the students crayons and play dough to calm them down after the election. Lol.
 
tstern66":301y3mmd said:
4406cuda":301y3mmd said:
Times have changed a lot. It was safe to let your kids walk to school. Fights in school did not include weapons. Kids were more physically active and weren't glued to social media or TV. Great music, great concerts, and great times.

People were more honest and not afraid of being PC. Teens were tougher. I can't believe that teens are crying about the elections and need a safe room and counseling.

As Clint Eastwood recently said, it is the pussy generation.
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Don't forget that some colleges gave the students crayons and play dough to calm them down after the election. Lol.
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Sad part is these "students" today are the products of parents themselves that grew up in the 70's and 80's. The best era ever? So why weren't those great things handed down? If the kids of that time were tougher and not as emo... wtf happened to their kids (now college and HS students).

70's 80's kids claimed: our parents were tough on us, teachers too. They weren't our "friends", we had maybe 4 presents at Christmas, we ate only what was on the table or we didn't eat at all, we could only take ONE sport or E.C activity. Our ADHD problems were fixed with ass beatings or sticking your nose in a corner for hours.

Those kids from the 70's and 80's that got their asses beat when they were bad, had paddling at school, feared the principal or gym teacher somehow created a new era for their child rearing that included the many things "emo" and "feel good" policy, no physical discipline ever, spoiling their kids with stuff galore, buying them phones since 4th grade, making them special dinners when they didn't like a meal everyone else ate for dinner, and became more of friends to their kids because they wanted to have that graduate say "and to my parents... the best friends ever!!"

Those students, are products of the people from that wonder generation.

Something to ponder

I see these memes on FB that show 80's teens and these captions about their generation was tough, but kids today? Then all these responses of "yeah we were bad ass and cool, not like the pussies today". In one I responded "I think you just called your own offspring pussies"........... and the thread went silent

I too am a kid from the wonder era we all love! I also fought hard against the changing family dynamic, and the "friends before parents" roles many played. I fought the schools on their policy of passing students that didn't earn the grade, but instead blamed it on immaturity and said we'll pass them anyway and they'll catch up later. It is more harm to the child when he does not move ahead with his peers. I fought all of that bullshit and was told I'm an asshole for not supporting the needs of the kids. MY parents and their barbaric methods were too mean.

We built them up, we created the environment for the attitudes we are seeing.

and.. here we are... So, why did we change the things that made us stronger? Was it Oprah? 3-5PM talk shows our wives watched? The depictions of families in Sitcoms we hoped to have? What was the driving force that created the way we do things today? Boy George maybe?
 
It was society that forced the 80s parents into a lot.
No more public school punishment. Parents would get arrested if they spanked their kids in public for acting out of control in stores. The tech area of life was just starting to bloom.
Trust me. If I had a choice of a bad Ass PlayStation or going outside and playing 'tag'
The PlayStation would of won easily. :lol: :LOL:
Times changed. Ideals changed. Can't really blame anyone on this.
 
All good insights, but I think there's another big theme. Everything tended to cycle when we had a major war. After WWII, the country felt good again, Ike years were super happy for many. Nation got restless in the 60's, things got super crazy and weird in the late 60's. Enter Viet Nam, not a feel good victory like WWII, but by the mid 70's the turbulence started to subside. Late 70's party into the big 80's, Reagan years were happy for many.

Nothing as big as as Viet Nam since. Early 90's the party was over, things started to get weird again. Sure, the technology has changed a lot of social behavior in a major way too. But society gets really "out there" when there is nothing to pull us together. 911 as tragic as that was didn't really have a lasting unified effect.

When you go too long as a society without some common thread (be it a major war, race to the Moon, whatever), society doesn't stay cohesive. Things get weirder and weirder. Can't worry so much about fighting for what bathroom someone should be allowed to use when you think an airstrike could actually happen against your country.
 
I can't remember the exact quote but it is a quote that laments all the problems of the youth today. It was written by Plato or Socrates or some other ancient greek dude. They've said the similar things about 'the youth of today' since the beginning of time. My parents had to walk to school...uphill both ways. I had to ride a skateboard to school...uphill both ways. And so on and so on...
 
The pussification of each generation since WW2 has gotten worse. This generation is now feeling the effects.
 
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