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You know you grew up in the 80s when....

bmacd

Lifer
You know what "Sike" means.
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off."
You know that another name for a keyboard is a
"Synthesizer."
You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack, Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, and French fry song.
You know who Mr. T is.
You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?
You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
You could breakdance, or wish you could.
You wanted to be the Incredible Hulk for Halloween.
You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You knew that knowing is half the battle.
You wanted to be on Star Search.
You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your
youth.
You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
You knew what Willis was "t! alkin' 'bout."
You HAD to have your MTV.
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You owned any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon
You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.
You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.
You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.
You had to change into play clothes after school.
You hated Scrappy Doo.
You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
You had to get up to change the channel.
You thought the "Thriller" video was pretty cool.
You remember the first time you went in to a video store to rent a movie.
You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.
Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best
song - ever.
You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.
You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie Jaws.
El Debarge's "Get a beat to the rhythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour.
You remember life before minivans and SUVs.


If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, you are a "Child of the 80's".

-=bmacd=-


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Credit to DeeOne from gixxer.com
 
I recognized all of them except this one:

"You know where "I want my two dollars" came from. "

What was that from?
 
Originally posted by: js1973
I recognized all of them except this one:

"You know where "I want my two dollars" came from. "

What was that from?

one of John Cusacks best roles as Lane Meyer in Better Off Dead.


awesome movie.
 
Originally posted by: ncircle
Originally posted by: js1973
I recognized all of them except this one:

"You know where "I want my two dollars" came from. "

What was that from?

one of John Cusacks best roles as Lane Meyer in Better Off Dead.


awesome movie.

I agree.

We got pulled out of class to watch the Thriller video. One of the teachers had taped it (must have been beta 😉)

How about:

You remember the Challenger disaster and can still recall some of the terrible jokes associated with it
You thought Duran Duran was pretty cool (but wouldn't admit it because your sister did too)
You would like to thank Mr.Roboto very much 'o
You fought with your brother over whether to watch Star Trek or M.A.S.H.

 
Bunch of young'ins, do any of you clowns remember mood rings ?, still have mine in a box somewhere.
 
Originally posted by: ObiDon
You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
They're gone? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Cartoons aren't a treat anymore. They used to only be on at certain times. Now there are like 12 networks broadcasting them constantly. That's the same reason that the popularity of baseball is fading. It used to be that little kids eagerly listened to the single game on the radio. Now you have 8 games to choose from.

I think that sometimes the overabundance of things that we love destroys the reason that we love them.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: ObiDon
You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
They're gone? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Cartoons aren't a treat anymore. They used to only be on at certain times. Now there are like 12 networks broadcasting them constantly. That's the same reason that the popularity of baseball is fading. It used to be that little kids eagerly listened to the single game on the radio. Now you have 8 games to choose from.

I think that sometimes the overabundance of things that we love destroys the reason that we love them.
Here, in the Portland, Oregon area, we don't even really have Saturday morning cartoons on the major broadcast networks. It sucks. Only WB shows cartoons and, even then, they're mixed in with sports shows and other crap.

So, if I want to watch cartoons it ends up being Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh!, and Card Captors or Monster Rancher or something. How many frickin' "fighting pet" cartoons do we really need?!? I guess at least they don't all play like commercials the way that Yu-gi-oh! does. 😉

Everybody else shows news, sports, or informercials during the previously Saturday morning cartoon timeslots.

As much as I hated 3 hours of Looney Toons/Merrie Melodies every Saturday, i'd still gladly take that over the crap they show now. :disgust:
 
Originally posted by: ObiDon
Here, in the Portland, Oregon area, we don't even really have Saturday morning cartoons on the major broadcast networks. It sucks. Only WB shows cartoons and, even then, they're mixed in with sports shows and other crap.

So, if I want to watch cartoons it ends up being Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh!, and Card Captors or Monster Rancher or something. How many frickin' "fighting pet" cartoons do we really need?!? I guess at least they don't all play like commercials the way that Yu-gi-oh! does. 😉

Everybody else shows news, sports, or informercials during the previously Saturday morning cartoon timeslots.

As much as I hated 3 hours of Looney Toons/Merrie Melodies every Saturday, i'd still gladly take that over the crap they show now. :disgust:

Yeah, cartoons suck now. I do like Invader Zim though. That's hilarious, but I don't know when or if it's on. I agree, there are too many Poke-alikes on. It's like the Japanese are trying to take over America by sending all of their crap TV over here. 😛 j/k

I did like the PS1 Monster Rancher game though. 😱

 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I did like the PS1 Monster Rancher game though. 😱
Me too. I still have it. 😀

And to add to this thread,
You know you grew up in the 80s when....you know who was in the "Brat Pack"
 
I'm not a child of the 80's as such (born in '86, so I was only 4 when the 90's began), but I know "wax on, wax off", have all those films on video (I, II and III), and just this morning I stuck up a Transformers poster on my wall, and wished my brother hadn't taken both the DVD and Video copies of Transformers - The Movie with him.
(Plus, I hate Scrappy Doo and the Thriller video WAS cool 😛)
 
Does anybody still have thier original Bell Bottoms from the seventies ?
The mop top haircut ?
The paisly stripped dress shirts ?
Big humongous belt buckles ?
The heart shaped windows on the side of your chevy van ?
The Freedom Train and Spirit of '76 bumper stickers ?
The cork bottomed shoes ?
Michael Jackson was in the Jackson Five< Little baby
Eight track tapes<-----------😀
VW Buses<-------------------😀
 
You remember when the Bag and the Bag ][ were the backpack of choice (=Before Jansport).
You used half a pencil for a long time because you always lost at 'peg'.
You bought a footlong, 3" Diameter pencil so you could be the king of 'peg' at your school. Heh heh😀

You know what OP and PCH are.




 
yup, i grew up in the 80s all right. i remember all that stuff--owned a pair of parachute pants 🙂 here's one that goes back a little further. i can vaguely remember the news when elvis died--anybody remember that?
 
Born in 1973... i grew up in the 80s... and i remember MANY of them..

btw.. who remembers...

"Members Only" Jackets
Airbrushed Denim Jackets
Argyle Sweater vests
FAZ
Ponytail for Men
Tails (hair)
Champion Sweatshirts
OP (Ocean Pacific) T-shirts
Cardigan Sweaters with shirts underneath
Sweatpants Tucked into tube socks with the bottoms puffing out.
Spandex :::shiver:::
Friendship Pins/Bracelets
Jeri Curls
Vision Street Wear
 
Originally posted by: tigerwannabe
yup, i grew up in the 80s all right. i remember all that stuff--owned a pair of parachute pants 🙂 here's one that goes back a little further. i can vaguely remember the news when elvis died--anybody remember that?

... hey grandpa... stop posting here 😛
*walking sideways with parachutes pants*..... uhh ohh uhh ohhhhhh....

But man I remember mostly Run DMC/quiet riot and ummm really fruity colors in the 80's. I had freaky t shirts colors and tight arse jeans. I remember when no Russian kids were in my school. The cops had long a$$ Chevy Caprice's. HE MAN WAS THE MAN and THUNDERCATS was FRESH!!!



Voltron MAKES ANYTHING LOOOK like utter Krap.
 
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