| There
are so many more reasons why the 80s were better to
grow up in verses the 90s. Here are the top 10 reasons
why the 80s were better than the 90s.
10.
MTV actually played videos in the 80's.
9.
There was only one kind of Nike tennis shoes. (White
with a red swoosh), and they didn't cost $125.
8.
A comb in your back pocket is more practical and less
painful than a ring through your nose.
7.
In the 80's playing video games actually meant going
out to DO something (remember Hyper Space?)
6.
In the 80's, when you were out partying, you didn't
have to worry about your Mom calling you on your cell
phone.
5.
In the 80s we didn't have to worry about guns at
school.
4.
Debbie Gibson vs. Britney Spears. New Kids on the
Block vs. N'Sync. New Edition vs. Hanson. Ok, that
one's a draw.
3.
In the early 80's there were kids in your high school
who could BUY ALCOHOL LEGALLY.
2.
Feathered hair was easier to care for than dreadlocks.
And
the number one reason why it was better to grow up in
the 80s than the 90s...
1.
In the 80's you didn't have to worry about your pants
falling down all the time. They were so tight we
couldn't get them off!
| You’re
lost between baby boomer and Generation
X if: |
- You
remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle
comb in the back pocket were cool.
- A
photograph shows you wearing an Izod shirt with
the collar turned up.
- You
know any Weird Al Yankovic song by heart.
- You’ve
ever rung someone’s doorbell and shouted, “Landshark!”
- You
once were bowled over by the technological
excellence of Atari, Coleco, TelStar and
Intellivision.
- You
remember the premiere of MTV. Worse yet, you
remember its predecessor, Friday Night Videos.
- A
predominant color in your childhood colors is
plaid.
- You
took family trips BEFORE the invention of the
minivan. You
rode in the back of the station wagon, facing the
cars behind you.
- You’ve
recently horrified yourself by using any one of
the following phrases: “You know, back
when…,” When I was our age…” or “When I
was younger…”
- Schoolhouse
Rock played a huge part in how you learned
grammar, math and history. You also learned to
recite the preamble to the Constitution by singing
it.
- The
question, “Where’s the beef?” still makes
you laugh.
- You
remember when movie critics raved that no movie
could ever surpass the special effects in Tron.
- You
had a crush on Ted the photographer in Love Boat,
Gage from Emergency or Ponch from C.H.I.P.S.
- You
can guess which episode of The Brady Bunch it is
by the first scene.
- You
know who shot J.R.
- You
remember when Love’s Baby Soft was in every
girl’s Christmas stocking.
- You
recognize this line: “My name is Charlie and
they work for me.”
- You’ve
ever had a Dorothy Hamill haircut.
- You
owned a pair of rainbow suspenders like the ones
Mork wore.
- You
remember when your cable TV box had a sliding
selector switch and was attached to your TV by a
wire.
- You
actually believed that Mikey, the Life cereal kid,
died after eating Pop Rocks and drinking a Coke.
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