| 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
remember trying to guess which episode of The Brady Bunch
it was 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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