What is the life in the 80s like?
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dude, i was born to answer this question. i loved the 80s. you really do not realize how much you miss something until it is gone. as with everything, age gives one a perspective. while living inside the decade, i didn't know i really cared. i'm not one to blab on and on, so i'll try keep it short. one of my very first memories is of the miracle on ice. i also remember hearing about john lennon getting shot. the significance of both was lost on me until i was a bit older. flew to LA to see the olympics in'84, the soviets boycotted since the usa did in 1980. Carl Lewis was the man. so was evil kneivel (sp?), that guy had big brass balls! \nwhile in school, the space shuttle Challenger blew up before my very eyes while we were watching the first teacher, christy mccauliffe, lifted into space. There were attempted assassinations of pope john paul II and president reagan.  there was always an air of fear due to nuclear arms and the cold war. the soviets were the enemy, that was that. watch the movie 'red dawn' for a perspective. it blew my mind when the berlin wall fell and so did the soviet union. I knew i was a witness to history, very cool. ronald reagan was the president. and since he was the president during my formative years, and i was taught to respect the office, love or hate the man, he was the example all the others had to live up to. i vaguely remember the iran hostage situation that preceded ronald reagan being elected.  \nmusic wise, my older brother was punk and I loved punk, ramones, dead kennedys and black flag to name a few. i was not a big fan of the electronic music, e.g., flock of seagulls, human league, until i got older and i realized it was a soundtrack to my youth. I was there when MTV started, i saw the first video they aired, video killed the radio star, or whatever. madonna's playboy issue was highly sought after. i used to be abe to run into the store to buy my father cigarettes, and a pack was less than a dollar! so much to talk about, i could go on forever.\ni miss the 80s because of the nostalgia, i was young and innocent and it seemed that the world was too. when you get older, you will miss your past and hopefully be passionate about it as much.
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sometime in the 1980s
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Late '20's?  By that time most people have seen enough of life to know what it's about.\n\nLike you say, depends on maturity.
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I think that you will find that life has a tendancy to \naffect television rather than the other way around.\n\nIn the mid 80's you find that many of the shows that were popular in the past are dying out and newer shows are taking their place.  For some of these shows, the reason is simply that most TV shows die out quickly.  Other shows rise and fall can be contributes to the changing social ideals of the time.  The 80's brought with it the end of the Cold War and a whole new attitude in our society.  The days of the happy, peace-loving "hippies" were fading as a new generation of hard-rock, head banging, party animals arises.  Society is becoming ever more tolerant of imperfections and television programs reflect that.\n\nWe see an end of hit shows like M*A*S*H (1972-1983), American Bandstand (1957-1989)\n\nCrime shows like Charlie's Angels (1976-1981), CHiPs (1977-1983), Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980) are replaced with Night Court (1984-1992), Falcon Crest (1981-1990), L.A. Law (1986-1994), Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996), and Matlock (1986-1995)\n\nFamily shows like Happy Days (1974-1984), The Jeffersons (1975-1985), Three's Company (1977-1984), The Facts of Life (1979-1988) and The Waltons (1972-1981) are replaced with Full House (1987-1995), Roseanne (1988-1997), Married...With Children (1987-1997), Growing Pains (1985-1992), The Wonder Years (1988-1993) and Who's the Boss (1984-1992)\n\nComedies like Mork & Mindy (1978-1982) and Taxi (1978-1983) are replaced with Seinfield (1989-1998), ALF (1986-1990), The Golden Girls (1985-1992), Coach (1989-1997) and Cheers (1982-1993)\n\nChildrens shows like Bozo's Circus (1961-1980), Captain Kangaroo (1955-1984), The Jetsons (1962-1987), Tom and Jerry (1940-1980), The Muppet Show (1976-1981) and The Yogi Bear Show (1958-1988) give way to Muppet Babies (1984-1990), The Smurfs (1981-1989), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996), Transformers (1984-1987), Punky Brewster (1984-1986), Duck Tales (1987-1990), The Looney Toons Show (1988-2006), Kids Incorporated (1984-1993) and Inspector Gadget (1983-1986)\n\nSome 80's shows that are still around:\nThis Old House (1980-), Strawberry Shortcake (1980-), The Simpsons (1989-), The People's Court (1981-), Primetime Live (1989-), Oprah (1986-), Larry King Live (1985-), Grand Ol' Opry (1985-), Entertainment Tonight (1981-), COPS (1989-), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-), America's Most Wanted (1988-), America's Funniest Home Videos (1989-)\n\nI hope this is of some help to you.  As I said before, you must keep in mind that television usually reflects societies views rather than influencing society.  A good example is the shift in top shows between the 70's and 80's.  The #1 family show in the 70's was the Brady Bunch.  Other than the odd combination of two different families, it was pretty straight laced.  #1 in the 80's, "Full House".  Still pretty straight laced, but you see a man raising his four daughters alone, one uncle who is a comedian/goof ball, and another who is a leather wearing rocker.  Quite a shift from The Brady Bunch.  As the 80's progress we see even more drastic changes to Roseanne and Married...With Children.  Formerly "taboo" subjects like sex and drugs become common in the story lines.\n\nAs you can see, society changes television.  Television, very rarely, changes society.
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People who where borned from 1980-1989
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Heck no.  The best times of my life were in the 70's and don't intend to ever leave!!!!!!!!
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In the 1950's (in the UK) people were told work hard and save, come the 21st century you'll have better lifestyles. Work less hours, retire early and have loads of spare time to enjoy life and be living in a Sci-Fi type future. People had great expectations.\nWell all that seems have gone pear shaped, as people are working longer hours, expected to retire later and now have very little time to enjoy their lives. \n21st century? More like the 1940's. And I can't see the future getting any better.\nSorry to be a sourpuss.
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Old movie? Like from the 1980's?
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all of my school years were in the 70s and i remember wearing bell bottoms and long hair, buying cigarettes at the corner store for my mom with a note. we also got a whole bag of candy for a quarter. i remember the gas wars and also being terrified about growing up and having to wear gas masks to breath because thats what they told us in school. I thought the world was going to end soon because the grown ups were poluting the planet and the kids would be living on a dead planet wear the sun would burn us up through the ozone layer. I learned how to live in the moment though, skating , disco dancing, pushing limits.
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Have we entered some time-warp back to the 80s?
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how do you compare the lifestyle of today to your time period? \nwhat is your view on todays goverment compared to your time period?\ngas and economy?\nrace?\nwar?\nemployment?\nworld affairs?
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I was in 7th - 8th grade at the time!\nStone Wash/Acid Washed Jeans and Jean jackets\nBig hair\nreally short hair for boys (Flat Top)\nThe Gangster style becoming fashionable in White kids!\nThe beginning of the Deathrocker era (Pre-Goth) in Middle Class America\nMusic: Living Colour, Guns N' Roses, Janes Addiction, Eazy-E/NWA, song "Pump up the Volume" was the best annoying song ever!!\nBest Place to be in 1989: New York City!\nBut I was in Long Beach.\nBitchin' movie of the time: "Batman" and "Rooftops"\nTV: "Head of the Class"\nRadio "Pirate Radio"\nNO Internet, we had local BBS's (Bullitin Board Systems) with 1 lousey line to upto ten lines!  Phone Lines were for how many people can be logged on at the same time.\nMongoose bikes were like the Ferraris of the bicycle world.
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I'll opt for 1960. I'm basing this on the number of my friends who cannot get their adult children to obtain or keep jobs or move out of home. And I'm not just talking about older teenagers, but 20 to 30 year olds! They just seem to take for granted that they can lay around and mooch. \nI think the 60's generation was much more motivated to get out on their own. Well, I know so--the whole "generation gap" issue that was constantly talked about, "don't trust anyone over 30", ect. The kids just wanted out and away from supervision.
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I  can top you. I'm stuck in the 80's. It's nothing to worry about. I think we just miss the memories.
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Not ever. 1994 was horrible, and 2002, not much better. Thank God I still remember 1970, 1982 and 1986!
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socially, isnt that subjective? a lot has changed, but whether that's considered progress or decline is debatable. (50's housewives, 60-70s civil rights movement, hippies, etc, 80-90's hair bands and fads etc etc)\n\neconomically, we've been doing the same cycle of highs and lows as the economy is historically known to do, though if you're talking about economic systems and structure of american economy, not too much has changed.\n\ntechnologically speaking of course, there has been plenty of progress, at an exponentially higher rate than ever before.  (medicine, internet, even video games and cars)
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Try going to a thrift store for some older music and games. If you're not sure what games came out in the 80's, check out Milton Bradley's website (hasbro.com/games)\nAlso check out the local library--more modern ones have CD's (even movies).  The library will probably have some older cookbooks too.\nThe local video rental store would also be a good place to go for movies--if you are not sure what to get, ask the salespersons--often there is a movie-geek there that would love the challenge. \nI suggest Back to the Future, Weird Science, and The Breakfast Club, to name a few.  If you go to amazon.com you can find a listing (Listmania!)of the most popular movies of the 1980's.\nGood luck.