13 Things from the 1980s, Kids Today Will Never Understand!

[@cowboydiecastracing]

I grew up in the 80’s. Definitely an amazing time to be a kid! I really miss the 80’s

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Lemme tell ya.. those of us who WEREN'T kids back then really miss the 80s too! LOL!

[@rosekinnison4724]

I do too it was a great time I miss it such a simple life.

[@kristineholcroft9163]

Me too

[@orangecat5036]

Yeah what a blast.

[@borntoclimb7116]

I live in Germany, my childhood was in the 90s but we had a pretty nice time. Even today lot of kids walk alone or with friends to school, familys goes to swimming and meet friends, our streets are safe and lot of kids have fun, no yelling karens or Helicopter parents like in the USA

[@dad4ever-c90]

In 1980, I had a college roommate whose major was computer programming. I thought that sounded interesting, but wondered if he could get a job with such a degree. At that time, I had never used a computer and didn't know anyone who owned one! I never imagined, just a short time later, EVERYONE including toddlers would use them for almost everything. It really is a different world.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

Texas Instruments' _Speak & Spell_ was one of those early computers aimed at kids. Amazing! 😊 (I got into computers right at the start of the microcomputer revolution in the mid 70s.)

[@shannonbales9148]

My nephew is 4 and works my phone better than me sometimes. He has an IPad and can do anything on it.

[@Janizzary]

You mean that TV with a typewriter looking thing?

[@92JazzQueen]

Yep, it was a good investment.

[@jeansonnichsen7807]

I miss the amazing 80s 📼 ✨

[@glennso47]

Mowing lawns was the go fund me thing back then.

[@daisymae3883]

Exactly or the lemonade stand...lol

[@georgetubbs8211]

AROUND MY AREA IT WAS THAT OR HAULING HAY

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Yep. I also had a newspaper route delivering the evening paper.

[@glennso47]

@@hilltopmachineworks2131In my city there was a boy who was abducted and murdered while on his paper route. Not long after that the local paper switched to having the papers delivered by adults with cars and no more kids.

[@thebewitchinghour831]

Basically.......we got off our asses and worked for extra money back then.

[@DaveSomething]

MTV had actual MUSIC for a little while in the 80s!

[@ScrappyXFL]

Dude, didyou watch the first one? Holy shit, hearing and seeing it was like an at home concert. ThunderCats was the only no MTV show....

[@katemiller7874]

All day long. Until 2010

[@Laidengizer011]

MTV was great in the '90s too. They never stopped having music. The music just got worse.

[@phasturbogmailcom]

@@Sunflower-ug3eh Friday Night Videos was on NBC around this same time. I remember Night Tracks well.

[@The_Crow78.]

MTV has become Empty-TV.

[@sandyhafenbrack141]

I was in my late teens and early '20s in the 1980"s. We had the best music, the best fashion, and the best entertainment. There will never be another decade as awesome as the '80s.

[@Brooklyn_Powers]

Facts!

[@mattrowan2680]

@@Brooklyn_Powers 80''s music, without a doubt was the ABSOLUTE BEST. Genzero music today is without a doubt the ABSOLUTE WORST.

[@Brooklyn_Powers]

⁠@@mattrowan2680True! I was lucky enough to be alive in the '80s: I'd go back in a heartbeat! It was that Great!

[@evad520]

I started making music in 1989. This is my New Wave project. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGm5kqivm8xqqbs

[@drhkleinert8241]

Me too, born 1964, early 80s cool music, best movies, first relationship, driving licence, first cars and bikes...later wedding, good salary, voyages, hobbys...when the internet grows all things became faster, bigger and more complicated.

[@rd1084]

Growing up in the 80’s, it was not only a time but a feeling. Hard to explain really. Wish it was still around! What a great time to grow up!!

[@GRosa250]

I was a teenager in the 80’s. My friends and I always talk about what a great time it was. No cellphones, no internet, no texting and we were always hanging out together. Kids today are content with being in their rooms, by themselves, communicating electronically, f… that!

[@irenec4210]

We also managed to find each other with no plans and meet in places ON TIME, when most of us didn’t have a watch.

[@dew66666]

I'm so glad I was a teenager/young adult in the 80s 🙂

[@Pureimagination200]

Me too

[@wednesdayaddams1356]

Same

[@TheDoctor394]

And me.

[@Scott-pe6te]

Throwing a handful of maple seeds up in the air and watching them gracefully helicopter down. Wonderful nostalgia.

[@GeeEm1313]

Haha I did that too!

[@dew66666]

Nostalgia? I'm almost 56 and I still do it! 🙂

[@glennso47]

@@dew66666I’m 77 and I still do that.m😊

[@Narrowway7]

So fun!!!

[@D-Fens_1632]

My neighbor had one of those trees for years and while I liked the tree I don't miss having those things everywhere. Couldn't leave any car windows down certain weeks of the year.

[@googleuser6635]

Saturday morning cartoons were the best!

[@thebestgamer1978]

Thundercats HOOOOOOOOO!

[@foreignparticle1320]

When trying to hurry my 14 year-old niece to leave the house with us this morning, she explained that she couldn't because she was busy "posting". I thought about how when I was 14 that would have meant *having* to leave the house to take an envelope to the mailbox at the end of the street, or the post office. And while kids today (and frankly, most adults) get a kick out of receiving likes, social media notifications and DMs, there was nothing like the feeling of getting a letter in the mail as a kid addressed to YOU. Nothing.

[@sublimnalphish7232]

To me any emotioncon is a good thing as it means they see my posts and I'm not being totally shadow banned 🥴 but other than that. I'm not a big social media kind of gal. You can't trust Facebook or Google well anymore that puts profit over people and they do.... Allowing scammers space to rip off we consumers as they do.

[@borntoclimb7116]

Go to Germany, in Germany there are literally million of kids who walk to school without parents or use Public transportation. Go outsite and have fun, yes we have smartphone zombies too but thats nothing in comparsion to the lazy americans, no hate but kids in the USA are overprotectet or have yelling karens in they family and in Germany the parents are good, not paranoid and not violence

[@borntoclimb7116]

Lol in Germany millions of school kids walk alone to school or use Public transportation, in the summer Lot of peoples goes to swimming even today, i dont know whats happening with all the another countries.

[@winnerscreed6767]

The thought of telling my dad to "wait" when he told me to hurry brings pain to my rear end...lol

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@winnerscreed6767 Not a different between all those karens they are in the USA now

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

I miss the 1980s! Great memories

[@jasonlovelace3930]

More than just Madonna and Michael Jackson in the ‘80s for music: MUCH more than just those two!

[@georgetubbs8211]

GOT THAT RIGHT

[@martinsulat697]

Those TWO were the WORST of the 80's music - BY FAR!!!

[@oliviamoore3426]

This

[@thetruth7046]

Yes Indeed! Stevie Nicks without the Mac.

[@edreynolds5769]

So true. When everyone else was listing to "Thriller", I was listing to Madness. There was so much great music that came from the 80's.

[@hikewithmike4673]

So glad I grew up in the 1980s...great times!

[@ctcanine]

I’m so glad I grew up in the 80s….

[@bearforce187]

I miss the 80's so much, I would gladly give up some of the technology we have today to go back to that time. Also love when a rainbow was something beautiful , a sign from God.

[@Christy.1]

I remember my mom had these foil rainbow stickers she put everywhere. She was so disappointed when we explained to her when the meaning changed. Also when we told her she had to stop hanging those feather clips on her rearview mirror because they were roach clips lol.

[@Laidengizer011]

It sure don't mean that today. Sad

[@faustinreeder1075]

The homosexual mafia wrecked that too.

[@flowerforsyte5671]

Yes! I wanna go back too. Miss the 1980's so much!

[@nicolerm]

I grew up in the '80s and miss it so much! Thank you for the great memories in this video!

[@rosekinnison4724]

I miss the 80s it was a great time to grow up

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

You should have an entire video about all the fantastic television shows during the '80s!

[@samanthab1923]

Miami Vice

[@deweygill1973]

?

[@zacharyrome3432]

You couldn't do a 45 second video about the great shows today .

[@deweygill1973]

@@zacharyrome3432 you can say that again

[@dms79]

@@zacharyrome3432 That's too long

[@GenXfrom75]

Born in ‘75 and no one can convince me that the 80s kids didn’t have the BEST childhood ever! 🎉🎉🎉

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

Great time to be a teen too. MTV, better clothing fabrics, New Wave music, all the decadent sex drugs & rock n roll of the 60s/70s but none of the protest BS, plus a great economy. Just a short decade away before the dark pale of PC descended upon us

[@chucke756]

Yeah a great time to grow up. I was in college in the late 70s early 80s. It was a good time to grow up in the 80s. Although the 70s were great too except for the economy.

[@EnervatedSociety]

Same, 75, but I feel like I mostly missed the 80s. I was 10 in 85. I would have liked to have been a teen when the 80s started. For that reason I consider myself more a 90s kid, unfortunately. The 80s is definitely my fav decade. Especially for music/entertainment.

[@purplepanther2771]

@@EnervatedSociety The late '70s to the late '90s was the "just right" era. You lived through a good part of it before we morphed into the "just wrong" era.

[@GenXfrom75]

@@EnervatedSociety I turned 15 in 1990… so definitely the 80s was my childhood. I was a mom on Christmas Eve 1992… so my 80s were my childhood 💕

[@elskeletor3566]

To me I believe that not having a Cellphone was actually better for humanity. A landline was the way to contact anyone when they were at home.

[@RaneMP2016]

It was Christmas 84’ when my 8 year old eyes saw the Nintendo underneath the wrapping. It was GLORIOUS!

[@D-Fens_1632]

The NES saw limited release in New York in late 1985 and wasn't available to the general US public until late 1986.

[@RaneMP2016]

@@D-Fens_1632 I had to confirm by looking at old 35mm prints. it was 88. Forgive me, it was over 30 years ago and it seemed like the earlier part of the 80's never the less. the excitement in your face when you did.

[@noripee8278]

Is it worldwide that we hear “Last Christmas” every December from that year❓ I don't know if it's because Wham！is still liked by people all over the world, or if it's because the American and British musicians and actors at the time worked hard to promote to be popular in my country, that’s why we still hear in December here. If so, it means 80s is very influential not only for we 80s kids. Thank you for liking 任天堂(Nintendo). The companies that are from here and still successful worldwide are…only TOYOTA and Nintendo😒？ I never imagined that my country would be so poor now 🇯🇵…⤵️😞 Japanese movies were less popular than now though. Though “A Better Tomorrow” was made in 80s, I like HongKong movie in 90s 😊

[@miketapazis1179]

In 1984. I was playing games on my colecovision gaming console.. great memories, playing games like Donkey Kong and Zaxxon.

[@robmatlock7675]

My girls grew up in the 80s the oldest room was deck out in "New Kids in the Block", the youngest room was "Rainbow Bright". they had curtains, sheets, bedspreads, the youngest had a toy box and desk, the oldest had a record player and lunch box. We lived in Base Housing at Myrtle Beach AFB, so they spent most of their time riding their bikes to their friends, at the youth center, watching a movie at the base theater, at the park, at the pool on summer afternoons, or at the bowling alley Saturday mornings. I knew they couldn't get into trouble without someone calling me. Base housing was like a day care center for all the tweens and teens. Of base there were amusement parks, attractions and the beach. It was a great place to raise kids in the 80s.

[@ilovenoodles7483]

Thank you for your comment! We were Air Force brats ourselves living in base housing in AZ. No one ever talks about the unique perspective except me but you are the first person I found that could relate to it. Growing up in '80's as a kid with Rainbow Bright and New Kids on the Block, was definitely a unique era, but growing up on an AFB in '80's and early 90's was it's world and all of it was truly spectacular!! I miss it and now a days, even the Air Force has changed; truly disheartening. They now let civilians live on base😮😡

[@ilovenoodles7483]

You could have been my Dad, (God is resting his soul) writing this as this is accurate. I thank God for my parents my childhood and the incredible experience of having the better part of my whole childhood upbringing on base. It's so true, we couldn't do anything with our Dad's finding out, but it taught us discipline and respect and kept us in line. We were safe to be out side in the streets on base at night, while still coming in for curfew but we were able to walk from the base theater to go home and even the older kids, the teens would take care of the 8, 9, and 10 year olds and walk with them!!

[@richardshermanjr1899]

I live in the Northern part of North Carolina and in the 80s every High school kid went to Myrtle Beach at graduation.

[@robmatlock7675]

@@richardshermanjr1899 I know, I'd stand behind you at Myrtle Waves to get on a waterslide, see you on the beach sweating out a hangover, or get stuck behind you cruising, lol, made Myrtle Beach fun.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I'm a North Carolinian but spent many happy hours of my childhood at Myrtle Beach. We used to camp at Lake Arrowhead campground. Loved the pavilion and the rides! That place was the bomb in the late 60s/early 70s!🤸🏻‍♀️

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The 1980s will forever be an iconic time throughout history

[@flowerforsyte5671]

Yes!

[@slsilver481]

Songs I loved from mid 80s were Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel), Money for Nothing (Dire Straits), Burning Down the House (Talking Heads), and Every Breath You Take (The Police). Great music.

[@Lex-Rex]

Most of us were so free as teens and young adults that they had to remind our parents with a TV tag line that would come on that simply said; "It's 10pm, do you know where your children are?" 🤘🤘

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I was telling my 30 year old daughter about that commercial. She thinks it's hilarious and spouts it out on occasion when someone mentions the time. 😅

[@janellemiller1195]

How i miss the 1980s. Such a simpler safer time. I was 8 in 1980. Started the decade in a strawberry shortcake bedroom and ended the decade in a New kids on the block bedroom. Graduted high school in91.

[@mariedavis6818]

Ahhh, the wonderful memories of being a little kid in the 80's. Saturday morning cartoons while eating Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake cereal, playing with my Cabbage Patch dolls, and the McDonald's Play Ground was so fun. Dang I'm so nostalgic for that time. ❤

[@flowerforsyte5671]

Yeah.

[@JxT1957]

i was born in 57 and the 60s and 70s and early 80s were the years i enjoyed the most.

[@davechattoe9144]

Drive-in Theaters were huge in the 80's as I fondly remember seeing E.T and crying my eyes out as my older brother teased me.

[@samanthab1923]

Don’t feel bad. I saw ET in a packed theater in NJ. Big biker dude sitting next to me with his girl on his other side. Half way thru asks if I want a hit off his joint. By the end he was balling crying 😮

[@Veganerd_]

@@samanthab1923 Weird, wonder what kind of weed he had. Normally, it makes you happy. lol

[@samanthab1923]

@@Veganerd_ I know right? Bikers usually get good weed. 😉

[@nattmccoo2115]

Life was simpler but fuller..80s was the complete package..norms, music, movies, fashion and the gizmos..but why it felt more futuristic than today

[@glennso47]

Life was so much better than because you didn’t know that I existed until now. 😊I’m so sorry that I ruined things for you. Will you please forgive me? 😢

[@flowerforsyte5671]

100% agree!

[@kellywilson8440]

I was born in the 60's but grew up in the 80;s , Life was in general much better back then !

[@baseballmomof8]

My boys grew up in the 80’s 😊. Great times

[@thetruth7046]

And you survived! Great Mom!!

[@glennso47]

@@thetruth7046my three kids grew up in the 80s

[@1975KyleDavid]

Be kind, please rewind 😂. Everyone from the 80s remembers that one. Aside from that, everyone who owned an Atari, a Nintendo, or a Sega can recall the cartridges that were very sensitive to dust collecting in them and having to blow them out.

[@samanthab1923]

I was in a thrift store recently that had an automatic rewind machine 😮

[@jasonwomack4064]

All of these bring back great memories. I also remember the childhood tragedy of finding out your parent's Sunday TV movie was two parts, and knowing your Monday viewing plans were ruined. Heaven forbid one of those classic 4 part series were on. Waiting for one of them to be over was like waiting for Christmas morning.

[@squidward66]

Life was still tough but we had more freedom, and a lot more expectation of consequences and responsibility. Technology was not as advanced but we were closer to the nuts and bolts of what a computer really is (and still is) inside.

[@matthewblouin4267]

The cartoons from the 1980's were the best.

[@JxT1957]

40s and 50s looney tunes

[@jadejj7948]

Music was great as well 🙌🎶

[@brenthaymon280]

The 60s, 70s, and 80s had the best Saturday morning cartoons.😊

[@The_Crow78.]

ThunderCats I could watch them all day this day.

[@classrockin]

I absolutely loved the 80s! How I wish I could live those days again. Loved the fashions the gals wore, loved the music ( still my favorite) loved cruising around in my 79 Chevy Z28 Camaro. I bought that car, after seeing Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and loved Jefferson's car so much, went out and found one. It was one of the best cars I ever owned. I survived just fine without a smartphone and social media, and honestly, I was much happier then, and not just because I was younger.

[@robmatlock7675]

I'm jellous, I owned a pinto in 1980, and a vega in 1983, then a Ford escort till 99 so the 80's involved a lot of car repairs for me, lol.

[@classrockin]

@robmatlock7675 I have to admit I had some cool cars in my youth. In high school I drove a 65 Chevy Impala SS, then I bought a yellow 71 Dodge Challenger, then got the 79 Z28.

[@robmatlock7675]

@@classrockin Sounds like my brother's car collection, he had a 62 Impala, 68 Chevel, 67 Mustang, 72 Malibu, me on the other hand, 64 Bonniville station wagon, 61 galaxy, 76 pinto, 74 Vega, Escort, cheap and utilitarian, I got married early, so I spent all my money on diapers, lol.

[@classrockin]

​​@@robmatlock7675definitely some cool cars in that list you mentioned.I never had kids, so I was able to continue my hobby in automobiles. LoL In addition to my aforementioned cars, I've also owned a 71 Chevelle, 85 Silverado, 79 Vette, 87 IROC Z28, and 87 Vette Convertible. Can't believe I ended up selling every last one of them. That 87 IROC was sweet, Red on red, with the TPI 350

[@jimmyparris9892]

My very first car was a worn out '74 Ford Pinto Country Squire Station Wagon in fugly pea green. It looked like a miniature version of the Griswold family truckster. If you think you hate it now, wait till you drive it.

[@TsuriaDragon]

Lates 80s early 90s for me indeed I seriously miss those days a lot 😢

[@kathleenklein4231]

This reminds me of when I racked up my parents phone bill talking to my boyfriend who was one town over, but it was considered long distance then, even being only 30 miles apart. Boy, my mom was mad!

[@glennso47]

When I was a kid in the 1950s it was a long distance call to call the next town over which was 10 miles away! 😮

[@johnnewcomb5162]

Relationships are cellphones now the man or woman comes second. I remember how excited it was to talk on the phone and hear the voice and have a conversation. Now some kid's and adults text each other for 3-4 days without ever talking directly to the person that they are with. The bonding is definitely completely different than the 70s and 80s.

[@Entolyfik]

I was born in 83, so I really only had 7 years of memories, but they were some of the best ones I have still to this day. From unwrapping an NES system (that came with Super Mario/Duck Hunt), to the original Nickelodeon shows, to spending every holiday through family get-togethers, it was an awesome time to be alive! I build computers today (a feat that today is now just something you do when you're bored), but it all started (for me) with the Tandy 1000 computer mom bought, which had NO hard drive, only MS-DOS, and used 5 .25 in. floppy disks...paperweights today!

[@marksandor2830]

Growing up in the 80’s for me was, riding our non electric bikes to our friends house unannounced, ringing the door bell(no camera on it) asking to play “man hunt” in the cemetery, going home to find my plastic model kits parts glue had dried, and watch my Mets win the World Series!! Oh and I didn’t learn about run on sentences. 🤣

[@opencarry3860]

I miss the 80's.

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

Rewinding the VHS movies had a sticker that said " Be kind. Please rewind." Aw! Memories!❤

[@garycarpenter2932]

the 'helicopter' seeds had a dual role. not only could you toss them to watch them fly, they made a pretty good kazoo when they were still green.

[@jillefeldme9452]

You can also peel the seed end and stick it on your nose. That is when they are green. When they’re brown, definitely helicopters. I have shown my son this many times. He just rolls his eyes and says, “Mom!” in that certain way.

[@joeheid2776]

Loved the 80's. I forgot about those helicopter seeds!! They were everywhere!!

[@glennso47]

They still are if you have a maple tree nearby.

[@terrymintle7230]

Be kind Rewind

[@robertwatkins364]

I was 15 years old in 1980. I remember how exciting it was to see "Star wars" at the theater. Compared to today movies, the original Star wars is pretty crude! I had a portable 8 track player, and cassette tapes were pretty expensive! We listened to music on 45s, or the your favorite radio station. You made phone calls on a rotary phone, and memerized important numbers. No cell phones, no computers, and no 24/7 entertainment.

[@jillefeldme9452]

I had a Rolodex for my contact list. 😊

[@edwardellis5417]

Oh, please take me there.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

I'm just about your age. Star Wars was mesmorizing, we saw it during the summer of `77 at summer camp. We'd never seen anything like it, so much better than Lost In Space and Star Trek. I had regular cassettes, but everyone had such bad experiences with 8-tracks. Every parking lots had some broken 8-track cartrage someone threw out in frustration with the tape going all other the parking lot. We lived for TV, B&W for most of us.

[@KMFDM_Kid2000]

Just watched a 4K version of the original edit of Star Wars with my kid today. We compared it to the latest updated version. I think the changes make it fit better with the other 8 movies, but it loses some of the original charm it had from back then. The color saturation and film grain are better, but there's just something special about watching the original in as high resolution as possible. I was too young for it in theaters on it's first run, but I did see it upon the re-release in 1997. I still prefer the original cut and in 4K it looks fantastic, film grain and all.

[@chrisridenhour]

Random memories from growing up in the 1980s: I remember the phone ringing and you didn't know who it was. 'Hello?' If a friend moved away, they were basically gone from your life forever. I remember my moms friend making delicious homemade pretzels while we played the latest Atari 2600 hit. I had my grandfather drive over and take a picture of our record 'Missile Command' high score so we could win a prize. Going to the mall was the thing to do. Orange Julius and getting quarters for the arcade. Seeing Footloose and then hearing Van Halen's Jump in the parking lot from someones car stereo. Def Leppard playing in my friends VW Bug with his endless cigarettes. Girls with really high hair hairspray to the moon excited about seeing Motley Crue. The future in movies was always scary, 1999 was when the world ended or some dystopian nightmare. But Prince made it cool. There was a feeling of we were living in end times a little bit. The world was USA vs USSR. Rocky IV tried to bring us together. The nuclear war movie The Day After movie on TV scared us to death. And lots of great TV shows, Cosby, Family Ties. We always quoted the A Team and Mr T. I mowed lawns all summer to purchase a Radio Shack TRS 80 color computer and it was the best thing ever to make my own programs.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I remember moving away and writing letters to my friends the old fashioned way. We kept in touch for years that way. 😊

[@edreynolds5769]

I turned 12 in 1980 and wouldn't have wanted to live my adolescent years in any other decade.

[@49erfan160880]

I am so glad I grew up in the ‘70’s & ‘80’s. Those are some of the best memories of my life. I often tell my children I wish y’all could have grown up in my generation. The mall trips, arcade moments, skating rinks, and bicycle freedom will never be matched again.

[@deeannsmith7775]

I was a kid in the 80s. That was the best life ever.👍. Love to be back there ❤️

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

someday, they'll have an 80s amusement park, where you pay to go and be back in the 80s

[@sethkaplan]

Original Nintendo with duck hunt was awesome totally awesome 😂😂😂

[@thetruth7046]

The 80’s were like a great dessert, with a stiff drink, after the 70’s.

[@loffy742]

You left out Phil Collins as the most dominant musician of the 80's. Between Genesis and his solo career you couldn't get away from him.

[@kristineholcroft9163]

fun times being a kid in the 80s thank you for sharing these with us brings back so many great memories miss the 80s

[@warp9p659]

You're right about fast food and inflation. Unless you get maybe the cheapest junk on the menu the prices are outrageous for what you're getting.

[@glennso47]

Even then the price is ridiculous.m

[@carolynw3602]

Fast food today is full of chemicals, fake substances like “pink slime” and GMOs. I think it was probably better quality in the past, I haven’t eaten it in over 20 years.

[@drhkleinert8241]

In fact the 80s werent all good economy at all. Yes, the Golden Boys of Wall Street were rich but remember the biggest Crash at all in 1987. Inflation was a theme all the time, prices for gas and rent were cheap, yes, but there was cold war, Afghanistan/Russia War, fear of Nuclear war, Tchernobyl, Iran-Irak War, lots of Demonstrations on the street, Terrorism etc...dont remember only for the good things.

[@bigalcincinnatikidadventur7692]

Even though I was born in '83, I started growing up during this awesome time, and it was definitely fun!!!

[@journeytothemosthigh5021]

The last great decade! My teenage years.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

That's funny. I grew up, in the eighties, and all the grumpy old people told me " the fifties were the last great decade"

[@journeytothemosthigh5021]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 what do they know.. they were half asleep then!

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

I was a young Woman in the 80s and enjoyed life to the fullest!!! Thank you for this fun look back

[@julenepegher6999]

Me too! I was 21 in 1980. I loved going to the bars watching the bands. I had a great time in my twenties in the 80’s .

[@stephendacey8761]

@@julenepegher6999 I'll never forget the time I was standing at the bar in 1983 at 21 and these "older" girls about 27 looked at me and said, "how old are you?". When I said 21 they just laughed and felt out of place among the younger crowd. My friends said I should of said I was older. Back in the 80's there were dance clubs everywhere for young people to meet unlike meeting on today's dating websites.

[@julenepegher6999]

@@stephendacey8761 yes, you are right about that. I’m from Pittsburgh and not to brag, but we had the best bands back in the day. Every other bar had a band. I met a lot of people at those places. They were really fun days! 🔥

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

​@@julenepegher6999I think when they raised the drinking age for beer and wine to 21, it killed a lot of clubs, esp around college campuses. There were tons of them when I went in 82, and now none. The best one had quarter draft on Fridays starting at 3. We would go drink beer and dance our asses off! We once piled 10 people in my boyfriend's brother's Maverick (the small car, not the truck) to go there. 😂

[@julenepegher6999]

@@Mick_Ts_Chick great story! As long as I can remember our drinking age was 21. But no matter, back in the day we never got carded. It’s so different today. There aren’t those clubs and neighborhood bars with bands.

[@pmafterdark]

Being in my teens and 20's growing up in the 80's was an experience I'll always remember and wouldn't trade for anything.

[@fedupwithem6208]

You hit on everything I remember about the eighties! This is my favorite one of your videos so far, and I DID die every time I played Oregon Trail. My school was one of the first in the state of Maine to have computers, Apples with nothing but green for color. When I was in fifth grade we got the first one with more colors and it was a huge deal!

[@floydbrennan9789]

The vibe of the mid-80's is what I miss the most, along with the incredible optimism is what I miss the most. It was such a great time to be young!

[@Mikewee777]

Dungeon and Dragons , Speed Racer and other animated Japanese cartoons started becoming more mainstream as companies started to outsource animation budgets over seas. Surprisingly, the animation work to " The Simpsons " was outsourced to Korea in the late 1980's.

[@GeeEm1313]

Turning over your Big Wheel, spinning the pedals with your hands, and pretended you were making ice cream.

[@luv2sail66]

I started medical school in the late 80s. Most of our anatomy and embryology lectures consisted of lecture note books we would buy at the bookstore. The professors would project and color in transparencies on overhead projectors that matched our lecture notebooks. We would color in our lecture notes along with the professors and write in our notes.

[@mikecampingforfun5226]

I didn't grow up in the 80's, as i was already 18 years old. But bring a young man in the 80's was the best time of my life. The music, the night clubs, oh the woman. 😊

[@jcmontecarlo6123]

Best time ever.

[@doug2078]

Thanks for the memories !! I loved the 80's

[@ladyjustice1474]

I prefer the 70's. Lord what a decade.

[@vindivergilio3482]

I think the biggest thing kids today will never experience that we did in the 80s is not being prisoner to crll phones and actually talking to people face to face. My wife and I took our grandsons (ages 1 and 3) to a local park over the past summer and there must have been close to 10 other kids there at least 8yrs old and older, and every one of them had their nose in a cell phone, some of which had to be worth over $250, better than ones some adults use, not playing, but texting someone. It's sad how even kids that young have phones, let alone could have a breakdown if they didn't hVe one.

[@samanthab1923]

It’s not just kids. Last time I was at my hair place everyone had their head down. All adults old & young.

[@fob1xxl]

By 1980, I was already 35. These were my work hard, take care of my parents, and finally start looking to buy a home. Those were my work hard with all the overtime I could years. I'm still going out on weekends. I'm keeping my marriage on track. Late 80's, burying my parents and moving on in life.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

whats the next step?

[@fob1xxl]

​@@RaptorFromWeegee I'm going to be 79 in April, probably "Forest Lawn!"

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

@@fob1xxl Take heart, 79 is the new 65. And besides, they got tons of new tech stuff coming down the pike. Stem cells, CrisPr, epigenetics, etc.

[@glennso47]

@@RaptorFromWeegeethe Covid vaccine. Sarcasm off

[@carolynw3602]

But Heaven will be forever in the presence of Lord Jesus and your loved ones🙏✝🙏@@fob1xxl

[@supergg07]

I was born in 66 and I loved growing up in the 70s and 80s

[@karenkennedy6331]

Every Friday night at video store, getting movies to watch on weekend, then be sure to get them back on time.

[@drhkleinert8241]

I remember to rent a bunch of Cassettes over the christmas days in 83...boah, that was expensive...and of course the froud face when your movie wasnt there...asking when it came back and wait for the other customer...get a membershipcard of the Videostore...and waiting for the next blockbuster. It takes month and month between Cinema and Videorelease. Spends lots of money in cinema.

[@7peacefrog]

I thank you for sharing these. I loved the 80's a much better time, I miss it!

[@Markimark151]

When I was a kid in the 1980s, we loved rainbows because wanted more color graphics in technology, like photography, television, and video games! Also fast food advertising in the 1980s was far less regulated, you could have cartoon characters promoting junk food and kids meal toys! Now there’s limits on fast food advertising towards kids. Ronald McDonald and BK’s King mascot have mostly been retired.

[@enigmawyoming5201]

I always felt the BK king was really creepy….

[@Markimark151]

@@enigmawyoming5201 the BK King was meant to be self aware creepy, to mock the cartoon character image. But BK had to stop using cartoon characters like Kid Vid from the 1980s.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

My fidget spinner when i was a kid was the spring door stop

[@alerobabes01]

😂😂😂

[@phoenixman8569]

About 80s gaming, the narator forgot to mention that along with consoles like atari, and nintendo, there were small portable hand held games that had one game on each machine to play, like simon or football, or even mini table top game cabinets, with games like pac-man, astroids, and donkey kong.

[@jimmyparris9892]

Digital Derby

[@Plan9-3127]

Oh man... The overhead projector.. 😂😂 Teacher would turn off the lights and it was the perfect time to be in the back goofing off and passing notes.. I always knew something really boring was coming when that thing got wheeled in..

[@samanthab1923]

I remember them using them on us in Kindergarten to make silhouettes for our parents. My mom had them framed & they lined our stairway.

[@drhkleinert8241]

Oh yeah...from the 70s too. In german it was named "Daylight Projector". And when the teacher gave out paper copies they were beige and smells incredible like vinegar...

[@ScottRandolph-dd7dr]

😂 Totally greetings from coastal Mississippi. Ah ,the 1980's. I was in High school in the early 80's. So glad to be privileged to have been a teenager then. The memories. Times were so much simpler.

[@D-Fens_1632]

I love when RRoad and Rhetty post on the same day.

[@smartanajones4u]

So true about a simple rainbow being used for something other than what it was intended for. I really miss that innocence about the rainbow symbol

[@carolynw3602]

They hijacked the symbol of God’s promise and have tried to desecrate it. Sign of the times.

[@winnerscreed6767]

and the word gay, it means happy. bizarre

[@matrox]

We had no Rubiks cube when I was growing up, we played with helicopter seeds.

[@glennso47]

I tried to play with a real helicopter but they told me to get a pilots license first. 😟

[@EricPetersen2922]

The golden era of arcades😍

[@BradThePitts]

Arcade games were EXPENSIVE. 25 cents for as little as one minute of fun really added up. It might cost you $100 to get good at a video game, and that was a lot of money for the time!

[@The_Crow78.]

The 80s and 90s are the best decades for music and movies.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

Rainbows 🌈 still don’t reflect my gender identity or sexuality… for me, they represent hope and appear right after rainstorms!

[@glennso47]

Sometimes they appear BEFORE a rain storm if they are in the right direction from the sun.

[@drhkleinert8241]

Its a matter how it looks, the gayscenerainbow has a special color code.

[@fernandoalves5336]

80,s ... WAS , A , ... GOLDEN DECADE , !!! ... EVERYTHING IS GREAT , ... CINEMA , MUSIC , TOYS , FASHION , FREEDOM OF EVERYTHING , LIFESTYLE , ... NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCREBE IT TOTTALY , !!! ... I , ... WISH , ...I , ... COULD BACK AGAIN , TO , ... THOSE , ... AWESOME TIMES , !!! ...😢😢😢

[@theathjr]

Wow this was my childhood in a nutshell. Thank you.

[@MagsonDare]

Born in 73, began school in 78, finished in 91. The 80's were very much "my childhood" and ... this video made me remember it all. i feel old now for some reason.....

[@winnerscreed6767]

I don't feel old, I feel lost. There was an 80's song that said something about not being able to relate...It'll come to me eventually..lol

[@sonhuynh8222]

My favorite channel on KZbin ❤

[@michellefey3741]

Being born in 1970, the best years of my life happened in the 80's! Best music, best fashion, best EVERYTHING!!! Just like Cher sang... "If I could turn back time..."

[@Lovejazz01]

“ Be Kind, Rewind” 😁

[@JxT1957]

"50 cent fine if you dont rewind"

[@cyshadowx]

As an 80s kid dark crystal and the never ending story was practical and very emersive

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thank You for the Video (and the memories) 😀

[@JxT1957]

"50 cent fine if you dont rewind" were stickers i seen on some VHS rental tapes

[@kathleenevans1201]

My then 12 year old daughter wanted to dress just like Madonna. My answer to that was a resounding NO.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

LOL hopefully,. you about a million thumbs up on that one!

[@GeeEm1313]

Good. Don't let her be a sheep.

[@glennso47]

The only Madonna that I care about is The Madonna (the mother of Jesus). 😊

[@samanthab1923]

I knew I was an old fart when I dropped my younger brother at his HS in the 80’s & the girls all looked like 30 year old women!

[@glennso47]

Any one remember the 2016 election where Madonna said she would blow up the White House with Trump in it? 😮

[@anon-yw4wd]

Man this makes me feel old. Good, but old. Born in 75, childhood in the 80s, grew up in the 90s. Damn, we didn't know how good we had it.

[@gregwasserman2635]

I can remember hanging out with friends at a fastfood joint or a mall. We were all "mall rats" back then. I can also remember running computer programs being downloaded on a cassette tape! I'll never forget the "Satanic panic" either. It seemed like the holy rollers were always finding some bogus backmasking or other subliminal message on hard rock or heavy metal songs and album covers. It was all complete BS, but people were legitimately freaked out by it. It is also ironic that you mentioned drug ads on TV today in the same brearh as the "Just Say No" program. It was the Reagan administration that deregulated that industry and allowed those ads to be aired on TV. And was I the only one that caught the lit cigarette in the picture of the kid opening up his Nintendo? Many of the people in the older generation still smoked, and smoked a lot, but changes were happening. We saw the first non-smoking sections in restaurants. They were smaller at first and really didn't do much because there were no real barriers between the two sections. As time went on, the non-smoking sections became the larger sections, and then smoking was banned completely in restaurants. And while on the subject, remember the salad bars that didn't have the "sneeze barriers"?

[@cindyr4918]

This was a fun video - I loved being a kid in the 80s! You forgot the video channels that we watched all the time - MTV, VH1, and BET. And how certain videos would premiere at certain times (like Michael Jackson's Thriller Night when it came on at 8:00 p.m. one night and everyone tuned in to watch it). Also, some of the best movies were produced during this time. I think you need a part II to this video :)

[@KEICRUMBIE]

Greatest decade ever. I'd give anything to go back