Top 10 Things From the 80s We'll Never Do Again

[@WatchMojo]

What’s something else from the 1980s that no one does anymore? Let us know in the comments. Check out our best and worst lists of 2021, here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJy9lmCcpNGjaKs

[@johnphantom]

Drinking and driving. The heavy alcoholics will always exist, but I am sure there are much less 2 or 3 drink drivers out there now.

[@Missmagazinebura]

lol I wouldn’t know cuz I wasn’t even born

[@josephjones7828]

Arcades. They barely exist today in 2021, but they were probably at their highest point during the 1980s.

[@Missmagazinebura]

@@josephjones7828 they have arcades at Lake Tahoe and at Dave’s and busters

[@josephjones7828]

@@Missmagazinebura True, but its no where near comparison to how it was in the 1980s. Much like a lot of other things that were listed on the Watchmojo list.

[@sassykaren7587]

Back when MTV was all about music and not stupid shows!! I used to have so many mix tapes and I would always play them in my car. I remember how popular it was when a friend’s kid had chickenpox that everyone would take their kids to their house. I really miss the 80’s and they were the best years of my life. I can’t even remember how much money I owed Columbia House 🤪 I used to work a gas station and would have a few different kids come in to buy cigarettes for their parents. Thank you for the walk down memory lane, I miss living in the 80’s and life was so much different back then.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@Sassy Karen I hear you Sassy Karen and don't forget VH1 whom also used to play music videos! Hope all is well with you and that you enjoying your Christmas! Kind regards, Marty McFly II

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@Sassy Karen Believe it or not Sassy Karen I still make and listen to mix tapes! I kid you not! I normally use Maxell cassettes as they give the best audio sound! God bless. 😇❤🙏👍

[@RobbieSuede13]

Rob Dyrdek killed MTV

[@sassykaren7587]

@@SuperMarioBrosIII I remember at one time MTV had like 3 different channels, and VH1 had like 2 channels. The best part was that they all just played music.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@sassykaren7587 I miss those days Sassy Karen, Godspeed.

[@engaginglifesmoments7657]

I absolutely love everything about the 80’s. The music style is my favourite. It just gives a happy vibe all the time. Lol

[@rubygirl214]

I miss video stores! I worked in a family owned one and had the best time. It was 1984-86. They had us take home as many movies as we liked so we could recommend them. That's why I have such an extensive knowledge of them. I also miss mix tapes. I still have a lot of my old ones.

[@francoisregis2155]

Ahhhh classics

[@denisepellettier5524]

Omg I still have a box of my mixed tapes that I pull out listen to on my old boom box

[@StLProgressive]

I worked in one too. Loved it.

[@BonJody]

I was just talking about how much I miss having friends sleep over and going to rent a movie and ordering pizza, as an adult I can do that whenever I want but there was something special about the excitement when your parents would say yes

[@crystalsnow1138]

I agree.

[@francoisregis2155]

Indeed it was fun I remember once i was with 2 friends watching friday the 13th and we ordered pizza but we didn’t had much $$$ so we ordered a small cheese pizza we paid the guy with 1$ bills ans quarters

[@TheDood71]

Fucking nailed it! A movie, pizza, or a video game. There was a great amount of fun just stopping by the video rental place to walk the aisles. Ohh the Friday night pizza, movie combo. It really is underrated.

[@ives3572]

The 1980s is (in my opinion) one of the best decades of the modern era

[@markcossman200]

Without a doubt

[@olleselin]

Damn right

[@lexkanyima2195]

It was significant

[@dreamguardian8320]

I was born around the 80s and got how I miss the good old days.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@dreamguardian8320 they complain in all walks of life

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

That’s okay, we can still watch dozens of decent music videos from the ‘80s on KZbin.

[@lexkanyima2195]

It's called nostalgia. Back then it is a difficult path of journey to reach the journey.

[@SlytherinReviews]

Yeah but those videos don’t match up to crisp clear quality we remember from the 80s

[@alwaysemployed656]

Some liked the randomness of any video coming on at any time. I don't care. I'm not into music videos, to me it ruins the music. Ever heard a song you really liked, then later watch a goofy music video to the song with everyone acting like schizos over exaggerating their lip-synching, then it kinda ruins the song for you?

[@luisdominguez2048]

Not with all these annoying adds

[@marialemos1495]

@@luisdominguez2048 I agree!

[@Jennifer-jt9cb]

I remember all of that. I had so many mix tapes I could never remember what songs were on what tape. I remember my father actually cutting the seatbelts out of the car. I remember being sent to the nearest gas station with a note to buy my mother a few packs of cigarettes. I have so many fond memories of that decade. The best thing (after the music) was that even those of us who were the losers were still cool. I miss it. I wish the entire 80's would come back. Another few decades like that would be paradise.

[@LeatherRebel75]

I can remember pre-Blockbuster when you only had your local mom-and-pop video stores, and they would never have a ton of copies of the latest hot movies to rent, so you really had to be on top of it, or you had to wait days to luck into a copy to rent. Also, back in the early to mid 80's, VCR machines were quite expensive to own, so the video stores would also rent out them out too. Also, VHS movies were originally not priced for the average person to own, but to rent only. VHS movies didn't really become a thing people would collect until the later part of the 80's.

[@Leonard1977ful]

Haha. I remember that too.

[@mousiespanks2379]

I remember going to rent VHS tapes in the early 80s and also renting the VCR to play them on. Every once in a while you will see at a Flea market or a yard sale that a VHS tape will have a sale price of over $100 on it.

[@trevorbarnhill3399]

I remember those days. I remember in late 1983 to early 1984, my Dad would sometimes rent a VCR before he broke down and bought us one in the Summer of 1984. I unfortunately ruined it in the Summer of 1987. As a kid, I had a glass of tea in my hand while trying to pop in The Goonies. Ended up spilling my sweet tea on the VCR. My folks were beyond pissed. We did without a VCR for a month. Not only did I got grounded for a couple of weeks, after my Dad got us a new model, I had to pay it off out of my allowance for six months. For a long time, all we did have in my town were local Mom and Pop video stores. And sometimes, we did have to wait to get the newest releases. But with my Dad being friends with the owner of one of the stores, he would hold back a copy for us on the day the movie came out and Dad would get it for us. Another one would reserve what we wanted. One time, we reserved a movie, went all the way into town to get it, only for them to give it to someone else. We were so pissed over that. Our first big chain video store was Mega Video and we didn't get a Blockbuster until the early 2000s.

[@isabella-a-a-a]

@@tiffinfilion as a kid in the 90s, I always dreamed of one day being able to just rent a game & console for a few days to play a game I really wanted to try. I really wish there was somewhere nowadays that still did game console rentals.

[@isabella-a-a-a]

@@trevorbarnhill3399 Thank you for such vivid memories Trevor. :)

[@ryansenft3315]

The good old days....when MTV actually played music videos.

[@jasongoldman3850]

Same with VH1.

[@Beerglass1980]

Absolutely!!

[@evelynneufeld7610]

Same with Much Music 🎶 🎵

[@dalethelander3781]

There's an MTV Classic channel that plays videos.

[@glennschlegel7160]

Every generation after WILL NEVER know the thrill of MTV. Waiting for the latest Jackson Lauper Duran Duran video. Guest VJs like Phil Collins Robert Plant Hall and Oates. Video did kill the radio 📻 star 🌟 but what a ride it was....

[@raecrothers1420]

When I wanted to play a video game in the 1980s, I had to code it from scratch by copying the code from a book, save the code on a cassette tape, and then I was able to play - if I hadn’t made any mistakes. You really earned your gaming time in the ‘80s!

[@lymarie1974]

I did the same on my Tandy computer 😆

[@TheREALJosephTurner]

Now that brings back memories with my Commodore 64. The magazines would have pages and pages of code to type in, and all the while you're hoping not to screw up AND hoping the game doesn't completely suck!

[@pzkpfw2310]

I remember when I was a kid you could pop a blank tape into the VCR and record a movie off HBO. Ahh the good ole days

[@samanthabeaty4578]

I think one of the most surreal things I remember about growing up in the 80's and early 90's is having cigarette smoking still inside grocery stores, McDonald's and most restaurants. I remembered being asked, "Smoking or Non?" before we were sat at a restaurant. I always hated sitting in the smoking section; I'd get very sick. I'm not gonna lie; it's one of the few things I'm glad have changed. It was a really fun time and I'm glad that I got to grow up in this bridge generation--old enough to grow up without the internet, but young enough to have adapted and learned how to use it going into early adulthood. Old enough to know how to use an old school card catalogue & the dewey decimal system, but young enough to know how to conduct internet research.

[@TheDood71]

LMAO...the indoor smoking thing. Smoking was so big in the 80's...you'd go to a place..the non-smoking section was like 2 whole tables...right next to the smoking section......I mean...smoking indoors man.....LMFAO!!!

[@gigi4713]

I was in college in the late ‘80’s. I had a part time job as a hospital clerk on weekends. It was the postpartum unit, you where moms and babies go after birth. They still had smoking and non smoking rooms! 🚬🌬👶🤱🏽😳I don’t remember everywhere inside smelling like smoke in those days, but they must have, just think, if somebody lights up a cigarette for just a couple of seconds inside and how long that smell stays!! 🚬🌬💨

[@azigar]

I remember in the 70s and 80s, seat belts were actually optional in vehicles. My dad always made sure our cars were fitted with seat belts and it was mandatory for us. No belt, no drive. My dad is a doctor and had seen first hand how seat belts could save lives. Infant car seats were not mandated by law either.

[@misseselise3864]

the first law that mandated seatbelts in the US went into effect in 1968…

[@DareToBeDeviant]

@@misseselise3864 That explains why my father's Dodge Darts (both in pea green) didn't really have them. Not even lap, but just a belt on the headliner above the window sill to pull down and around one arm. Equally worse, his 1965 Plymouth Barracuda is proof locking front seats weren't a thing until enough people went crashing through the windshield. To hop in the backseat (it's a 2D fastback) all I need to do is open the door and nudge one of the front seats with a little push. No lever to be found on either side.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

That’s not true at all. Automakers have been mandated to install seatbelts in all new cars at every seating position since 1968.

[@azigar]

@@misseselise3864 I don't live in the US. I live in Barbados. And seatbelt laws are actually very very recent down here in the West Indies. We aren't backwards, but we don't have the same laws.

[@azigar]

@@kenyattaclay7666 maybe for your market. Certainly not for ours. I remember our first few vehicles when i was little had optional seatbelts or aftermarket belts. On some islands here ppl don't even bother using them. And car seats? You can see mothers sitting with the baby in their lap in many places down here

[@SallySkellington84]

I feel like this 80s and 90s not just 80s, I got so many cds from Colombia house when I was 8/9. We had cigarette machines so I just stopped there no note needed! We still have a video rental place around here...they actually do really well, novelty I think.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Do you sell DVD's ?

[@TJ52359]

Part of the issue there is that Trends and Decade Defining traits Don't obey the Numbers on the Calendar... People were still doing some very 70s things in 1982... and what's fashionable in 1981 NYC or LA takes a year or 2 before it catches on in the rest of the country... and in turn when it falls out of fashion will take a while for the ripples to follow...

[@SallySkellington84]

@Jason Mistretta A lot of people have forgotten about them and I remember I was shocked when they were gone! Lol Easiest way to get cigarettes when I was younger and not allowed.

[@lauraatkinson4790]

Yes, but those things started in the 1980s.

[@gowiththeflowbee8053]

Things just seemed so much better in the 80s

[@markcossman200]

It's because they were....

[@ChainsawGenie]

@@markcossman200 There have been advances made in medicine/health care and other technologies since the 80s but other problems/annoyances have come a long way, as well. 9_9 Perhaps when greed/political profit becomes unnecessary/'old hat', we'll get better products again (including better optimized computers/operating systems)? ^_^ Hope springs eternal.

[@grzegoszszwajn8744]

@@markcossman200 yeah, communism, czernobyl, china...... really much better

[@melodyseverything6999]

@@grzegoszszwajn8744 - It depended on where you lived, that's true. But most people in the free world had a great time in the 80s though. I'm really sorry if you didn't.

[@weegie3343]

unless you lived in poland (like my dad)

[@ives3572]

"*1980s* is not a time period but a state of mind." - Carrie Vaughn

[@valentinaminauro352]

So True

[@BigGuido7]

I was born in 97 but the 80s always fascinated me it’s my favorite era tbh wish I grew up in that era

[@lacountess]

I highly doubt that. There was no Internet so getting stuff done took five times as long. And no cellphones so to make or receive a call you had to stay near a landline.

[@BigGuido7]

@@lacountess People still managed to make it through that because that’s the era they came up in and like I said I was born In 97 when I was growing up I didn’t have a cellphone or internet either my grandmother had it but she never let anybody use it 😂

[@olleselin]

@@BigGuido7 i was also born in 97

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@lacountess and it is difficult to progress your goals.

[@ryanhauser3014]

No internet back then, no cell phones, the computers back then were awful, but we did have Atari 2600 and the famous Nintendo NES.

[@gaffer2602]

I'm from the 00s, but I still love stuff from the 80s

[@babytyty8446]

Me too🥺❤️

[@duncan3998]

90s here, but being born as a Gen-x would be a blessing

[@rubygirl214]

My daughters as well and I've shared so much of my love of the 80's with them..they love the music and movies of that era as much as I do.

[@ChainsawGenie]

Every decade has their diamonds (and duds). ^_^ Still, congratulations on your discovery. ^_^ ,b I hope that you are able to find other hidden/forgotten treasures on your journey.

[@johnnyringo2695]

youre not special

[@tybois74]

I, again, remind everyone that there is STILL a Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon. It's the last Blockbuster in existence.

[@WarriorsMom1]

I was born in 1980... great memories. Telephone booths/pay phones Record stores The crazy good sitcoms The Yellow Pages Soap Operas A can of soup for very little Werewolf movies Climbing trees Playing from Sun up, to Sun down, in the summer The commercial jingles The pop music here in the states and from across the pond The volatile talk shows Stone washed jeans Big hair The Aretha Franklin and George Michael duet Drive - in movie theaters and so on

[@grzegoszszwajn8744]

are you describing the live from the 80s in french gujana?

[@jamesmoss3424]

The 80's still kick ass. 😀👍

[@12thMandalorian]

Honourable Mention: Listening to decent new music that is in the charts

[@swizzwizz12]

@Move_I_Got_This Of course, todays artists are boring.

[@HelosWorldRailroadReseller]

We also had weekly countdown of the best music by the likes of Casey Kasem.

[@pilotswife06]

My mom and I got Glamour Shots in 1989. They’re AMAZING. My mom let me wear pink lip gloss and blush. And she had gorgeous lashes and 80s hair, and we’ve never looked better.

[@SG-bs6dm]

In the 70s I remember sitting on my grandmother’s lap in the front seat of our car - needless to say we weren’t wearing a seatbelt.

[@markalexander3659]

You can still watch music videos on MTV after school. Blockbuster wasn't just an 80s thing, you go go well into the 2000's. There's absolutely no reason why you can't do jazzercise or any aerobics workout video. We do still make mixtapes, they're just called Playlists now and WAYYYY more efficient. They still do Chicken Pox meet ups for kids to get it early. You can definitely still wear shoulder pads...they question is why you would want to as it is NOT a good look (especially for women)...but you absolutely can if that's your style. Also, fashion trends to to loop around all the time, so it probably will become fashionable again at some point. Again, you absolutely CAN skip wearing a seatbelt. You will get fined, if caught and it's dangerous. But you CAN.

[@judyladewig9410]

I’m a GenX-er so I lived all this, but I had never heard of chicken pox parties. I can’t believe that was a thing. And in the mid-70s I bought cigarettes for my mom without a note.

[@oooh19]

I am a millennial but I had chicken pox but I missed a school play, field day, and I was in 3rd grade and on a track team and my coach noticed I had it my mom didn’t

[@arminxvs3372]

Time flies, things evolve. That is just a normal course of time but still, nostalgia and the phrase "never again" do hurt in a specific way.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Times changed and society changed (if there is some taking politics seriously)

[@KevyNova]

We rode in the back of pickup trucks on the highway, never wore seatbelts or bike helmets, played with Jarts and even threw them at each other, stole our dad’s Playboys, rolled down hills in a tractor tire, took candy from strangers, played with fireworks and had bottle rocket battles, drank from the garden hose, hitchhiked, delivered 100 newspapers in a foot of snow before school, chopped firewood, went to R rated movies with a forged note from mom, swam in strangers’ pools at night, stole road signs, and climbed to the roof of every building on Main Street. Well, at least I did all those things in the ‘80s.

[@David35687]

In the 1970s we shot each other with air powered BB guns. It hurt.

[@KevyNova]

@@David35687 yeah that too! Me and my friend wrapped each other in paper towels and then sprayed each other with Lysol and set ourselves on fire. It’s actually a miracle that I lived past 13.

[@David35687]

@@KevyNova I am betting that you also built some cool ramps for jumping your bike off of.

[@KevyNova]

@@David35687 haha, you know it!

[@NicoleMerrison]

i was born in 1975 i was told by both parents seltbelts first or we aren't moving!!

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

We do miss these video rental stores.

[@bighand1530]

Yeah

[@santichardnavichit5907]

I remember recording great shows on TV with VHS tapes

[@jessicayoung6208]

I watched TRL back in the day on MTV. I frequented Blockbuster and Hollywood Video and actually worked at a Blockbuster. I made mixtapes and mix CD’s. And I did all these things in the late 90’s and early 2000’s.

[@80severythingbru23]

I love the 80’s!!!!

[@CatsOverBrats]

We were all sent to a chicken pox party in daycare back in the 80's. I was the only child who didn't catch it. Also, in my country we didn't even need a note from our parents to buy cigarettes or alcohol. I still remember seeing this 8 year old with alcoholic parents being sent to buy beer for them everyday after school. It was so sad. She was gone the next year and I hope it was because she was finally removed from the home and put into fostercare somewhere else.

[@MerkGeeTV]

I didn’t catch it either and my mom sent me to numerous chicken pox parties lol

[@Menaceblue3]

LoL now people shield kids from the Rona virus knowing very well the chances of complications and death are statistically very low.

[@OnlyUknow2]

Epic! they need to make more 80's movies showing us what kids did back then. The freedom they got away with etc. Stand by me and the breakfast club are two movies from the 80s that I really enjoyed. Oh and Dazed and confused.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@OnlyUknow2 they did shows the messages

[@oooh19]

Covid they don’t know much about it’s a man made virus

[@aleksandarvuksa4491]

I was born in 1997 and i mostly experienced in 2000s stuff and onwards, but i still consider 90s and 00s as one of my favorite eras out there!

[@aleksandarvuksa4491]

Also, what about "Top 10 Things From the 2010s We'll Never Do Again", do WatchMojo plans to make it one!

[@Missmagazinebura]

I only remember the 2000s

[@patrickpinion245]

My teenaged daughter found a bunch of unopened blank cassettes at a garage sale last summer and asked me to buy her a radio that could record off her playlists. She's been spending the winter making her own mixed tapes. :)

[@rosapayne5660]

3:00 I remember when Netflix was still a DVD rental company when I was a kid. They had pick up and drop off locations almost about everywhere we went

[@pikachuscoobydoo9507]

I remember when I was a kid I’d always have my parents take me to blockbuster to check out certain movies then if I enjoyed them I’d buy them at Best Buy lmfao 🤣 but now I just get movies on iTunes or just watch them on a streaming service

[@aliciaveal1284]

I'm only 37 and it's crazy how many changes I can remember. My husband and I was talking bout just the technology changes. So so many advances in a short time

[@journeytrials]

My fellow 84 baby lol!! Yes true! We saw the brith of computer and saw it chamber our lives!

[@gaffer2602]

There used to be a video rental store in my town, but it shut down in 2015/2016. They now have a little machine/station in one of the supermarkets because they couldn't afford the big store. I loved that store and the machine isn't the same

[@markzuckergecko621]

I remember when Netflix first kicked off, you have to subscribe like today, but they would mail you a physical DVD that you keep as long as you want, and you mail it back to exchange for another. But it was a joke, like oh yea I mailed off for that movie that just came out on video, I'll be able to watch it in 4 days. Blockbuster was just easier, the idea of them tanking and Netflix taking over was unthinkable back then, it would be like someone telling you McDonalds would be out of business in 10 years and Burger King would be the boss, you would laugh in their face.

[@josephjones7828]

@@markzuckergecko621 Netflix still technically does the mailed physical DVD thing, its just not advertised like it used to be now that streaming is their primary business model. Also, as hard as it might be to imagine, at one point in time very early in Netflix's existence and before Blockbuster died off, Blockbuster was given an opportunity to buy out Netflix and merge the companies. After consideration though Blockbuster chose to decline the offer deciding that Netflix's business model was just a fad and had no lasting power. Oops.

[@TJ52359]

@@markzuckergecko621 McD v BK isn't quite the right analogy as BK isn't much 'younger' ... Neither of them taking Subway Seriously and Subway Going Global in the 90s and eventually passing them in Number of sites is more analogous (and no one saw that coming either) what made Netflix the Juggernaut it is (was?) was timing... if they wouldn't have been who/what they were at that point in time they certainly wouldn't be what they are now * Possibly Apocryphal* but I remember reading somewhere, that the Entirety of the Internet in 1998 was 'smaller/used less bandwidth than You Tube alone did circa 2008 (at only 3 years of existence) if short form videos wouldn't have pushed the technology forward... would Streaming of Full Length movies (w/o serious Buffering) have been a viable business model... and had they not done the Subscription by mail to create a brand would they have had the Consumer trust to pivot from Physical Media

[@corymorimacori1059]

I remember block busters (even though I wasn’t born in the 80s). I missed it, it’s a classic. I was born in 2003 and I would go to blockbusters when it was around (even though it declined when I grew)

[@briansullivan5908]

I still have my last blockbuster card

[@erickchristensen746]

@@briansullivan5908 Those are worth money to collectors now

[@briansullivan5908]

@@erickchristensen746 cool

[@kevinw374]

A fun list Mojo. You should think about doing more like it.

[@thetrivialbonney305]

I loved the 80's. Picked up my girlfriend after school (No seat belt), went to the video store, cheaper than the movies, we'd watch MTV for awhile then toss in the breakfast club or whatever. She'd have her big shoulder pads and I had my Z.Cavaricci's. It was great!

[@Akira625]

I don’t remember seeing many people not wearing seatbelts in the 1980s, but I do remember seeing a lot of PSA’s encouraging the use of them.

[@1toshi32]

The best holiday my husband and I ever had was being at home with our dogs for a week. We would take a walk in the bush (Australia) close to our home and then go to the video store and rent some videos for the night and chow down on some snacks. Best holiday ever. Walkmans were all the rage as well using those cassette tapes. There's so much more that I miss in those days but Damn I miss those days so much. Best days of my life.

[@mainmaines]

Watching people cry about seatbelt laws makes me wonder how we will look at this decade in 30 years

[@videogameguy101]

Not a good look for vaccine haters lmfaoo

[@garrettanderson8729]

And they wanna talk about how whiny today's generation is.

[@karenstarr]

The last one with the cigarettes I’ve never heard of. A better one would be the cigarette vending machines from the 80s. Anyone can get them from there.

[@briansullivan5908]

Yeah they rarely had my brand but if your desperate it’ll do in a pinch.

[@brianm6117]

I remember the vending machines. They were everywhere, especially hotels and motels. There was still one at a bar I frequented in the early 2000's.

[@rubygirl214]

No ID, no problem...lol

[@AmbroseChamberpot]

I don't remember anything about permission slips but I do remember vending machines that anyone could use.

[@thatgirlfromktown]

I worked for Blockbuster right before it closed down. It was such a fun job and I worked with the best people ever.

[@Omegasupreme21]

I owe Columbia House so much money, when I was in high school, but I had an incredible music collection.

[@ericrodriguez4974]

I remember going to the grocery store when I was 12 in the the 80s and bought cigarettes for my parents. They just sold them to me without the note. I just said it was for my parents. No questions asked, crazy…

[@erickchristensen746]

Same here, I hated doing it cuz I didn’t wanna be seen as a young smoker lying to her cigs.

[@Dopecheetah]

Ahhh yes Columbia House. What a beautiful scam that was. And buying cigarettes for my brother with a note. 🤔 Memories. Good list watch mojo!

[@rubygirl214]

I can't tell you how many times I got all the records from them. Then I found out from my friend's dad who was a lawyer that they had no recourse legally because we were minors and it was illegal for us to sign any contacts...ooops

[@francoisregis2155]

A friend of mine ordered them and copied them and returned the tapes 😂😂😂 good old days

[@kibagami25]

I miss the 80's. I've done all of these things except the MTV we had Much Music in Canada. My mom sent me to a friends house to get chicken pox. It gave me a few days off from school. We also would ride in the bed of the truck with no worries. 80's was a death trap. If you fell out, you were laughed at for not "holding on" better.

[@maytalacedo2942]

Man blockbuster was my childhood it was so much fun to look around different videos, video games and anime DVD was huge back them. I know the downside was you have to pay $40 bucks to get a video tapes and bring them back. But it was fun to watch and look around.

[@zoofit5604]

I know the point of the list was not to promote political agendas, but I can't help but compare the current situation with mask mandates and vaccination requirements to a couple items on this list, notably the chicken pox parties and seatbelt laws. I forgot how many people fought back on seatbelt laws! It kind of helps me understand the resistance for our safety and health regulations we are experiencing today...

[@user-zt2wc3uh1l]

"It kind of helps me understand the resistance for our safety and health regulations we are experiencing today..." You mentioned chicken pox parties. I liked it when we treated viruses with parties and natural immunity instead of mandatory jabs and communism.

[@donnerdonner315]

LMAO....The buying cigarettes with a note....I was doing that for my mom in the 70's!!! I also picked up her birth control pills too! Seat belts were not even installed in a lot of cars back then! I remember geting into a minor car accident as a kid and being in the backseat then hitting the floor....and we survived it! Crazy times....for sure...LOL!!!

[@kenyattaclay7666]

OEMs have been required to install seatbelts since 1968 & with the average car on the road back then lasting less than 7 years almost every car had them installed straight from the OEM.

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

Aahh finally a video that doesn't make me feel too old. I was a baby at that time, though a lot of this is also featured in the 90s.

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

I graduated from high school in 87 on the West Coast. for 3 out of those 4 years the enclosed Courtyard next to the cafeteria was a student smoking section. the few kids that occupied it at any given time looked pretty sad.

[@monicamason3414]

I worked at Blockbuster Video for 10 years. Best job ever.

[@dimitri2414]

Fun fact, in the 1980s, they actually had video streaming services. However, it wasn't quite perfect. Thus, for the next 30+ years, we had to wait for streaming to become the norm. And now that you're at the end of this, I was lying the whole time. Have a great rest of your day.

[@chrislair6832]

Lol

[@akfreed6949]

I miss the last couple of Anchorage Alaska BLOCKBUSTER video stores .The only reason the last 2 stores closed down was because of the raised rental rates . And they were some of the largest movie libraries from any and every movie studio . You can't find as big a library from Netflix .

[@byronwhitman5203]

Loved going to Blockbusters and looking through the store. Could be in there an hour and come out with multiple movies. Miss it greatly as its closing took away a fun night or day!

[@CJ_Pharaoh]

Still better than the 💩tty times we're in now iMho Thanks for the videos team Mojo 💓😙🤗💛 Be safe and STAY blessed everybody 🙏

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

80’s Vintage Vibe

[@Bo_D_Hansen]

If you live in Scandinavia and Western and Eastern Europe you can still watch MTV 80's and MTV 90's with all the best music videos form the two decades and it is without commercials

[@abbynormal7525]

Cigarette machines were a thing too but at Eleven I could buy cigarettes before school. It was 1986 and Camels were a dollar.

[@ASMR-Arboretum]

Underaged I used to get cigarettes at a vending machine in a local outdoor arcade. There was one in a Village Inn near my house too.

[@michaelbullock8011]

Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day

[@gameplaylick9346]

Awesome video 👍

[@WatchMojo]

Thank you 👍

[@lindah6954]

Family Video was the last to go. Just went out of business 8 months ago. We still have Red Box. That won't last much longer.

[@adrianbradley8513]

As someone living in the UK( Northern Ireland to be exact) I have never heard of Chickenpox Parties. In fact I've just checked my calander to make sure it wasn't April Fools Day.

[@MarkFaust]

Oh my, I am commenting now before I watch. Arcades, photo mats in parking lots, and phone booths. Almost everywhere in the 80's then almost gone by the 90's.

[@JamesKingsleyQPatriotOrg]

i miss the 80's

[@johavyflores6755]

I remember Blockbuster when I was a kid. Gee, I miss that store.

[@sdafasdfasdfsda]

Oh lord that jazzercise lady is freaking me out...get down on the dance floor urawahhghgghghghghgg.

[@ramchandrahegde2763]

In India in 1980s VCR was out of reach for almost everyone. We used to rent it as a group along with 4 movies and watch them all night. Each of us would contribute some amount towards rental. There were bets on who would last all night. Oh the memories. MTV was introduced in 1993 in India through Hongkong based Star TV. I had it on all day. I loved the music videos and the crazy MTV videos. I miss VJs Danny McGill, Sofia, Nonie etc.

[@DatBoiiiFresh]

Oh man blockbuster! If video stores made a comeback i would def go in person to rent movies!!! That was the best going in to pick out a movie

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

Slamming the phone receiver down and hanging up when you're angry with someone on the phone. You can't do that with a cell phone, lol.

[@peterpriego6503]

Beautiful days, long gone. 😔

[@philwhite8749]

I attended a Chicken Pox Party in '82.... It was one of the Funnest Times of my Childhood,... Pizza ,Ice Cream and Cartoons with a bunch of kids of same age!!!

[@IggyStardust1967]

I still remember where the house is that hosted the Pox Party I went to. Only drawback now is that I need to get the Shingles vaccine. Also remember going to the store for cigarettes and alcohol as a young child. Smoke filled bars and bowling alleys.... bouncing around in the back seat of the tank of a car we had.... a parental arm being the "seat belt"... gas rationing... But of course, all of that was in the 70s.

[@slimshead8100]

Going to the movie store as a kid was something indescribably awesome, it was so freakin fun. My God, how I miss those days. I would give anything to go back and relive those days.

[@bobbygould1960]

As a 2000 born, the 80s will always be the best decades ever.

[@donneldavis7792]

What? You don't even know hush

[@antlove2k3]

Columbia house and others like it created my childhood music library for free. Good times.

[@bwedesign]

No carseats to go along with no seat belts. Although maybe that was the 70's, when I was born. One of my parents friends always told me how he'd see my mom driving around town and there I was flying across the back seat.

[@BlueRoseGeek]

In about 1987 or so, my mom apparently turned a corner and I slid across the back seat and said "do it again Mom!!" No car seats there! 😂

[@DominickRuocco]

Blockbuster Video...WOW what a difference. I really miss hearing that slogan everyday. 1980's > 2000's, 2010's and 2020's. It's not even remotely close

[@gfear24]

MTV started with "Video killed the Radio Star" and now more people listen to radio, be it terrestrial or satellite, than watch videos because it's so hard to find the videos on TV and they only exist here.

[@ASMR-Arboretum]

Screw a note there were cigarette vending machines in restaurants, bowling alleys, and arcades in the 80s.

[@AtheistOrphan]

The 80’s are as as far in the past to us now as WW2 was to us in the 80’s. A frightening thought to those of us to whom the 80’s was ‘our’ decade. (I was 14 at the beginning of the 80’s, 24 at the end).

[@lexkanyima2195]

35 to 40 years is long

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@lexkanyima2195 - That’s true Lex, but to me the 80’s seems like a decade ago. I remember SO much! I guess time seems to move quicker as you get older.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@AtheistOrphan it was significant, but did it progress ?

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@lexkanyima2195 - Well my Sister-in-law did ask me if there was any music on my phone made after 1989! 😆 Got to turn in now, 🛌 💤 goodnight.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@AtheistOrphan ??? Mobile phone doesn't exist yet

[@Muffinga]

00's was the best era. Old technology mixed with new technology. Us 90's kids really did have the best of both worlds.

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! One thing we can't do from the 80s anymore is watching really good TV action shows the way we used to.. For exmaple, Airwolf, MacGyver, Knight Rider, etc.. I miss the 80s a lot,, not just for the TV shows.. but for other things too.

[@lskdk1125]

If you want to boogie get on the dance floor... Words to live by lmao

[@erickchristensen746]

It’s pretty crazy that wearing a seatbelt didn’t used to be required by Law What’s make crazy are those nut jobs who were against the law.. Also used to buy cigarettes for my mother xD that was just normal lol. Never smoked in my life and I honestly hated doing it cuz I hated the dies that the cashier thought I was a smoker at such a young age

[@HarryWessex]

I hope those who were against it feel like idiots now

[@mcdarwin]

Nut jobs still alive and around today...

[@austinpowers177]

And im 24 and have cut the seat belts out of most of my vehicles so whats your point. If I die I die that's how it is and that's how I want it. My choice.

[@corymorimacori1059]

3:12 Olivia Newton John’s reaction: Let’s get physical, physical. I wanna get physical. Let’s get into physical. Let me hear your body talk, your body talk

[@teptime]

A few more things they could have mentioned- Jogwalking - wet T-shirt contests - voguing - toga parties - power lunches - rocking the vote - crystalgazing - ladies nights - 976 numbers -

[@johnnybgood7442]

I had to go to Bend Oregon for work and I was staying in a motel right next to the Blockbuster they have there. The waves of nostalgia came crashing down pretty hard.

[@0fficialdregs]

you can still make mixtape just on CDs or through streaming.

[@johnnyg8028]

Tupperware parties were popular with adult women. Mostly mothers gathering to buy sturdy, plastic like, many colors, containers, cups, food storage, & more.

[@blatantanarchist]

Home Interior parties, too.

[@elizabethpeterson1644]

I liked MTV when I was in my early teens. I remembered coming home that I did my math homework and watched MTV while doing it. My parents weren’t strict on the music that I listened to. My father was cool about the music that I liked. He did liked Def Leppard because of the drum beat.

[@alyzu4755]

I had to go to my friend's house to watch MTV because my parents refused to get cable until 1987. Just before I left for college. 😂 Oh, and Jane Fonda's original workouts are available on Amazon Prime. 😏

[@karlc2869]

Even tho I enjoy some certain MTV reality shows like The Real World, Jackass, Laguna Beach, the original LC era The Hills and most recently Siesta Key as well as Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club (excluding WAGS, Love and Hip Hop, Jersey Shore, Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant), I still do agree that MTV and VH1 shouldn't have ditched music. They could have used it as a filler for their programming in between shows. However, music has since been relegated to the internet. But MTV and VH1 do have music channels like VH1 Soul, MTV Jams and MTV Classic.

[@Wrathinlovewithlain7]

I was that chicken pox spreader and didn't know it lol Got my brother and his two best friends.