60 Things Only People Born Between 1975-1985 Will Truly Get
Get the Full StoryAgain, please don t click on this post unless you lived through the 80s.How "being slimed" on Nickelodeon meant one thing: You Can't Do That on Television.
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How Cabbage Patch Kids were such an it toy that they basically became a status symbol.
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Having a few random Garfield cups that somehow appeared in your family's cupboard.
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Getting a Garfield book from a relative that had no idea what to get you for your birthday.
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How you either loved or were repulsed by Garbage Pail Kids cards.
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That your grandma had one of these rotary phones hanging in her kitchen:
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Also, how your grandma had one of these '70s wood paneled TVs in her basement or living room:
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The feeling of horror and titillation you felt when you discovered your parents old 1970s copy of The Joy of Sex.
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That TGIF meant Mr. Belvedere, Perfect Strangers, and Full House.
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That taking instant photos meant pulling out the giant-ass Polaroid camera that had a blinding flash.
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Listening to records on your very own player.
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Only knowing Jane Fonda as the "workout lady."
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Seeing cigarette vending machines, EVERYWHERE.
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Even though it was well in to the '80s, constantly seeing old very '70s Woodsy Owl PSAs.
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That Time for Timer whose commercials also looked like they came straight out of 1971 was annoying as hell, but really did make you crave cheese.
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Sitting on one of these chairs during camping trips which sorta gave you a backache after a while :
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Having a ton of these clip-on plush toys, that really didn't have any point to them:
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Having a ton of PVC Smurfs, that seemed to just randomly appear in your toy box.
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How Pizza Huts not only had a proper dinning area, but also had waiters.
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Riding in the back of cars with no seat belt.
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Or, if you wore your seat belt, getting burned by the metal buckles on a hot day.
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Actually getting more frightened from the illustrations in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark than the actual stories.
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Going with you parents to the Fotomat, so that they could develop photos they needed overnight.
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How First Lady Nancy Reagan wanted kids to "Just Say No."
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Getting a homemade character cake for your birthday, that was 80 frosting.
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Being careful to not overly scratch your Scratch-N-Sniff Stickers so that they wouldn't lose its scent.
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How having satellite TV meant having a HUGE ASS dish in your backyard.
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That almost every single cartoon had a PSA at the end of the show.
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Wanting to believe deep-down the urban myth that hooverboards were real.
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Getting a Care Bear from your grandma on holidays or your birthday.
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How Disney made really DARK movies...
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...and if you wanted to watch one of their classic animated films, you had to wait until they were re-released into theaters.
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Having a lamp in your bedroom that you really wanted to play with, but would burn the hell out of you if you even touched it.
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How stressful it was to rip of the sides off dot matrix paper.
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How lit the programming lineup was for the Disney Channel s free preview weekend.
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How computer time in school meant one thing: The Oregon Trail.
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How your parents would comment that Madonna was "such a bad influence."
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Being introduced to David Bowie because of Labyrinth.
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That an uncomfortable mask with poor visibility, and a plastic smock that didn't really let you move, was the trade-off for getting a character costume.
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Having tons of old back issues of this magazine in your classroom or school library:
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How everyone owned the We Are the World 45 RPM...
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...and Michael Jackson's Thriller.
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Being more than a little creeped out by animatronic Chuck E. Cheese.
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Having your mind-blown with this epic cartoon crossover:
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Somehow, no matter how careful you were, always managing to burn your fingers when making Shrinky Dinks.
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How you had an at least 80 chance of getting burned whenever you slid down a aluminum slide.
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How you had to be careful not pinch your fingers when closing your Fisher-Price Little People Tudor house.
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How all the food at McDonald's used to come in Styrofoam containers.
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And how smelly it was to climb into one of these McDonald's Officer Big Mac "jail things":
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How everyone owned a Hands Across America T-shirt, even if they didn t participate in it.
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How fun it was to get lost in the world of Sweet Pickles.
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The fear you felt that you might fall into a well after hearing about Baby Jessica.
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How traumatizing these scenes from The Land Before Time and An American Tail were:
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That this was the coolest phone that was ever designed:
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How you always looked for books that had been "approved" by Reading Rainbow, any time you went to the library.
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Just how utterly insane Batman-mania was in the summer of 1989.
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And finally, that seeing this building with its Bert's sweater looking stripes was the most joyful thing ever:
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