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79 Nostalgic Photos That Take ’80s Kids Straight Back To Their Childhoods
Every decade had something cool and authentic about it, but the ‘80s were probably the most colorful and fun. Bright, neon colors, ABBA, Queen, and Madonna on the radio, broad-shouldered power suits, poofy hair, and boomboxes are now the quintessential things we associate with the 1980s.
If you’re partial to that period, here are some throwbacks from the aptly titled subreddit r/80s. These pics are bound to take you back to a simpler time when there were no smartphones, social media, and doomscrolling, when McDonald’s stools were shaped like burgers, and your grandparents’ taste in home decor seemed more than questionable. But what wouldn’t we give to have it all back for just a day?
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Did Any Of You Have This Stereo System And Glass Case In Your House?
#4
Do You Remember Wrapping Your Schoolbooks With Brown Paper?
#10
I Sure Do!
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 hour ago
Yep, noisy as hell inside when we started pounding our feet on the floor.
#11
Sign Me Up!
#13
Did Anyone Else Have To Take A Typing Class In School?
Brian Garcia 12 minutes ago
Yep...computers came around then they started calling it keyboarding.
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#15
Someone Found This Gem At Their Local Thrift Store. “Oh Yeah!”
#17
I Have The One We Grew Up With In My Cupboard Right Now!
Elladine DesIsles 32 minutes ago
I broke mine a year or two ago, it was a sad day. Though I may well inherit some more when my dad goes into some form of senior living facility.
#18
May 25, 1986, Something Happened In America - Exactly 3:00 In The Afternoon, Five Million People Stepped Outside - Out Of Their Homes, Their Routines, And Their Differences - And Reached For The Hand Of A Stranger
#19
It Was A Glorious Era Where Every "High-Tech" Clock Radio Featured A Red Digital Display Bright Enough To Be Seen From Low Earth Orbit
#20
Does Anyone Remember Physical Encyclopedias?
Brian Garcia 10 minutes ago
Had a set of Encyclopedia Britannica...if you can believe it these were sometimes sold by salesmen going door to door, World Book was the other main set in the market.
#22
Not From The 1980s, But These Ge Can Openers Were Still Running Strong And In So Many Kitchens I Remember Throughout The 1980s
#24
Anyone Remember These!
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 hour ago
I had three or four of these. Hours of fun. The only "loading" was waiting for the water to fill up. And no several hours of updates before you could play.
#30
“Time To Make The Donuts”
#31
It’s Amazing!
Brian Garcia 11 minutes ago
Read up on this guy, quit showbusiness to take care of his children after his wife's passing.
#33
Girl, You Know It's True
#35
Some Of Us Remember Another Use For Tape
#36
Christopher Lloyd Appreciation
#37
Rambo Is A Christmas Movie. I Give You Exhibit A
#38
Who Remembers This Movie?
#42
Chicka-Chickahh…
#43
The Breakfast Club 40 Years Later
#44
Appliances Were Just Made Differently Back Then
#45
Remember Those Candy Bar Fundraisers At School?
#46
Almost Every House In The 1980s Had A Room That Looked Like This
#47
So True!! Leave In The Morning And Just Be Home Before Dark
Brian Garcia 7 minutes ago
Drank from the hose and didn't come home until the street lights came on.
#48
So Many Kitchen Floors In The 1980s Looked Like This
#49
If You're Interested In Dust, Here's A Quaint Little Piece From The 1980s, It's Called A Dustbuster
#51
Some Great Memories Made Watching Cartoons Like This
#52
Who Remembers The Free Little Bottles Of Milk Every Morning School?
#56
This Is Awesome
Brian Garcia 5 minutes ago
Random trivia...Pizza Hut was one of the largest consumers of kale in the US for a while; used it as garnish/ice cover in their salad bars.
#57
Mine Was Yellow & Had A Cigarette Burn
Colleen Glim 51 minutes ago
I still have two of them. One is poison green and the other is baby p**p brown. The satin edging has long since disappeared but the blankets are still used
#58
“Ohhhh Fuuuudge…….”
#59
Just Ran Into This Family Truckster
#62
Pizza Day Was The Best Day Ever In School!
#63
“Come To Me, Son Of Jor-El, Kneel Before Zod!”
#68
Who Else Remembers These Pitchers?
#69
Mom >>>fbi
crashthegreenhat 46 minutes ago
"Drop me in the middle of the Gobi Desert, bury me in a g*****n cave on the *moon*, and somehow, she'd find a way to call me and ask me for a favor." - Michael Westen (Burn Notice)
#71
Anyone Remember These Manual Credit Card Machines?
#72
Right?
#75
I Remember Warming Myself Infront Of This On A Winter Morning Before School
#79
Back When Breakfast Required Hand-To-Hand Combat With Frozen Juice Logs
Colleen Glim 46 minutes ago
It worked better if you added one can full of water to the jug before beating the hèll out of it with the wooden spoon
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