“The Ultimate ’80s Page”: 50 Posts About The 80s That Today’s Kids Probably Won’t Get

Perfect

Robin was such an amazing person. I want to cry anytime I see him or watch his movies, I miss him so much.

I agree... lol

Guilty as charged!

When you get a perfect picture but your finger sticks out in the corner…

In summer, you had to run the hose a bit first otherwise it was hot water that tasted like rubber

Hey you guys!

I got to spin the wheel once (relative works for CBS & he was giving us a backstage tour). It's *really* heavy.

I have this and I’m a teenager

and it is resistant, since the 70s, we are in the 4th generation to play with, still works "Ding!" !

My car still has these

I used to be a smoker, still hated people smoking where I was eating back then.

The MARVELLOUS! THE MAGICAL!!! MAD MAD MAD MAD MADAM MIM!!! XD

And I don't want them back

I recently went to a high school reunion. Those of us who are still alive are turning 75 this year. :)

Those were also table footballs

We called the theatre phone number and listened to the recorded listings on repeat

Much of my middle school yearbooks looked like this.

My dads car had a hatch in the backseat that gave access to the boot, my dumbass would happily travel about in the boot with my head through the hatch.

I'll can tell you, as the teacher writing on and teaching from an overhead projector, that thing gave off massive amounts of heat! I pitied the kid sitting behind it.

World 8 -1 if I remember correctly.

bc tupperware was the first MLM and the pitcher was one of the starter welcome presents to new members.

I remember when those were called "hard disks" and floppy disks were larger and literally floppy.

It's good to be the King. (also shout out to my first ever crush, the Brazilian Bombshell herself, Cleo Rocos)

Maybe, but Ford has had a spontaneous combustion issue WAY before Tesla. Think it started with the Windstar

Kids still do this...

“I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.” - Dolly Parton Don’t you just love her. And here’s a cheesy joke. Q. How can you spot Dolly's children in a crowd? A. They're the ones with stretch marks round their mouths.

All of them had to be checked for any coins left in the coin return slot, you never know!

Anyone else answered a ringing payphone before? It used to happen in movies but I had it happen once to me IRL.

We hung out in these and made prank calls, those were the days lol

I used to ask the operator to do a reverse charge call to my boyfriend in Scotland. He was also standing in a phone box pretending to be a domestic resident. Went on for months till they rumbled.

Making a collect call and only saying: mom I'mnotgonnamakeittodinner, bye!

I used to keep a dime in my shoe to call home with.

I remember calling my friends from payphones. Only because I didn't want my parents listening in on my conversations. 🤣 PRIVACY YO!

And my father couldn't find me on a date.

What did you carry it with you?

I remember the red phone boxes, they had all the local directories on flip up hangers and a call cost either 2 pence or 10 pence

I didnt use payphones til Phonecards came out. I miss those. You buy a card for £5 or £10 and thats how many essentially *free* calls you could make in an emergency.

You could stick a lollipop stick in the top and change would fall out...

When I was a kid, this thing was a time machine.

I miss the payphones that Costco had. That and their Pretzels.

And a time machine...

It is not mobile??

Or going to a neighbor's house and asking to borrow their phone. The cord reached all the way out front 🤣🤣

And in my 20s... it was accompanied by a pager lol

Ilthere was one opposite my house and I would get my friends to ring it so I could have " private " calls lol

If you were out of coins, we would call collect, and instead of saying our name; we would tell the parent that answered to come pick me up. They knew where I was was, so no problem, and no collect call. Because we hung up after saying it.

It was also a Hobo's bathroom

Classic!

It was also Superman's dressing room.

What does Superman do to change into/out of his alter ego’s mild mannered reporter Clark Kent clothing?

We still have a functioning one in our tiny town