Is the 2010s and second 1980s?

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I love the 80s, everything about it was awesome. The TV, the Movies, the Music, the fashion, prosperity, the list goes on, well anyways, something hit me after watching the MTV awards; The 2010s is a lot like the 80s, really colorful clothes, lots of hipsters pretty much the equivalent of the 80s "Yuppie" and really powerful electronic music, oh and lets not forget of about new dominant TV format in the 2010s which is now reality TV as opposed to the sitcoms of the 80s. In many ways i feel like our decade is a second 80s of course a more polished and advanced and exaggerated version of it, much like the 80s was a more polished and exaggerated version of the 50s. Those were just of few random thoughts that I've begun to realize. Anyone else notice this?

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LICKTWATS

7 years ago

Not even close.
The 1980's were awesome.
The 2010's suck.

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- Legion
  
  7 years ago
  
  Agreed
  
  2010s:
  Bad economy
  Tons of chaos
  Many terrorists
  Barely any jobs
  Culture borrowed from other decades
  Whiny pussies for people
  Crappy electronic music
  One direction
  Evil iranians
  Hipsters
  Smartphone (one of a few good things!)
  Xbox one
  
  1980s
  Good economy
  Many jobs
  Ronald Reagan
  Cocaine
  Yuppies
  Arcade games
  Crappy electronic music
  Evil Iranians
  Awesome Metal music
  Michael jackson
  Tacky clothes
  Max headroom
  Atari 2600
  
  (Good and bad listed for each)
  
  The 80s were definitely better.
  
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  - pizzabrowniesushi
    
    7 years ago
    
    things I hated about the 80's
    
    my one evil stepmom
    
    clothing esp women with mullets
    
    no cell phones so it was so hard to find people
    
    grey teeth
    
    everything was materialistic
    
    the phobia of aids and the lack of knowledge about it?
    
    everything else was awesome though
    you could smoke everywhere
    people were more chill yanno
    
    like eating peanut butter sandwiches everyday for lunch tramping all over ny on my bike and my mom not giving a shit as long as I was home by dark
    hanging out at the pool with rebekkah claussen and her bro chaz
    mtv
    having parties in abandoned houses cheap movie tickets....
    
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  - RamenNoodleMaster#3
    
    7 years ago
    
    "bad economy"
    if there was any time when the economy was worse it was the reagan eara. The republicans are absolutely deluded and only created growth by outsourcing jobs to asia. Also the Iranians were just as evil in the 80s but obamas way of dealing with them is questionable, so i'll give you that.
    
    The 80s borrowed much of its culture from the 50s as the 2010s does with the 80s. Also a got comparison to cocaine would be synthetic drugs which are really big now. But yeah i agree with the OP, we are in a second 80s, except without the backward republicans.
    
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    - Legion
      
      7 years ago
      
      Let's see, many factories are closed, thousands laid off, gas until just last year was $4 a gallon in Missouri, high unemployment, 41% of the us population on welfare, 20 trillion in debt, 10 trillion of it piled on in the last eight years!
      
      Yeah, our economy is SO much better now! (Sigh)
      (At least houses cost next to nothing!)
      
      You don't have to be a Republican to know we have the worst economic recession since the great depression!
      
      Now, put down the Union propaganda, stop striking and get back to work, there are many people who will want your job!
      
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AbnormallyAwesome

7 years ago

In terms of style 80s nostalgia seems to be in. Just like 70s nostalgia was in a few years ago. It seems every young generation is idealizing a time before they were born or when they were kids.

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pizzabrowniesushi

7 years ago

I don't think anyone could make clothes uglier than the 80's and music as awesome as the 80's...

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- i.am.still.a.pervert
  
  7 years ago
  
  What ever decade had the most free sex is the one for me.
  
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Azaman

7 years ago

Not enough good cocaine

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mrbrownfinger2

7 years ago

Has there been any significant music in the 2010s?

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- RoseIsabella
  
  7 years ago
  
  Not much.
  
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VirgilManly

7 years ago

Some thoughts are best kept to yourself.

I'm thinking this was one of them.

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DraegorX

7 years ago

So many nostalgic 80's votes. Subjectively, the 80's just had better QUALITY music hits, too much goddam crap makes it past the MTV filter these days.

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dytrog

7 years ago

I liked the 50's - 60's best. For many reasons.

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mrbrownfinger2

7 years ago

1980s brought us MDMA!

What have we got now? MCAT and kids sniffing nitrogen canisters, fucking light weights, no creativity.

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- i.am.still.a.pervert
  
  7 years ago
  
  Yes, but are they easy to fuck?
  
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mysistersshadow

7 years ago

Hmmm... I wouldn't know I wasn't there.

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Murun

7 years ago

The '80s was terrible. It's the decade that unfettered capitalism became the norm. Margaret Thacher, bank deregulation, the destruction of the unions.

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- Chouner_Hooling
  
  7 years ago
  
  Speak for yourself, you ignorant liberal crybaby.
  
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  - RamenNoodleMaster#3
    
    7 years ago
    
    Liberals hate the 80s because it proved that true conservatism worked. Miss those days, lots of good tv back then.
    
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_Mehhhh_

7 years ago

If anything I'd say 2010s fashion has more similarities to the 90s than the 80s. There's more neutral colours, minimal styles, some subtle grunge-y elements.

The 80s was all about "throw on as much neon, hairspray and glitter as you can", and in my opinion it was fucking ugly, tacky and tasteless. That's not the 2010s. With clothing at least, we're more subtle and understated.

Maybe I'm biased, since I'm experiencing the 2010s in that "young adult" late teens/early 20s kind of age (I'm 22 now). Regardless, I think the 2010s is FAR superior to the 80s where fashion is concerned.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  7 years ago
  
  Thats such a stereotypical view of the 80s, the over exaggerated look is the kind you'd find in Halloween stores, most people dressed pretty decently back then. Watch some sitcoms and movies from the 80s and you'll know what i mean people dressed in a very sophisticated way, lots of sharp corners and very formal hairdos.
  
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  - _Mehhhh_
    
    7 years ago
    
    Sorry I see it in the movies and TV shows too :P Even when people were *relatively* dressed down by 80s standards, it was still pretty ridiculous (in my opinion).
    
    There were some occasions it looked sophisticated though, I'll give you that. You definitely can't look at the 80s and say "nobody made an effort"... it was just a bit TOO much effort haha
    
    It's an acquired taste henny, it's not for everyone
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      7 years ago
      
      lol exactly, i think thats what i think i like so much distinctly about the decade.
      
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