where the constant threat of thermonuclear war was banging on the iron dome every single day.
That’s good. Memento mori, carpe diem.
Comment on 80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
yeah! let’s go back to a time when gas was $12 a gallon. where women had two jobs, making babies and making dinner. where teen pregnancy was at its highest ever. where the government fueled a drug and arms war in South America. where the constant threat of thermonuclear war was banging on the iron dome every single day.
yeah…sounds like a fuckin blast from the past. fuckin rad.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
Treczoks@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Still better than the current full steam ahead into fascism.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
woosh
I think you might have been too young to remember the Regan years.
not nearly as tumultuous as today, but certainly similar in spirit.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I might be old, but I have not forgotten him. He is one of the root causes for what is currently happening in the US.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
People tend to filter out the bad memories, like the fact that crackheads were breaking into cars constantly, making it nearly impossible to have a decent car stereo. They started making them that you could pull out, and take into the house. It was common to see cars parked on the street with a sign that said “No Valuables in car.”
The crime rates in America in the 80s were through the roof. It wasn’t until the earl/mid 90s that they dropped.
qarbone@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I can’t tell if the joke is that now is just back then, but again.
Jhuskindle@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Dont forget the insane racism and misogyny and HOMOPHOBIA on another level. It made news when someone shook a gay guys hand. And the good ol death by AIDS sweeping the nation. The horrific parenting that led to PSA asking if they know where their kids are. The fucking unsolved kidnappings. The escalators that didn’t have emergency stops and would choke you to death on your own shoelace.