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Hearing stories about the USA circa 1980s sounds like another planet

Boomers walking into offices demanding jobs, people being hi...
boyish elastic band ceo
  10/24/16
the greatest era in the greatest country will never be be...
Wonderful copper toaster stead
  10/24/16
2 80's movies were on cable yesterday, Mr. Mom and Revenge o...
Cowardly Sexy Public Bath
  10/24/16
Keaton's 80s comedic run was so 180
Comical Address
  10/24/16
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Cowardly Sexy Public Bath
  10/24/16
forgot how funny Mr. Mom was
Judgmental histrionic theatre
  10/24/16
Almost?
Olive Prole
  10/24/16
they were still allowed on tv
thirsty state
  10/24/16
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Dashing Opaque Plaza Regret
  10/24/16
*goes to cushy wall street finance job at 9:30 AM* *reads W...
chocolate learning disabled deer antler business firm
  10/24/16
Mods!
passionate pontificating karate
  10/24/16
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Fidele in Bruges circa 2003
  03/28/26
It was a very dark time in our nation's history. Out of c...
Judgmental histrionic theatre
  10/24/16
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bearded buff twinkling uncleanness skinny woman
  10/24/16
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Dashing Opaque Plaza Regret
  10/24/16
not gonna lie this makes me irate any time before 2015 i...
Cowardly Sexy Public Bath
  10/24/16
wtf are you smoking, 2015 was dark and oppressive!
dead slippery messiness crotch
  10/24/16
came here to make a post like this, but you did a way better...
multi-colored cruise ship
  10/24/16
I can only imagine the barrenness of the joyless soul that w...
galvanic khaki foreskin market
  10/24/16
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Olive Prole
  10/24/16
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metal disturbing menage water buffalo
  10/24/16
http://www.rsvlts.com/2013/10/23/nyc-subways-in-the-1980s-we...
dead slippery messiness crotch
  10/24/16
*TT smashes juice box upon opening link*
Dashing Opaque Plaza Regret
  10/24/16
Bernie Goetz
'"'''''''''''''"'
  03/28/26
why was architecture so shitty in the 80s
Glassy electric furnace
  10/24/16
strip malls began to pop up in the 70s but shit really took ...
Insane heaven
  10/24/16
it is brother, it is. haven't you heard of the 9/11 timeshif...
Slimy silver base
  10/24/16
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Fidele in Bruges circa 2003
  03/28/26
Pre-9/11 seems like another planet, not just '80s
Talking Library Codepig
  10/24/16
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Fidele in Bruges circa 2003
  03/27/26
1900-1945: Pre-empire USA 1945-9/11/01: Empire USA, peaking...
AI_concubine
  03/28/26
Thoooo dark
Nothing Ever Happens
  03/28/26
lots of crack&murder
Insane heaven
  10/24/16


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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:32 AM
Author: boyish elastic band ceo

Boomers walking into offices demanding jobs, people being hired because they had "sparkle" in their eye, mentorship etc. You can't make the argument that that time wasn't infinitely better than today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715004)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:50 AM
Author: Wonderful copper toaster stead

the greatest era in the greatest country

will never be beaten

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715089)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:51 AM
Author: Cowardly Sexy Public Bath

2 80's movies were on cable yesterday, Mr. Mom and Revenge of the Nerds

made me sad that world is almost gone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715102)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:56 AM
Author: Comical Address

Keaton's 80s comedic run was so 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715125)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:57 AM
Author: Cowardly Sexy Public Bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715131)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:01 PM
Author: Judgmental histrionic theatre

forgot how funny Mr. Mom was

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715146)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:29 PM
Author: Olive Prole

Almost?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31720352)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:32 PM
Author: thirsty state

they were still allowed on tv

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31720378)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:52 AM
Author: Dashing Opaque Plaza Regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715108)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:56 AM
Author: chocolate learning disabled deer antler business firm

*goes to cushy wall street finance job at 9:30 AM*

*reads WSJ for 45 minutes while drinking coffee*

*calls some clients*

*leaves for 1 hour lunch, drinks 2 martinis*

*makes a few more calls, shoots the shit*

*leaves at 4:00 PM*

*goes golfing with client in Westchester the next day rather than going to the office*

*can't be reached by cell phone or email*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715124)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:08 PM
Author: passionate pontificating karate

Mods!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715169)



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Date: March 28th, 2026 5:09 PM
Author: Fidele in Bruges circa 2003



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#49777009)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:57 AM
Author: Judgmental histrionic theatre

It was a very dark time in our nation's history.

Out of control greed and corruption.

Republican "leadership."

Many women were still mired in "female occupations", or worse, stuck at home raising children.

AIDS was killing our gay population.

No Internet, Youtube, reality television or smartphones.

No popular recognition of police brutality.

Rape culture was encouraged.

No legal pot, no gay marriage, zero tranny rights.

No concussion protocol in NFL.

i could go on and on but you get the point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715129)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:03 PM
Author: bearded buff twinkling uncleanness skinny woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715155)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:06 PM
Author: Dashing Opaque Plaza Regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715163)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:08 PM
Author: Cowardly Sexy Public Bath

not gonna lie this makes me irate

any time before 2015 is "dark and oppressive" now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715168)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:11 PM
Author: dead slippery messiness crotch

wtf are you smoking, 2015 was dark and oppressive!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715181)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:15 PM
Author: multi-colored cruise ship

came here to make a post like this, but you did a way better job than I would have done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715209)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 2:36 PM
Author: galvanic khaki foreskin market

I can only imagine the barrenness of the joyless soul that wrote that post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31716131)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:29 PM
Author: Olive Prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31720354)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 11:32 PM
Author: metal disturbing menage water buffalo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31720381)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:05 PM
Author: dead slippery messiness crotch

http://www.rsvlts.com/2013/10/23/nyc-subways-in-the-1980s-were-no-joke-47-photos/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715162)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:07 PM
Author: Dashing Opaque Plaza Regret

*TT smashes juice box upon opening link*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715165)



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Date: March 28th, 2026 6:41 PM
Author: '"'''''''''''''"'

Bernie Goetz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#49777273)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:13 PM
Author: Glassy electric furnace

why was architecture so shitty in the 80s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715191)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 2:45 PM
Author: Insane heaven

strip malls began to pop up in the 70s but shit really took off in the 80s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31716186)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 12:19 PM
Author: Slimy silver base

it is brother, it is. haven't you heard of the 9/11 timeshift theory?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31715233)



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Date: March 28th, 2026 11:06 AM
Author: Fidele in Bruges circa 2003



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#49776029)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 2:42 PM
Author: Talking Library Codepig

Pre-9/11 seems like another planet, not just '80s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31716164)



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Date: March 27th, 2026 11:49 PM
Author: Fidele in Bruges circa 2003



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#49775573)



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Date: March 28th, 2026 6:35 PM
Author: AI_concubine

1900-1945: Pre-empire USA

1945-9/11/01: Empire USA, peaking late 80s-mid 90s

9/11/01 - March 2020: Transition period, beginning of declining empire. Internet/tech begin to take over society and social interactions decline

March 2020 - Present: Current tech dystopia: Covid, lockdowns, few universal cultural touchstones, unchecked immigration, smartphones, low birth rate, etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#49777266)



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Date: March 28th, 2026 6:39 PM
Author: Nothing Ever Happens (🧐)

Thoooo dark

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#49777270)



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Date: October 24th, 2016 2:43 PM
Author: Insane heaven

lots of crack&murder

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3397266&forum_id=2#31716175)