I Was Born In the 80s

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A Big Round of Applause For the 80's! Lol

i was born january 1980. so i'm one of the very first 80's kids! lol what wonderful carefree days they were! out all day and only coming home for tea when it got dark, roller skating as opposed to roller blading, apple and cola...

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Written on June 26th, 2008
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LylaRocks

1986

I was born in 1986. I find that I love a lot of things from that time period.

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Written on January 29th, 2012
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You Know You're An 80's Child If.....

- You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
- You wanted to be on StarSearch. (Come on, we all did)
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes...

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Written on June 16th, 2008
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grayseaprincess

1980

I was born in 1980, so for much of my childhood, I did not remember the 80's, nor did I care much about the world. Who did when they were children? I remember that I loved the arcades, particularly pin ball and roller skating, (I...

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Written on April 23rd, 2012
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lostprophet

1989

I was born in Feb '89!
guess they saved some of the best for last lol.

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Written on December 26th, 2009
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1984

1984 The Aids Virus is identified it is not the worldwide problem it is today. Following on from the PC Apple releases the Macintosh computer. Following the Widespread Famine in Ethiopia many of the top British and Irish USSR pop...

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Written on July 24th, 2011
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orchid00

The Good Ol' Days

For adults I think the 80s were about big hair bands, Magnum PI, and I don't know what else...
But for me it was about Joe McIntyre (one of the Boston fab 5), Debbie Gibson, Dirty Dancing, slap braclets, and neon colored everything...

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Written on January 13th, 2013
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lyricalongings

1982

I was born in 1982. I don't remember a whole lot from the 80's because I spent most of my childhood, from seven to seventeen, in the 90's, but I do remember some of it. I especially remember the terrible fashion lol. I remember my two...

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Written on April 4th, 2010
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"- You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants - You wanted to be a Goonie Goonies never say die..."
"out all day and only coming home for tea when it got dark, roller skating as opposed to roller blading, apple and cola flavoured hubba bubba..."
"making dens and forts etc, ahhhhh bliss..."

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