Starlord Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Not bad enough for an F, but close. zslane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome BODY (important!) Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 It was about a 6° grade. Not sure why you're using letters for that. Ternaugh and Pariah 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Pros: Few actual wars, excellent music and film, Champions I - IV Cons: Societal emphasis on greed, everpresent threat of nuclear annihilation, AIDS, bad cars, makeup on dudes, big hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Early 80's: Grad school slavery, live in Texas, apartment burns, parents get dumped on by Mt St Helens, I see a tornado. Saw some good music performances, but prog rock pretty much died out. Not real great. Late '80s: Lose a bunch of weight, PhD earned, romance, buy a decent stereo and acquire durable copies of music I like, get jobs, first ever new car, move back to Seattle. Very strong uptick. Can't give it an A, but the improvement trend deserves recognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 You're assuming I can remember back that far.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 B, the hairstyles drag it down. TheNaga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Finished school. Went to college. Started work. First foreign holiday on my own. Saw Siouxsie and the Banshees live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 On a personal level, a lot of it sucked. I was bullied a lot, particularly in jr. high. As a military dependent and an introvert I made friends at the speed of rare only to have those rare friends whisked away by yet another move. High school was better, though I would love to be able to go back and warn my younger self of some of the screw ups I was making. And yet, nostalgia is a heck of a drug. I was proud of my country. I had faith in the future that it would get better. I miss that faith. The music was good, I liked big hair bands, and a lot of the movies. The Olympics were awesome, the space shuttle program had me enthused until the Challenger disaster and even after, technology was leaping ahead in amazing ways. So early 80s C +, Late 80s B- Or is it the other way around? 😕 Starlord, Lawnmower Boy and Armory 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 You want 80s. I give you Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 I have no idea why you're doing this, but there was no better era in human history. Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 60º Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Graduated High school in 1982. Flunked out of college in 1984, and worked a series of dead end jobs. At this point school didn't matter, other than to learn graphics, and animation skills, because... I went to Dance clubs. I played a huge amount of games. Got involved in a whole slew of gaming fanzines. Got invited to play with the Hero games folks, and got my first paid illustration gigs. Worked in Comic books. Worked the stands as an usher during the 84 Olympics, and saw Brazil beat Italy decisively in soccer. I started collecting the music I ran across in Clubs, collecting orange crates full of 12 in. Dance singles and Motion Picture soundtracks. Lots of great action movies, and delectable Trash Cinema (The Sword & The Sorcerer), and I was healthy enough to eat anything (Jack in The Box Ultimate Cheese burgers, with a side of Bacon Cheddar Potato wedges.). Ronald Reagan broke the back of the Soviet union, and it collapsed 6 months after he left office. (Victory over Communism!) Went through three cars. Started to travel to big conventions, like WorldCon, Gencon, and Comic-con. For me, the 80's were a grand, young person's Adventure, so I have to Grade it as an A! Hermit, Iuz the Evil, Duke Bushido and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Most of it was in High School. Eff that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 You went to high school for 10 years? Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 It had a nice beat, and it was easy to dance to, so I rate it an 85. Scott Ruggels and Starlord 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Red Dawn Ghostbusters Stripes Back To The Future Superman 2 Supergirl (No accounting for taste) Cannonball Run Moonlighting Sledge Hammer Batman (Good ideas have to start somewhere) Michelle Pfeiffer Terminator Aliens TheNaga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 I had a full head of hair and killer abs back then, and I still love music and a lot of the movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Metallica Def Leppard Anthrax Megadeth Iron Maiden Van Halen Judas Priest Mötley Crüe N.W.A. Killing Joke Queensrÿche Faith No More Enya Slayer Guns N' Roses Beastie Boys Starlord and Iuz the Evil 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Old Man said: Metallica Def Leppard Anthrax Megadeth Iron Maiden Van Halen Judas Priest Mötley Crüe N.W.A. Killing Joke Queensrÿche Faith No More Enya Slayer Guns N' Roses Beastie Boys No Thompson Twins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 1987 Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 All this history, and no one remembers that it wasn't until the 80s that America discovered Australia. TheNaga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 I came of age in the 80s, so I feel a lot of nostalgia for that time period. I still enjoy some of the music and movies very much. And I still have and occasionally use several of my 8-bit computers and video game consoles from back then. And, of course, that's when I discovered role-playing, including Champions. So that's still going on, too. So the decade gets an A+ from the nostalgia perspective. But outside of nostalgia, it wasn't that great of a decade. I'd give it a C overall. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 23 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: All this history, and no one remembers that it wasn't until the 80s that America discovered Australia. ...and the rings of Neptune. 1980's inventions: - Artificial heart - MTV - CD Player - Camcorder - DNA fingerprinting - Macintosh - Windows - Prozac - DeLorean - Nicotine patch - Disposable contacts - Space Shuttle Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Are we grading it on how much fun we had, or on how good/bad the cultural milestones of the decade were? Because I had a relatively fine time in the 1980s, but it was mostly a cultural wasteland as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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