You Can't Go Back TO the 80's.

[robby]

I stopped by a "Happy Hour" that was promoted on Craig's List. It was a chance to meet new people and have a few drinks. It started at 5 and I strolled in at about 5:40. There seemed to be two tables of about 20 people in the bar. It would be difficult to find 20 uglier people together in the same room anywhere.

I had low expectations, and the gathering was promoted as "Do you remember the eighties?", which I remember as a fun decade, when people did have drinks after work. I'm really not superficial, but the women were all 30-50 lbs overweight, dressed badly, and absolutely torn up, and the men were worse, paunchy, and unshaven, with stringy white hair. I stayed at the bar for a minute, and pretended I hadn't come for the Happy Hour. Then I beat a quick retreat. I'm sorry, but I hope some of you understand the horror I felt.

Comments

[shishie.livejournal.com]

Sounds like LJ get togethers!

The eighties ?

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

A generation of losers.

I was in the UK, and it was "Thatcher(/Reagan) a-go-go".

The poor were (really) poor and the rich were insufferable.

People who were educated during that period probably don't even realise that the universe could be otherwise.

It was all beatboxes and heavy drugs. Ugh !

They liked Annie Lennox because of her haircut !

LOL ! (And what about the voice ?)

Beam me up, Spotty.

Re: The eighties ?

[robby.livejournal.com]

Heroin is more chic now in the US, probably because it's pure, and the debutantes and dilettantes can smoke or snort it. On the other hand, cocaine was "nose candy", and crack was unheard of

The Eurythmics did really suck, and we laughed at boomboxes (we called 'em ghetto blasters). I think that the young kids coming up now are often as dumb as fuck. Look at some random LJ's if you don't believe me.

My eighties, were different than yours, and I probably have a fundamentally different life outlook than you do. I liked the 90's, and even though my knees hurt when I get up at 4:30 in the morning, I like the 00's.

Actually I liked the eighties...

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

But I didn't feel 'in tune with the times'. Au contraire !

The 'rampant' conservatism - fucking 'yuppies' - and the lousy political landscape depressed me somewhat. Bush promises to take this even further into unchartered territory. Please try not to re-elect him.

It's not the Eurythmics who sucked all that much. Wanna know what sucked ? Check out Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Bananarama. On the other hand, Maze, Freddy Jackson, Luther Vandross, even Miles during that period...

Hey ! Remember those ditzy women with the power-shoulder-enhancers ? The 'designer stubble' ?

It's all so comic now.

I have to confess, I did wear fancy track suits and rode on a mountain bike.

Re: Actually I liked the eighties...

[robby.livejournal.com]

I laughed my ass off when I saw that Adam Sandler movie "The Wedding Singer". That was my eighties, and it really struck a chord with me. In the 80's, I was young, handsome, strong, and invincible. I fucked my knees up running, and am paying for that now. I must be behind the times, because I just bought my mountain bike, and I never wore those stupid track suits.

Re: Actually I liked the eighties...

[pookiedrawers.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check out The Wedding Singer. I liked the 80's mainly because I was YOUNG then. Don't see how you can ride a bike much with bad knees...

Re: Actually I liked the eighties...

[robby.livejournal.com]

It's a well made comedy, with Drew Barrymore as the love interest. There are a lot of sight gags, with Adam Sandler driving an AMC Pacer car, and 80's fashions and haircuts, Billy Idol and a Boy George character as well as an 80's soundtrack. Drew's fiance is an evil yuppie, and Adam's brother thinks he's hip going out with a Michael Jackson outfit, including one glove. I know you'll like it.

My knees and ankles hurt in the morning, but feel fine later on. I don't limp or gimp around. Bike riding is low impact, and is good for my joints.

wow

[pookiedrawers.livejournal.com]

that sounds really pathetic. And I thought Craig's list was supposed to be hip.