@onthisdayinthe80s.bsky.social
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Did Radio Shack deserve the crap people gave them? Not in the #80s, pal. In our favorite decade, they cranked out bangers like the Armatron. I would take this gem over anything at Toys R Us—then or now. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMdm...
14.11.2025 16:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My dad’s midlife crisis took the form of an ‘82 Mazda RX-7 with louvers, an air dam, & coolass flippy lights. I drove it on occasion in the #90s, & no matter where I went, motorheads always came up to me gushing about its rotary engine. The #80s made some cool shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvzF...
13.11.2025 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I say this knowing I may lose followers, but, gosh darn it, I’m nothing if not one of the bravest #80s fans on this site. Super Pac-Man is the best Pac-Man game. There. I said it. Do with me as you will. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVyc...
12.11.2025 17:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dear Topps: I know I’ve given you shit on occasion for your #80s captions, but you have to give us SOMEthing. Are we supposed to come up with our own for this series? Like “Here, we see Cyndi and an Andy Warhol impersonator teaching ESL at Queensborough Community College”? #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
11.11.2025 16:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
OK. It’s 1986, and these are your choices playing at the metroplex. Which one are you slapping down your $3.71 to see? #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
10.11.2025 16:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For those who like to add a little #80s décor to your abode, may I suggest some from Gary’s room in Weird Science. On the right are clear shots of his posters. The only one I can’t figure out is featured on the lower left. I asked every AI program, and none of them know what it is. Do you?
07.11.2025 16:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let me tell you what cool looked like in the #80s. It looked like you. Wearing a concert T. The day after a concert. At school. It wasn’t just high fashion. It was a flex. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
06.11.2025 16:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This one time in the #80s, I only went into Spencer’s for some garlic-flavored gum and fake flies frozen in plastic ice cubes, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t leave with a whole bunch of other essential purchases. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
05.11.2025 16:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the early #80s, when I saw Hello Kitty school supplies everywhere, I was absolutely dumbfounded. Who was this character? There was no Saturday morning cartoon, no movie, no action figure— nothing. Did they just skip all the marketing on the “they’ll buy this stuff because it’s cute” principle?
04.11.2025 16:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our mall rocked so much ass in the #80s that it had its own screen-printing shop called Wild Tops. In it were stacks of binders, each with dozens upon dozens of awesome iron-ons. Flipping through them was a legit and cheap way to kill an hour, as you dreamed of your future wardrobe. #ilovethe80s
03.11.2025 16:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Depending on the day, you might catch me saying that Tears for Fears debut album is their best. It may not have had the U.S. chart success that their breakthrough follow-up had, but it’s rock solid all the way through. Even the deep cuts sound like singles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL-C...
31.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Getting a McDonalds coupon in your #Halloween bag in the #80s was always a nice palate cleanser. Plus, real food always came in handy when you’re in a mall and routinely choosing arcade games over sustenance. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s #Halloween2025
30.10.2025 15:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the #80s, we were innovators and we were risk-takers. We took sacred games that were institutions for 50 years— games widely considered untouchable— and we made sequels out of them. We were some dangerous-ass mofos. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQLf...
29.10.2025 15:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Well, the Long Rider was definitely not a “craze” in the #80s, but I know a good idea when I see one. A power steering for a skateboard? I haven’t been this excited for an innovation since velcro sneakers. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
28.10.2025 15:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You could hear the rhythmic pounding of Track & Field’s buttons out of the arcade and down the Northern Lights Mall corridor. It was shortly thereafter that arcades began installing these evil, painful button “surrounds” keeping players from having any fun. Dicks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dvp...
27.10.2025 16:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When it comes to rockin’ some #80s #Halloween jams, Brian May might have formal industry experience, but don’t sleep on Freddy Kruger. He was classically trained and can shred with the best of them. Get it? Shred? Ahh, never mind. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s #Halloween2025
24.10.2025 15:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
OK. It’s 1985, and this is the slate that HBO has planned for the year. Which month are you most excited to see the same shit a dozen times in 30 days? #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
23.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Some #80s kids kept the #Halloween spirit on their bumper all year long. I wasn’t one of them, but I totally get it. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
22.10.2025 15:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let’s hear it for #80s grownups who had the skills to buy fabric and make you a kickass #Halloween costume. If you had one of these crafty mofos in your crib, shit— you probably also literally had a homemade, handcrafted crib. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
21.10.2025 15:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#Halloween became a dangerous game in the #80s. Be safe out there, y’all. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s #Halloween2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3UI...
20.10.2025 15:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If you owned a car eraser in the #80s, congratulations— you had wheels more valuable than anything I got carted around in. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
17.10.2025 15:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I used to think the #Halloween shenanigans we did in the #80s were pretty rad. But now that I’m old, whenever I see a movie that depicts said shenanigans, all I can do is wince and feel bad for the time and money it will take the homeowner to clean that nonsense. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yxb...
16.10.2025 15:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When Roger left Pink Floyd, I get why some didn’t buy his first solo LP. Apart from being mad at him, the album was kind of a sonic mess. But if you want to hear closest he comes to his former band’s greatness, forget about the 2 singles and dig into this deep cut. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxt...
15.10.2025 15:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lost art from the #80s: doing #Halloween right. We had houses that wanted you to have such an awesome time that they prepackaged little goody bags for you. They always had a nice variety in them, and they were like hitting 3 houses in 1 shot. I’m telling you— no other era comes close. #Halloween2025
14.10.2025 15:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My football concussion story is like so many from the #80s. I was laying on my back in bed playing late at night when I dropped the game on my head. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
13.10.2025 15:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I saw a lot of sweepstakes prizes in the #80s, but I can’t think of a match-up that even comes close to the dynamics at play here, with a product this bad and a prize this awesome. It may be the most lopsided giveaway of the decade. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
10.10.2025 17:02 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
In the #80s, I played Return of the Jedi while summoning the force with all my might. But this mofo ate my quarters so quickly, it made me doubt if I really did have the force. What can I say— it was a decade of disillusionment. #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ7E...
09.10.2025 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Listen, Pizza Hut: I’m what you call “a sure thing.” I mean— you can throw me a few E.T. glasses if you want, but I came for some of your classic super-cheesy ‘za served in one of those sizzling black deep-dish pans. You don’t have to try to win me over. #ilovethe80s www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sc...
08.10.2025 17:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
OK. It’s 1984. You’re stuck in the grocery store while your mom is shopping. Which magazine on the rack today are you going to flip through first? #80snostalgia #ilovethe80s
07.10.2025 15:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the spirit of the #Halloween season, here’s what Johnny Depp’s character had on his Elm Street walls. Oddly, he made sure that all the band names were obscured by other pics. What did he think— if Freddy knew he was both a Stones fan AND an alternative music fan that he’d die extra painfully?
06.10.2025 15:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
