Ты Might be a Child of the 80's If...
Ты have deep, personal relationships via computers with people you've never met in real life before.
The phrase "going courting", to you, means fighting an unjust traffic ticket или playing tennis.
Ты know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.
The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt Ты to this day.
Three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
Ты remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend".
Ты remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
Ты ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller кататься на коньках that lasted about a год on the open market.
A predominant color in your childhood фото is "plaid".
You're pissed that Ты couldn't really participate in the 60's, pissed that Ты were a part of the 70's, think Ты wasted too much time doing stupid, meaningless things in the 80's, and still have no clue what the 90's are all about.
Ты see teenagers today wearing clothes that Показать up in those childhood photos, and they still look bad.
While in high school, Ты and all your Друзья discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.
Ты remember when Музыка that was labeled "alternative" really was.
Ты were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which Ты were probably watching in school at the time), and yet, when someone mentions the name "JFK", the first thing Ты think of is "Oliver Stone".
You, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to "It's the end of the world as we know it".
Ты can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well.
Ты took family trips before the invention of the mini-van. Ты rode in the back of the station wagon and Ты faced the cars behind you.
Ты knew all the words to Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, but it really didn't hold any meaning for Ты until about the third verse.
You've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, Ты ignorant slut".
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I сказал(-а) so, that's why"
"What the Hell is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
Ты can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" didn't involve 49,000 selections to choose from.
Schoolhouse Rock played a huge part in how Ты actually learned the English language.
Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to piss Ты off by calling Ты "sir" или "ma'am".
"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when Ты first heard it at a school dance.
The first time Ты ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.
There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" или "Dexter".
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles Ты over with laughter.
You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 Ты have to look out for.
Ты freaked out when Ты found that Ты now fall into the "26 - 50" age category on most questionnaires.
Ты have begun to lust after women (or men) that it would be socially inappropriate for Ты to дата due to their age.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting".
This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: звезда Wars opens, Ты are still in single digit ages, and Ты think the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, Ты are now in early double digit ages, and Ты are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and Ты want one of every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and Ты cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts или Han Solo's butt. Ты fantasize forever and ever about it, and send off to Присоединиться every Фан club for them on the planet, hanging posters, photos, and "teen"-type magazine spreads all over your walls and lockers at school.
Ты remember when the phrase "candy is dandy, but sex won't rot your teeth" started getting followed by "yeah, but M&M's won't give Ты AIDS...".
You've ever shopped at a банан Republic или Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?
You're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect you) that maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major degree.
Ты won't walk into the place where Ты once knew every bartender on a first name basis because "there's too many kids there".
Going to бочонок, кег parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the cops Показать up.
Ты want to go out dancing, Ты really, really do, but your back hurts, sorry.
You're starting to get that "why aren't Ты married yet" shpiel, not just from parents, but now from Друзья that are married.
You've recently horrified yourself by groaning as Ты get out of bed, not because of a hangover, but because it genuinely just hurt to do so.
You're finding that Ты just don't understand еще than half the lingo used on MTV any more.
(mostly guys on this one) Sex is still as much fun as it used to be, and you're still really interested in it, but Ты just want to make sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing first.
Ты ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for Ты now.
Ты ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation.
When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.
Ты remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.
Ты ever used the phrase "don't make me angry...you wouldn't like me when I'm angry" when trying to frighten someone off.
Ты spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman или Wonder Woman или the Six Million Dollar Man.
Ты remember "Hey, let's be careful out there".
Ты know who shot J.R.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
Ты have deep, personal relationships via computers with people you've never met in real life before.
The phrase "going courting", to you, means fighting an unjust traffic ticket или playing tennis.
Ты know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.
The Brady Bunch movie brought back cool memories.
Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt Ты to this day.
Three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
Ты remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend".
Ты remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
Ты ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller кататься на коньках that lasted about a год on the open market.
A predominant color in your childhood фото is "plaid".
You're pissed that Ты couldn't really participate in the 60's, pissed that Ты were a part of the 70's, think Ты wasted too much time doing stupid, meaningless things in the 80's, and still have no clue what the 90's are all about.
Ты see teenagers today wearing clothes that Показать up in those childhood photos, and they still look bad.
While in high school, Ты and all your Друзья discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.
Ты remember when Музыка that was labeled "alternative" really was.
Ты were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which Ты were probably watching in school at the time), and yet, when someone mentions the name "JFK", the first thing Ты think of is "Oliver Stone".
You, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to "It's the end of the world as we know it".
Ты can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well.
Ты took family trips before the invention of the mini-van. Ты rode in the back of the station wagon and Ты faced the cars behind you.
Ты knew all the words to Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, but it really didn't hold any meaning for Ты until about the third verse.
You've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, Ты ignorant slut".
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I сказал(-а) so, that's why"
"What the Hell is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
Ты can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" didn't involve 49,000 selections to choose from.
Schoolhouse Rock played a huge part in how Ты actually learned the English language.
Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to piss Ты off by calling Ты "sir" или "ma'am".
"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when Ты first heard it at a school dance.
The first time Ты ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.
There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" или "Dexter".
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles Ты over with laughter.
You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 Ты have to look out for.
Ты freaked out when Ты found that Ты now fall into the "26 - 50" age category on most questionnaires.
Ты have begun to lust after women (or men) that it would be socially inappropriate for Ты to дата due to their age.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting".
This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life: звезда Wars opens, Ты are still in single digit ages, and Ты think the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, Ты are now in early double digit ages, and Ты are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and Ты want one of every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and Ты cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts или Han Solo's butt. Ты fantasize forever and ever about it, and send off to Присоединиться every Фан club for them on the planet, hanging posters, photos, and "teen"-type magazine spreads all over your walls and lockers at school.
Ты remember when the phrase "candy is dandy, but sex won't rot your teeth" started getting followed by "yeah, but M&M's won't give Ты AIDS...".
You've ever shopped at a банан Republic или Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?
You're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect you) that maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
You're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major degree.
Ты won't walk into the place where Ты once knew every bartender on a first name basis because "there's too many kids there".
Going to бочонок, кег parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the cops Показать up.
Ты want to go out dancing, Ты really, really do, but your back hurts, sorry.
You're starting to get that "why aren't Ты married yet" shpiel, not just from parents, but now from Друзья that are married.
You've recently horrified yourself by groaning as Ты get out of bed, not because of a hangover, but because it genuinely just hurt to do so.
You're finding that Ты just don't understand еще than half the lingo used on MTV any more.
(mostly guys on this one) Sex is still as much fun as it used to be, and you're still really interested in it, but Ты just want to make sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing first.
Ты ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for Ты now.
Ты ever used the phrase "kiss mah grits" in conversation.
When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.
Ты remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.
Ты ever used the phrase "don't make me angry...you wouldn't like me when I'm angry" when trying to frighten someone off.
Ты spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman или Wonder Woman или the Six Million Dollar Man.
Ты remember "Hey, let's be careful out there".
Ты know who shot J.R.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
