Are You a Child of the 80's?
Take a look at this list. If you can identify with more than half of them, you are a child of the 80's.
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You know what "Sike" means.
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You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
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You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
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You were only cool if you hung out at the Roller Rink and actually knew how to skate.
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You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, French Fry song while jump roping.
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You wore 3-8 different colored socks in layers and thought that the more you could wear the cooler you were.
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You know who Mr. T is.
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You actually believed for a minute that K.I.T. (The night rider) actually was real.
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You know who Fat Albert is.
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You wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
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You could break dance, or wish you could.
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You wanted to be The Incredible Hulk for Halloween.
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You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
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Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
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You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
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You wanted to be on Star Search.
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You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
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You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
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You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
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You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
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You HAD to have your MTV.
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You always wondered why Tootie always wore those skates.
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You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
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You watched Purple Rain over and over again.
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Your all time favorite movie was Footloose and you actually thought that Kevin Bacon was HOT in it!!!
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You remember the episode of Good Times when Flo broke down after James' funeral.
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You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
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You own any cassettes.
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You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
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You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or any other stupid collection they came out with.
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Poltergeist freaked you out.
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You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunch box.
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You have pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
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You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
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You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
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You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
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You thought UTFOs "Roxanne, Roxanne" song was the bomb!
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You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
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You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
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You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
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You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.
Tamaris
Kurt Geiger
Comme des Garcons
OMG ... I am so guilty of most of those!
1"Poltergeist freaked you out." Hehe i think i slept with the lights on for like a month after that movie. I don't know what a push up ice cream is though??
2Dont forget...STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE!!! and you know how to do "THE RUNNING MAN * THE ROGER RABBIT (both dances!)" I miss the 80's
3HYPERCOLOR! Clear, light up phones! Tiffany! Jellies! Jelly bracelets! ESPRIT bags! Trapper Keeper! Oh goodness...I am SO a child of the 80's - and I love it.
Oh - how about:
4If you remember when Jennifer Lopez was a Fly-Girl.
rainbow brite! she's still awesome
5Oh, my gosh! I remember so many of these!
6yeah...I kind of miss some of that fun stuff. entertainment is NOTHING like it used to be.
7Ugh ... I remember most of those.
8aw wow, i miss being a kid.
9I have done this sooooo many times already... Yes I am a 80's child!
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10Behind every great man, there's a woman rolling her eyes
"You know what "Sike" means"
Pet peeve. It's PSYCH.
11I'm so an 80's child!
12that sike/psych is coming back... the little girl i volunteer with uses it all the time and each time i have to giggle....
13I'm an 80's child definitely
14How about LA Gear, and Guess jeans with the triangle question mark on the back pocket? haha! And MTV actually played videos!
15good stuff!!
16Hell yes I am. Smurfs, Cabbage Patch Kids, Punky Brewster, Scratch and Sniff stickers, Liz Claiborne, Madonna, flowered jeans, Keds shoes.
17I'm so a child of the 80's!!!
18Great post, I love it!!
*Thank you. My real name... is plain... Jane Jones. (Alice - Closer)
19I love this post....so true and it brings fond memories of my youth
20YOU FORGOT "FLASHDANCE" , WHICH LED TO "FAME" ,WHICH LED TO "SPARKLE" WHICH LED TO "DREAMGIRLS" (ON BROADWAY! I'M FROM NEW YORK!!) WHICH LED TO ALL THE REINCARNATIONS ON DISNEY. YOU GET THE FEELING I WAS THERE? hELL, YEAH!
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