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I don’t care how bad the clothes and styles were, having a family portrait was sweet, not cringy. You know what’s cringe? Reality shows and the Kardashians
I didn't know why we always put down things from the past it was the style and not all was bad just as today styles will be put dawn in the future so enjoy what we have and don't forget it's in style today
Saturday morning cartoons, Blockbuster Video, MTV, Toys R' Us, local movie theaters, malls, full video-game arcades, and classic TV shows still reside nostalgically within my heart & soul.
@@tweettweetjones1262 PREACH! It was the best time of my life! I wish I hadn't gotten into the nose candy club scene, but at least I found my way out and never used drugs again. I lost the love of my life May 13, 1988. He thought he was snorting coke, he snorted a line of heroin and it killed him. Don't do drugs, kids.
"All Times Have Been Modern". The kids today have much better stuff than we did, but they will never know the awesomeness of being on the first wave of the computer revolution. It was magic.
First of al lol I rocked some leg warmers with my heels 👠 second of all flash dance sweatshirts are the best and comfortable but sexy too…..geez I’m definitely oldLOL 😂
I remember during the 80's the following: trapper keepers, faded/acid washed jeans, pegged pants, playing cards on spokes of bicycles (made it sound like a motorcycle), crimped hair and fanny packs. while I never owned a fanny pack (my dad however does, but he never uses it) I did all of these mentioned. I can still find Aqua Net on shelves at my local Walmart.
I loved my Swatch watch. Mine was one of the last items my grandpa ever bought me. I remember the rubber protectors used on them as well. It was even pictured on my high school yearbook that was called A Moment in Time. Cheesy, yes. But it is a fun memory.
Fanny packs, voluminous hairstyles, acid washed jeans, giant boom boxes... These were trends that my older family members sported, as evidenced in various photo albums.
I feel the cringiest part of the 80s was Jheri curls. I can speak on this because I'm African American. Michael Jackson popularized this style and almost every black man wore it. I'm glad it died out because of the hair grease that was left on the furniture. Whenever I think of Jheri curls, I always think of MJ and the Soul Glow commercial from Coming to America. What fad from the 80s do you hope make a comeback?
There were no smoking sections in restaurants in the 80s. The whole restaurant was a smoking section. The "non-smoking" section was a small handful of tables that were in the same room as everyone else, right next to the other smokers. But these tables don't have ashtrays and might have a sign on them saying "No Smoking". That was the "non-smoking" section.
7:27 A 1Mhz Commodore 64, taught myself typing on one of those in 1983 while most kids were messing with Oregon Trail on the Apple IIs in grade school.
I loved the fad of military style camouflage pants w/ neon tops. A trend that should not return is wearing two different earrings. A fad that started in the 80s and never went out of style is wearing different nail polish on various fingers. Now it is quite an art form. I think it is great. I found a letter from the eighties where my mom told my older sister I had two different colors of nail polish on and stating that I had some ideas that were "out there"...not further defined. Believe me, I wasn't a wild child. Glad I was open to things, though... I went sky-diving and white water rafting with friends, but decided against bungee jumping. 😄
I loved the 80s neon clothing trend. I occasionally still wear neon even today. One 80s trend I disliked was shoulder pads. Why would I want to wear something that made my neck shorter? Also, IMO they looked the worst on short women - the proportions were way off.
I remember loving "Knott's Landing" because the characters were more realistic, compared to the primped up and polished "Dallas" or "Dynasty", then instead of flannel, Karen started wearing satin pajamas with huge shoulder pads. It was hilarious.
Yes, I agree, Knot's Landing was the more realistic of all of the nighttime soaps. I would not miss an episode of Abby, Gary, Karen, Max, Greg, Paige, etc. Omg shoulder pads lol
I went to college in 1984-1986. I had a buddy that was a Coca-Cola fanatic. When the New Coke came out he was apoplectic. He had obtained a 10 oz glass bottle coke vending machine for his room. You could buy a bottle of Coke for 25 cents. But you had to return the bottle to him. He would then return to the local bottler for another 2 cases. The 10 oz bottles were not available in New Coke. The management was a bit concerned that the machine's complessor was too big for dorm use. It turns out the coke machine's compressor was smaller than the dorm room sized refrigerator. That coke was so good because it was made with cane sugat. Not the crap they had in New Coke OR Coke Classic. Those both used high fructose corn syrup.
I can't get over the "outdated computers-cringe". These were the fastest (or at least normal) speed computers available to consumers at the time and got their job done. My takeaway from this that the past must be cringy because it is in the past. I imagine medieval Europeans: "Look at these old Roman sewage systems. Sewers are old technology - and thus - cringy. Let us spill our chamber pot's contents on the streets!"
This is fun, but as a 80s survivor, I personally encountered very few of these. I mean, the only time I encountered "val speak" was in movies or television shows.
@@InnaGottaDavida as a SoCal native i can confirm that it's not as bad as clueless but val speak is def still alive along with vocal fry. I have the vocal fry sometimes and i don't even notice it but the closer to the water the heavier these "accents" (or whatever they would be called) get and the closer to the money the stronger they get in young people as well. There are other "accents" depending on the certain area of SoCal you come from, East LA chicano/a is an accent I only noticed when I moved out of East LA and spoke with mexican americans from northern california or even from texas. I am guessing each culture and ethnicity might have the same experience but I wouldn't know for sure. Los angeles is my hometown and i love her.
I'm glad cities banned smoking and made it legal to shoot fentynal while taking a shit on the sidewalk right after you stole $900 worth of merchandise from a store. You can also bust out car windows and steal anything inside it with zero chance of being arrested. Just remember that if you are a taxpayer, never get caught smoking in those same cities because that is enforced.
I graduated from high school in 1985 during the New Coke Crisis. I worked at a small market and stashed a hundred or so 2 liter bottles of "Old" Coke. Which I had printed out on my graduation party invitations. The 80s were awesome.
I remember aqua net. And big hair. My friend wanted to be a hairdresser so she worked on my hair one time before we went to a Def Leppard concert :-) That hairdo stayed in place through 100° day, huge concert, a 3 Hour Dr. home, sleeping, and didn't wake up till noon the next day. And my hair was still in place and looked perfect. I'm not sure it was aqua net we used. Her boyfriend had this other product that I swear to God was basically super glue. Oh, those were the days.
OMG, I loved "Square Pegs". When the rich valley girl was tired of waiting in line to buy her jacket, she just throws the money down and leaves, then can't figure out how to get the alarm device off. Too funny. I remember renting movies and being asked VHS or Beta?
Car surfing was not isolated to the 80s, when my son was in high school in the early '00s, he got a ticket for having a friend surf on his car. And since he didn't give his friend permission to surf....he made his friend pay half of the ticket.
My son was hit by a car back in 2000. He was in a head injury rehab for 6 months. One of the other kids at the rehab had gotten his TBI car surfing. It was serious trauma. He would never be the same again.
Some people rode on the top of the train. Literally. I some countries. They still do it in India. But this is not sufring, but is dangerous. In my country, young people do take selfies on the trains. Generally it wouldn't be a problem on stoped trains, but when you have 27,000 Volts above... you can get an really nasty electric arc. They keep on saying on television about this problems, but some do not get the message.
Wow. I'd forgotten about the Swatch Watches I had and the rubber face protectors. (11min 30sec) The watch was $35, then the face protectors were another $5, but you had to buy two and twist them to make them look cool.... But I have to say, my Swatch probably lasted me 20+ years. I used to work out, swim and mow in it. I guess it was an okay investment...
Velcro shoes. a cringe? How about people with muscle damage or arthritis Ever try to tie your shoes with those laces when your knuckles are swollen and you can't flex your fingers. Thank God for velcro shoes.
@@Max_Sinister_26 You bet, I love these self-appointed disclaimers of fashion critiques. Holy Crap, as if they don't change fashion just to get you spend more money! Who gives a darn if they are last week's sneaker fashion. If anything, they should cringe at the vapidness of their own opinions. I read them for the laugh.
One thing I really, REALLY, miss from the 80s are Saturday morning cartoons. Now with Netflix.... And one thing I also miss, the unmolested, UN-remastered version of Star Wars.
Shooting fentynal while dropping a deuce on the sidewalk in certain cities is absolutely fine. Smoke a cigarette on the sidewalk of those same cities if you are a taxpayer and see what happens.
I remember a few of my teachers in elementary school wearing shoulder pads in their shirts back in the 80s. I think my mom had a few shirts with shoulder pads as well. Even as a kid I thought it was a bad look. lol
Some people say that about when the internet was fairly new. But I don't see that as cringe, I mean sure the slow dial up speed sucked but I remember how you could make everything on your computer more personalized
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT Agree. I suppose I was just using their word(s) (cringe). Actually, old tech to me can be kinda 'charming' and makes me nostalgic for simpler times.
@@cyn37211 commodore 64 was my first computer! Loved it, solid piece of technology and the fact it still works shows just how badly and cheaply made our tech is now all in the name of profit, it's disgusting
Absolutely not cringe, classic and actually still interesting. I don't know why that's even here. Probably just to piss off the internet and troll for comments. It's like saying classic cars are cringy or old instruments are cringy. Also, what is "gringe"?
Where the Velcro shoes made a bit of a fad for some, they are very important to a lot of us folks that have disabilities! I wish more manufacturers would come back with them!!
Why is Betamax "cringy?" Yeah, VHS won the day (partly because Sony didn't license the technology to other companies for a long time while JVC did so with VHS), but that doesn't make Beta cringy, just poorly marketed.
I never owned parachute pants, swatch watched, clothes from Benetton, and oversized jewelry. But I had a mullet. My sister owned a swatch, but it was expensive in ‘80s dollars. My family owned a VHS.
Nah, I don't think you went deep enough with the fashion disasters. In addition to the mullets and aquanet, you forgot the thick mustaches, the feathered bangs, the square glasses that took up half your face, and the boxy bib dresses. If you wanna see what I mean, go look up a couple of episodes of Rescue 911, lol
Jelly shoes and bracelets. Buttons of Rock bands, posters of Rock bands, actors and actresses. Many girls at my HS had Springfield, Rick Springfield, Boy George, Bon Jovi, Duran Duran etc. posters. While guys had Heather Locklear or Thomas, Vanity, Apollonia, Kathy Ireland on their walls. Also posters of luxury sports cars with models. I had a beer light.
At least we had FAMILIES to take portraits with. I am sick to death of these time capsules that put down an era. I see whats out there now & all i see is drugs & sexualized everything. Obesity & slovenly clothes, yes this is such a great group we have now
I used to be jealous of the people with Betamax because there were always plenty of copies of good movies available at the video rental places in Beta but not VHS.
Its sad that you put it in peoples heads that family portraits are cringe. Grandmas and grandpas everywhere got them for Christmas presents and that's all they wanted. Thats all I wanted but they are not alive anymore and its very sad, I want to go back to the 80s any day.
My favourite comment from my mom: I was wearing a multicoloured striped t-shirt,wit yellow stirrup pants. “ Go change, you look like an Easter Egg.😂 Sharen
Fun Fact: Many Offices in my Country Germany still use Fax Machines so much they have Problems to find Providers for them. Also they love Paper, so Government Offices have the order to print out everything included Online Requests and Formulars. You should made a "Top 20 strangest Things in german Offices".^^
Proud to say we still get all propped up and go to a photographer studio or book an outdoor pro session once a year... usually shortly before Christmas, and then we have calendars or other gadgets printed with the kids pics for ourselves and as gifts to the rest of the family! Grandparents especially love it!
With Swatches you forget to mention the contribution of the Ferris Bueller knockoff show "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" with their "Synchronize Swatches!" catchphrase which gave the watches more recognizability than the ad campaigns did.
Ya know..this whole video is filled with things that were just part of everyday life in the 80's. Nothing in particular was "cringy". Maybe call the list "80's trends that should not make a come back"
In addition to multiple Swatches, they'd also wear two or even three bold (but solid) colored polo shirts over each other. I guess that means that only the outermost one absolutely had to have the elite Izod alligator logo. The collars were always turned up, too.
Faxing?? Probably one of the worst inventions. It could take up to an hour to just fax six pages, depending on the type of print. Am so glad I rarely have to use one anymore.
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It already came from that shitty Revenge of the Nerds trilogy
Music, movies and tv
I hope big hair for girls comes back and animatronics come back in movies instead of CGI
First of all nothing is cringe about the 80’s and big hair is still my thing so. . .
I don’t care how bad the clothes and styles were, having a family portrait was sweet, not cringy. You know what’s cringe? Reality shows and the Kardashians
Agree
At least the Kardashians are entertaining in an ironic way. I’d much rather watch that shit than have a terrible mullet and leisure suit.
any of the ads that preceded this crappy "anal-isis"
I didn't know why we always put down things from the past it was the style and not all was bad just as today styles will be put dawn in the future so enjoy what we have and don't forget it's in style today
Ummm people still get Family Portraits done....like bruh wtf
May be cringe but I will take 80s cringe over today’s cringe any day!!
Absolutely!
Amen!
Nope.
I lived through the Eighties and I don't want it coming back.
Frrrrrrrrrrrr
Still less cringe than almost EVERYTHING today.
Most of these aren't even cringy. It's nostalgia for me.
Restaurants used to have a smoking and non-smoking section as shown in the 1993 movie Mrs. Doubtfire
It got banned
@@lexkanyima2195 the movie?
@@mattalan6618 in real life
So did airplanes.
I remember that in the 90's and 2000's, but not in the 80's.
16 minutes and 26 seconds to remind me why the 80s were the absolute best!
Saturday morning cartoons, Blockbuster Video, MTV, Toys R' Us, local movie theaters, malls, full video-game arcades, and classic TV shows still reside nostalgically within my heart & soul.
Your profile pic tells me everything I need to know. The 80s sucked ass.
@@tweettweetjones1262 PREACH! It was the best time of my life! I wish I hadn't gotten into the nose candy club scene, but at least I found my way out and never used drugs again. I lost the love of my life May 13, 1988. He thought he was snorting coke, he snorted a line of heroin and it killed him.
Don't do drugs, kids.
@curly_wyn the 80s were the best decade in American history
The one that made this video is quite cringe...
When you are a senior citizen, you will love Velcro shoes lol
i love them now and im 38
I hate Velcro. It's a ripoff.
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6:56 - “Outdated” should be in parentheses because those computers weren’t outdated THEN.
Yeah I hated medieval times and those outdated ox drawn carts.
"All Times Have Been Modern". The kids today have much better stuff than we did, but they will never know the awesomeness of being on the first wave of the computer revolution. It was magic.
Leg warmers! I can’t believe they got left off the list!
Also cut-off sweatshirts like the Flashdance movie poster.
First of al lol I rocked some leg warmers with my heels 👠 second of all flash dance sweatshirts are the best and comfortable but sexy too…..geez I’m definitely oldLOL 😂
As a teen of the 80’s, I remember a lot of these. I can’t believe the mullet is coming back. I loved Swatch watches.
They aren’t. They were never cool and they never will be.
I still have a Swatch!
I hope the very tall mall bangs come back!
I have actually considered regrowing my MacGyver mullet. But that just seems like too much work.
I have a Swatch somewhere in my house. I placed it in a drawer, and haven’t found it yet. I’m going to try to find it now😊
I live in Destin Florida.
The 80s never left here.
Ok, I need to visit!
I remember during the 80's the following: trapper keepers, faded/acid washed
jeans, pegged pants, playing cards on spokes of bicycles (made it sound like
a motorcycle), crimped hair and fanny packs. while I never owned a fanny
pack (my dad however does, but he never uses it) I did all of these mentioned.
I can still find Aqua Net on shelves at my local Walmart.
I wish we still where in the 80's not a whole lot of paper work like now and I miss going to the mall
I think we did the cards in spokes in the 60 and 70's
@@pastorCraigHAle1 Trapper/Trapper Keepers were a godsend! Being so busy with class paperwork and activities, it helped me travel lightly to classes.
Fanny packs might be trying to make a comeback. I've been seeing them on the shelf at Walmart.
I loved my Swatch watch. Mine was one of the last items my grandpa ever bought me. I remember the rubber protectors used on them as well. It was even pictured on my high school yearbook that was called A Moment in Time. Cheesy, yes. But it is a fun memory.
Fashion always looks cheesy down the line, but not at the time.
we have tiktok. we have no place to say the 80s is cringe
Monday got me broken
Eh, tiktok has nothing on smoking
@@bensonk1939people still smoke
Ya i hate that lip sync n tiktok body language 😒
Word.
Fashion and trends go through cycles,
and we've seen and will see a few these make a comeback again and again...
The Satanic Panic should've been on the list. It was so embarrassingly stupid.
I bet the devil made you say this, Satan worshiper. 😂😂😂
It hasn't gone away. We're just so used to it we don't notice
@@foy5051 oh it's definitely still here, I agree.
That’s interesting because you look at society now and you can see satanic influence everywhere
It’s definitely always lurking in my mind. In the 80’s I was a teenager so that gave me such a fear.
Fanny packs, voluminous hairstyles, acid washed jeans, giant boom boxes... These were trends that my older family members sported, as evidenced in various photo albums.
I feel the cringiest part of the 80s was Jheri curls. I can speak on this because I'm African American. Michael Jackson popularized this style and almost every black man wore it. I'm glad it died out because of the hair grease that was left on the furniture. Whenever I think of Jheri curls, I always think of MJ and the Soul Glow commercial from Coming to America. What fad from the 80s do you hope make a comeback?
@@kamsismith Lmao. None. I sure don't want my SOOOOUL to glow.
@@kamsismith Preach, MJ could pull off the look, but copycats were less successful.
@@trinaq no he couldn't.
I loved boom boxes!
There were no smoking sections in restaurants in the 80s. The whole restaurant was a smoking section. The "non-smoking" section was a small handful of tables that were in the same room as everyone else, right next to the other smokers. But these tables don't have ashtrays and might have a sign on them saying "No Smoking". That was the "non-smoking" section.
My sister and I hated we had Betamax because their selection was a fraction of VHS at the video store.
without getting to technical i read somewhere that i at the time it was easier to put movies out on VHS then Beta
@@mattalan6618 I think we watched the same Care Bear movie a lot!
7:27 A 1Mhz Commodore 64, taught myself typing on one of those in 1983 while most kids were messing with Oregon Trail on the Apple IIs in grade school.
You just need to live long enough to see everything become cringe.
Reagan flooded the country with drugs
And then come back instyle with the new generations.
I loved the fad of military style camouflage pants w/ neon tops. A trend that should not return is wearing two different earrings. A fad that started in the 80s and never went out of style is wearing different nail polish on various fingers. Now it is quite an art form. I think it is great. I found a letter from the eighties where my mom told my older sister I had two different colors of nail polish on and stating that I had some ideas that were "out there"...not further defined. Believe me, I wasn't a wild child. Glad I was open to things, though... I went sky-diving and white water rafting with friends, but decided against bungee jumping. 😄
I loved the 80s neon clothing trend. I occasionally still wear neon even today.
One 80s trend I disliked was shoulder pads. Why would I want to wear something that made my neck shorter? Also, IMO they looked the worst on short women - the proportions were way off.
I remember loving "Knott's Landing" because the characters were more realistic, compared to the primped up and polished "Dallas" or "Dynasty", then instead of flannel, Karen started wearing satin pajamas with huge shoulder pads. It was hilarious.
I should have written: "Like, gag me with a spoon!"
Loved that show!!!😊
Every time I see Joan Van Ark she just makes my mind run straight to Family Guy when Chris turned to dust when he saw that photo of her bizarre face 😂
Yes, I agree, Knot's Landing was the more realistic of all of the nighttime soaps. I would not miss an episode of Abby, Gary, Karen, Max, Greg, Paige, etc. Omg shoulder pads lol
Dallas was spun off from the characters on Knot's Landing.
And VHS machines cost money in 82 and 83 from $400 to $900!
We had to rent one
. Oh my
I love crazy patterns! I love shoulder pads! And I love crimped hair! Haha. I don't love Barbara Streisand though...
I went to college in 1984-1986. I had a buddy that was a Coca-Cola fanatic. When the New Coke came out he was apoplectic. He had obtained a 10 oz glass bottle coke vending machine for his room. You could buy a bottle of Coke for 25 cents. But you had to return the bottle to him. He would then return to the local bottler for another 2 cases. The 10 oz bottles were not available in New Coke. The management was a bit concerned that the machine's complessor was too big for dorm use. It turns out the coke machine's compressor was smaller than the dorm room sized refrigerator. That coke was so good because it was made with cane sugat. Not the crap they had in New Coke OR Coke Classic. Those both used high fructose corn syrup.
I can't get over the "outdated computers-cringe". These were the fastest (or at least normal) speed computers available to consumers at the time and got their job done. My takeaway from this that the past must be cringy because it is in the past. I imagine medieval Europeans: "Look at these old Roman sewage systems. Sewers are old technology - and thus - cringy. Let us spill our chamber pot's contents on the streets!"
Parachute pants! I never needed a purse then. Just stuffed it into my pockets.
This is fun, but as a 80s survivor, I personally encountered very few of these. I mean, the only time I encountered "val speak" was in movies or television shows.
I think it was mostly a southern California thing.
@@InnaGottaDavida Unfortunately. I lived there 🤦♀️
I wanted to hit anyone who started in with that 🐂💩 "Val speak"!! 🤢🤮
I grew up in Montana, and my city definitely embraced val speak.
@@InnaGottaDavida as a SoCal native i can confirm that it's not as bad as clueless but val speak is def still alive along with vocal fry. I have the vocal fry sometimes and i don't even notice it but the closer to the water the heavier these "accents" (or whatever they would be called) get and the closer to the money the stronger they get in young people as well. There are other "accents" depending on the certain area of SoCal you come from, East LA chicano/a is an accent I only noticed when I moved out of East LA and spoke with mexican americans from northern california or even from texas. I am guessing each culture and ethnicity might have the same experience but I wouldn't know for sure. Los angeles is my hometown and i love her.
I've encountered most of these
You missed perms, stretch jeans - preferably acid wash, giant boom boxes, flat top hair, oversized tops with a super wide belt, leg-warmers.
The Flashdance spiral perms. I had one from high school through my second year of college. 😂
I loved boom boxes 😁
The thing from 80s to come back, clean shave, baggy pants for their ease of wearing all day, things not to come back, white frame sunglasses.
"Outdated computer."
They were not outdated at the time. They were a whole new thing.
I'm glad cities banned smoking and made it legal to shoot fentynal while taking a shit on the sidewalk right after you stole $900 worth of merchandise from a store. You can also bust out car windows and steal anything inside it with zero chance of being arrested. Just remember that if you are a taxpayer, never get caught smoking in those same cities because that is enforced.
The problem with "Just Say No" is most pushers refuse to take no for an answer.
There was Sears Photography back then
Woolworth and another local department store had a photography area.
What about the glasses Tom Cruise wore in Risky Business? Yes I had a pair.
Those aren’t cringe, though.
@@AntonXulBicycle pants and fish neckties along with the skinny ones.
I would still rock a Swatch watch!!!!!😊❤😊❤
My definition of cringy must really be off…not sure how most of these can be considered “cringy”
I graduated from high school in 1985 during the New Coke Crisis. I worked at a small market and stashed a hundred or so 2 liter bottles of "Old" Coke. Which I had printed out on my graduation party invitations. The 80s were awesome.
I remember aqua net. And big hair. My friend wanted to be a hairdresser so she worked on my hair one time before we went to a Def Leppard concert :-) That hairdo stayed in place through 100° day, huge concert, a 3 Hour Dr. home, sleeping, and didn't wake up till noon the next day. And my hair was still in place and looked perfect. I'm not sure it was aqua net we used. Her boyfriend had this other product that I swear to God was basically super glue. Oh, those were the days.
20 cringe things from the 80's while now we have over 200 cringe stuff.
OMG, I loved "Square Pegs". When the rich valley girl was tired of waiting in line to buy her jacket, she just throws the money down and leaves, then can't figure out how to get the alarm device off. Too funny. I remember renting movies and being asked VHS or Beta?
Car surfing was not isolated to the 80s, when my son was in high school in the early '00s, he got a ticket for having a friend surf on his car. And since he didn't give his friend permission to surf....he made his friend pay half of the ticket.
My son was hit by a car back in 2000. He was in a head injury rehab for 6 months. One of the other kids at the rehab had gotten his TBI car surfing. It was serious trauma. He would never be the same again.
Some people rode on the top of the train. Literally. I some countries. They still do it in India. But this is not sufring, but is dangerous.
In my country, young people do take selfies on the trains. Generally it wouldn't be a problem on stoped trains, but when you have 27,000 Volts above... you can get an really nasty electric arc. They keep on saying on television about this problems, but some do not get the message.
Wow. I'd forgotten about the Swatch Watches I had and the rubber face protectors. (11min 30sec) The watch was $35, then the face protectors were another $5, but you had to buy two and twist them to make them look cool.... But I have to say, my Swatch probably lasted me 20+ years. I used to work out, swim and mow in it. I guess it was an okay investment...
Velcro shoes. a cringe? How about people with muscle damage or arthritis Ever try to tie your shoes with those laces when your knuckles are swollen and you can't flex your fingers. Thank God for velcro shoes.
Poor motor skills and bad backs too. Slip on and Velcro sneakers are awesome.
@@Max_Sinister_26 You bet, I love these self-appointed disclaimers of fashion critiques. Holy Crap, as if they don't change fashion just to get you spend more money! Who gives a darn if they are last week's sneaker fashion. If anything, they should cringe at the vapidness of their own opinions. I read them for the laugh.
One thing I really, REALLY, miss from the 80s are Saturday morning cartoons. Now with Netflix....
And one thing I also miss, the unmolested, UN-remastered version of Star Wars.
Everything about the 80's rocked...even the things that didn't :P
Indoor smoking is unimaginable in this day and age 😅
Looting in mass in broad daylight was unthinkable in the 80s. I'd rather smell indoor smoking to be blunt.
Looting of shops and department stores by gangs of violent youths was unimaginable in the 80s but is quite normal today in the 2020s.
Ever been to Nevada? lol. You can smoke inside casinos and most bars.
@@randybaumery5090 i never thought id live to hear a President tell people to storm The White House. but we did
Shooting fentynal while dropping a deuce on the sidewalk in certain cities is absolutely fine. Smoke a cigarette on the sidewalk of those same cities if you are a taxpayer and see what happens.
And flava flav still wears his clocks! (I met him a couple months ago)
i have to. at the time though i had a broken arm and it was in a cast. he signed it
The ladies with the Aquanet hair do's.😅 Not even Wyoming wind could mess their hair up. 😂😂
Does anyone remember fluoro prints on oversize t-shirts?
Music videos?
Big hair?
A general lack of style?
Yes, checkered Vans as worn in "Fast Times At Ridgemon High", neon colored clothes, skinny ties and Varnet Sunglasses.
I remember a few of my teachers in elementary school wearing shoulder pads in their shirts back in the 80s. I think my mom had a few shirts with shoulder pads as well. Even as a kid I thought it was a bad look. lol
Holy Cow!!! Talk about a trip down memory lane!! I was there for all of this, he'll, I grew up with it!!
Thanks for showing how much cooler my high school years were than now...
You can be sure that the 2020s bears the 80s hands down in terms of cringe
I think you meant to say "beats"
The 2020s is far more cringe than any previous decades.
both of you are exactly right!
I liked Randy of the Redwoods slogan. "Just Say Whoa !!" It's still used to this day. Just say whoa, dude.
Ill take the 80s over now in a micro second.
I love Swatch watches! I had a couple, but never wore them together. Just one at a time....
My husband had a few " tropical " shirts. Thanks Crockett and Tubbs.
As a teenager in the 80's, here's the items on this list I wish would come back - all of them
I miss the 1980s
I would give up all of my possessions to live in a time like that again.
Me too! @@paullowman9131
Wonderful memories ❤ Thank you ..
Here’s a great 80s thing that needs to come back, Customer service but I doubt it will
😂😂
We need the hair, the fashion, and the 80s metal back.
Safe to say out dated computers (any old tech) from ANY decade is gonna be gringe because of the pace of technology.
I still have a Commodore 64 & and Amiga computer!
Some people say that about when the internet was fairly new. But I don't see that as cringe, I mean sure the slow dial up speed sucked but I remember how you could make everything on your computer more personalized
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT Agree. I suppose I was just using their word(s) (cringe). Actually, old tech to me can be kinda 'charming' and makes me nostalgic for simpler times.
@@cyn37211 commodore 64 was my first computer! Loved it, solid piece of technology and the fact it still works shows just how badly and cheaply made our tech is now all in the name of profit, it's disgusting
Absolutely not cringe, classic and actually still interesting. I don't know why that's even here. Probably just to piss off the internet and troll for comments.
It's like saying classic cars are cringy or old instruments are cringy. Also, what is "gringe"?
Those geometric shapes and eye-popping colors are parts of Ettore Sotsass's "Memphis" art, which defines the quirkiness of the 1980s...
the 80's were a ton of fun, i was there
hair was great
btw Princess Di never ever looked goofy
Where the Velcro shoes made a bit of a fad for some, they are very important to a lot of us folks that have disabilities! I wish more manufacturers would come back with them!!
Why is Betamax "cringy?" Yeah, VHS won the day (partly because Sony didn't license the technology to other companies for a long time while JVC did so with VHS), but that doesn't make Beta cringy, just poorly marketed.
I never owned parachute pants, swatch watched, clothes from Benetton, and oversized jewelry. But I had a mullet. My sister owned a swatch, but it was expensive in ‘80s dollars. My family owned a VHS.
Nothing beats the 2020- Broccoli heads or riding a bike with one hand and TikTok in the other
Nah, I don't think you went deep enough with the fashion disasters. In addition to the mullets and aquanet, you forgot the thick mustaches, the feathered bangs, the square glasses that took up half your face, and the boxy bib dresses. If you wanna see what I mean, go look up a couple of episodes of Rescue 911, lol
Jelly shoes and bracelets. Buttons of Rock bands, posters of Rock bands, actors and actresses. Many girls at my HS had Springfield, Rick Springfield, Boy George, Bon Jovi, Duran Duran etc. posters. While guys had Heather Locklear or Thomas, Vanity, Apollonia, Kathy Ireland on their walls. Also posters of luxury sports cars with models. I had a beer light.
Or just open my senior yearbook for 82!😂
That Whole Dungeons and Dragons Scandal With teens killing themselves which was total crap a tabletop game does not make Teens Suicidal
The TV movie with Tom Hanks didn't help things either. It was definitely written by people who hadn't played the game.
Smoke in closed places… the worst of the worst!
At least we had FAMILIES to take portraits with. I am sick to death of these time capsules that put down an era. I see whats out there now & all i see is drugs & sexualized everything. Obesity & slovenly clothes, yes this is such a great group we have now
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! BetaMax Vs. VHS.. Back then, I thought we were going to live with those cassette tapes forever. 🤣
I used to be jealous of the people with Betamax because there were always plenty of copies of good movies available at the video rental places in Beta but not VHS.
I remember early laserdiscs. Pioneer made the one my aunt had in 1981.
2020s the Edgar haircut and tiktok trends would be #1
Its sad that you put it in peoples heads that family portraits are cringe. Grandmas and grandpas everywhere got them for Christmas presents and that's all they wanted. Thats all I wanted but they are not alive anymore and its very sad, I want to go back to the 80s any day.
i grew up in the 80s, and my dad liked saying "Velcro shoes are the best way of telling people you've given up"
" I see why they threw them out of a plane"...lmbo. RIP Dude
SWATCHes aren't cringe. You're just saying that because people can't tell time on an analog watch....Can't write cursive either....Just sayin'
Oh, look, two of the three things Boomers think make them superior. You gonna whinge about manual transmissions, too?
@@Uncle_Smidge Number one, I'm not a boomer. Two....you spelled WHINE wrong....point proven.
My favourite comment from my mom: I was wearing a multicoloured striped t-shirt,wit yellow stirrup
pants. “ Go change, you look like an Easter Egg.😂
Sharen
Please cover 90's fads, such as Flannel, butterfly clips, chokers, mum jeans and denim on denim.
Yes, I would love them to cover it. The fads from the 90s that make me cringe are mushroom-cut hairstyles and platform shoes. What about you?
@@kamsismith Yep, those are the two biggest ones, especially the hair, usually curtains, for the boys.
@@kamsismithI'm short so I liked platform shoes 😁
They've kinda done that... I actually saw butterfly clips on amazon and was thinking of bringing them back 😂 but i look young enough at 32
Those faux-Texan boots that looked like clogs from the 90s were cringe at the time and they still are today.
Fun Fact: Many Offices in my Country Germany still use Fax Machines so much they have Problems to find Providers for them.
Also they love Paper, so Government Offices have the order to print out everything included Online Requests and Formulars.
You should made a "Top 20 strangest Things in german Offices".^^
The 80's were AWESOME!!!!!
Nah
@@freya8133 Yeah...they really were. Too bad for you.
@@wealthweb1 I'm 55. I know they weren't all that
The 80's were certainly not all beer and skittles but at least we still had the illusion of freedom and hope.... not constantly under surveillance
Proud to say we still get all propped up and go to a photographer studio or book an outdoor pro session once a year... usually shortly before Christmas, and then we have calendars or other gadgets printed with the kids pics for ourselves and as gifts to the rest of the family! Grandparents especially love it!
I worked in an office in the '80s and loved the shouder pads. There was also another term for the suited woman: power suits.
😂😂 If you remember these, UB40ish now.
I see what you did there...
With Swatches you forget to mention the contribution of the Ferris Bueller knockoff show "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" with their "Synchronize Swatches!" catchphrase which gave the watches more recognizability than the ad campaigns did.
Ya know..this whole video is filled with things that were just part of everyday life in the 80's. Nothing in particular was "cringy". Maybe call the list "80's trends that should not make a come back"
valspeak gave us the inane habit of "like" every other word!
In addition to multiple Swatches, they'd also wear two or even three bold (but solid) colored polo shirts over each other. I guess that means that only the outermost one absolutely had to have the elite Izod alligator logo. The collars were always turned up, too.
Ah yes. The layered preppy look! Argyle sweaters, long sleeve button down shirts with shorts and penny/tassel loafers or boat shoes.
They did that type of family photos in the late 60's and the 70's also.
As A GENERATION-XER, the NEW COKE was okay but doesn't deserve a comeback!!!!
The McDonald's McDLT. The hot burger on side and the lettuce and tomato on the other. Wine coolers and some terrible beers like Coors Extra Gold.
As a child of the 60s, I'll give you a freebie from that era (if you ever decide to make one of these for it): Nehru Jackets -_-'
We absolutely went thru all the tech needed or not. We best be thankful our brains still work!!
I just flipped through the nyt fashion and ads section and I know 2 or 3 of the major stylist had the bright geo patterns. For women for sure
I don't miss the old computers one bit. He is absolutely correct about too much time.
7:08 "what are you going to use this [computer] for?"
"school work..."
Sure. - Old technology, timeless intentions.
One thing about the hair I never understood was why they called the mullet a mullet.
What does a fish have to do with it?
Actually I never heard the term mullet used in the 80s. That dumb term came up much later (at least where I live).
Faxing?? Probably one of the worst inventions. It could take up to an hour to just fax six pages, depending on the type of print. Am so glad I rarely have to use one anymore.
It was too much time wasting