Seriously though, why did people look like such dumbasses in the 80's?
>using a marketing ad piece to determine what the entire generation was like
bait is weak
Fuck off, the 80s were the best
>best fashion
>best cultural direction
>economic bubble
>great music
>people not afraid of the future
>>1295070
TAKE YOUR BABY BY THE HAND
I still look like that, today.
80s are where the global culture truly began
>>1295039
What's "cool" changes. To me, wearing your jeans around your fucking knees is absurd.
>>1295130
Wait, they still do that? I thought that fashion trend fell out of favor.
>>1295039
What's aesthetically appealing is what's new and different, but not too different. So clothing evolves gradually from one new thing to the next. 80s clothes are so different from what we wear now that they are not aesthetically appealing at all.
If it weren't for the 80s, we wouldn't have Vice city.
>>1295130
That's 2000's fashion, not modern fashion. Get on with the times, gramps
>>1295039
Those clothes are from the 90s though.
IF THIS IS IT
>>1295130 /this
>>1295143 >>1295217 it wasn't a fashion trend. It was solicitation for male homosexual sex.
>>1295217
modern fashion is snapbacks and yoga pants
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE
>>1295039
SHOUT
SHOUT
LET IT ALL OUT
So is this the 80's thread?
>>1295717
Thanks for the facebook bullshit but that's not actually true at all. Sagging started in prison because the clothes they give you don't fit very well.
>>1297498
>80's car styling will never make a comeback like the 60's retro revival of the early to mid 2000's
;_;
>>1295070
>people not afraid of the future
This, I really can't feel or transmit an optimist feel about anything from this decade
I CAN FEEL IT
COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT
>>1297507
>like the 60'sretro revival of the early to mid 2000's
Please do post some examples
>>1297544
The Mustang facelift from 2005.
The T-bird
The Prowler
The PT Cruiser
Although now that I think of it, those are more 50's-ish, aside from the Mustang.
>>1295143
I saw some niggers today wearing the pants falling off, however; these were older niggers. Most young black future jail inmates now wear their close much more normally, thanks to shows like Empire etc
rampant capitalism
Is there somewhere i can read about the evolution of fashion in the modern world?
How did it come to be that jeans are the go to bottom wear of both sexes these days?
What happened to poofy shirts?
I WANT TO KNOW
>>1297584
as dumb as it sounds, wikipedia has some ok articles for starters
just look for "1980s in fashion" etc
>>1297618
Thank you good sir
>>1297507
the 80's have made a minor come back in music and videogames(stuff like Hotline Miami and Drift stage and anything synthwave/retrowave) but it's mostly seen as a visual gimmick to abuse neon colors and synthetizer music rather than a widespread appreciation of it.
>>1297507
It hurts.
>>1297671
Yeah, its a real shame.
I still like retrowave though
>>1297686
Tell me about it.
>>1297690
good retrowave is legit the most fun music i've ever heard.
something i really love about the 80's is this blocky aesthetic to technology, the "Future is here" current of design, absolutely nothing organic, creamy-colored, or subtle about it. Everything looks industrial-grade and only taking form due to it's design's inherent 'rightness' coming together, not a single deliberate stroke of style, only genius.
Everything has it, from the sci-fi weapons in all the classic blockbusters to the real life examples, from the fantasy vehicles to the fancy sporters, in every home appliance and at the heart of a massive sprawling complex holding a world-ending machine or something. I love it to death.
>>1297707
Not to mention that early digital love affair.
>>1297710
The best cartoons too.
>>1297719
>Posting a silent DYRL webm
You should be ashamed.
>>1297499
>no homo, I swear!
Found the guy with his pants around his ankles
>>1297720
No sound on /his/ my man.
>>1297723
Yeah, so link to it. There's a thread on /wsg/ specifically for that.
>>1297726
Too lazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEkdUZPVUns
last thing about the 80's i love: the end of the cold war having a most decidedly American flavor.
The late 70's was the tiping point in which the tactical and strategical parity between the two superpowers finally gave way thanks to the mass introduction of electronics and exponentially more complex conventional weapons to the arsenal of the western block. It was the most advanced the arms race got and NATO finally had the strength to provoke the Soviets in exercises like Able Archer and Reforger.
There were wonder weapons everywhere, painted in good old Woodland camo, riding along the German border, waiting to scramble and stop that tank rush dead in it's tracks.
>>1297756
I love cold war aircraft.
>>1297763
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aleGdcn295w&list=PL-12AQ0XB5HIPBcIA9ofn0-yX3EZcQdix
cold war machines in general are the sexiest thing
>>1297767
Its in that period before the VLO meme became supreme.
Planes still looked different from each other.
>>1297707
Recommend some Retrowave.
>Prototype Benelli caseless SMG
>>1297792
Miami nights 1984
Kavinsky
Lazerhawk
Power Glove
Perturbator
Carpenter Brut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KZlggHqU7M
fuck, just put on the Hotline Miami soundtrack and go from there
>>1297792
Here's a couple songs I really like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaHUCrVU9eI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n4sngNndQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojlFZIo5YjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V1OOwddXQs
>>1297799
>>1297802
Thanks.
>>1297815
>tfw the G-11 was actually on the verge of being the West German infantry rifle, but reunification squashed it
Fucking ossies reeeeee
>>1297819
G-11 was pretty shit for a military rifle desu. The internals were ridiculously delicate and complicated. H&K wanted any broken guns to be sent back to the factory for repairs.
The caseless ammo was pretty fragile too. It could easily break in shipping. It also caused overheating issues because brass casings actually absorb a lot of heat that would otherwise get transferred into the chamber.
>>1297819
hold on now, that's just not true.
The G-11 was ridiculously impractical, impossible to mantain in field conditions and prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to make. It worked and it worked well, it just wasn't fit for a "hand to every 18 year old conscript" kind of role.
>>1297832
Apparently Dynamit Nobel fixed the overheating issues.
it's a goldmine of sexy guns isn't it
>>1297838
Goldmine of sexy everything.
>>1297843
If you haven't seen it, then you should check out the Forgotten Weapons video on the Jackhammer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VKGhqIl4Gw
>>1297849
Ian is great.
I'd also recommend NuclearVault for archival footage of various 80's weapons programs.
>>1297849
sure have, but glad to witness someone displaying impeccable taste anyhow
>>1297867
Too bad Gunsmith Cats takes place in the mid 90s
>>1297867
I love Sonoda character designs.
And his autism towards details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w952ocP4g38
>>1297874
That's Riding Bean you nerd.
80's weebshit truly was glorious.
>>1297876
>1989 prototype for a 90s manga
>>1297900
Still 80's.
>>1297574
This.
The 80's is the pinnacle of neoliberal """""culture"""""
>>1297908
a motherfucking DuckTales
I used to play this game.
>the nostalgicism for the 50's ever since Fallout.
>>1299734
whats wrong
>>1299734
and?
>>1295717
That's homophobic :^)
>>1300133
Perfect. You can measure a girl's personality by their teeth.
>>1300158
So hers is crooked?
>>1298315
eh 90's was desu, rapacious neoliberal 'reforms' in eastern Europe, east Asia and Latin America, Clinton as president. 89-01 was the apotheosis of pre-crash neoliberalism
>>1299734
Hasn't 50's nostalgia been an American staple since like the 70's?
>>1295070
80's were the worst in music lel.
>>1300598
Yes. Happy Days revived it.
>when the US military still rolled with civvie trucks with DIY rattlecan camo
>>1297520
It wasn't so much they weren't afraid of the future (a lot of people were in fact), so much as I think most just didn't give a fuck. There was a sense of "worlds gonna end anyway, better live it up" about everything. So people decided to live fast and excessive.
>>1302064
what a terribly broad generalization, calling an entire decade's worth of music "shit".
I wasn't even born in the 80's, and I still like 80's music, so it certainly isnt nostalgia.
>>1302070
80's music implies cheesy electronic guitar and synth leads, and even more cheesy reverbed drumwork
which are all terrible without nostalgia goggles
>>1302078
myabe you should actually listen to more 80's music than just listening to the top 40 shit.
>>1302082
obviously there's more to 80's music than hair metal and top 40 new wave but for the major part 80's music is associated with that
>>1302091
just like how the 60's is all dadrock and the 2000's is all terrible R&B and rap.
each decade has its meme music, but that doesn't mean it all terrible.
>>1302102
2000's was nu-metal and rap more than anything.
Early 2000's top 40 R&B was decent.
>>1302107
desu I unironically like some nu-metal
CAN YOU TAKE IT ALL AWAYYY
CAN YOU TAKE IT ALL AWAYYYYY
>>1295039
I distinctly remember feeling like hotshit walking into jr high in my brand new Skids pants paired with my new hypercolor T-shirt. I was one of the cool kids that day, looking like a colorblind neon lumpy idiot.
but man,
>mfw I read so many posts in this thread about how awesome the 80s really were
>>1295230
PLEASE LET ME KNOW
>>1300611
Pleb located
>>1297574
Now you say that like it's a bad thing
ITT: Butthurt grandpas
I know, it's a huge bummer that us little dudes totally don't dress RADICAL like you did
We must seem like total space cadets
>>1302161
more like butthurt teens lel
nobody mentioned shit about you dweebs
100 Years of Beauty in 1 Minute - Episode 1: USA (Nina)
>https://youtu.be/LOyVvpXRX6w
Germany
>https://youtu.be/MEdEVJ_HQFU
Ireland
>https://youtu.be/D36r_lJBkQI
Korea
>https://youtu.be/5SWHjWtykns
There's a whole bunch more of these. Pretty awesome, honestly. The 80's decade is nuts compared to the rest of them in (almost) every single video though, all over the world.
What's your fave decade aesthetic anons? Why was the the 80's look was so crazy to the max?
80s thread without an MR2?
>>1302232
Based.
>>1302243
These things are crystal pepsi tier death machines. I love mine so much I'll probably die with it.
>>1302247
>tfw pop up headlights are kill
>tfw cars are forever destined to look like heavily constipated bars of soap
>>1302227
Here's the dudes
(only two, both for USA)
https://youtu.be/3-tJ5erxh4Y
https://youtu.be/z36GQyInzhk
Which decade do you belong in?
>>1302256
safety standards killed aesthetics
>>1302280
agreed.
>>1295039
People in 2052 will ask the same question about the 2010'.
Coffee, cocaine, and speed
>>1297553
>The PT Cruiser
>60s revival
Motherfucker that was going back all the way to the Chrysler Airflow
>>1301882
>Red berets
>US military
suuuuure
>>1295039
I love that millenials keep grabbing shit from the early 1990s and calling it 1980's, because they've been told 1980s are trendy, and have no idea what anything in that decade actually looked like,
>>1303225
This also happens because cultural decades are 5 years out of sync with actual decades i.e. late 40s-early 50s were one thing, late 50s-early 60s another and so on.
>>1297767
I love watching this shit. Cold war was best war.
Yet I cant help but feel like it'd have been better for it to have actually gone nuclear, and fir it to have continued on.
>>1303214
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Spirit
>>1302257
Did they get the barbershop from San Andreas to make these videos?
