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Can we get some 80s-core /lit/?
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Can we get some 80s-core /lit/?
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wtf happened to breifcases sss sss. like seriously. I've never seen something that was around for so goddamn long just disappear in the blink of an eye.
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>>7996740
virgin detected lmao
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Im about 100 pages into Remains of the day and find it a strange book. Are there any surprises or does it continue on just talking about mundane butler things?
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>>7996726
my dairy desu
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>>7996740
They still exist. It's just that almost no young people have office jobs anymore.
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ITT Jane Fonda's Workout Book
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>>7996760
I haven't seen one in years and I work in downtown Toronto and take the subway everyday
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>>7996759

They had a specialist on speech trends on the radio once who mentioned how the valley girl speech mannerism was conveyed and propagated entirely through a series of high exposure media.
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>>7996767
Yeah, the main thing was a Frank Zappa song. There were natural elements, like some of the slang, but the exaggerated style of speech was 100% just people copying media.
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>>7996750
dude is one of the greatest books of all time
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Bright Lights, Big City or pretty much anything by Jay McInerney really. Dude was probably the ultimate yuppie writer and I'm not sure it was even ironic either.
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I found a blog about books two librarians need to expunge for their libraries.

Check out Awful Library books.
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>>7996760

Not true if you live in new york.
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In 1987 all I wanna do is get stoned
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This probably fits the bill. More on the "brat pack" side of the 80s than most of what's been posted in this thread so far.
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>>7996959
That's because all you fuckers walk.

Not practical for bike riders.
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>>7997001
>riding a bike
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>>7996726
The reverence, the worship of brands on here disturbs me.
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>>7996751
>Proper breeding

How disturbing
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Dumping some covers of awful books from the 1980s
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I found this shitty 1990s cover of Lord of The Rings
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>>7997442

Looks deadly.
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>>7996759
We're getting dangerously close to eratic mindcontrol here.
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Technically from 1992, but feels very 80s
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>no one posted this yet

Seriously?
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Beat the crap out of your kids, the loving, Christian way
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So 1980s that it hurts
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Feathered hair tho
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>>7997486
That's pure 90s.
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>>7996760
>almost no young people have office jobs anymore.
wtf are you talking about. office jobs are like half the workforce (not actually but seriously. so many people work in offices.)
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>>7997042
>not riding a bike
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>>7997506
Dont diet at me or my son ever again
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