Can we get some 80s-core /lit/?
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Can we get some 80s-core /lit/?
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.
>>7996740
virgin detected lmao
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?
>>7996726
my dairy desu
>>7996740
They still exist. It's just that almost no young people have office jobs anymore.
ITT Jane Fonda's Workout Book
>>7996760
I haven't seen one in years and I work in downtown Toronto and take the subway everyday
>>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.
>>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.
>>7996750
dude is one of the greatest books of all time
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.
I found a blog about books two librarians need to expunge for their libraries.
Check out Awful Library books.
>>7996760
Not true if you live in new york.
In 1987 all I wanna do is get stoned
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.
>>7996959
That's because all you fuckers walk.
Not practical for bike riders.
>>7997001
>riding a bike
>>7996726
The reverence, the worship of brands on here disturbs me.
>>7996751
>Proper breeding
How disturbing
Dumping some covers of awful books from the 1980s
>>7997437
I found this shitty 1990s cover of Lord of The Rings
>>7997442
Looks deadly.
>>7996759
We're getting dangerously close to eratic mindcontrol here.
Technically from 1992, but feels very 80s
>no one posted this yet
Seriously?
Beat the crap out of your kids, the loving, Christian way
So 1980s that it hurts
Feathered hair tho
>>7997486
That's pure 90s.
>>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.)
>>7997042
>not riding a bike
>>7997506
Dont diet at me or my son ever again
