1980s Nostalgia: 5 Everyday Moments People Still Miss Today
Take a trip back to the 1980s with five everyday moments many people remember—from Saturday morning cartoons to cassette mixtapes, landlines and video stores. There is a funny thing about nostalgia. You rarely remember an entire decade. You remember a Saturday morning. A song playing on the radio. A telephone ringing in another room. The sound of a VHS cassette clicking into a machine. A bicycle left on the lawn because you knew you would be back before dinner. Those little moments can bring back an entire period of life. The 1980s were obviously different from today's world, but not everything about that difference was dramatic. Much of it was hiding in ordinary routines. Technology was changing quickly, yet many parts of everyday life were still built around waiting, sharing, going somewhere in person and making your own entertainment. And that is probably why 1980s nostalgia remains so easy to recognize. Here are five ordinary moments that can transport p...