Being one of the last generation who has grown up without cell phones, tablets or other digital mobile devices.
People had to call with a wired phone to reach someone and the receipient had to be at home to receive the call. Deriving from that, people had more bond to each other, the reliabilty was higher, because you needed to rely on friend's words. You couldn't call them inbetween, when you were out for something and had a spontaneous idea. Peoples reliability was higher on technical limitation. You also had to stay more mentally engaged on the go to keep track of appointments and arrangements.
And you had no people around you that call someone with their phone. People didn't always stare on their device in bus or train. There was more eye contact. Today people tell the attended crowd their whole life on bus and train. In the 80s there was more inhibition about. People had more private sphere, even on bus. That's paradox. They had more eye contact, but also more private sphere. True! In big cities there were more public phones around - with phone book! You can see that in 'Terminator'.
The first real big home computing rush. Brands like Commodore, Atari ST, Sinclair ZX Spectrum rised. Everyone wanted to have a C64, C128, Atari ST ... and so on.
Many analog sources for music and movies like vinyl records, tapes, VHF broadcasting, video tapes or celluloid roles in cinema. We recorded our vinyl to tapes and took it at street in our walkmans. When the battery got low, the music played a little slower until the Walkman stopped. That was shown in one scene of the movie 'Apollo 13'.
Also: The movies in cinema didn't have the same image quality like today after the 200th presentation. You can see that in 'Death Proof' of Quentin Tarantino. I one scene he simulated the old cinema style with all the dropouts. To think on that is very nostalgic today. It had its own "charme", when the were a few images cut out inbetween. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” ;D
Maybe one of these images is better for the analog media:
The home video industry boom – video rental stores, film rentals, and the first cassette sales. It was a historical fight of the tape-formats. Video 2000 vs. Betamax vs. VHS. Video 2000 was the mostinnovational, but lost the war like Betamax against VHS. The market was flooded with VHS so the other formats had no chance at the end. Video 2000 was useable back and forth by turning the cassete around after reaching the tapes end, like the walkman tapes. That doubled the playtime. The quality was very high.
You're welcome. If you want to know something about the 80s in Germany, you can ask my. I've lived there in the 80s as a teen, so I still know pretty much about things, people, the atmosphere. It was better on the one hand and worse on the other hand. But it clearly was an era, which I wouldn't like to miss. Kevin Bacon - 'Footloose'! ;D
Being one of the last generation who has grown up without cell phones, tablets or other digital mobile devices.
Many older people know times without modern cell phones. I know that for today's youth it is unthinkable to abstain from modern digital devices, but I guess many people who know the "old world" know what I'm talking about. The world changed dramatically with appearance of the first cell. It was a sneaking change, but like all big things it sneaked slowly into society and mobile devices changed the society strongly after the 80s. The world was bigger without. In deed with the 90s and cell phones coming more and more to everyone, a new time-age began. It's just not so regarded, because everyone got used to their cell phones and especially younger people can't know or imagine how massive the world changed from it, because they haven't lived in the times before. I consider them born from about 1985-1990 up to now. I guess Dan would know what I meant.
The CD was commercially launched in 1982! In the late 80s, the CD started to boom strongly. Everybody wanted the new format. I still know a friend of my sister told me about. He was used to hear vinyl records and hearing the cracks of the vinyl before the music started. When he first started a CD he was surprised by the music, because it didn't make noises before. A thing he was used to more than 10 years he listened to music. Also the basic random noise of analogue audio cassettes, which vanished with the CD.
Sadly I didn't find any good image of CDs. The image for the analogue music sources you picked is interesting. It shows a record matrix, with which they pressed vinyl records. One of these matrixes was able to press about 10.000 to 20.000 records, depending on the quality standards, the record company sat.
Hi Paok, #9 is set in 1959 and #11 is set in the 70s (before 1977).
Also, re: #20, at least in the U.S., the economy was not so good in the 80s. It was generally very good for the rich, due to "Reaganomics" ("trickle down," supple-side economics) and the movement of manufacturing jobs out of the country, but it was devastating for the working class. Entire industries, such as steel and auto, were wiped out and financially decimated huge swaths of the population. On top of that, governmental safety nets were removed. Much of the middle class fell into the lower middle class and the much of the lower middle class descended into poverty. It was the start of extreme economic inequality in the U.S., a shift that has defined electoral politics and social problems here for 45 years now. The economic difficulties today are largely a continuation and greater return to policies of the era.
@rubyfruit76 ok I changed the photo and put the one Breumaster suggested in #9. I deleted the 'Disco' option. As for #20 I changed it to 'Better economies for some countries'
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/mediaviewer/rm1624973569/
My youth in the 80s
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086998/mediaviewer/rm2861572352/
The first real boom/rise of Rap, Hip-Hop & Breakdance
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083437/mediaviewer/rm1253023233/
The cars
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001654/mediaviewer/rm835387137/
Stable politic throughout the western world
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085204/mediaviewer/rm2738175744/
The first certain strong rise of BMX bikes and skateboarding
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4645474/mediaviewer/rm730492161/
The emancipation of youth from conservatism / breaking free from the old establishment
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Great poll.
Please correct #9: People grew up without cell phones, tablets or other digital mobile devices.
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Please adjust the title capitalization:
Why Is There So Much Nostalgia for the 80s?
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Suggested edits:
The aerobics boom
Stable politics throughout the western world
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Hi Paok, #9 is set in 1959 and #11 is set in the 70s (before 1977).
Also, re: #20, at least in the U.S., the economy was not so good in the 80s. It was generally very good for the rich, due to "Reaganomics" ("trickle down," supple-side economics) and the movement of manufacturing jobs out of the country, but it was devastating for the working class. Entire industries, such as steel and auto, were wiped out and financially decimated huge swaths of the population. On top of that, governmental safety nets were removed. Much of the middle class fell into the lower middle class and the much of the lower middle class descended into poverty. It was the start of extreme economic inequality in the U.S., a shift that has defined electoral politics and social problems here for 45 years now. The economic difficulties today are largely a continuation and greater return to policies of the era.
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