If I name the most important ones they already know about its just going to sound like I'm for it, which I'm not.

So, while it would be possible to write a long list of what youth had in the 80s that has been snatched away from them today I'll just list several.

1. Better more believable examples of good, righteousness and heros in movies and tv shows.

2. Fewer dope addicted potheads for parents.

3. Respect for innocence and modesty.

4. Recognition of actual talent.

5. Affordable things to do on a date.

6. No drug or lawyer advertisements promising happiness in a bottle of pills or riches from a car or other accident.

7. Fewer got dayam liars all around them.

A sense of humor

Guts

Bowie

Respect

Respect

Hope. I don't think that's even an exaggeration, people in the 1980s thought the world was progressing towards a united techno Utopia, at least in the developed world. Nobody with eyes believes that now

Jobs

A thick skin

Herpes

8 track tape decks in their used cars

Carburetors

Distributors

Manual Transmissions

45rpm records

Smoking At McDonald's

Call the radio station to request a song

Put a cassette tape recorder next to radio speaker to record your favorite music

Thick skin

common sense

A work ethic

The ability to disappear for the day and no one knew where you were

Music.

Freedom from social media

Lots of good music
Delicious tap water
Freedom from phones
Freedom from internet

Thinking logical brain

More peace of mind back then not having to worry if they would get shot up in English class.

Big hair

Considerably more privacy. They could do all kinds of stupid stuff without it coming back to bite them, unless someone had a camera handy. Now everyone has a phone.

The freedom to run around all day without being tracked on our phones or video recorded or whatever.

Drinking age of 18 in some states

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