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what was summer of 1989 like ?

 
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There was a yellow sun and the sky was clear.A tank of gas was $20 And a pack of smokes was $1. There were jobs everywhere and the cops recognized constitutional rights. Criminals went to jail, everyone got a free trial. A college class cost $13 per unit. The music was from actual musical instruments and free speech existed. America was free. Wonderful times.
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I was four years old. I remember it being hot (Phoenix)... and not a care in the world :)
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I'm not sure exactly, i was probably on the Subtopia houseboat (abraxis, fierce ruling diva, jeroen flaman) in Amsterdam stuffed with weed and XTC partying my ass off.

We 'gen Xers' knew how to party!

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There was a yellow sun and the sky was clear.A tank of gas was $20 And a pack of smokes was $1. There were jobs everywhere and the cops recognized constitutional rights. Criminals went to jail, everyone got a free trial. A college class cost $13 per unit. The music was from actual musical instruments and free speech existed. America was free. Wonderful times.
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Nice! Great post. Very accurate.
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Gilligan's Island on acid
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I was 17 in southern California, when it was still a great place to live. Now it's a shithole. My girlfriend was hot as hell and sweet as could be. It was a much better time, a much more innocent time. People were much nicer, no one had disgusting tattoos or nasty piercings in stupid places, people weren't staring at stupid fucking phones, there was no social media, "influencers", or any of that bullshit. Men were men and women were women, the prices of things made sense, and the music was far superior to the crap kids listen to today.

We spent those days driving around in old Cougars and Mustangs, fixing them ourselves if they had a problem, spa-hopping at coastal hotels and then throwing the lounge chairs in the pool on the way out, to prove we'd been there, going to kick ass concerts, having all-night sex on the lifeguard tower beneath the full moon, then staggering after each other down the beach, drunk and laughing and full of hope. We had no inkling at all that the world would turn into this demonic hellhole.
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It was a far superior time.
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Kids went the heck outside and enjoyed playing in the yard instead of locked away playing dumb games on devices, phones, laptops. Got plenty of sunshine and didn't have to worry nearly as much about wackos as long as you stayed in your yard, etc. Dug holes in the ground, looked for arrowheads, played with the dog, the night sky had more stars, explored swamps, etc. Nothing like the miserable experience of kids today.
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Ah nostalgia......it ain't what it used to be.
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.”

Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
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Kids went the heck outside and enjoyed playing in the yard instead of locked away playing dumb games on devices, phones, laptops. Got plenty of sunshine and didn't have to worry nearly as much about wackos as long as you stayed in your yard, etc. Dug holes in the ground, looked for arrowheads, played with the dog, the night sky had more stars, explored swamps, etc. Nothing like the miserable experience of kids today.
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Couldn't agree more. We found arrow heads. Fished on neighborhood ponds. Played baseball, basketball, and football in our yards. Built tree houses. Rode go carts. Popped fireworks. We had fun.
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1989 was a great time, in the wrong place.
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Re: what was summer of 1989 like ?
a lil belinda carlyle mad about you on the beach , testarossa ferraris , girls in perms, women didnt put out as much , and people were more personable then everyone was more in contact ironcally , also when somone passed away it was a big deal , today its not so much planet to crowded i guess
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No internet.

No smart phones.

There were cell phones but they were still the size of bricks but would get smaller in a couple of years.

Movies were on VHS

Jiffy Pop was still a bigger seller than microwave popcorn.

Beige computers with giant, low resolution CRT screens.

5 inch floppy discs

Cassettes and CDs. (Vinyl was being phased out around this time).

The big movies were sequels;

Lethal Weapon II

Back To The Future II

Ghostbusters II
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a lil belinda carlyle mad about you on the beach , testarossa ferraris , girls in perms, women didnt put out as much , and people were more personable then everyone was more in contact ironcally , also when somone passed away it was a big deal , today its not so much planet to crowded i guess
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Went to Washington DC...just as the stock market "crashed"
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Re: what was summer of 1989 like ?
It was full of fun, Hair Metal concerts like Skid Row, Bon Jovi, and Poison, Trans-Ams, lots of parties, cheap gas, and thinking the world wasn't such a bad place.

I want to go back...
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Apparently this guy was err .. vlogging:

[link to youtu.be (secure)]
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lmao

Thank you so much. I needed that badly. Insomnia bad last night, and I needed a bunch of belly-laughs to get me in a better frame of mind.

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let’s be honest. it wasnt all that great.

the 90s. the 90s were great. grunge washed the 80s away and thank god that happened
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blahblah5
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cruise

cheers
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yep

lmao

hugs
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I graduated in '89 with big Camaro hair and a love for metal bands and parking lot parties.
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wtf is a parking lot party? a bunch of idiots getting drunk in a parking lot than drinking and driving? Yeah, sounds so cool bro.

It's time to cut your fucking hair bro, long hair on guys is so uncool in 2019 bruuuuh
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First of all, I'm a girl. Bruuuh

A parking lot part was before a rock/metal concert. No one was drinking & driving you idiot.




Right. Weed was what we did, not drink (at least in the parking lots before the shows.)

Haters gotta hate. :/

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No cell phones and very, very few computers....freaking GLORIOUS!!!


Goddamn do I ever miss those days.....verysad
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I had one of the first 80-486 DX2 computers released that year

$12,500 , including dot matrix printer and 1200 baud (!!) modem

(yes, I am very wealthy)
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and a bit egocentric?

chuckle

hf
LilMiss

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I dont care what anyone says. Things are better now. Better technology and medical care for everyone. Way less racism in general and more acceptance of people who once were chastised from society. You would have to be an idiot to think things were better in 1989 than now. Oldtards.

Everything is better in every possible way now. Stop watching TV, playing on your laptop and get outside.
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you are such a dumb ass if you truly believe the drivel you just wrote.
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Speaking out of the ass is more like it.

Not even born yet ( to even know what it is talking about.)

Nuff said.

hf

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JAPAN WAS BOOMING
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Smiles and cries.
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I think gas was less than 1$ a gallon...

And so was a pack of smokes (all before Clinton tax hike)
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Re: what was summer of 1989 like ?
a lil belinda carlyle mad about you on the beach , testarossa ferraris , girls in perms, women didnt put out as much , and people were more personable then everyone was more in contact ironcally , also when somone passed away it was a big deal , today its not so much planet to crowded i guess
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1989 was an amazing summer! I graduated high school. Stepped out into the real world. Good times!
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Cheesy (but cute) country song explaining it all.


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a lil belinda carlyle mad about you on the beach , testarossa ferraris , girls in perms, women didnt put out as much , and people were more personable then everyone was more in contact ironcally , also when somone passed away it was a big deal , today its not so much planet to crowded i guess
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The summer of '69 was the best ever, and also the time I first flew on a jet plane for about a 20 hour flight
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No cell phones and very, very few computers....freaking GLORIOUS!!!


Goddamn do I ever miss those days.....verysad
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 44883436


I had one of the first 80-486 DX2 computers released that year

$12,500 , including dot matrix printer and 1200 baud (!!) modem

(yes, I am very wealthy)
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69461627

and a bit egocentric?

chuckle

hf
 Quoting: LilMiss


His imagination is wild, they were only $10k and in today's dollars: 20K, but I have all the floppy disc w classified intel. :mao:
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Gilligan's Island on acid
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that’s pretty good.
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Re: what was summer of 1989 like ?
Well, I was attacked by my neighbors dog named Phillip Chang. Yes that was the dog's name. He proceeded to leap the dividing fence and chased me down before sinking his teeth into my false leg. He ripped my false leg off and began gnawing upon thee.

I then ran/hobbled inside and in a moment fueled by aggression and adrenaline, farted on my baby brother in his crib. This was the summer of 1989 in North Carolina.
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Well, I was attacked by my neighbors dog named Phillip Chang. Yes that was the dog's name. He proceeded to leap the dividing fence and chased me down before sinking his teeth into my false leg. He ripped my false leg off and began gnawing upon thee.

I then ran/hobbled inside and in a moment fueled by aggression and adrenaline, farted on my baby brother in his crib. This was the summer of 1989 in North Carolina.
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glassesoff :bow:
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would love to hear some stories from the UK
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Harold Chandler interviews
Baby Let Me Bang Your Box

Three Penny opera w sting

etc...BAM w John Cale and Lou Reed (rip)

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would love to hear some stories from the UK
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No one lived to tell, IRA, etc.





GLP