No other decade brings as much joy, as much humor, as many interesting hairdos and clothing choices, as our ultimate favorite: the '80s.
Folks are getting through their Thursday work day with a little help from Twitter, where the hash tag #IfThe80sNeverStopped has inspired many to remind us of what life would be like if we all suddenly woke up this morning to find a can of Aqua Net on our nightstands and the words "mint" and "tubular" in our heart of hearts.
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Let's take a trip back in time, shall we?
If it were still the '80s, this adorable little guy would fill us with joy (every evening at 5 p.m. EST, right before The Facts of Life):
#IfThe80sNeverStopped we still wouldn't know what Willis was talking about. pic.twitter.com/ZVM1ljpsPR
— Menace Hopper (@HopperMenace) February 19, 2015
Taking selfies of our huge hair wouldn't be so easy:
You'd use your really huge cell phone to take a #selfie of your really huge hair #IfThe80sNeverStoppedpic.twitter.com/NBhcPAUJYX
— Wix.com (@Wix) February 19, 2015
Ugh. No comment (sniff, sniff):
#IfThe80sNeverStopped The ugliest thing we'd know about Bill Cosby was his taste in sweaters. pic.twitter.com/9KM9JUMgMI
— Kevin Gnome Alone (@BigManOut) February 19, 2015
We wouldn't have to deal with that horrifically depressing Nationwide commercial, for one obvious reason:
#IfThe80sNeverStopped Nationwide couldn't have killed that kid, because he wouldn't have been born. pic.twitter.com/mVi7dPIp6o
— Peyton's Head (@PeytonsHead) February 19, 2015
Google's home page would look just a teeny bit different:
This is what #Google Search would look like #IfThe80sNeverStopped. http://t.co/H1kA2AiOicpic.twitter.com/UbBLrxQLgu
— TekSavvy (@TekSavvyBuzz) February 19, 2015
We'd all be crushing on Mario Lopez and wearing high-waisted jeans (oh, wait, some of us are still doing that):
#IfThe80sNeverStopped I would be wearing the exact same high-waist skinny jeans I'm wearing now... pic.twitter.com/0X7bfEfVWV
— Her Campus (@HerCampus) February 19, 2015
Aqua Net would likely do more than keep our bangs standing straight up:
#IfThe80sNeverStopped Aqua Net would have destroyed the ozone a long time ago pic.twitter.com/TlrIKczD66
— SiriusXM (@SIRIUSXM) February 19, 2015
The men in our lives would be making us these:
#IfThe80sNeverStopped this would still be a way of telling a girl you like her. pic.twitter.com/pgWfSN7utZ
— Gareth_Trueman (@Gareth_Trueman) February 19, 2015
And we'd have to rewind them this way:
#IfThe80sNeverStopped we would still be rewinding tapes like this. pic.twitter.com/zMIPreB8tn
— Gareth_Trueman (@Gareth_Trueman) February 19, 2015
And, of course, Johnny Depp would be everyone's crush and not a pirate who just married a girl born in 1986:
#IfThe80sNeverStopped I would still be plotting my marriage to Johnny Depp pic.twitter.com/yXkSUxVJFF
— Her Campus (@HerCampus) February 19, 2015
What do you miss most about the '80s?
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