Not that long ago, before everything was digitally stored in the cloud and available in real time, we used paper, film and retro devices and it wasn't all that bad.
Children of the '80s and '90s pretty much learned everything they need to know from TV. (It was basically like a third parent.) Besides "very special" sitcom episodes, one of the major ways we learned about how to say no to drugs and avoid "stranger danger" was from public service announcements.
I was reading this blog by a colleague of mine about those awesome fast food "collectible" glasses that were given away in the 80's, this was big at McDonald's for instance, and it spawned a flurry of memories of all the things I collected in the 80's from these glasses to other things you'd only collect in the coolest decade in history!
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Ahh...childhood. Every generation can tell you what the best shows, games, music, movies, and pop culture events were cool when they were growing up. So for my own personal enjoyment, I'm telling mine.
I was born in 1980, so I had the privilege of being a true 80's (when neon colors were cool-the first time around) child.
At my house, dinnertime around the table is a great example of when the ki