If you swooned over LL Cool J’s I Need Love, hid under the covers while watching Poltergeist, or boogied to the jam doing Da Butt (the 80’s version of twerking, mind you), than you are definitely an 80’s baby. We grew up in a time when there didn’t seem to be a care in the world because everyone had the Don’t Worry, Be Happy attitude. You could don neon-colored scrunchy socks, throw your hair in a banana clip, and be the ultimate queen fashionista. Ahhh . . . nostalgia! Don’t you sometimes long for those throwback days? Check out this list and see if you can identify with these signs of growing up in the 80’s.
1. You waited all day just to hear your jam on the radio so you could record it with a cassette tape.
2. You know who Radio Raheem is.
3. You wanted to be a goonie . . . and eat rocky road ice cream.
4. You rushed home to see the latest episode of The Cosby Show every week.
5. You rocked neon-colored biker shorts.
6. You blew into your Nintendo cartridges just for them to work.
7. You could barely contain the excitement about getting a new trapper keeper for the upcoming school year.
8. You loved the aroma of a brand new scratch n’ sniff sticker.
9. Swag consisted of sporting the latest L.A. Gear or British Knight sneakers.
10. One of your favorite movies was The Last Dragon, and you couldn’t wait for Bruce Leroy to show Sho’ Nuff who truly was “the master.”
11. Wax on, Wax off meant more than cleaning up the kitchen floor to you. It was the profound teachings of Mr. Miyagi to his protege Daniel Son in The Karate Kid.
12. The phrase “Salt and Pepa’s here” meant more to you than the arrival of seasoning at the dinner table. It was your fav female rap group!
13. Oregon Trail was technology at its finest. You were super pumped to play during class time at school.
14. You wore huarache sandals, and you had them in white and brown.
15. This was your idea of a 3D movie.
