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This is a topic from the The 1980's forum on inthe00s.
Subject: Similarities and differences of 80s to NOW
Written By: prodigy on 03/17/04 at 05:15 p.m.
What are some similarities and differences from the 80s to now, or something equivalent
For an example:
Nintendo-Xbox
Subject: Re: Similarities and differences of 80s to NOW
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/17/04 at 05:39 p.m.
Similarity:
The president is a sock puppet for big business and his administration are a bunch of war-mongering scoundrels!!!
;D
Similarity:
We have squandered the national largesse on tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and corporations.
Difference:
In the '80s, serious economists (not Milton Friedman's Chicago crackpots) believed Supply Side Economics wouldn't work. Today the trickle down theory has proven itself a fraud!
Difference:
Reagan knew what was going on, but acted like he didn't.
Bush acts like he knows what's going on, but doesn't!
Subject: Re: Similarities and differences of 80s to NOW
Written By: Paul_S. on 03/18/04 at 10:37 a.m.
Reagan was an idiot, but at least he had the excuse of being an old man that was suffering from alzehmiers disease. To give Reagan some credit though, he at least came across like he knew something.
Now President Bush Jr., well he's just a flat out moron. He's not even running the country, Dick Cheney and the rest of the Neo-Cons are.
Subject: Re: Similarities and differences of 80s to NOW
Written By: wildblue on 03/18/04 at 10:52 a.m.
I think everything's different ::)
Subject: Re: Similarities and differences of 80s to NOW
Written By: stingr22 on 03/18/04 at 03:17 p.m.
Now for an opinion outside the soapbox... ;D
Similarites: Lots of 80s songs are being remade by today's artists.
Differences: then - ear peircings (double, triple, on guys, etc.)
now - body peircings (nose, lip, eybrow, nipples, etc
Similarities: then - U2
now - U2
Similarities - retro sneakers
Differences - They were $20 - $30. Now they're $80 - $100 >:(
Subject: Re: Similarities and differences of 80s to NOW
Written By: eightiesfan on 03/19/04 at 06:41 a.m.
the price of a candy bar
then - .25-.30
now - .50
Subject: Re: Similarities and differences of 80s to NOW
Written By: Mr_80s on 03/19/04 at 11:26 a.m.
Here is a big one that incorporates both:
80's: Punk rockers all over Hollyweird, with outlandish spiked hair and safety pins through their noses, cheeks, eyebrows, ears, and the like.
Now: Punk rockers all over Hollyweird, with outlandish spiked hair and piercings through their noses, cheeks, eyebrows, ears, and the like.