Now that the early eighties is 30 years ago, it's obvious the 80s is now the "parents"/middle aged generation. Today's young adults were only born then, the youngest adults weren't even alive then. A 40 year old today was a mere 9 in 1980 and still only 19 in 1990.

When will the 80s (gasp) slip into being OLD PEOPLE time? You know, the time people in nursing homes nostalgize about? Personally i think, by the time, that we get there, old age will be more like 75-80 upwards rather than 60 or 65 like now. So someone born in 70 will be 75 by 2045, so i would say by the 2030s, the 80s will be a time associated with senior citizens.

2040. Just a guess.

Typically, when the music found on the oldies station disappears altogehter. For the '40s generation, there were still lots of big band/swing/standards on the radio until the early '90s. The '50s generation became "grandfathered" around the mid-00s when the last '50s oldies disappeared from mainstream radio. Currently, the '60s (not quite late, hippie-era '60s) are on the "bubble" between the parents and grandparents time; music from that decade (especially pre-1967) is starting to disappear from oldies station. Another sign is when the interest in "antiques" of that era is more important than just the "general nostalgia" is another factor; look at the '50s today and people usually look for antiques like vinyl 45s, furniture, clothes rather than simply watch I Love Lucy reruns. I'd say around 2035 or so for the '80s. When a decade starts to be referred to as "antique" as opposed to just "vintage", that's another sign.

But the bottom line is that late Generation Y and early Generation Z are the main generation that views the '80s as simply "parents time". An early Yer born in the early-mid '80s got a glancing blow of the real '80s and generally see it more as their "big brother's/sister's time".  Likely it will be late Generation Alpha and Generation Beta (4 after X, 3 after Y, 2 after Z, and 1 after Alpha, generally born in the late 2020s and 2030s) that will see the '80s as the "grandparents' time".

In my day it cost a whole quarter to play a game of Ms. Pacman!

What's a quarter?

Who's Ms. Pacman?

Mom, can we teleport gramps into the fifth dimension again, he's embarrassing us!
:P

ohh my god this is ages!!!! yeah 2040s would make 1980s the grandparents time :p

ewwww i'll be 46 in 2040..... 1990s generation would become middle aged people that suxx

In 2040,I'll be 66.

  It's depressing.  Change the subject...

   It's depressing.  Change the subject...


Yeah,I know,change the subject and move on to something else to discuss. ::)

In 2040 I will be 89  :o

In 2040 I will be 89   :o


Will you be a grandparent by then?

Will you be a grandparent by then?


I was born 1988, so in 2040 I will be 52 so I guess I could be a grandparent!  :(

   It's depressing.  Change the subject...


:)

I was born 1988, so in 2040 I will be 52 so I guess I could be a grandparent!  :(


In 2040,I'll be 66 which is my Mother's age.

   It's depressing.  Change the subject...


Ray Liotta is known for playing bad guys in movies

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When will the 00's become the Grandparents time?

When will the 00's become the Grandparents time?
Comparing decades now?

When will the 00's become the Grandparents time?


probably like, in the 2050s?  ;D

probably like, in the 2050s?  ;D


Yeah,it sure looks like it.  ;D

When will the dorkadecade-ology dimwits stop asking subjective questions?

Your answer is in the question, genius.

They'll never stop, and speaking of Never Stop, it is a fantastic song from 1983 by Echo and the Bunnymen ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAP7B8ltO5M