The 80s

9 people you see in Walmart after midnight

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I carry very odd hours. And unfortunately I live in a place where the closest place open near me after midnight is the local Walmart. Read more

“The Sex Offender Shuffle” is educational, rhythmic

It makes me sad when I see a video like this and it’s pretty clearly a parody instead of something real, but this is too well done not to share. A group of 1980s “sex offenders” in Miami admit to their crimes to the tune of the Super Bowl Shuffle…I mean, how can you not ... Read more

A collection of 1980s dating videos

There was a time before the Internet where, to meet new people for romance, men and women would, through a dating connection agency, put together videos of themselves to solicit replies from people. This compilation of single gentlemen looking for a lady to “have some fun with” is the finest thing you will ever see. ... Read more

The child abduction rap is educational

If I had a dollar for every time some stranger attempted to abduct me and/or pick me up like a bowling ball, I would have had enough money to run away from home and avoid all those problems in the first place. Kind of a paradox, really. But I didn’t have this important 80s rap ... Read more

Canada is good at the Internet

I think my favorite thing is old videos that were made entirely seriously but now take on a parody-ish type of tone. See, for example, this CBC (Canada) news report from the late 80s about the new “Internet.” I think this video stands on its own as hilarious, but I don’t think the video is ... Read more

Reminder: The 80s sucked worse than you recall

I mentioned this recently but it bears repeating…people have this sort of wistful look at the 80s like it was good. All it really gave us was AIDS and Muppets. For example, check out this awful scene from the movie Teen Witch. It really brings to mind that being “cool” is totally a subjective thing. ... Read more

The 7 most delightfully perverse toy commercials

As a child, there’s so much that goes over your head. For example, look at these seven commercials that you might not think much of as a kid that now seem a little, shall we say, off. Read more