I don't know if the '80s were unique, but we certainly got original, groundbreaking stuff at the time with movies like 'Back to the Future' and 'Star Wars' - movies that became classics.
I was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative decade for me.
A river of words flowed between us.
I was watching a collection of vintage '80s cereal commercials when I paused to wonder why cereal manufacturers no longer included toy prizes inside every box. It was a tragedy, in my opinion. Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.
...now that everyone could vote from home, via the OASIS, the only people who could get elected were movie stars, reality TV personalities, or radical televangelists.
For one quarter, Black Tiger lets me escape from my rotten existence for three glorious hours. Pretty good deal.
I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.