15 Things Only People Born in the '80s Will Remember
We can still hear that dial-up tone now ...
If you're a 1980s baby, you know what life was like before the Internet and cell phones existed. But, real talk: You were probably too busy listening to New Kids on the Block and picking out the most colorful trapper keeper to care. If that sounds like your childhood, you'll totally relate to all of these memories, too.
Buying $5 "The Baby Sitters Club" books at the mall.
Or Goosebumps if you were really brave.
Wanting to be Winnie Cooper from "The Wonder Years."
Who didn't try rocking bangs with a headband at least once?
Listening to that annoying Dial-Up Internet tone.
It goes a little something like this ...
Carrying around Trapper Keepers at school.
And if you were really cool, it was Lisa Frank with rainbows and unicorns.
Watching the TGIF lineup every Friday.
Somehow, staying home to watch Family Matters and Full House was the highlight of your week.
Blowing dust off of a video game cartridge.
It was alway the solution to any gaming problem.
Listening to music on a bulky Walkman.
Yes, there was a time before those white earbuds existed.
Saving homework on Floppy Discs.
Which are not just the "save" icon in Microsoft Word, despite what kids these days think.
Dying of dysentery playing The Oregon Trail.
And having a secret fear your might get it in real life, too.
Arguing with friends over the cutest member of New Kids on the Block.
Don't worry, there wasn't a wrong answer.
Singing along to the "Reading Rainbow" theme song.
"Take a look, it's in a book, a Reading Rainboooowww."
The extreme stress of Dot matrix printer paper.
One little slip up and you'd have to start all over again.
Nailing your friend's arm with a slap bracelet.
It resulted in such sweet satisfaction — until your teacher saw and took it away from you, that is.
Rocking out to tunes on your Pocket Rocker.
Nothing was more fun than listening to the two same songs over and over again on your Fischer-Price player — though, in retrospect, it probably drove your parents nuts.
Knowing every John Hughes movie by heart.
And watching at least one Molly Ringwald flick at every.slumber.party.
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