I liked Stranger Things before it got popular.
And now I don't.
There's an irritating trend at the moment where kids born in the 90's/early 2000's seem to be obsessed with 80's pop culture references as if they're channeling some past-life 40 something.
Culturally, I loved the 80's. Even the really, really shit music, television and film had a certain charm about it. What I don't love is 20-somethings reminiscing on Cuntbook about how 'legit' Stranger Things is or how nostalgic it makes them feel, regardless of the fact that they weren't even alive in that decade.
I know that I shouldn't allow my hatred for these idiot children to dampen my enjoyment of what is an undoubtedly excellent television series. But it does, because I'm a grumpy cunt.
And personally, I think Mr. Robot did a far superior job with it's 80's pop culture references. It's also a much better television series, and mercifully under the radar for now.
(, Sun 23 Jul 2017, 10:41, Share, Reply)
Don't let the youth of today get you down
Know that you will always be morally and intellectually superior, and when you get older, you can get your own back on their lust for life by knifing their footballs when they come into your garden, and have them clean you up after you've soiled yourself in the old people's home.
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Sun 23 Jul 2017, 10:53,
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I'm hoping we'll have wiped ourselves out by then. But I'll take that as a consolation prize.
And what the fuck is with these scooters? And BMX bikes without brakes?!
Tits...
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It's not my fault that the intro music does such weird things to my genitals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RcPZdihrp4
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Sun 23 Jul 2017, 11:27,
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I enjoy listening to Colin Young's mix of 70s funk and disco.
But I should probably stop, since I'm not old enough to remember it properly the first time round, therefore am only capable of appreciating it in a really superficial, context-free kind of way.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sun 23 Jul 2017, 11:29,
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There's nothing wrong with enjoying music/film from an era you weren't around for.
The problem is with identifying with it like you were there the first time and getting all nostalgic about shit you never experienced first hand. Nobody that had to put up with cassette tapes actually wants cassette tapes back. They were shit.
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The ones who define popular culture for kids now grew up in the 80s.
If they will keep banging on about how great that decade was, how nothing of note has been invented since, and remaking and rebooting cartoon and toy franchises over and over, hardly surprising that the Young Uns start to buy into it all.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sun 23 Jul 2017, 11:40,
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But for the true 80s experience, perhaps all these dullards should stop using social media altogether, since IT DIDN'T FUCKING EXIST BACK THEN
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sun 23 Jul 2017, 11:49,
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You obviously weren't part of the cool group then..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEnie
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