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Signs that the 1980s revival has gone too far

Posted: March 18th, 2008, by Stan Tontas
  • skinny trousers
  • massive asymmetrical hair. (We didn’t ban CFCs because of the ozone layer…)
  • banks collapsing
  • house prices falling
  • stock market crises
  • Chinese government crushes citizens with tanks
  • Your pal sells 10 copies of Class War‘s magazine in under two hours.
  • Rambo in the cinema

Any more?

Posted: 03|18|08 at 9:11 pm. Filed under: lists, rants and stuff.
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Stan Tontas

Stan lives in Glasgow.

2 Responses to Signs that the 1980s revival has gone too far

  1. Simon Proffitt
    March 23rd, 2008 at 12:59 am

    The phenomenon of Rick Rolling.

  2. Stan Tontas
    April 1st, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    My God that’s bizarre and had completely passed me by. I guess this is what I miss out on through the magic of NoScript. Makes the internet such a quieter and more civilised place :)