Born in the eighties
Being born in the eighties I thought was definitely the right time to be growing up. Well at the time, you do don’t you. The benefits of being the younger generation is that those older ones around you are forever envious that they didn’t have what you have around when they were growing up and there is this feeling that you are ‘it’ right now. Well, twenty-something years later things have definitely changed. Growing up in the eighties was awesome: shell suits, frizzy hair in high ponytails, denim and leg warmers, just to name a few fashions of the eighties. Alongside fashion was digital technology; something which now teenagers of 2000 have the upper hand. Throw away your VCR and video tapes of the eighties and make space for a wall to wall collection of DVDs, preferably in Blu-Ray. Try selling your Super Nintendo or Game Boy on e-bay in exchange for a PSP3 or Wii; dream on. The teens of this generation have replaced the kids of the eighties, and we find ourselves being the older envious generation of all that’s available to them, especially in terms of technology. Gone are the days where you ring your best friends’ house, land-line to land-line, to ask if they want to meet you in town. The teens of 2000 instant message each other via black-berry messenger or msn to arrange their social lives. Social networking in the eighties consisted of physical photo albums of your friends’ birthday, and invitations to birthday parties. Thanks to Facebook and social networking sites, all communication has gone digital. The vast improvements and availability of technology is not necessarily a bad thing. This is all part of the ‘right here right now’ invincible feeling of being young. It reminds older generations of times past and keeps younger generations motivated that they have the most up to date gadgets and phenomena. What would be interesting is what the teens of 2000 will be envious of in twenty-something years time. They will be packing away their Blu-ray players and i-phones in a nostalgic sadness of what once was their time of digital glory.
On the bright side because of technology today Laser Tattoo removal is available to blot out all of our mistakes of the 80s!