Ok, maybe Gen X didn't "ruin" the 1980s (most of them came of age back then), but they did get to enjoy its spoils.
Listening to the golden age of rock, playing the golden age of video games, and watching the golden age of TV, young adults in the 1980s had it all... and they kept it for themselves! The '80s aren't called the "decade of greed" for nothing, and no generation since has enjoyed the fun and freedom it allowed.
Here are 20 photos of Gen X "ruining" the 1980s, even if they don't know it yet.
1
Posing
"On her dad’s Dodge Charger Daytona,” late 1980s.
2
Open Flame
House party chaos in the ‘80s.
3
A Flea Market
Near the beach in 1983.
4
Playing With Lawn Darts
Suffield, Ohio, 1980s.
5
Personalized Baseball Shirts
Gifts from grandma in the early 1980s.
6
Spring Breakers
Palm Springs, California, 1980s.
7
Childcare
Baby in a box, 1980s.
8
Halloween
Brick layer and his bricks, 1981.
9
Not a Phase
A goth student in the 1980s.
10
Christmas Morning
Gifts in the 1980s.
11
Dorm Studying
University of Georgia in the late 1980s.
12
"We Can’t Handle It"
An amateur photographer in the 1980s.
13
Pool Party
Stacks of 1980s kids.
14
A Dude and His Plane
A jungle airstrip in Belize, Central America.
15
Wagon Life
Kids in 1980.
16
Playing Gameboy
After school fun in the ‘80s.
17
Arcade
How you spent a Sunday in the 1980s.
18
Muscle Bound
Fit in the 1980s, with a Camaro.
19
Sewing
At the dinner table in the ‘80s.
20
Mall Shopping
A man in the ‘80s.
