The 80s is an interesting funnel for shared monoculture. Modern enough to be relatable today, distant enough to serve as a canvas to project all sorts of person

The 80s is an interesting funnel for shared monoculture. Modern enough to be relatable today, distant enough to serve as a canvas to project all sorts of personal bias onto. Personally I love the 80s lore and I think I loved the 80s as it happened as much as anyone can love something while still being inside it. It was just so palpably on the verge of so many things, the Cold War ending, (violently or peacefully, it was obvious it was going to end!), technology promising so much without the downsides being a reality to deal with, and the downsides projected in dystopia sci-fi were still cool downsides, not the mindnumbingly dreary, boring dystopia we create for ourselves now with FB, China and its ilk.