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Subject: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: youngerderek on 03/30/11 at 5:06 pm

Now that the early eighties is 30 years ago, it's obvious the 80s is now the "parents"/middle aged generation. Today's young adults were only born then, the youngest adults weren't even alive then. A 40 year old today was a mere 9 in 1980 and still only 19 in 1990.

When will the 80s (gasp) slip into being OLD PEOPLE time? You know, the time people in nursing homes nostalgize about? Personally i think, by the time, that we get there, old age will be more like 75-80 upwards rather than 60 or 65 like now. So someone born in 70 will be 75 by 2045, so i would say by the 2030s, the 80s will be a time associated with senior citizens.

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: 80sfan on 03/30/11 at 5:17 pm

2040. Just a guess.

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: yelimsexa on 03/30/11 at 7:34 pm

Typically, when the music found on the oldies station disappears altogehter. For the '40s generation, there were still lots of big band/swing/standards on the radio until the early '90s. The '50s generation became "grandfathered" around the mid-00s when the last '50s oldies disappeared from mainstream radio. Currently, the '60s (not quite late, hippie-era '60s) are on the "bubble" between the parents and grandparents time; music from that decade (especially pre-1967) is starting to disappear from oldies station. Another sign is when the interest in "antiques" of that era is more important than just the "general nostalgia" is another factor; look at the '50s today and people usually look for antiques like vinyl 45s, furniture, clothes rather than simply watch I Love Lucy reruns. I'd say around 2035 or so for the '80s. When a decade starts to be referred to as "antique" as opposed to just "vintage", that's another sign.

But the bottom line is that late Generation Y and early Generation Z are the main generation that views the '80s as simply "parents time". An early Yer born in the early-mid '80s got a glancing blow of the real '80s and generally see it more as their "big brother's/sister's time".  Likely it will be late Generation Alpha and Generation Beta (4 after X, 3 after Y, 2 after Z, and 1 after Alpha, generally born in the late 2020s and 2030s) that will see the '80s as the "grandparents' time".

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/30/11 at 10:34 pm

In my day it cost a whole quarter to play a game of Ms. Pacman!

What's a quarter?

Who's Ms. Pacman?

Mom, can we teleport gramps into the fifth dimension again, he's embarrassing us!
:P

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: fredrickthe94guy on 03/31/11 at 6:16 am

ohh my god this is ages!!!! yeah 2040s would make 1980s the grandparents time :p

ewwww i'll be 46 in 2040..... 1990s generation would become middle aged people that suxx

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Howard on 03/31/11 at 6:40 am

In 2040,I'll be 66.

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Davester on 04/01/11 at 5:31 am


  It's depressing.  Change the subject...

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Howard on 04/01/11 at 6:27 am


   It's depressing.  Change the subject...


Yeah,I know,change the subject and move on to something else to discuss. ::)

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: danootaandme on 04/01/11 at 6:32 am

In 2040 I will be 89  :o

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Howard on 04/01/11 at 6:34 am


In 2040 I will be 89   :o


Will you be a grandparent by then?

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: 80sfan on 04/01/11 at 10:51 am


Will you be a grandparent by then?


I was born 1988, so in 2040 I will be 52 so I guess I could be a grandparent!  :(

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: 80sfan on 04/01/11 at 1:26 pm


   It's depressing.  Change the subject...


:)

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Howard on 04/01/11 at 7:23 pm


I was born 1988, so in 2040 I will be 52 so I guess I could be a grandparent!  :(


In 2040,I'll be 66 which is my Mother's age.

Subject: Ray Liotta plays a great bad guy

Written By: whistledog on 04/01/11 at 11:53 pm


   It's depressing.  Change the subject...


Ray Liotta is known for playing bad guys in movies

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Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Howard on 04/02/11 at 6:20 am

When will the 00's become the Grandparents time?

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/11 at 6:23 am


When will the 00's become the Grandparents time?
Comparing decades now?

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: youngerderek on 04/02/11 at 6:40 pm


When will the 00's become the Grandparents time?


probably like, in the 2050s?  ;D

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Howard on 04/02/11 at 7:09 pm


probably like, in the 2050s?  ;D


Yeah,it sure looks like it.  ;D

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: Midas on 04/02/11 at 7:38 pm

When will the dorkadecade-ology dimwits stop asking subjective questions?

Your answer is in the question, genius.

Subject: Re: When will the 80s become the grandparents' time?

Written By: whistledog on 04/02/11 at 7:55 pm

They'll never stop, and speaking of Never Stop, it is a fantastic song from 1983 by Echo and the Bunnymen ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAP7B8ltO5M

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