User blog comment:LondonDauntlessCorvair963/Why the Past is Way Better./@comment-26929881-20140930121848

I'm not going to answer all of them, but I will say a few things:

First, my parents were around and fully aware of the late 60's, and much more the 70's, so when I hear the 80's, it's almost like 2000 compared to 4 years ago; whereas it was sort of a tipping point in a lot of areas, like 2000 was tech stuff, well the 80's was also a start of what some would call "immorality" in many ways. That's another discussion.

Second, I agree with you on Reagan, but that still didn't help the 80's in somethings.

And gas isn't 4 bucks here in VA, much more like 3 dollars. And my mom and dad remember when it was more like 30 cents a gallon.

And The Princess Bride is epic, yes.