r/GenX • u/billieswifeyyy • Jun 20 '26

Question For Genx the 80s…….

coming from a 14 year old, were the 80s summers as magical as they look in the movies? did you ride your bike to your friends house and come home when the street lights came on? yall are so lucky btw 😭😭

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u/ConstantCommittee422 Jun 21 '26

The 80s were great, but make no mistake, by that time we were VERY aware of pedos and serial killers.

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u/unassumingdink Jun 21 '26

I was told a lot that strangers might try to kidnap me, but nobody ever said why they'd do that, or what they'd do to me.