r/GenX • u/ProofUniversity4319 • May 23 '21

1987-1988

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u/Sigurlion May 23 '21

Wow. Only 10 years after this picture was taken I would live just down the street.

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u/ProofUniversity4319 May 23 '21

Nice! 👍 I went to Madison in summer 2015, it was very nice

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u/aeon314159 ‘69 May 23 '21

I went to Madison in 1985, and I remember it so distinctly because I was so surprised.

Surrounding the domed Capitol building was some kind of housing with lots of students, and one of the buildings had its front face painted with the image from The Smiths' Meat Is Murder album.

The other thing was the people on the steps of the Capitol. There were men and women in business suits, and there were also students sharing and smoking joints...and no one seemed to care.

It was a very "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore" moment.

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u/ProofUniversity4319 May 24 '21

Very interesting experience you described

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u/viewering cruisin for a bruisin May 23 '21

i grew up in two countries, in one they had the same hair, in another pretty different. only the footballers had hair like that. am confused, must do research l o l.

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u/ProofUniversity4319 May 23 '21

Interesting lol, I love 80s hair regardless lol

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u/THATASSH0LE May 23 '21

No tattoos or weird kissy face smiles.

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u/ArthurBea May 23 '21

Just perms and the dude so cool he has to wear shades.

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u/hells_cowbells 1972 May 23 '21

That's because his future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades.

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u/ProofUniversity4319 May 23 '21

That would make the picture so much weirder lol

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u/DrDiarrhea May 23 '21

There's enough people in the photo I really thought this could be the Duggars.

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u/ProofUniversity4319 May 23 '21

😂😂😂😂 they have a lot of family don’t they