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1980s

80s synth-pop

Someone turned this Karen video into an ’80s synth-pop song

Though the source incident took place in 2018, we can't think of a better tune for 2020.

On Aug 17, 2020 by Stacey Ritzen

Internet Culture
Document about "satanism" from 1989 over flames

All hail these 1980s Satanic Panic documents

:metal horns emoji:

On May 7, 2018 by David Britton

Internet Culture
Hands holding Jenny's 867-5309 number next to Erik's 7 day weather forecast

Weatherman jokes the week’s highs will be 8-6-7-5-3-0-9

A weatherman's homage to his favorite 80's song caused a bit of confusion for some people.

On Jan 5, 2018 by David Britton

Internet Culture
Ludo plush toy from the movie Labyrinth

If you’ve always wanted to hug Ludo from ‘Labyrinth,’ now’s your chance

Ludo has friend!

On Apr 17, 2017 by Colette Bennett

Dot Recs IRL
Labyrinth worm plush toy

Now you can finally hug the cute little worm from ‘Labyrinth’

Never go THAT way!

On Apr 11, 2017 by Colette Bennett

Dot Recs IRL
Labyrinth board game

Relive the reign of the Goblin King with the ‘Labyrinth’ board game

Dance, magic, dance!

On Mar 28, 2017 by Colette Bennett

Dot Recs IRL Nerds

Here’s some amazing raw footage from the world’s first furry convention

Furries have been meeting up for longer than you think.

On Oct 16, 2016 by Miles Klee

Internet Culture
retrowave vaporwave text generator aesthetic '80s

Everyone’s going crazy for this totally rad ’80s text generator

Put your weirdest ideas and references into a retro lasergrid, for some reason.

On Oct 5, 2016 by Jay Hathaway

Internet Culture

Rewinding to the ultracool ’80s for a glimpse at our sleek, neon future

Now this is an aesthetic.

On May 9, 2016 by Luke Winkie

Internet Culture

Fox’s viral marketing for ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ includes 1980s 8-bit arcade games

The X-Men franchise's viral marketing efforts are still on point.

On May 4, 2016 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Internet Culture Parsec

This ‘Simpsons’ couch gag is an awesome homage to 1980s action cartoons

Animator Steve Cutts pushes it to the limit

On Jan 8, 2016 by David Britton

Internet Culture

Teens react to classic hits from the ’80s

'Oh The Cure! My dad has a bunch of their albums!'

On Nov 5, 2015 by Christine Friar

Streaming

Taylor Swift’s 25 best ‘1989’ World Tour duets

You never know which member of her squad will show up next.

On Aug 25, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

Streaming

Taylor Swift OKs ‘1989’ for Apple Music

It'll be a win for her fans.

On Jun 25, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

Streaming

Apple concedes defeat to Taylor Swift in fight over Apple Music artist payments

There’s gonna be no more bad blood.

On Jun 22, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

Tech

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