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[-] Hubi@lemmy.world 167 points 5 months ago

Whenever people think they know what a specific decade was like that they didn't live through, they think all the furniture was brand new and just bought from a catalogue. In reality you have a style mix of at least 2+ decades at any point in time.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago

My house has stuff from like 8 different decades in it right now lol

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

You maybe should put great great great grandpa in the ground by now, he's starting to smell.

[-] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Nah, they have stuff that'll be the style in future generations, they're a trend setter.

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[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Don't call g. g. g. grandpa "stuff"!

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 17 points 5 months ago

You're pretty much stuck at whatever style was cool when you're 20-30ish. So your parents are probably stuck at around the time you were born.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 months ago

Yep. People underestimate how much money you can save by just... not buying new furniture. Thrift shops and hand me downs from elderly family members downsizing make up the overwhelming majority of the furniture in my house.

Do I sometimes wish I could have a different style? Sure. Do I want it bad enough to spend hundreds of dollars on it? No.

The only exceptions is stuff you rest on. Chairs, couches, beds. Don't skimp on those or your body will hate you even more than usual.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Do I want it bad enough to spend hundreds of dollars on it? No.

You're off by at least one order of magnitude. I went to a furniture shop recently and shit's expensive, yo.

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[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 136 points 5 months ago

Left was definitely the case for most Taco Bells:

[-] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

I want more Taco Bell pics from the different decades, this is fun

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Late 80's:

Mid 00's:

Demolition Man:

[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago
[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

They should bring back that little mascot.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

People would accuse them of racism if they did that today.

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[-] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Demolition Man was excellent

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

I don't think that 80s pic is right. The prices and drink fountain, plus the signage all feels too modern. Maybe the chairs are left over, but I'd like to see a pic from the 80s. I can only find 90s when searching online.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Newer pic, definitely. They just hadn't updated the interior. Best I could find quickly. Here's one from 82, but clearly a custom rather than corporate level consistent interior:

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Now that looks 80s!

[-] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm pretty sure the breakfast menu is really recent. This article seems to back me up on that thought

https://www.businessinsider.com/then-and-now-taco-bell-menu-changes-2021-6?op=1#in-2014-taco-bell-officially-launched-its-breakfast-menu-nationwide-8

Edit: oh, yeah. Look at the cars on the left side of the 80s pic lol

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Late-90s, early-2000s McDonald's was peak.

Dollar menu. Pokemon toys. Some has N64 play areas.

[-] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I wish corporate companies would go back to these styles. The bench’s and stools bring back so many memories. T-Bell in my area had plants up on that ledge up top

There was a McDonald’s in a nice part of town that had a big ass fish tank in it too

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 77 points 5 months ago

The first picture is what the mall looked like lol

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

Pretty spot on for the skate rink in my town, if the carpet was black with neon blobs and squiggles.

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[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago

I remember a lot more of those stick-on glow in the dark plastic stars, if nothing else.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 9 points 5 months ago

Everywhere. Living room, bathrooms, heck even McDonald's booths. Those little barely glowing stars were all over.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

How did those fall out of style

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[-] Ballistic_86@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

How dare you take a picture of my grandparents house! Have some respect for the dead.

It is funny how the 80s/90s were portrayed in media. Crazy colors and styles. The reality is everything was brown and was purchased/furnished in the 70s.

[-] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 7 points 5 months ago

Big differences between fashion aesthetic and average Joe's home decor. There was certainly a bit more subtlety to it than what media boild it down to.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 29 points 5 months ago

So people think the '90s looked like the '80s, but they actually looked like the early '70s?

Weird.

[-] moody 28 points 5 months ago

People think the 90's looked like the mall, but really they looked like Meemaw's house.

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[-] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago

The 90s are to now as the 60s were to the 90s.

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

Fuck you. 60s are still 30-40 years ago damnit!

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Yes grampa I know, now can you eat you pudding cup

[-] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago

I want a go-gurt, damnit!

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago

Wood paneling everywhere. Rooms, cars, everywhere.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 months ago

And not even the good wood paneling, it was the grain-printed stained plywood shit that everyone used in the late 70s/early 80s.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 5 months ago

The left image only existed in the form of an arcade, and it wouldn't have been so brightly lit.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The left image existed in the home of wealthy people, or their kids', living in trendy, high end, neighborhoods. The black and white minimalism, and the Memphis School style, was out there. It was in Manhattan penthouses, and LA hills mansions.

[-] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I'm glad someone pointed this out. Left is 90's arcades, bowling allies, skating rinks, and a few malls. The right is at home.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yup! The picture on the right is exactly how all of my friend's parents houses looked. The picture on the left reminds me more of public spaces in the 80's. In the 90's everything was grunged out after grunge took off.

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah early 90s had a lot of the “big hair” and clothes we call 80s as well. Decades have a about a 5-year lag time, give or take

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[-] AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

Where did you get that picture of my childhood dining room?

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[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

The one on the right is what my grandma's dining room still looks like. Exact chairs and all.

[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

The 90s only looked like that on film sets and at rich people's homes.

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

this jpeg looks like it's been making the rounds since the 90s

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

What people thought: California

What actually: Ohio

[-] Macropolis@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Why was that dinning room table fucking everywhere back in the day!!! That looks like my grandma's house in the 90s. Wth.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

Who tf thinks the 90's looked like the 1st picture... I WISH the 99's looked like that!

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