{"id":2550,"date":"2011-12-06T16:49:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2012-02-12T12:26:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T12:26:11","slug":"pop-culture-in-the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/pop-culture-in-the-80s\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Culture in the 80s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2822\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Pop-Culture-80s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pop-Culture-80s.jpg\" alt=\"Pop Culture in the 80s\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pop-Culture-80s.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pop-Culture-80s-160x127.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pop-Culture-80s-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pop-Culture-80s-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"alignright\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1609637348681190\";\n\/* SKOOLNEW-w-pop-culture-300x250 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"9055042088\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the 80s popping plastic bubble wrap and having computers were hip and cool. You knew who metal mickey was and you could identify who shot JR but not the person who kidnapped Shergar. 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