#80s porch

[vintagehomecollection]

Better Homes and Gardens: Stretching Living Space, 1983

#vintage #vintage interior #1980s #80s #interior design #home decor #living room #fireplace #cabin #shag rug #brown #beamed ceiling #loft #mid century #wicker #porch #California #style #architecture #myfavorites

[digitalfossils]

#80s #MS-DOS #village #trees #porch #vaporwave #beautiful #aesthetic

[compacflt]

When it comes to historical research, do you research for things that DON'T exist? For example, foods that are common now but didn't exist in the average American restaurant or grocery in the '80s or '90's? Words, phrases, and entire concepts that are commonly accepted today but unheard of to the average American when Mav and Ice were at Top Gun?

Your writing is so unbelievably good.

not really because I don't care about food, I care about the literary device that is "taking communion." i.e. it doesn't matter what they eat, it only matters that they're eating together, for the plot.

And, okay, showing my little-kid bias, but was there actually stuff in grocery stores in the 80s/90s that wouldn't be there today/vice versa? brands might change, like okay Pringles might not exist but you still have potato chips; and obviously specialty stuff like what you find in your average Asian market might not be commonplace, but, like, were the 90s all that different from today, American-food-wise? its my assumption that they weren't, but I also wasn't alive in the 90s, so. Um, ectocooler Hi-C, maybe? that's the one 90s food I know.

attitudes of course are what change. today's concept of being so QUICK to publicly label sexual identities would be extremely foreign, for instance. obviously people did label their sexualities in the 80s & 90s, people were definitely calling themselves bisexual and such, but probably not the people ice & mav would be hanging out with, in the Reagan-era navy. which is what my fics are about. that's the whole point.

and, also, COMMUNICATION changes. I have never used a payphone in my whole life so I actually have no idea how they work. but they were ubiquitous "back then," and lend themselves to amazingly interesting conflict (omg I don't have enough change to call my boyfriend maverick who's mad at me!!!) which is why I lean on payphones so much in my writing. honestly, im gonna be real, the invention of the cell phone makes telling stories about miscommunication so much harder. instant-speed communication would make certain stories less interesting, which is why a lot of horror movies default to the "no cell service" trope to isolate their characters, or why some teen dramas have the characters reject cell phones on principle (Alyssa or James having a phone in 2017's "The End of the F***ing World" would solve most of their problems, which is why Alyssa smashes hers in the first five minutes and James basically says he views them as a cancer to society--if they had phones the story would be boring, so the writers took away their phones).

I also feel like people used to treat society differently "back then," i.e. Going Out was much more of a thing when there were 10 channels on TV and no one had cell phones, so you Went Out and had drinks & met strangers & interacted with general society to an extent im not sure we do anymore. So that experience is way more fun to write about in the 80s than today. (u can't see me but im seething with jealousy over ppl who were born in ~1965)

idk. im not sure I did a great job reproducing the zeitgeist of the 80s/90s in my fics, bc I wasn't there to have knowledge of what they were like. I got most of my presupposed knowledge about that time period from reading Calvin & Hobbes anthologies as a kid. oh well.

#I actively avoid talking about the aids crisis as much as I can for instance #that is certainly A Can of Worms. #a massive omission in my fics to be sure. but... not one I want to touch. #these characters would be judgmental and homophobic about it I fear. #btw I stole a bunch of stuff from teotfw for my fics #Carole asking ice if he actually wants maverick or if he just goes along with things is directly ripped from s1e02 #favorite tv show of all time #top gun #edts notes #from Calvin and Hobbes I gather most people in the 80s were obsessed with hostess snacks like Twinkies etc. #and dieting consisted of chainsmoking cigs on the front porch #bloom county was also a truly informative comic strip re: my 1980s cultural education #just the way characters like opus/Steve/binkley talk for instance #people in the 80s just talk different from the way they do now #fun to try and replicate even if I can't put it into words #my god I love bloom county #my birthday is tmr I will finally be old enough to legally drink in the US 😋 #thank u for the ask 🥺

[cafffine]

was with my grandma today she’s 86 and we walked 8 miles on foot and she was fine. she just wanted to go somewhere she could order a beer to ��cool down’ she’s going to outlive me genuinely

#she still lives by herself and drives a porche in san francisco and travels to a new country every year and ???? 86?? #maybe this is very normal but I only have one other grandparent and he’s 80 living in a nursing home with intensive aid #double shot

[themyscirah]

Wait omg..... Jessica Cruz probably did rifle... my specialized sports knowledge coming in CLUTCH

Okay so I barely practiced and made it to regionals like once so im NOT the expert here but uh headcanoning that Jess did air rifle when she was a teen. Like idk if it would be as part of a team like with a high school (what I'm familiar with) vs like an individual thing vs like a travel/competitive team (it depends on the sitch in her area growing up) but she definitely went to some national matches (probably including JOs/JO quals like i think she was GOOD). I think she probably would have quit competitively following a bad shot at nationals (relatable) along with anxiety about competition (ALSO relatable) but still kept up with shooting casually for fun and relaxation and to hang out with friends etc.

She definitely would have shot smallbore competitively too but I never did that bc I was lazy so idk to much abt it competitively

#and by bad shot i mean a 0 #it hurts me to even think abt doing that during a match actually esp at fucking JOs #a girl on my team did that and im sure it was devastating (we never let her live it down after too) but like dang. i feel that pain #im just saying she would vibe sooooooo hard with rifle. like canonically they just said she did it but im talking air in particular #also in the panel they said six which first off. humphries bro thats TOO young ik youre trying to be impressive but youre talking abt rifle #here. if someones let their kid have a gun at 6 theres actually smth wrong with them. and not even a bb or smth wtf #ANYWAYS you guys haveeeee to understand this. jess would go so hard for rifle she would fit right in w every competitive shooter ive ever #met istg- #she would be out there on the porch 35° weather in full gear mid match crying w the rest of us it would be great #wait wait shoutout to the time i had to get smth from my car and there were like 4 ppl out there crying during the middle of standing #like i literally FEEL THAT SO HARD (weve all been there) but also like... awkwarddddddd #4 is an unusually large amount though. normally its like 2 ppl at a time first relay. with more 1st relay ppl crying after than during #gosh rifle omg this is making me miss it #<<<<freshman/sophomore me would kill me for saying this btw. i HATED practicing so bad then omg #OH and Jess would be a kneeling girlie. fave position. why ? bc i said so shut up #no but bc its my favorite position (yes i know its the worst okay. im aware of all the reasons kneelings sucks and why everyone hates it. #but you know what? kneeling hates everyone equally and i respect that) no but uh yeah ✌️✌️✌️✌️ #top 10 posts that are 80% jargon and only i care about 😘 #anyways this is canon to me now actually #like idc what you say she was down in the trenches (the range) w the rest of us #also ik she almost certainly would have shot paper but in my mind she practices mainly w electronic bc thats what i used (even if its super #uncommon and is only used at the nice ranges) if she was super competitive she would probably have driven to shoot electronic. lets just say #there was a paper nearby and an electronic scoring range a bit farther or smth #anyways yeah #WAIT OMG SHE DEFINITELY MET HER FRIENDS FROM HER BACKSTORY THROUGH RIFLE #and the dating drama too omg rifle drama was INSANE. like i was almost always out of the loop bc i never practiced and didnt have snapchat #but like the drama was INSANE. fucking wild. at least to my nerdy ass self. so her relationship drama makes total sense now okay babe fr #jessica cruz #blah

[kply-industries]

#animated gif #animated gifs #gif #gifs #old advertisements #old ads #retro #vhs #cars #porche 911 #911 #ducktail #nyoom #80s

[captainjonnitkessler]

I am lazy in a very specific way wherein mixing 1600 pounds of concrete by hand seems like less of a hassle than just renting a concrete mixer would have been.

#in my defense . . . it is. technically! less hassle. it's just also physically much much much harder #BUT i didn't have to drive 20 minutes to home depot for pickup and dropoff and learn how to use a mixer. so that basically cancels out righ #the bag of concrete mix: we recommend if you're using more than one bag you use a mixer #me loading 20 80-pound bags of concrete mix into my car: ah i'll be fine #nonetheless! the pylons for my porch have been poured

[guerrilla-operator]

Melvins // Candy-O (The Cars cover)

Candy-O, I need you Sunday dress, ruby ring Candy-O, I need you so Could you help me in?

#melvins #ozma / gluey porch treatments #candy-o #sludge metal #hardcore punk #grunge #metal #punk #80s hardcore #80s metal #tunes #audio #favorite songs ever #cover #the cars #Spotify

[aquilacalvitium]

The more time I spend on social media, the more I want to spend my off days sitting on a bench in the park knitting and staring at birds instead

#aquila thinks #maybe not knitting specifically but a similar hobby that i can spend a lot of time on and carry around easily #i saw a craft club at my local library and my mum told me that most people who'd go are older folk who would likely just chat and knit #but i'm not lying when I say that's what I want #old folk tell the best stories and a hobby like that sounds like something i need #i would gladly sit around with the 70/80 year old folk and discuss neighbourhood gossip #those old men in deckchairs on their porches got it right #i'm only 22

[lancehenriksen]

FanExpo New Orleans, Jan 5-7, 2023

Via Robert Patrick on Instagram

#lance henriksen #lance himself #nonrole #age:80s #year:2024 #Lmao if this was on the 7th - and I think it might be- then he’s exhausted in this photo #the night of the 6th he was talking about how he wanted to just be back home having a smoke on his porch and then just crash into bed #I told him on the 7th that even if con staff didn’t think it had been as busy as they hoped that I knew it had been busy for him- #- & said I knew he was exhausted. and he leaned a little closer as was like “😩 I am 🙃” #Robert posted an extremely unflattering picture of him with everyone at the airport and I feel so bad about it bc lmao he was just so tired #Rob you didn’t have to do that to that old man akdhdjdjd #I guess I’ll tag this #lance stories

[vintagehomecollection]

Large double-pane windows along the southern frontage of this enclosed porch... let winter sunlight strike the floor, which serves as a thermal mass. At night the floor releases its heat to warm adjoining rooms. Eye-level windows open to admit breezes; an overhang helps shade the windows during the warm months when the sun travels higher in the sky.

Better Homes and Gardens: Stretching Living Space, 1983

#vintage #vintage interior #1980s #80s #interior design #home decor #porch #windows #terra cotta #tile #antique #door #house plants #bungalow #modern #bohemian #style #home #architecture

[driftnoob3]

Im really proud of this, I did it cuz I didnt had any other ideas, to see if I could get one while doing this

#cars #shit drawing #art #porche #911 930 #Porche 911 Turbo #80's #the widowmaker

[lucyvsky]

ok lied about going to sleep immediately earlier because i needed to send my irls kenstewy edits and then i got a minor bout of tinnitus AND THEN one of my irls who i miss SOOOOOOOO bad but its hard to contact her texted me out of the blue. world so beautiful and sleepy

#I MISSED HER SO BAD SOOOOOO BAD ACTUALLY i need to see her over break or i’ll die come back from your ivy league #putting it into the universe we need to be WEIRD together and sit on my porch in the dark like we’re 80

[neaverse]

@siriuslyfuxkoff and I are engaged. What about it?

#i think I've found my soulmate #let's grow old together #buy a cottage #and sit in rocking chairs on our front porch #while reading marauders fics and crying our eyes out #let's not forget about writing tho!! #we're gonna be 80 and write marauders fics #maybe they will all get a happy ending by then? #Rhea<33

[ailinu]

aw man, nothing makes you want to have a casually-playable instrument on hand like hearing someone else with one, huh

#my neighbor across the street was out on his porch with a guitar this afternoon #'casually-playable' in like. it's easy to just kind of whip it out and have a little music #alas you cannot catch me dragging an 80-lb harp out onto the porch #(if you've stopped by a harp practice stream though: thank you. i love you.) #it's not that i want to learn guitar necessarily #so much as i miss the part of being younger where there was regularly music around. you know? #my sister plays guitar and we used to just hang out sometimes and sing stuff #it scratches a little bit of a different itch than singing along to things (even though that comes close) #anyway! enough melancholy on main let's have a fun fact: #our pride and joy (my sister and mine) is a christmas carol mashup we created several years ago on a whim over the course of an afternoon #17 carols. several key changes. one point where i have to put the capo on her guitar between chords to make it work. #several song transitions are done for the joke #sections of it are slightly inaccessible to me now as i've lost part of my upper singing range due to not using it #bonkers time that we now revisit annually

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

MELVINS MERCH SPOTTED IN FAR-ASS ENGLAND -- IN THE UKHC SCENE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Rob "Mid" Middleton of UKHC/UK crust punk band DEVIATED INSTINCT, rocking what looks to be a "Gluey Porch Treatments" MELVINS tee, c. late '80s.

This is notable 'cause MELVINS were still a truly underground band at this point, and the fact that their merch made it across the breadth of the entire U.S., and then, across the Atlantic, is pretty impressive. I also wonder how Mid was able to get a hold of it, and if he was really digging on those then slower, heavier, weirder American sounds.

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/539165386617844543.

#Rob Mid Middleton #Rob Middleton #80s hardcore #Heavy punk #UK crust #UK crust punk #DEVIATED INSTINCT band #Third Wave UK punk #Punk photography #UK hardcore 1985-1989 #THE MELVINS #MELVINS band #Band Tee #80s punk #Guitarist #Gluey Porch Treatments #MELVINS Gluey Porch Treatments #UK punk #Grunge #DEVIATED INSTINCT #Hardcore punk #80s hardcore punk #UK hardcore #Punk gigs #80s #Sludge #Crust #Sludge Metal #UKHC #Punk rock