If there's anything better than looking back at '80s technology [1], it's wondering what text messages would have looked like in the decade of Dirty Dancing and Pac-Man. Thanks to a Twitter hashtag that's gone viral, we don't have to wonder anymore, and can just laugh instead.
I died of Dysentery #80sTextMessages [2] #TheGoldbergs [3] pic.twitter.com/248s13vy4a [4]
— The Goldbergs (@TheGoldbergsABC) January 8, 2015 [5]
Don't you hate when you drop your cell phone and it breaks... your foot?! -- #80sTextMessages [6] pic.twitter.com/ZI8hMHwnJK [7]
— Anthony Tafoya (@AsalamaTweetum) January 7, 2015 [8]
Wearing my B.U.M sweatshirt & Jordache jeans to the mall tonight.......so rad!! #80sTextMessages [9]
— Fish Daddy Cupcake (@fishdaddy37) January 8, 2015 [10]
Wanna meet at the arcade after school? I'll totally kick your @$$ at Frogger! #80sTextMessages [11]
— Just A Girl (@foxyhedgehog77) January 8, 2015 [12]
Will call u later. About to find out who shot J.R. #80sTextMessages [13]
— Just Kevin (@kzone8) January 8, 2015 [14]
I love my Sony Walkman #80sTextMessages [15]
— nom (@NommieNom) January 8, 2015 [16]
Have you seen Pac-Man's graphics? Insane! #80sTextMessages [17] pic.twitter.com/8Os1hTqzzS [18]
— IGN (@IGN) January 8, 2015 [19]
The Golden Girls is the best show ever! @HashtagShenani [20] #80sTextMessages [21] pic.twitter.com/qQMZjYVZI1 [22]
— Mark Manning (@THEmarkmanning) January 7, 2015 [23]
Do you have any Aqua-net? I think my hair is falling! #80sTextMessages [24] pic.twitter.com/j4rORLSMnJ [25]
— Rick Clements (@ClementsRick) January 7, 2015 [26]
"He's a total fox." #80sTextMessages [27] pic.twitter.com/4Sknmjc3Cx [28]
— Zoosk (@Zoosk) January 7, 2015 [29]
Does my mullet look big in this?? #80sTextMessages [30]
— David Doran (@DavidDoran73) January 8, 2015 [31]
Loving this dusty rose couch and glass coffee table! #80sTextMessages [32] pic.twitter.com/mEt10vV9Sw [33]
— Homesnap (@Homesnap) January 8, 2015 [34]
Just finished hanging up all my Brian Bloom posters #80sTextMessages [35] #TeenBeat [36] pic.twitter.com/d7FpowxPPM [37]
— julie felder (@juliemfelder) January 8, 2015 [38]