1986: The Year of Unrelenting Awkwardness
This was the year that defined the 80s. It was the year that made us all question our life choices. The year that made us wonder if we should have invested in more hairspray.
The Top 5 Events of 1986
- The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, because that's exactly what we needed, more war.
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- Microsoft buys a bunch of software, because that's exactly what we needed, more Microsoft.
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- Apple introduces the Macintosh, because who needs a functioning computer, anyway?
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- The first mobile phone is released, because we all really needed to be able to make calls in our bedrooms.
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- Top Gun is released and everyone starts wearing aviators, because that's exactly what we needed, more eye problems.
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And that's just a few of the many awkward events that made 1986 the year that will be etched in our collective memory as the most regretful.
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