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EternamD t1_je2nwgp wrote

Reply to comment by pessimistic_platypus in Phoebe Cates 1980s by steroidamoeba

Exactly. "1979 had a good photo but 1980's was better" something like that

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AppreciableAppendage t1_je3x7hl wrote

Pop quiz:

Everyone remembers the 1980's hairstyles were poofy.

or

Everyone remembers the 1980s' hairstyles were poofy.

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EternamD t1_je41asz wrote

Second one is correct, although the first would also be correct if the "the" was removed

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punkassjim t1_je43wl4 wrote

It would be grammatically correct, but factually incorrect. The real poofy hair was closer to the late ‘80s. 1980 proper featured mostly 1970s styles. Disco and Charlie’s Angels were still a thing, so the fashionable hair was more flowy than poofy.

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AppreciableAppendage t1_je443pw wrote

Well, yeah, I was focusing more on the punctuation than the fashion haha. When was it feathery?

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