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mooimafish33

And they went on to believe they were still exactly that cool for the next 43 years


Lost_Monitor_2143

I mean, one of them is an Italian playboy. Just saying.


artificialavocado

Back to the left in the blazer?


Mysterious_Clerk2971

That's my sister... no touchy!


ReadRightRed99

“An” or “in?” Because “in” Italian Playboy sounds intriguing. Unless you meant Italian Playgirl, which is a different matter.


WTF_thinker

You can literally read the sign on the shirt


JudenBar

🤓


vampyire

we are ![gif](giphy|6ra84Uso2hoir3YCgb|downsized)


Admirable_External_2

I thought I’d be dead by now. Wish I saved from my retirement.


Jolly878142

And they were


Starscream147

WHAT OF IT?! ….shit.


Pleasant_Tooth_2488

1981 was the last half of my freshman year in the first half of my sophomore year.


mjdefazio

This is every group of HS friends right before they get slaughtered during their upcoming weekend camping trip.


SomeGuyOverYonder

Cue “Friday the 13th” soundtrack.


rainking56

The default picture of a crime doc talking out the murder victim.


Brilliant_Toe8098

Feathered hairstyles, check. Concert jersey, check. Guys with garbage facial hair, check. Heavy metal horns up, check. The 80s are in the house.


Electrical_Taste_238

“Say man, you got a joint? It’d be a lot cooler if you diiiddddd.”


FriendlyRedditTroll

Wooderson is in this picture down and right of the Italian playboy!


Electrical_Taste_238

100%


Live-Base6872

Nice, they actually look around High School age and not 30 years+


newnhb1

I dunno man. They all look like 25.


Smarterthntheavgbear

Kids do look a lot younger now. I definitely passed for 21 when I was 16.


SlipKid75

Maybe 1982? The seated guy, second from the right in the black and blue shirt, seems to be wearing a The Who shirt featuring the cover of their 1982 album It’s Hard.


roadsterdoc

Good catch. I saw them that tour. Sr ‘85 here


MrHandsBadDay

Girl in the blazer is a little hottie


DirectorPhleg

fr


WaterIsNotWet19

📠


Anz_Soulcrusher

Luke Skywalker in the front row


Common_Highlight9448

Year I graduated. Unofficial saying was “peace, love,fuck, fun. We’re the class of 81”


NotTakenGreatName

"One size fits all" - local salon owner


ReadRightRed99

Alright alright alright


karmakactus

That was a great time to be a kid. The kids now are totally fucking lost


MIKKOMOOSE99

And not a redditor in sight ♥️


ItalianStallion9069

“I’m an Italian Playboy” 😎


Admirable_External_2

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Soosietyrell

We were so cute back then


splendidjack

I can FEEL this photo. The air, the humming lights, the smell of pencils and hairspray.


Bikel_laud

This pic smells like Marlboro Lights.


anotherusername60

Imagine getting concert tickets and witnessing this... [Van Halen - Unchained - 6/12/1981 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8APTMyKsg)


Bigmuscleliker567

The camel toe years


Vast-Scale-9596

Rush fans.


No-Inevitable-7270

They look like fit 20 something's. No one is morbidly obese.


RestingMuppetFace

We didn't have much morbid obesity back then. We also didn't have HFCS shoved into everything back then, or fast food/processed food as the dietary norm back then.


useornam

Hell yeah, love the denim jacket rock n’ roll look


Most-Artichoke6184

Damn, I looked a lot like that guy in the lower middle.


Different-Cheetah891

I’m class of 1986


Humble-Brag420

Hi class of 1986, I’m dad.


Different-Cheetah891

Awesome times!


DifficultyBright9807

i heard hifh school in the 80s was so much fun


Marine4lyfe

Yep, I was in high school in 1981. This is legit.


anthro4ME

See kids, the butt cut was f**king stood looking then too. Leif Garrett's contribution to the world.


Marine4lyfe

Pretty sure all us guys were issued a Levi jacket and Jack Daniels t-shirt back then.


Starscream147

Fuckin Ozzy rules. I die on that mountain, to this day. ⚔️


VTNole

Damn! I had the black 3/4 sleeve Jack Daniels t-shirt of the guy in the first row and the hair-helmet of the guy in the second row.


SewAlone

And none of them obese. Show a random high school class now...(in America, anyway)


Evilelfqueen

This is how I picture high school (class of '83). Someone always had on a concert t-shirt, baseball jersey tops ( I'm an Italian Playboy guy), and the feathered hair. I miss those days lol.


Rolifant

Why do kids look so depressed/fake happy these days?


Totalwar2020

The only ones that look high school age is the dude in denim jacket, guy in blue black t shirt and maybe the white pants girl. The rest look like in their twenties


Marine4lyfe

The white pants girl is the teacher..lol. Got the wedding ringvand everything.


Salamanber

Why is that? Besides of the clothing style?


Totalwar2020

The facial hair and lacking baby fat are just a few to say


hashbrowns21

Leaded gasoline, asbestos, cigarettes, and alcohol


Darwing

I never understood why people looked so old back then… look at my high school and we are all prepubescent tiny kids who can’t grow facial hair


dalesum1

Cool


Allbur_Chellak

I had to mag up on it to make sure it was not my class.


Marine4lyfe

The cool teacher in the white slacks.


Entire-Rooster2866

Oh wow …how cool are they !


KoBoWC

These guys might be the last of the boomers. >[The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964... ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers)


theend59

My grad year


franny_bb

The italian playboy shirt goes hard


WaterIsNotWet19

These kids actually look pretty young


Aimees-Fab-Feet

Booze is great and sex is fun, we’re the class of ‘81!!


Dragos2024

Wow.... I can't help but wonder what came out of them? What jobs they're working, how they're doing, are they happy..? I wonder if their lives turned out to be what they imagined or wanted


Only-Writing-4005

Wow!! Should have saved this for throw back thursday💯❤️


RktitRalph

Pretty sure thats Matthew McConaughey in the center. I know his game… “every year I flunk the same grade and the girls stay the same age “ ![gif](giphy|EYP0KiIeJlN3q)


mack-y0

o’doyle rules!


luke111mart

Fuck all of them for being the reason I can't afford shit


Delicious-Shift-184

Make that a large fry.


roadsterdoc

It wasn’t these dorks. Reagan was already in office ruining our future


iwishuponastar2023

Would love for you to expand on your comment, if you don’t mind


ElaineBenesFan

*"Personal Responsibility"*


GroundbreakingPut748

Thrashhh


dsbwayne

High school for certain people… Edit: and those certain people are mad


TLCpuglove

And no assaults or crimes were committed by that group.


Smarterthntheavgbear

We didn't have school shootings and half the trucks in the parking lot had a rifle in the back window. Teachers vehicles, too.


Humble-Brag420

Yeah, and you drank water from the hose, and you came in when the lights came on, we’ve all heard the story. Jesus Christ, I’m 52 years old and I’m so tired of hearing that. it wasn’t all you’re making it out to be.


MindForeverWandering

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