Those of you who have visited this site before probably recall my absolute disdain for the era in which I grew up: the late 80s and early 90s. You know how people often look back to the 1950s, 60s and 70s and reminisce about how great things were? How good the hockey was? How music was so much better than this Taylor Swift-Ariana Grande crap we have to put up with today? I didn’t mind it in my childhood era that much when I was living right in it, but looking back, my God, were those days brutal. It wasn’t so much that we didn’t have all the technological advances that we have today, and we had to, you know, talk to one another rather than text 280-character messages to everyone we’ve ever met, but that so much of what was pop culture back then has not aged well at all, from the music, to the popular TV shows, to the fashion, it was almost all absolutely horrible and now feels embarrassingly dated. Here’s a brief rundown of some of the crap I remember from the late 80s and early 90s in case you’ve forgotten or been living under a rock. Take a whiff at this cheese:

Yes, I know there is now a Fuller House, but that still doesn’t make it right.

Would you ever see anything that looked this bad today or in any other era other than the 1980s?

If anything, this was a real hands-off outfit.

Can’t you just smell the Parmesan?

I’m sorry, but even a kick-ass band like Pantera couldn’t pull this look off, not then, not ever.

By the way, it took about five minutes of “research” on Google Images to find these photos. Imagine what I could have found if I had spent a couple hours looking?

I know what you’re thinking: today’s celebrities, television and fashion aren’t much better. In fact, they might be worse. Nowadays we are bombarded with Kardashians, Donald Trump tweets, antivaxxers, Gwyneth Paltrow “health tips”, and Drake “music” almost non-stop, but at least these aforementioned people would have the decency to exercise their better judgement and not approve a hockey card like this:

Wow! (or should I say “Dude!”?)

Like all of the previously presented faux-pas, this here card has not aged well at all. Doing the “moon walk” on skates is never a good look, not to mention the nonchalant “ain’t I cool” look complete with sunglasses and…

Wait a minute, is that a rat tail?

Seriously, a freakin’ RAT TAIL?!

So yeah, the next time you’re feeling nostalgic for the days of Alf, George H.W. Bush, and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, just take a look at Mr. Sapergia here and be thankful this this bygone era will never, ever be back.