I prefer the 80s. I'd go back in a heartbeat.

I'd like my 80s body back....no wrinkles, no gray hair and no aches and pains! Lol

I was 12 yrs old and watched Back to the Future in the theater. It was so awesome back then compared to now. I really miss the good days ..

The 80's were definitely one of my favorite decades.

I graduated from high school May 6, 1985. I was 17... what a time to be alive!! Thank you for this one

Puts things in perspective for sure......I was a kid in the 80s, but would still prefer to go back there (or the 90s, 2000s or even the 10s) rather than now

The problem isn't that prices have remained similar when accounting for inflation. It's that inflation steals the purchasing power of any accumulated wealth. So while bananas may be a few cents cheaper when adjusted, the $1 you saved in 1980 has the equivalent purchasing power of like 50cents.

$30 back then was like $100 today.

My aunt gave me a Sony Walkman with radio and cassette for Christmas in 1985. That same year she gave my mom (single mom by then) our first microwave I was still using the Walkman at college in 1990. I had no idea she had spent that much for it back then! Thanks Aunt Carol, for the gift of music where and when I wanted to listen to it, and the microwave. Things sure seemed to last longer back then. That microwave didn't die until 2005!

Definitely the 80’s for sure! I was 80’s kid and really loved that period of time! Miss it a lot!

A gallon of gas was under a dollar back in the late 90's. Smokes were almost as cheap. 9/11 and 2008 home loan ripoff gave them authority to constantly raise prices for no reason, not only that, but offering less and less as they raise prices. The only people who didn't notice were the politicians who were tasked to actually notice.

Remember 90s riding around in cars just for fun. gas was only $1. A used car was $500

Man I miss the 80’s, I was born in the 70’s, so being a kid in the 80’s was AWESOME, miss it a lot

The prices are a great memory. Man the 80s were the best of times for me.

We didnt have the reclining leather seats, beer or better sound when we went to the movies in the 80s but one thing we did have was good movies compared to the bad movies today. I havent had the desire to watch a new movie in yrs.

So many good movies came out in 1985

1985 was just here yesterday, or so it feels anyways

I have 2 big memories from the mid 80's. We had a neighbor where all the teens hung out, he had a garage and body shop at home. He helped us all keep our car's running. He told me once it wouldn't be to many years before we would be hanging our TV's on the wall like pictures. I remember I responded to him by saying, Mike, I think you have inhaled to many fumes. lol He's gone now over 20 years, but so many memories there. And I was at work when a friend called and ask what I was doing after work. I said I had to go to the bank and make a car payment on my 78 Trans Am. She said her mom who lived right around the corner from me, banked at the same bank, and needed a ride to make her last house payment. I will never forget, my car payment was 80 ? something a month, and she said, boy it sure feels good to pay off this 30 year loan and have that extra 50.? something a month. Time changes everything. She's long passed now, but her house in the area where it is would market today for 250,000 or more.

I graduated in 1984! I loved the 80s! ❤

Went to a Alice Cooper concert in 1986 my ticket was 18 dollars. Bought my first home in 1989. A three bedroom block home for 40 thousand dollars.

Fun Dip, a bag of sugar, eaten with a sugar spoon lol. Somehow we lived. People are so uptight today. We just enjoyed life back then. No internet to scare you.

I need to find a flux capacitor kit for my car to go back to the 80s and get stuck there asap. I still sit around and reminisce by listening to 80s pop and movies, it was a whole different world back then and people were a lot more stable. I also remember smoking in stores and parents could ask strangers to babysit and nothing weird would happen.❤

I still buy Stamps, I get a roll and it takes me about 3 years to use up the roll

I met my wife in 1985, and graduated college in 1986. Our first movie was Back to the Future. This video really resonated with me.

My goodness, a cell phone for over $9,000?! That cost more than most cars for sale at the time. I couldn't even imagine. 😬

Please, bring back the 80"s😊😊

I still prefer the 80's! I've just learned to accept this! 🙂 Thank you for another great video!

Even if something is cheaper now as adjusted for inflation, the thing is, back then you bought it and that was it. A big purchase like a tv but then just use rabbit ears, no huge cable bill. You bought a computer and computed, now you have a big monthly internet bill. So many more month to month charges nowadays is how they get us.

Garbage Pail Kids were the highlight of 1985 for me. Used to get them from the Good Humor van. Good times...Garbage Pail Kids, a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar and a packet of Fun Dip!

Ahhh..... summer of my senior year in high school. I really appreciated going back to a better time and taking a trip down memory lane. 😊 Thank you my friend.

I graduated High School in 1985😁A lot of great times back then😃Now I feel old🤣ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

Graduated in’85. Life then was much more simple. I prefer the simple life over today.

Candy bars didn't make the list they used to be like 50cents

I was a kid in the 80s. I do remember 25 cents for chips. And literal penny candies!

Gas is around $5 here in California. I used to live here in 1985 too and remember it was around $1 then.

I remember 85 like it was yesterday, can't believe how long ago it was, almost 40 years ago...unbelievable

I miss the 80s the simple life back than. Love and still listen to the 80s music.

Last film I saw @ the movie theater was Maverick, TopGun. Haven’t gone since then, everything has become JUNK.

Going back to 1985 from now, would be more than going back to 1955 from 1985, like in Back to the Future!! How crazy is that!

I bought an all digital microwave in 2007 on sale for $45 at Walmart and I still use it regularly. Electronics is the one advantage where greater length of time lowers the cost.

Rhett, I enjoyed your comparisons of 1985's prices as compared to 2024. This really was enlightening to see the differences of prices. I remember when you could buy five or six bags of groceries and now you'd be glad to buy two or three for the price now. Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎

Appreciate the conversion statistics. Problem is the wages didn't keep up with the prices. (nor social security for seniors)

Ten bucks for a Michael Bolton concert? That's ten bucks too much, man.

tape/8 track players had been a common factory option in cars since the 1960s and in some instances lasted as an option as late at 2010 such as the Lexus SC430 coupe/convertible

1980s were hopeful and fun even if you were a broke college kid, which I was. It was a better time too because no one was glued to a cell phone. I'd give anything to go back to 1985!

Debbie just hit the wall, she never had it all. One prozac a day, husband's a CPA. Her dreams went out the door, when she turned 24. Nothing, has been, alright since.....

Definitely prefer the 80's over today. Any decade before say 1999 actually.

I know it was in 1986 but I still remember holding hands with complete strangers with the Hands across America movement. My buddy had albums full of garbage pail kids cards. Bet he wishes he still had those seeing how much some are worth.

You can get a microwave now for alot less, but I guarantee, you will make up the cost in the long run. Consider yourself lucky if it lasts a year. My mother bought hers in the 70"s and it was still working when she passed in 2016.

My local grocery sells bananas for .99 a pound. Where does any retail outlet sell them for .58 a pound!?

I remember 85, I was more than half way through what was a 22 year career in the USMC and they sent me on recruiting duty starting that year. It was a miserable time because I hated recruiting but, even with 3 years of that, I'd take the 80s back over today anytime.

Graduated HS in 85. It was a great time.

I remember when gas was .96 a gallon and value meals at McDonalds were $5.

I miss the80s. Best time ever to grow up in.

The Sony Walkman had a $59.99 model nobody could keep in stock.

I honestly don't know how we afforded anything in the 80's $500 for a VCR $500 for a fax machine $500 for a microwave $3000 for a home computer $15 for 2 x 5.25" floppy discs $2000 for a camcorder the size of beer cooler that you had to rest on your shoulder and shot in 140P resolution. $400 for an after market tape deck for the car and $40 for a ticket to see Michael Jackson during his Thriller tour, which I refused to pay because it was such an obscene amount to charge for a concert ticket. Regrets, I've had a few.

The 1980’s was one of the greatest decades this country ever had and you’re lucky if you experienced it. The infamous 1970s was a utopia compared to today.

I graduated in 85!! Give me the 80's all over again!!!

I put on my rose colored glasses & have fond memories of the 80s. It would be nice to go back to visit, but I wouldn't want to relive the whole decade.

Lol at 3:06 Eric Stoltz in BTTF!

The electronics were ungodly expensive back then. Stereo systems , televisions, etc. Shadoe Stevens has old Federated (remember them?) commercials on his YT channel. The prices back then were out of sight. $8 for a blank VHS tape. 😂 They also sold the stereo components separately, so by the time you got a complete system, you were broke.

Yeah, you probably won't get a hernia picking up that new TV today. But you can bet your ass you'll be back in the store in less than 2 years picking up another one.

I think the 1980s were a blast new forms of entertainment and it was a much simpler time. Thanks Rhetty for bringing back all the great memories!

I graduated in ‘85….. that cost me 13 yrs of my life!!!!😮

Good Morning Rhett 🙋🏽. This is a awesome video. Thank You for inviting me to watch ‼️❤️

Thanks 😊❤for the walk down memory lane Retty

Things change so fast, especially technology. It’s fun to look back and remember how amazing we thought technology was back then. Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺

The 80’s were the last great decade.

I’m an early GenXer, and I remember the gas lines, the hostage situation, government cheese, and Reaganomics. I’ve even been binging The Beverly Hillbillies the last week or so. So as bad as it was, I loved that time. I would rather live now, but be young enough to enjoy it, while at the same time have all the knowledge and experiences growing up as a GenXer. Younger generations don’t seem to want to learn from those that came before them.

Well... At least the price on Cabbage Patch Kids has come down... Ugh.. 😂😂 Thank you for another nostalgic trip back to the greatest decade ever my friend! We are the last generation to appreciate a lot of things that most will never understand. It was an awesome time to be a kid, and it has made us who we are today. God bless...

I graduated high school in 1985 boy do I miss those days

You brought back sweet memories, when you showed “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”. I was 4 years old when it came out, and I still love that movie to this day! ❤️ It’s just sad to know, that with how popular Pee-wee was, Paul Rubens only made 5 million dollars.

What people don't know is that there was a vibe in the air back then and things just felt better

I lived near a used record store. It was awesome. I found some great old albums

From 1983 - 1985 I was traveling around the U.S. teaching stock brokers how to use the IBM PC and they either loved it (my fellow baby boomers) or loathed it (the older, richer brokers)! Worse, I had to teach them how to use Word Processing and make spreadsheets (this was long before Microsoft Office). I do remember showing them how to get news, and we watched LIVE the space shuttle explode on TV. I was certified in DOS 3.1 and there was no such thing as click and drag. I was in my early 20's back then. Had the time of my life!! Oh, and back then, I drove a Subaru coupe, in orange, and not the AWD version. It broke down a lot.

Cell phones and home computers were around back then, but I didn't know anyone who had one. I think they were used mostly in business.

The TVs and microwaves were made in the USA. That accounts for the higher price.

Like to have these prices back lol

I graduated high school in 1985. I remember making around 3.50 an hour working in fast food. That translates into about 10.00 an hour today. Hard to believe that so many people work at that rate now trying to pay bills and raise a family. The world was so different back in 1985. We still lived in fear of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Thankfully, we survived that Cold War but I'm not so sure about the one we have now with China and Russia. I'd love to go back to 1985 armed with the hard-won knowledge I have earned over the past four decades and do it all over again.

Important point is wages did not keep up with inflation, I drove truck in all my life till retiring in 2021 making 75K at year and in 1985 was making 45K a year so they got us on wages, when comparing prices needs to also consider this point...Much easier to raise a family in the 80s...

We bought our first vcr in the late 80s. It was $400 (CAD) Had to put it on the Sears credit card. My husband also bought one of the first digital cameras for about $700 . That camera was so awful. Obviously the technology wasn't quite there yet. We ended up returning it. Bought a better, less expensive one a couple years later. The latest amd greatest is always ridiculously expensive. Once it becomes popular and mass produced the price becomes less prohibitive.

I still use stamps

My play list is all 80! I was 19 in 1985 and would go back without hesitation!

I was a musician in the 80's. Such a great era . The music was awesome

$5 an hour wasn't a bad rate in 1985.

That yellow Sony Walkman sport could not be beat!

I remember back in 1985 getting a carton of milk during school lunch for 5 cents. I transferred to another elementary school across town that same year and they were already charging 25 cents! Inflation smacked me right in my childhood FACE!

Anybody that was there knows, the air was sweeter, the sun shined brighter and people got together all the time. Damn I miss it.

I sure do miss my GEO METRO. Back then in the 90s, you can fill the gas full of $6.

Man ill never forget the first time i got to use my moms friends toaster size mobile phone 😅 another great Rhett. Cant thank you enough 👍

I love how your channel has become one of my favorites. Thanks for the memories Rhetty!@

The new home price here for 1 part of a fourplex is 2 million and the house I live in is over 6 million. I had a friend that bought his house in the 1960's for $5,000 and when he passed the same house sold for over 4 million.

I had graduated High School by 85. So the toy stuff was for my niece that was born that year. I remember thinking $35 for a stupid doll was Highway robbery. Seems like my father got one for her. I remember my first cell phone though was in the early to mid 90’s. It was the bomb to drive around town with a phone in the car. James Bond stuff in our 20’s mind. The biggest thing I miss from that time is fuel prices. Man if I could diesel for that price today, I could make a killing in the trucking industry

NES came out in 1985 at $149.99 Great Content as usual!👍🏻🇺🇲 I would go back to the 80's personally.

One of the movie theater's we used to go had bargain matinee for only a few dollars, and there was a second theater that the old run movies just before being pulled and they were only a quarter. Take me back any day.

I was two in 1985, but I still remember the 80’s very fondly and well. The world was a simpler and better place. @4:30 I also had that exact Walkman in the mid/late 90’s as a teenager, I used it to listen to mixtapes as I did my yard jobs. It’s a trip to see one again!

I think that things were more optimistic and people had more fluid assets to just buy whatever they wanted without having to worry about soul crushing debt.

I'll take the 80s more fun.

80s. All they way. Didn’t need a screen in my face to be happy unless I was going to the movies. Which back then was like a even you’d look forwards to