This is the second of a 10 part series on the 80s being absolute crap. I think I should acknowledge something that was a little less crappy about the decade in each on of these entries. This will also allow me to stretch the title paragraph and make these things look longer... I mean, allow me to further express myself. So here it is: that video for "Take On Me" by A-Ha is kind of cool. On with the bashing.
The Ninth Worst Thing About The 1980s: Yuppies
I don't mean to imply that Christian Bale or American Psycho suck, in fact, they are both quite awesome. However, American Psycho is full of Yuppies, and the idiocy of the Yuppies portrayed makes the reckless murder that goes on a little easier on the palette. Yes, Patrick Bateman is a classic Yuppie himself, but since he kills so many he actually works out to be an asset to Yuppie/Non-Yuppie balance.
So what is a Yuppie? Yuppies were incredibly self-absorbed young businesspeople in the 80s that got rich as the economy TEMPORARILY boomed FOR THE VERY WEALTHY thanks to crazy-ass Reagan's ridiculous economic policy and Japan's financial emergence. These people went ape(expletive deleted) as they hit the world with their cash and lack of personal integrity. They drove ugly 80s-style cars, snorted coke in clubs while lame 80s music blared, played racqetball during lunch, exploited the middle class for personal gain and produced maladjusted children as they were too busy buying ugly cars/snorting coke/playing raquetball/f**king over regular people to raise their kids properly. If you dislike the the current direction of American culture, you can blame a lot of that on Yuppies, and therefore the 80s. I bet you're starting to wonder if Thriller was worth it, aren't ya?
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