When you were a kid, did you have an idol or someone you looked up to who, by today's standards, was not exactly the paragon of virtue you had them made out to be? Someone who nevertheless shaped your subconscious' understanding of what "cool" truly...
When you were a kid, did you have an idol or someone you looked up to who, by today's standards, was not exactly the paragon of virtue you had them made out to be? Someone who nevertheless shaped your subconscious' understanding of what "cool" truly is?
I'll go first...
When I was a kid, I thought this was the height of womanly sophistication:

I think "Solar Flair" was just the inevitable by product of a subconscious stuffed full of Duran Duran videos and feathered bangs...
So what's your dirty little secret? Did you aspire to one day be hip enough to push up the sleeves of your blazer and slide across the hood of your corvette each morning? Did you fight over which of you got to name your Barbie "Chrissy" when you played Three's Company? Do you still think Jennifer on WKRP is hot? (don't get me started about them losing the music rights to that show in syndication. grr...)
How has 70s and 80s pop culture warped your understanding of the world today?