When sony introduced the walkman, I remember one Rosh Yeshiva railing against bachurim who walked around all day “with those keilim in their ears”.
Buying a roll of subway/bus tokens to get to yeshiva because I was 1/10 of a mile to close to the yeshiva to get a bus pass.
When my parents bought a new car that came a cassette player. Boy, were we cutting edge.
The olympic boycotts.
Mike Eruzione (captain of the 1980 gold medal usa hockey team) telling president carter, “sir, I’m no hero, I’m just a hockey player”.
The Miller Lite commercials (taste great, less filling – especially the one with billy martin and george steinbrenner)