As a Gen X parent, it's weird to try to describe my childhood to my kids. We're the generation that didn't grow up with the internet or cell phones, yet are raising kids who have never known a world without them. That difference alone is enough to make our 1980s childhoods feel like a completely different planet, but there are other differences too that often get overlooked.How do you explain the transition from the brown and orange aesthetic of the '70s to the dusty rose and forest green carpeting of the '80s if you didn't experience it? When I tell my kids there were smoking sections in restaurants and airplanes and ashtrays everywhere, they look horrified (and rightfully so—what were we thinking?!). The fact that we went places with our friends with no quick way to get ahold of our parents? Unbelievable. One day I described the process of listening to the radio, waiting for my favorite song to come on so I could record it on my tape recorder, and how mad I would get when the deejay talked through the intro of the song until the lyrics started. My Spotify-spoiled kids didn't even understand half of the words I said.And '80s hair? With the feathered bangs and the terrible perms and the crunchy hair spray? What, why and how?In some ways, that era was simpler. We weren't bombarded with information and opinions about every issue in the world 24/7 and had the freedom to just be kids. At the same time, I personally have no desire to go back. (My straight, fine hair was not made for the '80s.)However, one dad is bringing full-on nostalgia to millions of Gen Xers with a viral TikTok he made about sharing his '80s childhood with his 8-year-old son. Justin H (who goes by @shadyraro on TikTok) included photos and descriptions of things all '80s kids will recognize and it's like hopping into a time machine. Like, the unwound cassette tape struggle was genuinely real. Grab a pencil, start winding and pray. "The A-Team"? Totally. Streetlight curfew? Yep. @shadyraro The 80’s was the best decade #80s #80skid #oldschool #genx #parents #funny #family #foryou #fyp The video has been viewed more than 10 million times this week, with commenters neck-deep in their feelings about their childhood flashbacks. "I miss them days, technology has taken away so much," wrote one commenter."Miss the 80s era but unfortunately us kids were the remote control," wrote another. (So true. Changing the channel was exercise.)"The 80's cannot be explained...it was an experience...a complete vibe all its own...and if you missed it I'm so sorry for you!" wrote another.And if you feel like there were some things missing, no worries. There's a Part Two: @shadyraro The 80’s was the best decade Part 2 #80s #80skid #oldschool #genx #parents #funny #family #foryou #fyp The ashtray in the back of the car seat! The phone booth! The Walkman! The overhead projector. So my childhood. I can practically taste the Tang and Twinkies. Kids today will never know the ugly beauty of growing up in the '80s, but someday they'll have their own tales to tell their kids that they'll look on with fondness and nostalgia. "We used to spend hours building things with little digital blocks in Minecraft…" There's never been anything like the '80s and there never will be again. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Justin H. This article originally appeared on 05.21.22

Land ice: We got a lot of it. Considering the two largest ice sheets on earth — the one on Antarctica and the one on Greenland — extend more than 6 million square miles combined ... yeah, we're talkin' a lot of ice. But what if it was all just ... gone? Not like gone gone, but melted?If all of earth's land ice melted, it would be nothing short of disastrous.And that's putting it lightly.This video by Business Insider Science (seen below) depicts exactly what our coastlines would look like if all the land ice melted. And spoiler alert: It isn't great.Lots of European cities like, Brussels and Venice, would be basically underwater.In Africa and the Middle East? Dakar, Accra, Jeddah — gone.Millions of people in Asia, in cities like Mumbai, Beijing, and Tokyo, would be uprooted and have to move inland.South America would say goodbye to cities like Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.And in the U.S., we'd watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.All GIFs via Business Insider Science/YouTube.Business Insider based these visuals off National Geographic's estimation that sea levels will rise 216 feet (!) if all of earth's land ice melted into our oceans.There's even a tool where you can take a detailed look at how your community could be affected by rising seas, for better or worse.Although ... looking at these maps, it's hard to imagine "for better" is a likely outcome for many of us.Much of America's most populated regions would be severely affected by rising sea levels, as you'll notice exploring the map, created by Alex Tingle using data provided by NASA.Take, for instance, the West Coast. (Goodbye, San Fran!)Or the East Coast. (See ya, Philly!)And the Gulf Coast. (RIP, Bourbon Street!)I bring up the topic not just for funsies, of course, but because the maps above are real possibilities.How? Climate change.As we continue to burn fossil fuels for energy and emit carbon into our atmosphere, the planet gets warmer and warmer. And that, ladies and gentlemen, means melted ice.A study published this past September by researchers in the U.S., U.K., and Germany found that if we don't change our ways, there's definitely enough fossil fuel resources available for us to completely melt the Antarctic ice sheet.Basically, the self-inflicted disaster you see above is certainly within the realm of possibility."This would not happen overnight, but the mind-boggling point is that our actions today are changing the face of planet Earth as we know it and will continue to do so for tens of thousands of years to come," said lead author of the study Ricarda Winkelmann, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.If we want to stop this from happening," she says, "we need to keep coal, gas, and oil in the ground."The good news? Most of our coastlines are still intact! And they can stay that way, too — if we act now.World leaders are finally starting to treat climate change like the global crisis that it is — and you can help get the point across to them, too.Check out Business Insider's video below:This article originally appeared on 12.08.15

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