I'm also a product of the mid 80s, but I can still look back and spot the difference...
I remember when you turned on the tv, you have three channels, and they all sucked

I remember when the graphics for Sonic The Hedgehog were state of the art...if I think real hard, I can even remember back to our first ever console, a commidore 64, and marvel at how grap it was, yet at the time it was absolutely awesome.
Nowadays, I can't live without my PS2, my wrestling, my umpteen anime channels, my myriad of distractions from the crud of boredom

Oh, and a university education being a luxury not reserved solely for the royal family, and their inbred friends

By the way, I could watch Janiel's avatar all day