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> [“Everything worth knowing about the 1980s I learned from obsessively reading Bloom County collections when I was nine and Derek Jarman's diaries when I was twenty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/everything-worth-knowing-about-the-1980s-i-learned-from-obsessively/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

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## More by Ruadhán J. McElroy

> [“Everything worth knowing about the 1980s I learned from obsessively reading Bloom County collections when I was nine and Derek Jarman's diaries when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/everything-worth-knowing-about-the-1980s-i-learned-from-obsessively/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

> [“As I’ve said before, “the Mod generation”, contrary to popular belief, was not born in even 1958, but in the 1920s after a steady…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/as-i-ve-said-before-the-mod-generation-contrary-to-popular-belief-was/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

> [“Nothing is new anymore. We're living in a post-everything society and "art" itself has become satire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/nothing-is-new-anymore-we-re-living-in-a-post-everything-society-and/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

> [“I’ve enjoyed the comicbook writings of Warren Ellis since a friend introduced me to Transmetropolitan via the “holiday special” in collected volume three. Ah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/i-ve-enjoyed-the-comicbook-writings-of-warren-ellis-since-a-friend/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

> [“Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach, police grammar on the Internet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/those-who-can-do-those-who-can-t-teach-those-who-can-t-teach-police/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

> [“I am not saying that you have to be a jazz fan to be a Mod. The Mod scene incorporates a wide variety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/i-am-not-saying-that-you-have-to-be-a-jazz-fan-to-be-a-mod-the-mod/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

> [“I never saw "being different" in and of itself as the point to "being Goth" -- dressing different from most others, maybe, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/i-never-saw-being-different-in-and-of-itself-as-the-point-to-being/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

> [“I’ve long believed that the gods give us the music we’re supposed to hear at the times we’re supposed to hear it, because all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/i-ve-long-believed-that-the-gods-give-us-the-music-we-re-supposed-to/)

[Ruadhán J. McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruadh-n-j-mcelroy/)

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