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"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Put down your iPhone and iced coffee and pay attention, millennials. Kevin Bacon has a very important message for you.\nStop pretending you remember cassette tapes and Ronald Reagan. The 1980s were a magical time and you're too busy swiping for a hookup on Tinder to appreciate the greatest decade in recorded history. Before you try to make some silly argument that the '90s were all that and a bag of chips, first recall the days of VCRs, the Motley Crue and parachute pants.\nSee also: Kevin Bacon demands more male nudity in Hollywood\nKevin Bacon knows the '80s \u2014 heck, he lived the '80s. \nWhen he's not promoting '80s awareness, the six-degrees-from-everyone actor stars on The Following on Fox.\nBONUS: Inside SXSW 2014\n\n\nSXSW 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStop by Mashable House while you're at SXSW to meet Grumpy Cat and swing from a wrecking ball. It's at 305 E 5th St. in Austin, Texas.\n\nImage:  Mashable, Nina Frazier-Hansen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMashable's Annie Colbert and Nora Grenfell work at the Mashable House, under the watchful eyes of doge.\n\nImage:  Mashable, Nina Frazier-Hansen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSwinging from a wrecking ball at the Mashable House.\n\nImage:  Mashable, Nina Frazier-Hansen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Friskies\u2019 S.S. Holy Shrimp Boat carries Grumpy Cat and others across Austin.\n\nImage:  Mashable, Nina Frazier-Hansen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPassengers join Grumpy Cat, the \"worst mate\" of the Friskies\u2019 S.S. Holy Shrimp Boat, as it embarks on its maiden voyage.\n\nImage: Erich Schlegel/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrumpy Cat delivers shrimp-flavored cat food to Friends of Austin Animal Center.\n\nImage: Erich Schlegel/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, speaks during SXSWi.\n\nImage: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOscar Mayer's Weinermobile helps keep Austin weird.\n\nImage:  Mashable, Nina Frazier-Hansen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne way to get around the crowds in Austin.\n\nImage:  Mashable, Nina Frazier-Hansen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActress Rosario Dawson speaks onstage during a panel called 'Star Power: Innovative Ways to Engage Millennials.'\n\nImage: Mindy Best/Getty Images for SXSW\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIBM Watson's Cognitive Cooking makes a computer into your personal chef.\n\nImage:  Mashable, Lance Ulanoff\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDassault Systemes uses 3D technology to create a dynamic theater stage. The stage will be featured in Mr. and Mrs. Dream, a two-person play opening in Paris, France.\n\nImage: Feature Photo Service/Dassault Systemes/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCubify's 3D printer shows off its chops. \n\nImage:  Mashable\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMashable's Lance Ulanoff gets scanned by Cubify's Sense 3D Scanner.\n\nImage:  Mashable\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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