Someone recently said, in regards to the aviators, that "they've got to be twice the size of normal glasses". Sooooooooo, I took this little snapshot slash scientific experiment.
It turns out, in fact, that the aviators are exactly 2.1x larger than my normal glasses. Then I figured that there had to be some sort of correlation towards larger sized novelty objects and the 1980's... Roll with me a bit on this one.
Aviators: Insanely large sunglasses, ovbiously rad.
Big Hair: Once again, insanely large, full of hair spray and always fun. IE: Twisted Sister's, "I wanna rock"
Eddy Murphy: Big lips, big teeth, funny guy.
Madonna: In the 80's was a BIG slut, was a good time back in the day.
See people, it's as simple as science. In the 1980's, big things were fun. Hence, the glasses are more fun than normal ones. Or something like that.