Were the 90's really better?

Absolutely_Cart

I might just lay off contractions entirely.

chrisisall

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

I might just lay off contractions entirely.

Do or do not.
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Absolutely_Cart

Hahaha -{

chrisisall

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

Hahaha -{

Yeah, there ain't no try.
Which is a contraction of...
I'm (I am) not sure.... 8-)
Am I No'T - ?

Higgins

Lexi wrote:

Take read and lead, for example...both rhyme with each other in completely different ways. Try teaching that to a logically minded 9 year old )

Try to teach read vs. lead to someone from Asia

AlphaOmegaSin

Or the Jaffa Cake Argument ) 'It's a Cake or it's a Biscuit?'

The Red Kind

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Or the Jaffa Cake Argument ) 'It's a Cake or it's a Biscuit?'

Cake

Thunderpussy

Yes it's a cake because if left out it goes Hard ( OH, Matron !!!) while a biscuit if left out
goes soft ! They even went to court to prove it, as Cakes don't have to pay VAT.

AlphaOmegaSin

Either way, there the Food of Life

The Red Kind

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Either way, there the Food of Life

They certainly are {[]

Lexi

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Either way, there the Food of Life

You mean they're the food of life !

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*sigh*

AlphaOmegaSin

I was educated under Labour )

Silhouette Man

Yes the 1990s were better - that's when I became a Bond fan (c. 1993). Bought my first Bond novels in the summer of 1995.

AlphaOmegaSin

I too became a Bond Fan in the (Late) 90's at a young Age when ITV would show the Films every Wednesday Night -{

Thunderpussy

" Bought my first real Bond film, got it from the five and dime !
Watched it till my eyes bled, was the summer of 89 ! " )

( summer of 69, Bryan Adams)

Barbel

In the 90s I lived under the old Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times". So, no, they weren't better for me.

Absolutely_Cart

I asked my parents and they said the 80's were the best decade. It was all party and profit for them then. I don't think the excesses of the 80's would've boded well with my personality, but the 2000's/10's for me just seem to have a relatively darker more congested vibe than the earlier decades seemed to have had. Perhaps it's a cloud of 9/11 and such, I don't know.

chrisisall

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

the 2000's/10's for me just seem to have a relatively darker more congested vibe than the earlier decades seemed to have had. Perhaps it's a cloud of 9/11 and such, I don't know.

Well, it's not mostly 9-11. The world economy has been heading for a more even playing field for decades. The internet has accellerated it. MEANING, a lower standard of living all around (except for the richest). Just observe the scrambling to cut payroll & workers whilst increasing production. FEAR is making all the corporations sabotage themselves, and a darker era is the result. The only answer lies in the richest letting go of some savings & INVESTING in the world economy, but that's not likely because he who dies with the most toys wins. So, BUY politicians & grab power & control and seek war for profiteering while watching your world fade away. Same old story. Rome was there.

Absolutely_Cart

I've never heard of such mistrust, anger, and fear in the political system since perhaps the civilrights/Vietnam era.

chrisisall

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

I've never heard of such mistrust, anger, and fear in the political system since perhaps the civilrights/Vietnam era.

Back then It was more fiery, more emotionally invested in the moment. Now it's more like a dull acceptance of gradual erosion.

Absolutely_Cart

That's a perfect way to put it. The economic situation is proof of that. With most recessions, they're really bad but then they bounce back. The scary thing is that the U.S. isn't in a recession at all (as the GDP isn't contracting). We're just learning to live with a new low.

I think the United States had a total of what, like 40 years, of middle-class based economy (for white people of course) sandwiched in between the gilded era and today amongst its 240 year history?

chrisisall

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

The scary thing is that the U.S. isn't in a recession at all (as the GDP isn't contracting). We're just learning to live with a new low.

Yep. And paying for "An All Time High" for the richest. 8-)