Were the 90's really better?
Absolutely_Cart
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I'm 23. I was age 1-9 in the 90's, age 10-20 in the 00's (where my nostalgia should lie if nostalgia is the case, right?).
I'll admit right now that the internet has dramatically expanded, televisions are looking sharper, people are a bit more socially tolerant, and the smartphone was a great invention. I'll also admit that some of it is personal. Life is more stressful (but also more rewarding) now than it was when I was 10 and, unfortunately, my family drifted apart over the years. And the 90's had the best toys.
But in the grand scheme, so many things in the 90's seemed better. Music and movies had a greater diversity to them. People were less "busy" and less stressed, it seems. I read up a bit on history, and while every era has its challenges the 90's didn't really have terrorism, extensive wars in the middle east, economic crisis we're seeing today.
Just seeking input from people on here much older and wiser than I?
If you had to rank your personal enjoyment of each of your decades, how would you rate them?
My list would probably go something like this:
Early 2000's > Late 90's > Early 2010's > Late 2000's.
I'll admit right now that the internet has dramatically expanded, televisions are looking sharper, people are a bit more socially tolerant, and the smartphone was a great invention. I'll also admit that some of it is personal. Life is more stressful (but also more rewarding) now than it was when I was 10 and, unfortunately, my family drifted apart over the years. And the 90's had the best toys.
But in the grand scheme, so many things in the 90's seemed better. Music and movies had a greater diversity to them. People were less "busy" and less stressed, it seems. I read up a bit on history, and while every era has its challenges the 90's didn't really have terrorism, extensive wars in the middle east, economic crisis we're seeing today.
Just seeking input from people on here much older and wiser than I?
If you had to rank your personal enjoyment of each of your decades, how would you rate them?
My list would probably go something like this:
Early 2000's > Late 90's > Early 2010's > Late 2000's.
Comments
Wiser? Not a thing that comes with age.
Personally, the Nineties were my favourite time, Brozz as Bond, prosperity, birth of my Son...
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I don't think any era is free of its troubles however. I remember having lessons at school in the early 80's as to what to do in the event of an iminent nuclear attack. I also vividly remember the periodic testing of the four minute warning sirens across the area. VERY eerie
My grandparents lived close to an American air base and radar monitoring station in East Anglia so the threat did seem very real at the time.
Regarding the 90's, although it may seem calmer and an overall 'easier' decade than the 2000's. In the UK, we experienced a recession, there was still the threat of the IRA and of course the Gulf War and conflict in Bosnia were terrible events.
Who knows, perhaps people will look back on the 2000's and 2010's with rose coloured spectacles. Although I really hope they don't as what would that say about the next couple of decades to come...
We had phantastic summers - I had my first own car which took me to southern France and back with 40hp.
My first Rolex with the age of 19, moved away from home and Magnum pi and Miami Vice on tv.
Music was great too which I had on tapes (!!!) on my Sony Walkman II!
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
A small square block, thinking wow! The future is Here !
Then when I played Out Run and Chase HQ in the arcade it blew my mind..
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I think the best time is always when your just old enough to have freedom (and poss some cash) but not old enough to have responsibilities.
Thats looking back with rose tinted glasses though. There was still a lot of cr@p going on, it just didn't effect me personally was I was too young.
Now is actually my most content and satisfying time.
I love Monty Python ... Cue Sir Miles
Yes, indeed 8-)
But kudos for remembering
Substitute Spectrum with Commodore 64 and that is me {[]
Misread as prostitution
Yep us C64 guys where the cool guys
Particularly with the datasette
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
And a Texas Instruments (something)
Rationing, Short trousers, Black and white televisions with 6 inch screen, Smog, Short back and sides, Fruit Gums, Beano, Summer Holidays that seemed to last forever, Doctor Who, and a popular beat combo called 'The Beatles', and some bloke at the cinema called 'Bond' -{
And 'The Woodentops' {[]
I remember being able to trick games by forwarding the cassette position to another level (the days of loading each level)
Although the Amiga came out and blew away the C64 etc I think I had the most fun with the C64 by a mile - including todays consoles)
I keep buying Playstations but never really use them - play GTA and then leave it to the kids to mess with
Exactly what I thought!
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Pros and Cons Compendium (50 Years)
Sorry to sound like a pedantic old mare, but could you change the title to read "were the 90's really better?" Because at the mo, it reads "we are the 90's..." (we're being the abbreviation of we are)
Thanks.
You see, the 80's WERE better, we didn't have text speak to muck up kids spelling
Yes, indeed. Much truth in that sadly.
The beauty of English is it's a living language, so is constantly adapting and
Changing. -{ it's not stuck in the past like many European languages.
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
And don't get me started on the 'gh' rule...there are far too many!
My elementary school teachers were quite scary and would yell at me for missing apostrophes so now it's practically subconscious I include them wherever I can.
AJB007 Favorite Film Rankings
Pros and Cons Compendium (50 Years)
I have words like tenebrous in my vernacular, yet I can't spell basic words correctly.
AJB007 Favorite Film Rankings
Pros and Cons Compendium (50 Years)
:x impressive...just remember, an apostrophe is really a letter...so, read the words, using the missing letter and voila, you then know whether or not to use one!
This doesn't apply to the use of apostrophes at the end of words...I've never got to grips with that rule, but something to do with possession...
I need another glass of wine! -{