TheInfamousKira
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people seemed so much happier in the 2000s
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Goes to show how smart you are, I dropped out! So take that!
I don't think the problem is with smartphones. If you can remember, the first smartphones were mainly used in the tech and business sectors. I blame social media and lack of parenting. How many of you with kids watch your kids social media feeds or check their algorithm? My daughter doesn't have her own phone yet (she is 13) and uses my phone to talk to her friends or use tiitok or insta. Lol you should see my feed (well her feed as I just use it to view stuff my son sends me from college or things my friends send me.)
It goes architecture meme, architecture meme, kpop x 10, college classes meme x5 and so on.
2 things, I don't follow anyone on any of these platforms but someone my son and I tend to send from is juiceditup on Instagram reels. Pretty funny stuff about college.
The second things is WTF is up with girls and kpop??? Dude, the guys all look feminine as hell and half of them act like girls. Lol fastest way to piss off my daughter, watch her looking through kpop stuff and just say, "ok, see, that girl looks pretty. What kpop band is she from?"
*daughter rages*
It goes architecture meme, architecture meme, kpop x 10, college classes meme x5 and so on.
2 things, I don't follow anyone on any of these platforms but someone my son and I tend to send from is juiceditup on Instagram reels. Pretty funny stuff about college.
The second things is WTF is up with girls and kpop??? Dude, the guys all look feminine as hell and half of them act like girls. Lol fastest way to piss off my daughter, watch her looking through kpop stuff and just say, "ok, see, that girl looks pretty. What kpop band is she from?"
*daughter rages*
EverydayBeast
ChatShitGPT Alpha 0.001
2000's had their issues...
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
Peak life decade was 96-2006 for me. Awesome (still hot) women, great movies, media, no Internet moguls, no grandmas complaining about other karens.
I mean we had that.
And now we had this:
Diversity was never a strength in history. Plus delusional women that won't date other than men other than chads that make 500k$ a year are 6'9 while themselves they're morbidly obese in a wheelchair. Video games and media being destroyed by woke activists like Sweet Baby Inc.
High School late 90s was also peak (mid 80s would be a contender).
I mean we had that.
And now we had this:
Diversity was never a strength in history. Plus delusional women that won't date other than men other than chads that make 500k$ a year are 6'9 while themselves they're morbidly obese in a wheelchair. Video games and media being destroyed by woke activists like Sweet Baby Inc.
High School late 90s was also peak (mid 80s would be a contender).
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Pagusas
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Every decade has its issues, but I think the general idea is to look at the overal mindset of the general population. Thats why golden age America (late 40's through mid 60's) is held in high respects even though there were lots of visible problems, the majority of the population was prosperous, happy and saw the future brightly. The 90's and (very early) 00's were like that.
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StreetsofBeige
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People werent so political and weird. Social media was just starting to ramp up. Myspace was already around, but that never took off like FB, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin did when they launched later.
When these newer social media sites came out it was probably a good decade-ish of just chill fun posts. Then it turned into hardcore influencers, politics and people changing for the worst. I use my FB for fun fam and friends photos and messages. Then you got the weirdo everyone gets..... that person they know who suddenly starts posting only about PETA and slaughterhouses, Trump (which is stupid as Canadians post more about him than their own PM), and turning FB into their self own business promoting shit every day hoping you and everyone else buys something off them.
Whatever happened to Twitter posts being about where you are, or what you had for breakfast, or a celeb is promoting a movie.... and FB just being about boring family and holiday pics? Now it's a bunch of skewed weird shit about people's views or grifting to make a buck.
I;m most disappointed in LInked in. Even though it has by the least amount of junky posts, over the years many asshole treat it like other social media..... happy birthday posts, Hey everyone I got married! Here's a pic of me and the wife, someone died in my family here's the info etc..... Do that shit on Facebook. Not on Linkedin.
When these newer social media sites came out it was probably a good decade-ish of just chill fun posts. Then it turned into hardcore influencers, politics and people changing for the worst. I use my FB for fun fam and friends photos and messages. Then you got the weirdo everyone gets..... that person they know who suddenly starts posting only about PETA and slaughterhouses, Trump (which is stupid as Canadians post more about him than their own PM), and turning FB into their self own business promoting shit every day hoping you and everyone else buys something off them.
Whatever happened to Twitter posts being about where you are, or what you had for breakfast, or a celeb is promoting a movie.... and FB just being about boring family and holiday pics? Now it's a bunch of skewed weird shit about people's views or grifting to make a buck.
I;m most disappointed in LInked in. Even though it has by the least amount of junky posts, over the years many asshole treat it like other social media..... happy birthday posts, Hey everyone I got married! Here's a pic of me and the wife, someone died in my family here's the info etc..... Do that shit on Facebook. Not on Linkedin.
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RSLAEV
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I felt a lot more connected to American society through entertainment. TV was awesome (Chapelle Show, Adult Swim, etc) Terrestial radio was still great, Gaming was great (I even got to go to an E3) It's like there was a lot to do, but it wasn't overwhelming. I also held out and didn't get a smart phone until way late in the game. Plus it just felt good to survive beyond the year 2000 after all that buildup.
calico
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People say 9/11 was the turning point, but I think more accurately it was the losing the response to it. This had a more drawn out and demoralising impact on the psyche of the West, which created the opportunity for the degeneracy / woke ideology etc. to take root.
We had never been more certain of the superiority of our culture than we were immediately following the attack (and we were right). That certainty was gradually beaten down to a point where we became expected to be ashamed of our glorious culture and heritage, and then we raised a generation of children to be ashamed of their glorious culture and heritage.
Ultimately the attack succeeded far more than those behind it ever could have hoped, though not necessarily in the way they expected.
We had never been more certain of the superiority of our culture than we were immediately following the attack (and we were right). That certainty was gradually beaten down to a point where we became expected to be ashamed of our glorious culture and heritage, and then we raised a generation of children to be ashamed of their glorious culture and heritage.
Ultimately the attack succeeded far more than those behind it ever could have hoped, though not necessarily in the way they expected.
Hawk The Slayer
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80s to 2000s was the best for sure, more vibrant and the world was more sane and better.
I wasn't born in the 80s yet but heard lots of good things about it even from others that grew up past that gen. And I also believe from all the cool movies I've saw that were from the 80s.
I wasn't born in the 80s yet but heard lots of good things about it even from others that grew up past that gen. And I also believe from all the cool movies I've saw that were from the 80s.
NeverYouMind
Gold Member
I think that anybody that grew up after the 80s has a distorted greatest hits view of it. They would probably find it incredibly boring if they got to experience it firsthand.
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StreetsofBeige
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2000s were great for me. Of course, pending how old someone is it'll be a different stage of life and experiences.
But for me the early 2000s were all about being at the beginning of your career, living on your own with your own condo and car, a bunch of debt hoping to break even every month (mortgage, car loan, student loan), Nokia brick phone, PS2 and my PC was I think a Pentium III 800 mhz with a Geforce 256.
It was great. All my friends were in the same kind of boat, meet new friends at work.
Then later on, get new tech gear, change jobs and companies, make some money investing, move and get a new car and it just cycles on in a normal path of life kind of way. Social media comes out (FB was my first one. LInkedin my second and thats it), I still remember one of my old coworkers sending me a FB invite to join. And then you make a profile and holy shit, suddenly youre connecting with all shit tons of old schoolmates you havent heard of since high school, old coworkers, current coworkers, and fam too. Some fam you'd only see once in a few years when they are in town now youre connected digitally. And nobody at those early stages were posting dumb shit. it was imply making a normal profile, post some pics and chat with each other. it was very simple back then. I treat my FB the same as back then, but not everyone else has. Some have. But some people changed.
But for me the early 2000s were all about being at the beginning of your career, living on your own with your own condo and car, a bunch of debt hoping to break even every month (mortgage, car loan, student loan), Nokia brick phone, PS2 and my PC was I think a Pentium III 800 mhz with a Geforce 256.
It was great. All my friends were in the same kind of boat, meet new friends at work.
Then later on, get new tech gear, change jobs and companies, make some money investing, move and get a new car and it just cycles on in a normal path of life kind of way. Social media comes out (FB was my first one. LInkedin my second and thats it), I still remember one of my old coworkers sending me a FB invite to join. And then you make a profile and holy shit, suddenly youre connecting with all shit tons of old schoolmates you havent heard of since high school, old coworkers, current coworkers, and fam too. Some fam you'd only see once in a few years when they are in town now youre connected digitally. And nobody at those early stages were posting dumb shit. it was imply making a normal profile, post some pics and chat with each other. it was very simple back then. I treat my FB the same as back then, but not everyone else has. Some have. But some people changed.
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clarky
Gold Member
The 80's where shit, trust me I was there.
The 90's on the other hand, fucking awesome. Decent videogames and the rave scene in the UK was unbelievable.
DKehoe
Member
It seems that in these discussions a lot of people look back most fondly on the times when they were carefree and had few, if any, responsibilities. They're also likely remembering the highlights rather than what an average day was really like. The sentiment that "things used to be better" has existed throughout human history. I'm sure that in twenty years, people who grew up in this era will look back on it with the same kind of nostalgia.
Hawk The Slayer
Member
Now I see it too even as someone born after the 1980s or for movies at least and maybe even the music.
80s easily have the best sets of movies of all times. The real sets, particle effects, and machines for movies made them way more immersive and realistic compared to the digital age now and the early CGI of the 90s. Although the 90s and early 2000s still have cooler movies compared to what's after.
Probably cause me and friends instantly started loving the 80s from all the 80s movie we watched which are easily the best. The music were great too but yeah I could imagine not liking the 80s too much if we actually time travel back cause no great games that started coming in from the 90s and no advance moddable and amazing game like Warcraft 3 or Morrowind yet either.
clarky
Gold Member
Movies have always been great although the stuff from my childhood I do have a special place for. Science fiction was definitely better back in 80's/90's.
StreetsofBeige
Member
80s were great. Such a simpler time where you played after school with friends, if youre fam was lucky enough you had game consoles and a knock off PC, and you watched TV together with the fam. If you wanted something you had go to the mall on a weekend. Sundays had stores closed too, so you had to cram a lot of stuff on a Saturday. Now, everyone does their own thing on smartphone or whatever. But in those days, it was fun watching hockey or baseball games together after dinner or Threes Company. And if a channel had scheduled on TV a movie one night, we all made sure to watch it together. Back then everyone played street hockey after school or on weekends. Even high school kids all wearing their Leafs, Habs, Oilers or Isles jerseys. And if any young kids wanted to join and some of them playing were older brothers, you just joined in. Didnt matter if you sucked and had no idea what you were doing, you still played. Now, no kids seem to play street hockey or even ride bikes chilling out outside. I guess they think it's too gay and they prefer going home and texting or playing Fortnite. I remember in grade school all of us had BMX bikes and we'd do ramp jumps someone's bro or dad made with plywood, or bike to these parks/forests to do dirt path jumps. I remember doing a steep one by myself and wipe out and I fell down a slope that went into a creek and literally crawled back up the dirt. Looking back, it was surely nothing, but when youre like 7 or 8 years old that incident was like life threatening clinging to life! lol
And yes, awesome movies. Watch at home or go to the video store with your older brothers and skim the racks for new releases of games or movies. Pick something and then older bro would stop off at a fast food joint and we'd get burgers or subs to take home as a fun night. Going to the theatre was more of a treat than the norm (for our fam at least).
Schools were so different. Much more easy going, nobody made a fuss, you got taught the basics, and there no such thing (at least I never heard of it) with school security, locked doors or anything like that. The front door was open and if you needed to go to the doctor or dentist, your mom would just walk right in, knock on your classroom door and thats all there was to it. You grab your stuff and coat and leave. I still remember my mom doing that in like grade 2 or 3. And we walked to the nearby dentist at a strip mall, my mom would then buy some stuff at the drug store after, I'd get a freezie and we'd walk home. Kids seemed so much more polite and cared about grades. No talking back. And classes were 30 kids and teachers could handle it. No teachers went mental and taught weird political hot topics or gave weird opinions. It was all textbook kind of stuff.
Now, I think some schools require an appointment to get into the school, a hired guard lets them in like it's airport security. Retarded. But I guess thats what you get when kids go wacko shooting up schools. A pretty new phenomenon. I dont think too many people shot up schools and teacher in the 80s or earlier.
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They used to teach gun safety in school in the 1950s. I talked to some people about it in the past and they said they could brings guns to school (not in the school) because they would go hunting after school.
Wilhelm_85
Gold Member
We were (although mid-to-late 90s was even better).
For the most part, technology was fun and interesting and augmented real-life interactions.
It really wasn't until the financial crisis and mass adoption of smartphones (combined with social media) that everything really went to shit.
For the most part, technology was fun and interesting and augmented real-life interactions.
It really wasn't until the financial crisis and mass adoption of smartphones (combined with social media) that everything really went to shit.
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StreetsofBeige
Member
That combo of 90210 and Melrose Place was killer.
As for tech and gaming, PS1 was predictable what you'd get, but for PC gaming it was the wild west if the game was good or bad, or if your family PC could handle it. It could be a good game, but if the PC was underpowered it was a dogshit game. And then 3 years later, the PC gets upgraded so it should play much better. But by then it's an old game, so nobody bothered retrying it. lol
Neff
Member
Yep, It's mostly due to the full maturation of social media. We've all now realised what massive dickbags other human beings can be when they don't have to worry about a punch in the face.
It was less of a problem in the early days of the internet because you needed to jump through a hoop or two, be it financial or technical, to go online, the pool of internet users was a little more refined. People would step out of line and they'd be put in their place by reasoned voices. Communites where small, remote, and internet social policing more or less mirrored that of real life.
Now literally anyone with a cheap phone can speak their minds on platforms with millions upon millions of voices bickering back and forth, and we're exposed to an endless volume of hostility and pessimism. I do occasionally wonder if we've gained as much as we've lost, and if it was worth it. Sometimes ignorance truly is bliss.
It was less of a problem in the early days of the internet because you needed to jump through a hoop or two, be it financial or technical, to go online, the pool of internet users was a little more refined. People would step out of line and they'd be put in their place by reasoned voices. Communites where small, remote, and internet social policing more or less mirrored that of real life.
Now literally anyone with a cheap phone can speak their minds on platforms with millions upon millions of voices bickering back and forth, and we're exposed to an endless volume of hostility and pessimism. I do occasionally wonder if we've gained as much as we've lost, and if it was worth it. Sometimes ignorance truly is bliss.
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Shifty1897
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I went to college at the same time and agree it was awesome, but that means you graduated during the economic crash. Did you have a hard time finding a job? I couldn't find anything that used my Information Systems degree at the time, I finally got one offer to be an IT guy at a bank and the pay was substantially less than what I was making as an assistant manager of a grocery store while in college. I was stubborn and refused to take the pay hit to move to IT until 2013, looking back I wish I had done it sooner.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Actually the opposite! The economic crash greatly benefited me. As soon as I got out of college I was able to find a job in my career with a Marketing Agency (had done internships with studios in LA which helped build my portfolio and get my name going and got me right into a great agency job in Northern Illinois). Those agencies were tighening their belts and needed talent that could do multiple roles and build them broadcast studios, which I was all setup for (I have three degrees, CP, EE and Journalism, so a mix of the mass comm and engineering schools). Got assigned to some of the worlds biggest companies super fast, and also started up my own commercial video contracting business on the side. The crash also depressed the housing market allowing me to buy a house just 6 months out of college (and the Federal government was pumping money into the first time home buyer program, giving me a 15k grant + a giant tax credit for 5 years), and I used some of my contract money to buy my mom a house just a year later too. Met my wife during that period, got married, leveraged the market recovery to double my salary and moved to Dallas to then exponentially grew it faster and open up my contract business to a global market. I've been incredibly lucky, but also grateful I had the skills to maximize the luck.
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Madflavor
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Social Media is definitely a factor in why people are less happy these days, but also the economy being in the shitter is probably the bigger reason.
A lot of Millennials and most of Gen Z are priced out of buying homes, some who can afford to own/rent are living paycheck to paycheck and can barely afford to order fucking Dominos. They have college debt up to their eyeballs, and many jobs are going to AI and foreigners with H-1B1 Visas who will work for less. People's insurance premiums are going up, and when they have a medical, home, or car issue, their insurance company goes "lol sorry". The President has seemingly gone back on his America First promise, fucked the economy worse with tariffs, his solution is 50 year mortgages and more stimulus checks, and he claims the economy is fantastic and doing better, even though by most metrics we have show the opposite. And of course the elite continue to get wealthier while the middle class is shrinking.
Yeah people are pretty fucking mad, especially the younger generations. The average age of a homeowner in 2025 is at a record high of age 40. That is insane. Social Media is a gateway to give everyone a voice and act shitty to each other, but I think people's real life struggles is what's really fueling all of this.
A lot of Millennials and most of Gen Z are priced out of buying homes, some who can afford to own/rent are living paycheck to paycheck and can barely afford to order fucking Dominos. They have college debt up to their eyeballs, and many jobs are going to AI and foreigners with H-1B1 Visas who will work for less. People's insurance premiums are going up, and when they have a medical, home, or car issue, their insurance company goes "lol sorry". The President has seemingly gone back on his America First promise, fucked the economy worse with tariffs, his solution is 50 year mortgages and more stimulus checks, and he claims the economy is fantastic and doing better, even though by most metrics we have show the opposite. And of course the elite continue to get wealthier while the middle class is shrinking.
Yeah people are pretty fucking mad, especially the younger generations. The average age of a homeowner in 2025 is at a record high of age 40. That is insane. Social Media is a gateway to give everyone a voice and act shitty to each other, but I think people's real life struggles is what's really fueling all of this.
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deeptech
Member
They indeed were, today people whine and whine about how things are b a d, yet live like kings and queens. I remember having a car was a luxury, now it's only when you have 10 of them. I bathe with perfectly consumable water, if that isnt godlike, what is?
Funny thing is, if you can go into something, concentrate fully, you have no problem. But because we're usually oversaturated with crap, occupied, etc. we are at difficulty of going one way at a time.
Funny thing is, if you can go into something, concentrate fully, you have no problem. But because we're usually oversaturated with crap, occupied, etc. we are at difficulty of going one way at a time.
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Project EVE
Member
What was the start of all this?
When did the cogs of fate begin to turn?
Perhaps it is impossible to grasp the answer now,
From deep within the flow of time...
But, for a certainty, back then
We loved so many, yet hated so much,
We hurt others and were hurt ourselves
Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
Whilst our laughter echoed,
Under Cerulean skies...
reinking
Gold Member
I once thought I had knew the answer to when the best time to be alive was. That was until (years ago) I was helping an older women learn how to get her digital photos on to her PC. I really thought living through the invention of microwaves, VCRs, home computers, video games and the internet was the absolute best time to be alive. Then she said, "I remember when we got electricity." Shut me right the F up. 
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Liljagare
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Best thing about the 80's was, you werent constantly bombarded by news from all over the world. If you lived in a quiet spot, the world was quiet. Sheltered? Absolutely, peacefull? Hell yeah. Were you a sheltered moron? Possibly, but we aren't designed to take in everything that happens in the world on a daily basis.
Bark boats were such a cool thing to do, you built tanks and toys from pine cones and sticks, and it was awesome. You used your own imagination to have a fun day, not somebody elses.. then some arse hole made their own bow and you had to get your parents to help you out..
That sort of stuff doesn't happen nowadays.
Most people nowadays get lost in a forest within 20 minutes of walking, that is really sad, imho.
Bark boats were such a cool thing to do, you built tanks and toys from pine cones and sticks, and it was awesome. You used your own imagination to have a fun day, not somebody elses.. then some arse hole made their own bow and you had to get your parents to help you out..
That sort of stuff doesn't happen nowadays.Most people nowadays get lost in a forest within 20 minutes of walking, that is really sad, imho.
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falconhoof
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I once thought I had knew the answer to when the best time to be alive was. That was until (years ago) I was helping an older women learn how to get her digital photos on to her PC. I really thought living through the invention of microwaves, VCRs, home computers, video games and the internet was the absolute best time to be alive. Then she said, "I remember when we got electricity." Shut me right the F up.
Back in the mid 90's I worked in a PC store. The first digital camera we sold was to an old woman, like really old, probably in her 80's. Almost entirely deaf. Kinda looked like a white female yoda.
She was a regular in the store buying PC stuff. She was heavily into astronomy so wanted to start dealing with digital photos of space and bought a Casio digital camera. We were super excited because it gave us a chance to finally play around with one of these new devices.
Fucking wild to think what old people lived through in the last century.
apocaliptic
Member
Best time of my life. First time in my life having sex with 3 girls at the same time
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
I get why Gen Z are mad,, but I bet the median age of this forum is above 40 now and life is pretty damn great for that age group right now. The only reason people in that age group are mad is because they're addicted to consuming ragebait on the internet.
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StreetsofBeige
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For me, I was already working and the eco crash had zero affect to the company I worked at, with exception our annual off site party meeting where everyone flies to a different city in Canada or US was axed in favour of something local downtown. Our division did fine and I dont think even fired anyone, but the US tanked a bit so they axed theirs, so we axed ours too. Our General Manager even told some of us he needed to do that for sake of optics with the US execs.
Eco crisis messed up my finances since my portfolio dropped a bit (not a lot, since I was heavy into real estate investing), but more importantly since it was a gold rush to dump stocks I dumped too. If that never happened, I would had kept in my portfolio Visa, EA, Activision. Would had made a killing if stock markets were steady. It affected my investment condo as it had issues getting financing to get approved building it, so it got delayed something like 6 years. I pulled out after the third delay letter at year 3 and put it into another condo which got got built fast and I sold it..... and that other building still wasnt up yet! So I go screwed over 3 years of my deposits sitting doing nothing before shifting to another project. And when they take your money and put into a trust towards your unit, they put it into some shitty 1% interest bearing account, not something at a higher guaranteed rate.
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bitbydeath
Gold Member
A lot of people pointing out the internet bringing out crazies but it's not just that. Back then we had deterrence to not be dick bags back then through good ol fashioned—everyone beating your ass if you step out of line.
Could have been from other kids at school (bullies), your teachers, or even your own family.
Removing that from society has negatively impacted the world.
Could have been from other kids at school (bullies), your teachers, or even your own family.
Removing that from society has negatively impacted the world.
I collect VHS tapes
Gold Member
I used to work in food back then
This movie isn't far off from how it was back then, with the hazing and dick jokes on each other etc
Waiting would be cancelled so quick today for so many reasons.
But this was how life used to be. I'm guessing this sort of behavior isn't really normal in restaurants anymore.
Edit: jfc first line in trailer is "how's my favorite minor doing today?"
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Catphish
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90s > 80s > whatever bullshit the last 25 years have been.
I couldn't have asked for a better time to spend my younger years. Born in the 70s, in at the ground level with Pong, grew up in the 80s with all its colorfully ridiculous awesomeness, young adult in the 90s where everything just fucking peaked...
And it all came crashing down after 9/11, never recovered, and only appears to be getting exponentially, incomprehensibly, worse.
I couldn't have asked for a better time to spend my younger years. Born in the 70s, in at the ground level with Pong, grew up in the 80s with all its colorfully ridiculous awesomeness, young adult in the 90s where everything just fucking peaked...
And it all came crashing down after 9/11, never recovered, and only appears to be getting exponentially, incomprehensibly, worse.
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Madflavor
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If you're 30 or older, there's a good chance you're fine because you were born soon enough to get your piece of the pie before shit really started going south. My wife and I feel lucky that we bought our house in 2019. 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1300 square feet. It was 320k when we bought it. Now it's worth 580k last time I checked, nearly double. Absolutely insane.
We're both 37 and make close to 200k combined. A 580k home with 6-8% interest would stretch us pretty fucking thin. I can't wrap my head around how people in their 20s are supposed move out of their parents homes.
Honestly I'm not surprised socialism/communism is on the rise with younger generations. Not that I support it, but from their perspective the system has completely failed them with no end in sight. No shit they're looking for alternatives.
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Jinxed
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Tiago Rodrigues
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I actually feel like 9/11 was a slap in the face for the western society and we were never the same. The 90's just felt even happier. The variety in music, movies, videogames, art in general. Everything was colorful as fuck.
I was a kid back then but the more i grew up and the more i know...the more i feel like somehow we peaked as a society in the 90's and we kept going up until 9/11. Ever since then there was a dark cloud that kept getting worse and it finally exploded in 2008 and i don't feel we ever got truly back.
Nowadays all i see is everything expensive, millenials without a house (and gen z...poor them), AI, less human connection but more time spent communicating with everyone, loneliness at an all time high, depression and anxiety...let's not even go there.
I feel like we are losing touch with what makes us human, great and happy as a species. We were also never this divided and it sucks.
I also feel like as a society we have 2 groups of people getting further and further away driven by politics, driven by algorithms, information that's unfiltered and unreliable and two sides that don't pay attention to the other because they are only fed the info that their algorithms show them, since we are losing traditional media that shows us everything without picking things for us and our tastes.
Our brains were never this rotten and it won't get better with the next generations.
Am i the only person that actually thinks like this? I never wrote or spoke about it...but it's truly what i feel.
I was a kid back then but the more i grew up and the more i know...the more i feel like somehow we peaked as a society in the 90's and we kept going up until 9/11. Ever since then there was a dark cloud that kept getting worse and it finally exploded in 2008 and i don't feel we ever got truly back.
Nowadays all i see is everything expensive, millenials without a house (and gen z...poor them), AI, less human connection but more time spent communicating with everyone, loneliness at an all time high, depression and anxiety...let's not even go there.
I feel like we are losing touch with what makes us human, great and happy as a species. We were also never this divided and it sucks.
I also feel like as a society we have 2 groups of people getting further and further away driven by politics, driven by algorithms, information that's unfiltered and unreliable and two sides that don't pay attention to the other because they are only fed the info that their algorithms show them, since we are losing traditional media that shows us everything without picking things for us and our tastes.
Our brains were never this rotten and it won't get better with the next generations.
Am i the only person that actually thinks like this? I never wrote or spoke about it...but it's truly what i feel.
Syphon Filter
Member
2000's was awesome and peak. things went downhill 2010ish.
Hot5pur
Banned
I think people were more hopeful for the future perhaps?
Especially young people these days, they are not doing as well as their parents, and they are facing all sorts of challenges like AI, environment, social media, affordability crisis, loneliness epidemic.
It really felt like sometime after 2010 all the adults in society decided the main goal in life is to get rich and f*k everything else. I think maybe social media is to blame, made us more obsessed with ourselves and how we compare to others.
Also noticed that professionalism and integrity went out the window for a lot of people.
Oh and let's not forget the various wars, and the absolute disaster that is the "land of the free" politically right now.
Especially young people these days, they are not doing as well as their parents, and they are facing all sorts of challenges like AI, environment, social media, affordability crisis, loneliness epidemic.
It really felt like sometime after 2010 all the adults in society decided the main goal in life is to get rich and f*k everything else. I think maybe social media is to blame, made us more obsessed with ourselves and how we compare to others.
Also noticed that professionalism and integrity went out the window for a lot of people.
Oh and let's not forget the various wars, and the absolute disaster that is the "land of the free" politically right now.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Ill take boring any day over constant dystopian apocolyptic stimulation.
50s would have been good to grow up in. Too young to go to ww2 and korea. Too old to be drafted for Vietnam and you get the psychedelic 60s.1950s seemed like a nice safe decade to grow up in. Porn wasn't really a thing. If a girl wanted a guy, they just bend over and pick up something in front of them.It was like a superpower.
Lambogenie
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Social media/more connected world and media thriving off of negativity and toxicity prevailing in all forms.
midnightAI
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I was born in the 70's, early 2000's doesn't feel so far away to me. In the UK we had it tough in the 70's and 80's, still, people were happier than they are now because people now get upset and angry at the slightest things for some reason (its social media, I blame social media)