The exact moment the Internet went downhill was when the phrase “George Lucas raped my childhood” was first coined.
I know it’s just the nostalgia talking but the 90’s seemed like a simpler time.
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The exact moment the Internet went downhill was when the phrase “George Lucas raped my childhood” was first coined.
The '80s are my favorite decade for comics but the '90s are second.
You and me would have hung out a lot in middle school. I had most of those! They’re long gone now but I actually still collect graphic novels and omnibuses. I have the ultimate Kingdom edition signed by Alex Ross in my collection.
Agreed. FOX set the tone with its divisive business model. The others followed. Regardless of who did what first, it’s not cool. America used to be better than this. It can still be better than this. It’s like the worst features of the 80s and 90s morphed into a hellscape. America deserves better.
You obviously didn't watch main stream media back to the late 60's. ABC, CBS and NBC were leaning left back then too.
Wasn’t alive then, but yes, most networks were center-left. But not blatantly so. Obv the press initially gave Reagan a hard time, but when they saw that the public loved him, and he was so kind and charming, there wasn’t much they could do. Modern press is just bad for America, whether it’s left-leaning or right-leaning.
Some of the things people are nostalgic for I don't miss a bit. I really don't miss having to check the paper in the morning to see sports scores, I don't miss having to check the paper for movie times, or just about anything about the newspaper that doesn't involve actual news. I don't miss getting lost and having to stop at a gas station to get directions
I do miss being unreachable. Sometimes I just don't feel like talking to anyone and now theres like 50 ways to get a hold of me.
I miss being able to watch a tv show or movie for the first time without a billion ways for it to get spoiled for me. I know I can and generally do avoid spoilers, but it shouldn't be on me to stop living my daily life just so I don't find out what happens on tv. Yeah the Sixth Sense got ruined for me eating lunch in high school, but that wasn't something that happened regularly.
I do miss being unreachable. Sometimes I just don't feel like talking to anyone and now theres like 50 ways to get a hold of me.
I miss being able to watch a tv show or movie for the first time without a billion ways for it to get spoiled for me. I know I can and generally do avoid spoilers, but it shouldn't be on me to stop living my daily life just so I don't find out what happens on tv. Yeah the Sixth Sense got ruined for me eating lunch in high school, but that wasn't something that happened regularly.
I miss the freedom and community. The 80’s and 90’s were a time when parents didn’t let you sit in the house on your *** all day playing video games or searching the internet. You got up, rode your bike to the pool or to a field to play whiffle ball or wherever. Mom didn’t care where you went, just go do something. Came home for lunch, chilled for a bit and then at it again until dinner. After dinner the neighborhood kids would hang at someone’s house to watch movies or play video games, and then you did it all over again the next day. No rope, no parents scared to let their kids run. Good times.
I’m going to rack all of this.
Sometimes if I go to town and run a short errand I don’t even take my phone. I just want that feeling of freedom from constant and instant communication again.
That's awesome. I'd love to get a personalized autograph from Alex Ross (on Uncanny X-Men 500, since that's my favorite series) but it probably won't ever happen unless a nearby local con somehow lucks out and nabs him.
I collect back issues (mostly Marvel and DC) and collected editions (mostly omnibuses) from the start of the Silver Age to the mid-90s.
My friends and I, born in the mid 80s, were chatting tonight how we've never really experienced a war like what is going on in Ukraine. We mentioned Iraq invasion after 911, but that was just so different. And its kind of fitting for the last few years, that 35 year Olds are experiencing their first "real" invasion war.
We make almost no more money than our parents, yet things are substantially higher in cost, social media is poison and dominates our lives (our own fault here), we're more divided than ever, we can't make jokes anymore.. etc etc.
Where we are going as a society really has me worried for the next few decades and beyond. I dont see us living the nice and prosperous lives as we did (our parents) in the 90s. That's probably as good as it gets.
We make almost no more money than our parents, yet things are substantially higher in cost, social media is poison and dominates our lives (our own fault here), we're more divided than ever, we can't make jokes anymore.. etc etc.
Where we are going as a society really has me worried for the next few decades and beyond. I dont see us living the nice and prosperous lives as we did (our parents) in the 90s. That's probably as good as it gets.
Dude, I don't want to hijack this thread but your political bias is the reason you make the statement of "Fox set the tone." No, no they did not. Imagine for a second, there are only 9 ice cream shops. They're all owned by the same family and they only offer one flavor. Then comes along someone new who offers a different flavor to the customers. Despite owning the majority of the market of ice cream, one new place infuriates the group who owns the other nine shops. Then those shops spend all of their time demonizing and complaining about this one shop and the people who would go to it.
That's an elementary view of our corporate media system and that's coming from a guy who despises all corporate media and sees it as the mouthpiece of the uniparty and their financial puppet masters.
But life was absolutely better before an obsession with race and media stoking the flames of division. Identity politics and social media are at the root of issues today. I can certainly tell you growing up that no one gave a crap about race nor were people desperate to be victims for clout. Not every form of entertainment had to be a giant lecture either.
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Time sweetens the memory. I have an elderly family member that swears that race relations have deteriorated since their school days. Their segregated school days. She walked a half mile to school on days that her parents didn’t drive her, the school for blacks was 30 miles away. Most black students families didn’t have cars so they boarded with nearby families in exchange for work. This lady swears that it was a completely peaceful happy time with no complaints. I actively try to see everything objectively so I don’t develop this mindset.
My greatest dream is to listen to a podcast in its entirety without being interrupted.
There's only one side of the political aisle that obsesses about race, identity politics, and the like.
I wonder if it's the era you grew up in. The late 70's and 80's for me. Things are simpler when you are a kid, most of us are shielded from the horrors of the world.
I also think this is, by and large, exactly the way it is for most of us. I'll turn 60 later this year, so for me the 70's were far and away the best time for me for the very reasons you gave. And the 60's and 70's had the best music, and it's not even close.
This twenty something girl I work with had no idea who Fonzie was.
The lack of social mobility is going to be a massive detriment to American society in the long term.
Correct. The 70’s-90’s were very tough for my parents considering the crazy interest rates during those times plus trying to raise a family on one small salary. I bet many kids now would say these times are great not really knowing how much things have changed for the worst in the last 30 years.
I've run into a lot of people in their 20s that don't realize that the world existed before they were born.
I had a guy argue with me once that Stoll Field never had a football stadium there because "I've lived in Lexington my entire life and never saw a stadium there". Born in the 80s...
Kills me. They're illiterate when it comes to pop culture (film, music, etc) before they existed. It's really weird because I feel 80s babies sure as hell knew what was up entertainment wise beforehand. Then again, we didn't have YouTubers to watch and idolize.
I also do not want to hear any early 20 something give their opinion on a GOAT discussion regarding sports. "LeBron is the best of all-time." Yeah, okay, man, you weren't even alive during the Bulls Jordan era. Worked with a guy that was a 20 something from Illinois who went to UK and was now a "big UK fan" and had no idea who Cameron Mills or Jeff Sheppard was.
I've never had to do the online dating thing but even that, this squad coming up doesn't know the life of just going up and talking to a person and then maybe, having to build on that with AOL IM or ICQ instead of text messaging. Haha
If you came up in the 80s/90s, you got to enjoy the sweet spot of life. You knew life before the internet. Your **** was original. The good news is that you get to relive the 80s and 90s with every single damn remake and reboot today.
The Interbellum Generation - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
The Greatest Generation - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
The Silent Generation - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
The Baby Boomer Generation - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
Generation X - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
Millennials - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
Gen Alpha - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
The Greatest Generation - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
The Silent Generation - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
The Baby Boomer Generation - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
Generation X - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
Millennials - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
Gen Alpha - "Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but our time was a simpler time. We inherited the problems our parents laid upon us.......and we are very worried about the next generation."
^ Not sure how Gen Alpha can make any claim of "simpler times" considering the tech and comfort they were born into. But I get the point being made. But there are some foundational things people have had. There's less difference between kids born in the 70s/80s and maybe even early 90s...compared to the a group born in the 2000s and 2010s. It means you never knew the "old world" if you can't recall life without the internet or a smart phone.
And if you watch Henry Winkler in just about anything he's in these days, you wonder how he got away with playing a "macho" character.
The main problem with the world today is the same problem that the world has always had and will always have until the end of time. Human beings are an awful lot. Among us there will always be some number of swindlers, crooks, and egomaniacs. The rest of us are just generally selfish and look out for our own interests. That means we create a lot of drama and stress for each other. We argue about stupid ****, we divide ourselves by race, ethnicity, religion, and creed and then set ourselves against the other groups. Why do we do this? One would hope it's to feel a sense of belonging, but the vast majority of the time we join these groups so we never have to question our own flawed assumptions and stereotypes or admit that we are wrong. We would rather join a group that will lie to us than question our own beliefs. We are a sad, lonely, miserly species and we deserve every single bit of the destruction we constantly reap on each other.
Someone born in the 1800s would say the same thing about people born with telephones, cars, and tv. People born before airplanes would think someone born in a time where you could fly to Europe was nuts.
Yeah no ****.
But I’d argue that the Boomers did not give a **** about anything but themselves and left the world a huge ******* mess that we’re all dealing with today.
In fairness, I was the same exact way at that age. Anything that happened the day before I was born and before was ancient history, and therefore, unimportant.
That’s that youthful exuberance and feeling of invincibility we all have until the adult world promptly ***** on our heads at the first opportunity.
Every time.
I’m the grandson of greatest gen. Son of boomers.
My grandfather thought my parents’ generation was lazy and soft. His generation was afraid to eat in a restaurant with someone of another race.
My parents’ generation thinks my generation is lazy and soft. Their generation invented helicopter parenting and participation trophies.
My generation thinks the younger generation is lazy and soft …….
I think the fact that when I was a kid our station wagons radio only got AM so we just listened to an oldies station in the car made me miss that. Also spending all day with my grandparents while my mom was at work helped too. They didn't have cable so when I was inside we watched Green Acres. I don't think my grandparents owned an album manufactured before 1970 that wasn't originally my moms or my uncles either.
Yeah but how is an airplane a daily part of someone’s life? The internet age has completely altered human behavior on a daily basis. I’m more referencing the smart phone than anything else.
You appeared to be making the point that this current generation is in a “new world” due to current technology. I was nearly pointing out dramatic new technology has been coming along consistently throughout time. The smartphone is not the most dramatic technology in the history of time. You could argue the computer, car, airplanes, television, radio, electricity, fire etc etc were more dramatic changes than smartphones.
The conspiracy theories were cooler and better in the 90’s too.
The Clinton’s murdered Foster to cover up Whitewater? That’s some John Grisham ****.
UFO’s. Aliens. Area 51. The Truth is Out There? Hell yeah.
Now all we have is Tom Hanks eating babies in the basement of a Pizza Hut and Donald Trump is a covert operative for the second coming.
The Clinton’s murdered Foster to cover up Whitewater? That’s some John Grisham ****.
UFO’s. Aliens. Area 51. The Truth is Out There? Hell yeah.
Now all we have is Tom Hanks eating babies in the basement of a Pizza Hut and Donald Trump is a covert operative for the second coming.
Fox Mulder believed in some pretty wild stuff, so I wonder if he would've been a QAnon loon.