All "le 90s kid xD" memes aside, why was it such a great decade for America?
>>74394845
Internet boom and the last decade where PC bullshit wasn't around. Plus all the crazy and memorable stuff that came out of it. Plus the economy was decent.
>>74394845
Clinton Presidency.
Pre-9/11.
SOMEBODY
it wasnt great, some are just nostalgic for it. the internet sucked then
90s kids are the last good generation because they know they life before internet/social media/smart tech
>you will never play pokemon yellow again
>>74395013
You know how I can tell you were not old enough to actually remember the 90's? You think PC bullshit wasn't a thing.
>NAFTA
>Bill Clinton
>race riots
90's sucked dick outside of pop culture.
Internet boom and it was the (relatively) peaceful time after the cold war and before 9/11
It was great period to be growing up
After 2008 world went nuts
All this shoshial media is triggering me, no fun allowed
>>74394845
China was still far weaker economy, Russia was on her knees run by a drunk retard and everyone else was kissing your ass because you were without any rivals. This the myth of the golden age.
>>74395068
ONCE TOLD ME
>>74395189
The thing is though is that SJW's were seen as a joke even by leftists.
>>74394845
Everything pre-9/11 was pretty decent.
>>74395189
It wasn't as much of a thing. Gays were openly mocked in popular culture--even on shows like SNL.
>>74395197
>asians shooting niggers from the rooftops
>not great
>>74394845
Because the average age of posters here are probably in their late 20s and that's the decade of their fun childhood memories
>>74395389
This. I remember even here, the show This hour has 22 minutes, making fun of them with a skit called Gays of our lives, poking fun at Day of Our Lives. Also Madtv
>>74395189
You could never produce anything like this now
>>74394845
There were still people who wanted to make America great again.
>>74395184
This is true. Let me break it all down for you guys who are too young to remember, or ever experience what this was like. I'll give a few prime example of why the 90's was great for me personally, even though you may not understand it.
>Cell phones existed but were not common at all. If you went out people would call your house, and leave a message on your answering machine. If no answering machine maybe someone would pick up or you would have caller ID. If NOT then that was it. No expectations of constant communication.
>Our cartoons treated kids like young adults, not bubble wrapped children. If you don't believe me watch the 90's Batman cartoon series, or TMNT. Constant dark themes, and jokes that would not be allowed today. As well the stories treated kids like adults, and were more well written/acted/interested.
>Everyone wasn't scared of their neighbors, because they actually knew them. This meant on Halloween you wouldn't get 10-20 kids, you would get 80-100. Keep in mind the city I grew up in was not large.
>Video games existed, and were more of a form of creativity and storytelling then pandering for sales. PC bullshit had no infiltrated vidya to the same extent, and freedom of expression reigned.
>Women were publicly and actively slut shamed. If you were a girl when I went to high school, and you wore booty shorts, you would get ripped on hard. Both boys and girls would participate as well. This meant girls, though still slutty, were slightly more wholesome than the ones today.
>The Simpsons was still funny. Any true 90's kid will know what I mean by this.
I could carry on, but these were some of the first things that came to my mind.
>>74395117
t. faggot born in 95 or later
90s life style
>get cool car
>get money
>get cool TV and cool game console
>pc wow can watch movies listen to music and create stuff
>hang out with friends, talk about cool TV programs, real life stuff etc
Now
>brag on fb about your car
>broadcast your games to yt
>online everything
>tweet share like comment
>>74395389
>>74395553
Don't forget Smithers from the early Simpsons days.
>"Hello Smithers... you are good... at turning... me on"
>tfw born in 95, recognize I'm not a 90s kid but still accept the 90s were better in everyway to the present
>>74395660
Thanks anon
Pic related
In the 90s WWF was the embodiment of the time: no PC culture, could say whatever you wanted to people without them taking offense, all jokes were on the table, people weren't afraid to get rough with each other, capitalism and success was applauded, women were able to have bra and panty matches without feminists getting in uproar over how sexist it was, men were taught to be actual men instead of pussys... I could go on.
It was truly the last time I felt good about the world.
>>74394845
Post-cold war
Pre-clash of cultures (Islam plus internet accelerating cultural divides within the West)
Limitless optimism, nobody could hold you down, fraternity and friendship seemed inevitable.
>>74395117
It's a hell of a lot better than the shithole it is now
Because the generation of children that grew up during this time and are now adults and are actively pandering and pushing their nostalgia with an overly rose-tinted view of the period in hindsight despite all the terrible shit that happened.
Also, it helps that there were major societal and technological shifts thanks to computers/internet to support this view.
In about 5 more years the 00/10 kids will start their nostalgia-whoring of their childhoods on society once they enter adulthood and leverage their influence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5WP5tzDGy0
>>74395839
Early 2000 were still like 90s to some point
>>74395117
>muh nostalgia
Or you know some time periods are better than others. Fact is back then radical feminism was viewed as craziness, Islam was not in the west as much as it is now, race relations were starting to simmer and blacks were on a good track, the school system still had a backbone, liberalism wasn't all about cratering to non-whites, etc. I would trade our internet for all the good the 90's had in a second.
>>74395660
This guy gets it.
Also things were fucking cheap.
>$10 gas in truck
>$10 food and beer
>$10 for 500 rounds of .22 ammo
My weekend was set.
I lived in a CCR song, and I miss it.
>>74395937
Dude that was born in the early-mid 90s detected. The world was objectively better before 9/11. There was a time when Americans were proud to be Americans and most of the world (even the Muslim world) liked us. Bush and Obama fucked all of that up.
>>74395937
I dont think so. I see the younger generation via my brother and they are all miserable walking on egg shells 24/7.
I get the nostalgia thing you are trying to play but there are some things were objectively better in the past
>>74395937
Wow, shut the Fuck up you retarded gen x Faggot. Go listen to Alice in Chains or sound garden and slit your wrists.
>>74396108
>ace relations were starting to simmer and blacks were on a good track,
You talking the same decade nigs raped LA, started the thug culture, and celebrated a murderer getting acquitted?
Also for all of you kids too young to remember him, Patrick Fucking Buchanan. To anyone who has not watched this speech, stop whatever you are doing and take it all in. American conservatism at its finest.
He is /pol/'s grandfather. And just like most grandfathers, most of you won't appreciate how cool this guy is until you are too old, and he is gone.
>Culture War Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-taxWx-0Ag
>>74395750
hahah yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jOzQC3XOw
>>74395660
This. The great thing is we have those great simpsons immortalized on dvd and those vidya on cartridges that will last a lifetime, not to mention the consoles
>>74396436
Don't forget the fact that every 90's male has about 9-10 seasons of Simpsons quotes on reserve at any time.
>>74395186
>not having a gameboy and gen1 pokemon
>>74396522
No. I quote Frasier. I never watched fucking degenerate cartoons.
>>74394845
>pic related
>>74394845
It was as great as any other decade without war from a kid's perspective, and since millenials are the ones who use the internet for this kind of shit it seems it's all about the 90s
>>74395186
>>74396555
Pokemon wasn't really a 90s thing, given how late it was. Hell, I'd argue that it largely kicked off the 00s as far as children's entertainment went.
>I believe "shaved" is the expression
I dont care about the kikery in this movie it was fucking great. The new ones/spinoffs are hardcore pornos in comparison which just shows how degenerate internet porn made young people compared to our generation
>>74396522
Yes. Plus so many moments in life to this day, and I can always related to a scene and have the script memorized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pa6SGYWADU
>>74396108
Almost all the 90s nostalgia faggotry comes from people who were kids at the time. No one who's 80 says "man, the 90s was the best decade".
Eventually, the 90s kids will fade away as society's main 20-somethings, and we'll hear about how great the 00s were throughout the Internet.
>>74396699
We had the Gulf War and Bosnia during the 90s, though. Our military used to know to get shit done.
People were alot friendlier, I did remember loving pokemon and my gbc but most of my time was spent riding around my bike in the neighborhood looking for whatever mischief me and my friends could get into. The whole social media, internet, cell phones and shit really fucked with peoples values. Technology was advanced enough to make life comfy now its just self absorbed normie shit and our current population is braindead
>>74396839
The early 00's were pretty great though.
>>74396839
Or maybe it is simply because humanity degrades year after year, people after WW3 will say "shit it was fucked up" and will cherish their current year
>>74394845
It was the worst, but why?
>>74396839
No one claims that the 90s were the best decade, but try asking your dad if the 90s were better than anything since and see what he says. Everything has been on a decline post 9/11 from a cultural and economic standpoint.
>>74396991
Not here. 9/11 and nigger rap was the new IT "music"
>>74396962
The problem is that people always think progress=good by default.
Just because i can carry a pocket computer that has the ability to go online nearly everywhere making me 24/7 available doesnt mean that i should
Reminder that it could've continued if Greenspan wasnt such a fucking bitch
>>74396200
Try mid-eighties.
Remember Kosovo? The first gulf war and all the bullshit with Iraq/Iran/the Saudis that followed up until 9/11? Good ol' Somolia? OKC/WTC Bombings? How about all the shit that was happening in South America? Remember that time we supported the civil war in Afghanistan? What about all those Islamic terrorists named "Al Qaeda" that popped up in Yemen that we're still fighting off?
What a great time to be alive full of optimism because I was a still a child ignorant to all the horrible shit happening around the world and in my own country! Gameboys and slap bracelets really bring me back to the time where I was happy. The 80s and 90s were a great time for consumerism, but that's about it.
>>74396324
The "Black Hole Sun" music video is a visual masterpiece and you know it. Also, I'm fairly optimistic about the future-- I just don't see the point in raising my childhood on a pedestal and revering it as some fucking golden age of optimism and culture.
>>74397231
I remember all of that shit and I'm slightly older than you. Americans were still proud to be American and we weren't brought up to believe that we were a constant force of evil in the world like we are now.
>>74395660
you are probably a few years older than me, but I remember enjoying my playstation and prior my cousin's snes. everyone had tamagotchi's in class and meeting with neighbour kids to play pokemon outside was cool, also
>roaming the woods and "killing" stinging nettle
>super soaker battles in the whole streets' front yards
>upgrading PC from 66Mhz to 166Mhz was a big thing and all just to play Lego Creators
I am successful now, but remembering old times makes me wish to end it all
>>74395937
I'm a 2000s kid and it was a god awful decade
>>74394845
Because it was THE shittiest decade for Russia
>>74395013
PC bullshit was totally in full force in the 90s. Same thing with institutional anti-male policies and treatment in schools.
More murders occurred
You couldn't walk around like an idiot and act a fool as almost everyone does now
People talk big nowadays with no action, people acted scarily back then without many words
>>74395054
Yep. People can blame whoever they want, but it's truly astonishing how much the world changed.
>>74395660
>Women were publicly and actively slut shamed. If you were a girl when I went to high school, and you wore booty shorts, you would get ripped on hard. Both boys and girls would participate as well. This meant girls, though still slutty, were slightly more wholesome than the ones today.
Did it really matter that much?
Jews and Niggers
Jews and Niggers
Kikes and Spics
Kikes and Spics
Look at all the Achmeds
Look at all the Achmeds
Jewish tricks
Jewish tricks
>>74397486
Murders and the threat of violence are necessary to maintain order sometimes. People need to learn that the stove is hot
>>74397541
I stopped counting at a dozen, feels bad to be a degenerate honestly. I would take back most of it if I could.
>>74397462
It was present but was recognized as a toxic tendency rather than the current unquestioning acceptance. There was also more satire and less sheeplike following. If you watch old Kids In The Halls sketches, they try to introduce gay propaganda, but they have no illusions about being unquestionable saviours, and frequently mock gays.
>>74395660
>Our cartoons treated kids like young adults, not bubble wrapped children. If you don't believe me watch the 90's Batman cartoon series, or TMNT. Constant dark themes, and jokes that would not be allowed today. As well the stories treated kids like adults, and were more well written/acted/interested.
You got more raunchy jokes because PC bullshit had a stranglehold on violence during 90s. The Ninja Turtles weren't allowed to use their weapons in any meaningful capacity and the Spider-man cartoon of the time was CONSTANTLY getting hammered by strict censorship. Compare that to what we've gotten in recent years out of the same franchises.
>muh Batman
That was an outlier. By the same merit, the Clone Wars cartoon from a few years ago got away with fucking everything, but nobody takes that as an average indicator of the decade as a whole.
One weird thing I remember about the 90's was how filthy places were compared to today. I remember going into a Burger King anywhere and shit was like Burger Shot from GTA San Andreas with napkins and newspapers all over the floor.
On the other hand, creativity was encouraged. I remember drawing a fuck ton on paper as a kid and teachers telling me to stop drawing and get back to work all the time, but then said I have a gift. I remember they eventually gave in and let people draw during reading time, but only on Friday because everyone wanted to draw so much. Also, games encouraged thinking. Sim City was one of the most popular simulators, and in fact in those book catalogues at school.
>>74395215
Dude, where is your holographic 8-ball slammer?!
>>74397945
What about Toonami with constant Gundam battles? That show was on at 5:30pm every evening. Eventually every TV show had some sort of fighting involved. Even Scooby Doo tried to put it in due to lack of ideas.
self interest man is a cool guy eh lets markets decide things and doesn't afraid of anything
>>74394845
It was a facade.
>>74398165
>Gundam
You mean that show that started airing in the states in 2000? The 2000s were when they started easing up on censorship.
>>74394845
The Internet before, SJWs, Autistics, Marxists, 3rd worlders, etc.
Only decent folk.
>WCW Nitro and WWF made it socially acceptable to be a wrestling fan
>Carmack and Romero made it socially acceptable to be a vidya geek
>>74397385
My sister had one of those annoying tamagotchi's. It used to cry all night. Eventually I think I flushed it down the toilet or threw it out of a window.
>tfw kids don't play outside anymore.
They'll never know the feeling of a full-street water war. They probably don't even have street-street rivalries these days. At least not ones that don't involve people getting shot.
>>74394845
it wasn't "great," but we were still innocent and naive (9/11). the cold war was over, the US emerged on top, exchange rates everywhere favored the dollar (travel/expenses cheap), prices were still relatively cheap for goods and food, even minimum wage jobs weren't so bad because inflation wasn't as bad as it is today. another thing, in the morning you could easily quit a shitty, high schooler, part-time job, and by sunset you'd find another shitty, high schooler, part-time job. (like if i moved to a new city, i would go through about 5 jobs in 2 weeks until i found the "right fit.")
>>74397945
I guess the difference is in the themes. Also I will be honest, I can't stand CG at all. Based on that alone I don't think I will ever be able to give Clone War a chance. I'll trust you on it, but I still will have my reservations.
The Spider-man cartoon of the time was also great. Think about the relationship he had in that one with Mary Jane compared to the forced bullshit in any of their modern adaptations. Don't forget that all of the characters were their traditional roles, not their "diverse" modern ones.
>>74396839
>>74396108
>>74395117
>>74395214
>>74395189
>>74395260
>>74395839
>>74395937
>>74396200
>>74395189
>>74395184
>90s kids are the last good generation because they know they life before internet/social media/smart tech
Question for oldfriends: if I was born in 95, do you consider me a le 90s kid or a disgusting filthy rotten repulsive participation trophy total drama island Minecraft iCarly selfie 00s piece of trash? I mean, I remember a lot of stuff that "only" 90s kids would remember still being around from 2000-2006.
I've heard people say the 00s were "the last fun decade to be a teen in". I mean, even though I was mostly a teen in 2010-2012, I was also technically a "teen" in 2008-09...that still counts as pre-widespread social media, right? I know Facebook was invented in 2004, but it didn't really get popular until 2011; 2005 to 2010 was the "Myspace era".
I just barely, narrowly dodged a bullet...... right?
>>74398376
That show came out in the late 90's where I live.
>>74394845
Because almost no one had the internet.
because this album was on the radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za5wwxsuvhw
>>74396710
pokemon came out in 95 plebbit
>>74394845
DREAMCAST
>>74398634
ever thought about how difficult it'll be to raise a son properly in modern times? Best would be to leave society and watch from afar until he is ready I guess
>>74399011
If you weren't at least in highschool on 9-11, sorry. You may have memories from the 90's but very few experiences. Definitely no life-molding experiences (considering would would have been 1-5).
You're not a 90's kid, but close.
>>74395896
90's WWF was fucking awesome!
It was great to be white in the 90s. Now you got white kids trying to act black.
Remember all the gangtsa rap that openly called for violence against whites? The Long Island train massacre? Al Sharpton stirring up shit at every turn? Tawana Brawley? Out of control dindu violence in major cities?
Good fucking times.
>>74397358
Yeah, that's a bunch of bullshit.
Gen X'ers were the outspoken self-hating scum of America back then, just like the SJWs are today. We haven't been a 'proud nation' in the sense we blindly supported our government since before the Vietnam war-- and a lot of that was because common people finally had the sense to call bullshit on the government for taking advantage of people's pride and patriotism. Just because we don't regard the state as an ultimate force for good doesn't mean Americans don't see fellow Americans as good, proud people, though.
You only contribute to the problems we've seen in the fallout by perpetuating this lie and pandering to long-gone eras, even though you wish to return to that sense of community and belonging you felt back then. If you want that back, then you can start by not living in the past and trying to see the good in your fellow man.
The 90's were a meme decade
The early 90's were brutal recession worse than 2008, the late and mid 90's were good then it all popped around 2000 with the internet bubble and then 9/11
>>74399220
I talk about this regularly with my girlfriend. We are getting married next year, or the year after (long engagement). The best we have come up with is to not bubble wrap him. To that end, if we have a boy she already agreed to let me take the lead on him.
If you raise your kid like you were raised in the 90's, without any of the fears and bullshit they try to pump into you now, then your kid will be fine. Let him watch adult shows, read old stuff, explore nature, build camps, play rough, and all of that other shit that is frowned upon in our female dominated society.
>>74396710
No, it definitely kicked off right away. It was a very big thing since red and blue.
>>74399195
Really? I was born in 93 and remember getting Red when I was 4-5, probably 5. I knew it was out for a little bit before I got it, but was that really 3 years??
>>74394845
>why was it such a great decade for America?
Because /pol/ was young and all it had to worry about was pokemons and jerking off after math homework.
When you're a kid you're oblivious to the world's problems.
Also "millennials" born during or after the 90s are nostalgic about it because they don't know a fucking thing about it.
Fuck the 90s. Now is objectively worse though. . .
>>74399419
I am just afraid of what might happen to my offspring when I am not watching (school etc.), I don't want my child to get infested with bullshit or bullied for not being a pc cunt
>tfw born in 1993 and wasn't old enough to truly experience the 90s
Was it really that great to be a teen/young adult back then?
>>74399684
I worry about that as well. Its hard to keep your child away from the cold, liberal influence of the state. Because of le weedman, kids have to indicate their "birth gender" and "which gender they identify as".
These are truly dark times. Take solace in the fact that it is very apparent that the left is about to get hit right in the knock out button with a hard right.
>>74395054
this. kids born after will never know freedom. and not because of some people hiding in caves either
>>74399688
If it was awesome here in Portugal, imagine what it was like in the USA!
>>74399419
I remember when my parents and grandparents said the same shit about my upbringing in the 90's compared to theirs in the 60s/20s. They were always worried about other kids being too sheltered by staying in all day playing with their "Nintendos" and coddled because no one spanked their kids anymore (none of us were spanked, either).
Today, Nintendo has been replaced with "smart phones", but otherwise I still see neighborhood children playing with neighborhood children outside with relatively little supervision.
I wonder what the 00/10 kids will say about future child-rearing?
It wasn't. It was riddled with the advent of rap. White girls starting to suck and fuck niggers because white cuck boys were walking around with jeans hanging off their ass and a P-Diddy CD
>>74399419
assuming my kid isn't a fag, he will be doing the following:
>supervised air rifle use at 6
>supervised 22 use at 7
>shotgun sports around 13
>sports, if he feels like it and is any good (highly unlikely)
>wood shop training starting around 7
>electronics/physics/chemistry training starting as young as possible
>metal shop training starting as a teen
>learn to drive starting with a stick shift RWD vehicle
>help me work on cars
>boy scouts until eagle
>>74399688
yes. probably not as good as the 80s but it was a good decade. Grunge music, Doom, computers were new and cool, N64. Good times.
>>74394845
is just that most of /pol/acks were kids back then. even i, that was born in 97 have some nostalgic feeling of early 00's
but this won't take us nowhere, we have to deal with our present problems and let go the past
>>74396753
I can't believe I forgot this Simpsons classic. Everything about this is just ripping on feminism.
>All women show
>Afternoon YAK (so subtle)
I think of this clip every single time I hear a feminist speak. Thanks 90's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rihu8_nbhw8
Ohh the days. We'd all congregate to the tennis court in our APT. Every other kid was system linking their gameboys and trading pokemon cards. Arguing over who was cooler, stone cold of the rock. I especially miss waking up early morning Sunday with my dad to watch fox kids and wb
>>74394845
It was the best time to be born. Still young enough to experience the coming world and to have had a nice childhood of playing outside, some video games, and cartoons; but we're not the current generation growing up on nothing but minecraft, PC bullshit, and xbox 1's.
>>74400020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMZOQZz4-qc&t=0m48s
>>74399964
You wonder what they'll say about child rearing? The truth is they will probably say nothing, because none of them are going to have children. That would require taking too much time away from themselves, and actually having enough test to talk to a woman.
My question for anyone who is 18-22 would be, why can't any of you grow facial hair? Why don't any of you have girlfriends anymore? None of the summer students this year have a girlfriend. Not one. First time ever.
>>74395117
it didnt suck because it was something new and magnificient. stupid fagot go back to school.
When a bunch of 40 year old guys acting like wigger teenagers was the coolest thing on television.
>>74395389
when I was a grade schooler in the 90's, gay was still an insult or term for something you didnt like.
"man that's so gay"
"you're gaaaay"
>>74397945
>clone wars cartoon
are you talking about the 2d animated one or the 3d one that turned into rebels
>>74399011
I think the general consensus for the cutoff is 2001. The actual effects of 9/11 didn't start making themselves felt until years later. I think the WORST years we have felt as a country in modern times started with 2006, and ended in 2009. Things started getting REALLY bad in 06. Obama's first year in office made it worse. The 10's although still trash, are infinitely better than those 3 years. The 5 year gap between '01 and '06 was JUST enough time to bring up a child with SOME slight trace of dignity. Once a child is over 5 is when you can really start to tell what their character will be. I can honestly say, the 5, 6 and 7 year olds of the mid 2000's seem like they will fare infinitely better than the 5 6 and 7 year olds of today.
>>74400268
1990's
>Man has sex change, marries self
>"Hilarious! Can you imagine that?"
2010+
>Man has sex change
>"So brave. Woman of the year."
The last decade before 9/11. That day ruined 60 years of Western progress.
>>74400168
The days were spent running arpund and riding bikes. The nights consistent of all out 007 wars and Mario cart 64. Or playing hide and seek late at night
>>74399195
wasn't released in North America until September of '98
>>74399863
hoping, praying exactly for this. Probably have 2-3 more years to plan ahead. Whatever you plan to do, good luck friend
>>74395189
You're retarded. PC existed, yes, but it was openly mocked. You knew who the fuck to stay away from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77M2e3APoXk
>>74400474
Moving to Europe, actually. See you soon, anon.
>>74399011
The Pest :D yes!
I was looking through my school notebooks from 1994 the other day and found this little tidbit from black history month. It was a simpler time back then
>>74400168
internet simply ruined western kids.
the mix of being in your growth stage with computer, makes the kid chase for other peoples approval by being the biggest attwhore he can be. plus liberal propaganda trough other media outlets could never affect kids as strong or fast as the internet did. it took decades to television just show nogs on television without being in a slave paper, but only one generation to transform kids into nigger lovers
>>74395660
thats another thing. the way people- women and girls in particular, dressed
>>74400891
I would fuck the entire cast of Saved by the Bell.
>>74400842
social media != the internet.
>>74400993
>>74394845
Because it was the last era that smartphones didnt exist, communication was still relatively slow, and we had pre-9/11 freedom.
BTW, people born in the 90s arent "90s kids," because half of them dont even remember the 90s. I was born in 82 and consider myself a 90s kid. It's the culture i grew up with. I dont remember what it was like in fucking 1987.
>>74400313
More than half of my colleagues in their younger 20s have steady boyfriends/girlfriends. Hell, one of them got married last year at 20 and now are expecting a kid. I've met a lot of strong-willed young folks with a good sense of direction-- which surprised me because I remember not being nearly as mature or focused at their age.
Worst thing you can do is paint a generation with a broad brush just because they grew up in a completely different world than you did. Remember-- a large chunk of both Trump's and Sander's biggest supporters are so-called millennials. There is clearly a divide in ideologies and mindsets, and historically we know weak ones don't survive the test of time. Chip up, buckaroo.
I was born in '97
What did I miss?
The sense of America being an island unto itself. We knew of the outside world but it was a distant thing, outside of the brief 1993 WTC bombing. You didn't need to know anything about Islam or the world abroad beyond "those idiots are killing eachother over tribal differences again"
Globalization, like the EU as it currently is, were distant utopian thoughts on the horizon. How the world would be more like a village and that was thought in a good way without any of the negative possibilities.
And don't tell me that's just because someone was younger. Just by virtue of technology and just the nightly news or newspapers you didn't get told over and over about Sunni-Shia Sectarianism, or Kurdish-Turkish relations, or intimate knowledge of Venezuela's shit-show or whatever. I say taht as someone who now voraciously studies and learns about international affairs but
>>74399373
>worse than 2008
u wot m8
>>74400378
That was the case into the early and mid 2000s for me. I remember in 9th grade or so the topic of trannies coming up and the almost neat divide of the girls and female teacher being okay with it while the guys were not.
>>74400435
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_(Saturday_Night_Live)
And when I was wiki surfing onto the topic of Yellow Peril it was surprising to learn Ally McBeal, that in vogue late 90s sitcom, had a literal "oriental sex-devil dragon lady" with Lucy Lu.
The 90s culturally vs today is a pretty remarkable shift.
>>74401223
Life
>>74401246
>The sense of America being an island unto itself.
A lot of people won't ever admit to this, but in the 90's everyone wanted to live in America.
>>74394845
That shit came out in the late 90's.
>>74401223
You missed knowing what it was like having to deal directly with a girl's parents when you called her.
>>74401288
Should I blame my parents?
The jews?
Myself?
>>74399011
what movie did ash die in? because i clearly rememeber every kid in that movie theatre in Florida balling there eyes out
>>74401516
The first one, but he got resurrected instantly
The first one
Good times
>>74400419
The 3D one, I can't believe some of the stuff they got away with showing.
>>74395045
First republican controlled congress in 40 years.
>>74401288
aren't you missing life by being a 30 year older and still browsing pinoy website
>>74399419
But what If you end having a girl, would that be very tough to handle.
>>74401732
Was it any worse than the 1990's TMNT fridge magnets?
>>74401791
No.
I just got home from a walk along lake michigan after my relatively easy job. Later i'll have a glass of wine with my gf and then fuck the living daylights out of her.
What did you do today?
>>74395286
THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME
>>74401798
If you have a girl you just need to have a good, but dominant relationship with them in order for it to work. What is the number one thing to look for in a girl to judge if she is messed up? Daddy issues. If you raise her well, then she will be fine. The important part is YOU, not the mother, raising her.
>>74400993
Belding too?
>>74401475
All of the above
>>74394845
Innovation.
It was literally impossible to not make money because tech that could be affored by the simple man was finally available.
Bill Clinton was actually the worst president ever, he just rode the tech wave.
>>74395727
I miss 90s ;_;
>>74402051
All of them. Throw in fucking AC Slater for effect.
>>74401872
there was a scene where like four squads of clones got fucking slaughtered by droids and were trying to hold out
>>74401906
went to the cram school and pretend to be studying for the rest of the day.
i still have alot of experience to go trough, i hope
>>74402120
>implying he wouldnt be first
:^)
>>74394845
9/11?
>>74401906
This.
Conditions were better in ways, but I was massively unhappy, and have since become a much better person not through wealth or external conditions but self-knowledge and self restraint.
Tldr fuck circumstance acheive stoicism.
>>74401925
>>74394845
Economic factors.
We were literally shitting money with the dotcom boom. There were stocks opening up that would "pop" and grow 200% in price over three days. It was the beginning of day trading.
>>74395896
technically the attitude era was the end of the 90's.
I'm not a femibro but if pol is going to blame rap music for nigger culture of today then the attitude era helped make the slut culture of today.
>>74394845
The 90's were shitty, but 9/11 made them look great in comparison.
Are we going to enter another golden age soon? The reciting pattern seems to be:
>About 20 years of Good times
>About 10 years of the very worst components of the good times
About 20 more years of good times
>rinse repeat
You can see it with the 1910's and 20's, great economy, music, entertainment, with the looming threat of degenerate and poverty. Great depression hits, 30's are a trash time period. Economy comes back to life due to WW2, and we see the 50's and 60's, where the strong, nuclear family unit is established, excellent economy, least degenerate time period we've ever had. Things go sour in the late 60's, as the 70's had rampant crime, in the form of drug abuse, corruption, along with the very first SJdubyas 80's had the conservative pushback, Great fucking music, culture, economy, everybody was chill. The 90's were an extension, although things start going downhill after 9/11. So, my question is, are the 2020's going to be a great time for us? It seems likely, seeing as we might have another Reagan revolution on our hands with Trump. If he presides over the late teens early 20's, we're in for a wild, yet incredible ride.
>>74401872
It was incredibly violent, and only got more violent as it went on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMM-Sh14d6s
>>74396108
Pre 9-11 I had never even heard of Islam or met a arab/persian. And I'm from cuckifornia.
>>74402430
And if Trump loses?
>>74402430
If you want to have any conversation about the cycles of generations, start with this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory
Also, read Fate of Empires. We are heading towards a very interesting time. We are in the decline of a civilization/empire, while also heading into a Crisis turning according to the Strauss-Howe theory. Things are going to go crazy.
Everything was great until they discontinued the Dreamcast... Until that time, everything around the world was great, as well as everything in my life.
>>74394845
The nineties are where the actual cultural progress of the eighties came to a screeching halt and nihilism and self-pity took over.
The nineties were fucking dogshit and we haven't moved on at all, only taken the ideas that were prevalent to an illogical extreme with fancier technology.
>>74402120
What about the cast from the first couple of seasons before slater was on the show?
>>74402507
We're fucked. Bill Clinton gets credit for the 90's when he really didn't have all that much to do with it. Hillary will fucking tank the eco.
>>74402688
I would fuck the entire IMDB cast listing of Saved by the Bell, and maybe even some of the people who wrote reviews. Saved by the Bell has a long, emotional and sexual history with me.
90's was all the good parts of the late 80's, but with less of the blow, and more of a forward looking attitude. After all, the year T W O T H O U S A N D was right around the corner. LITERALLY the future. How could people not be happy? Technology was reaching it's peak, and was still a positive thing, the internet especially- was almost purely academic and business, it was a wild west FULL of limitless possibility people were starting to get along finally- the USSR had fallen and Russia was now our friend, we even built a fucking space station together. I remember the 90's had a HUGE space boner. No classroom was complete without mentioning space at some point. We also had not 1, not 2, but almost 3 Star Trek shows, (if you count TNG, which despite ending early 90's was still broadcast well into the late 90's)
also, 80's movies were still all over TV. you couldnt turn on the TV in the summer without bumping into Terminator 2 or the Robocop movies.
Video Rentals were huge, and were a family event. you went with mom and dad to the local Palmer Video/West Coast Video/Blockbuster and they'd pick out some movies to watch over the weekend, and you'd get to pick one out yourself. Its easy to underestimate how big video rentals were as family events.
Vidya was still fairly innocent and all about fun and not pandering or bottom lines. There was still passion driving the industry.
Cartoons were good. Like, really good. And the majority, as other anons have pointed out, didnt treat kids like retards. Batman, Superman, Gargoyles, shows that were family friendly, but that didnt shy away from more adult themes like death.
even the comedy shows were quality. stuff like Animaniacs got away with SO much shit. It was literally the perfect storm, and could never have happened before or ever again.
even the educational shows were good. Magic School Bus, anyone?
>>74402765
What will you do if Hillary wins and how bad will be /pol/'s meltdown?
>>74395660
I've been saying this for ages, but The Simpson's mimicked life as it was at the time. You know why the Simpson's was so good back then? Because life really was good back then.
The decay of the Simpsons reflects the decay of our society. Seriously.
>>74403052
You can say that about art and media in general desu. Art reflects the society in which it was made.
>>74395215
when you're long since dead, archaeologist will unearth your pog stash and wonder how autistic you must of been
>>74395896
>no PC culture
>in the fucking 90s
The 90s was the decade of PC culture, for fucks sake. Also, most the shit that you said would have been deemed wildly inappropriate and uncouth by men in the 50s and 60s, especially if exposed to children no less-- which goes to show the 90s was mostly a shit show and you only pine for your childhood.
Also, WWF was and still is considered low-brow entertainment for white trash.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-06-18/lifestyle/9206170383_1_checkered-game-milton-bradley-game-of-life
>>74399011
>I mean, I remember a lot of stuff that "only" 90s kids would remember still being around from 2000-2006.
(warning, /co/ autism)
The same shit happened during the 80s craze of the early 00s, when things like early 90s video games got lumped in with them. In context of children's media exclusively, I think that the "start" of the decade is whichever franchise is big enough to cause a major shift in the industry
>in the 80s, the three pieces of animation generally agreed to have started the era are Ducktales (1987, caused a shift to high-budget syndicated animation that defined the 90s), Ninja Turtles (1987, set the stage for higher-budget action cartoons and comic book adaptions), and The Little Mermaid (1989, the start of the Disney Renaissance). Pick one of those three
>in the 90s, it was Pokemon, along with DBZ and YGO to a lesser extent, that caused Western animation to begin being phased out in favor of anime. Tarzan (99) also marks the end of the Disney Renaissance. '99's probably the safest year to mark as the start of the '00s (although 9-11 kicked it off in virtually every other medium)
>Adventure Time in '09 was huge enough to almost single-handedly resurrect television animation. Minecraft was released in '10 and Tangled (the start of modern Disney) was '11. (it should be noted that some people consider Bolt in '08 or Princess and the Frog in '09 to be the official start of modern Disney)
Basically, anything after the release of those count as being part of the decade, as far as I'm concerned. That's also why I don't consider Pokemon a 90s franchise, because it was more in-line with '00s trends.
>>74403052
feels bad man
>>74403047
Although that's unlikely as all fuck, I personslly, will just be fucking steamed for a few months. I might go on a vacation or something just to get the fuck away from all of it. Then, I'll just be hoping she has a heart attack or gets killed. As for/pol/, yeah. We'll be pissed alright, it'll be like the mittens meltdown of '12, only about 500% worse because we had stake in this candidate.
>>74394845
>Billy C
>NAFTA
>the last bits of US industry evaporating into China
other than the vidya and anime, the 90's were fucking awful
>>74394845
Two words:
Alan Greenspan
Don't get my wrong. Never trust a Jew.
>>74402688
Ms Bliss. Fucking slut
>>74403046
Don't forget Pinky and the Brain.
I think its in the first episode of the first season, but they go to Egypt and the Brain says "Snake eyes! I smell jihad!".
Magic Schoolbus was the unicorn of educational programs. It actually managed to be both entertaining and informative. Ms. Frizzle was a babe too.
>>74403052
At my last job I had to talk with 19-22 year olds on a regular basis. Whenever the topic of cartoons came up and I mentioned "old Simpsons: they would always look disgusted. They will never know what they are missing, sadly.
90's games were redpilled as fuck tho, pic related.
>>74403052
I've been saying this for ages, but The Flintstones mimicked life as it was at the time. You know why the Flintstones was so good back then? Because life was good back then.
The decay of the Flintstones reflects the decay of our society. Seriously.
I was born in 98 so I can only speak if the 90s in a historical way. Bill Clinton wasn't being a douche like the presidents are now. Because of this shit, the congress got a lot done and made niggers go to prison while injecting cash directily into the American wallet.
>>74403927
>I was born in 98
MODS
>>74403415
The 2008 recession was caused by the same reason.
>>74403971
My birthday was in april silly boy.
>>74404098
YOU'RE STILL NOT 18
>>74402595
Your post and the link you posted made me kinda sad.
I know we are in the decline of an empire, I just don't want to believe it.
>>74394845
the last decade of peaceful ignorance of the shit hole called the middle east
>>74404134
anon, I...
>>74404269
YES YOU ARE.
>>74403773
I know you're buttfucking retarded, but you're comparing apples and oranges.
>>74404245
The decline of an empire is one thing. A Crisis turning is another thing. Both combined is going to be insane. Don't worry though, anon. According to the same theory, you will be part of the "Hero" generation, the redefines how life is lived for the next generational cycle.
>>74404377
In 2 years people born in 2000 will be 18
>>74396991
i can agree with this. 2000-2005 was the perfect time to be a white highschooler really, american pie came out and literally every kid was having a house party with no niggers invited. the PC scene was small as fuck and girls weren't social media narcissists.
>>74404258
Because the Gulf War didn't happen in 1990, nor any of the shit that happened over there in the 80s and 70s that largely defined our soviet containment strategy at the time and made Carter look like idiot.
Fuck, they even made a Rambo movie about it. Just because they hadn't flown a plane into the twin towers by then didn't mean people weren't largely aware of that shithole.
>>74404436
That makes me feel a bit better. Plus the fact that it won't last too long. The book has me interested. I might pick it up. How far back does it go?
>>74400378
nothing has changed and it never will
kids will always call each other a faggot nigger from now until eternity
>>74394845
I think these days it is impossible to be a big fish in a small pond
No matter how well you do something or how good you are at something there is a video of someone out there doing it better than you
I find it weirdly de-moralizing
>>74395189
It became a dominant force in society around 2009/2010 or perhaps arguably 2007.
>>74404513
The early-2000s were decent up until 2005, like you've said.
Though, I've forgotten most of that decade mainly due to it not being really memorable.
>>74404740
>Thee arst a sodomite ha ha ha
>>74399011
>I've heard people say the 00s were "the last fun decade to be a teen in"
dude if i were 13, i could show up to middle school with the fucking internet in my cell phone
how is this not a fun decade
>>74404889
What the fuck is wrong with 2005, i've forgot everything about that year.
>>74404946
MYSPACE
>>74404408
>The Simpsons, a generation-defining animated show that went on for decades and saw a drastic decline in quality
>The Flintstones, a generation-defining animated show that went on for decades and saw a drastic decline in quality
Seems like two apples to me. The only difference is that the Simpsons is poised to define more than one generation. Mind pointing out how this comparison is unfair when the Simpsons itself made the comparison a number of times back in it's golden era?
>>74395660
In my country, in those days America was the coolest shit ever, all those shows / pop singers etc being Americanised haha. Vanessa Paradis (Depp's ex wife) began her singing carrer with Joe le taxi, basicaly singing about a NYC cab driver lol. Clinton was super cool and we didn't mind his side fuck with Monica at all. And true, I can still remember all my friends phone numbers from those days, even tho now I can't even remember one single celphone number :/
>>74399011
No, I'm sorry. I'm from '91 and the rot is/was already noticeable in my 'generation'.
>>74404998
I thought it was founded in 2001?
>>74404946
That was when people started to realize that the "War on Terror" in the middle east was not going to be as cut and dry as it had originally seemed.
3 years later and there was no escape now. and people started to realize it.
>>74405092
it wasnt big until 2006, and it really kickstarted the whole emo/scene shit and made everyone closeted as fuck.
>tfw miss browsing the internet in the 90s because it was still an evolving medium and people were fucking around with websites
Though, connection speeds were shit.
>>74405181
No, it only started getting big when Obama was running if i recall correctly, that shit was up everywhere when Obama was running.
>>74399011
Another anon mentioned it but I feel in order to have 90s experiences you should have been at least in high school when 9/11 happened. I was in 8th grade so close enough for me. I'm currently 28 years old. I got a heavy dose of the 90s because I was raised in a white family but all of our friends were russians. The Russian people KNEW how to do 90s man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfTC9ttAOjg
This entire green text story takes place while this type of music is blasting.
>9 years old
>just got back from discovery zone birthday party that lasted hours
>russian friends parents order pizza and let us sleep over in their huge house's huge basement
>basement has huge double king sized bed on a raised surface with a high up ceiling, below a trampoline and a big couch.
>lots of party food
>internet with dial up
>playing king of the hill on the bed throwing kids off down into the trampoline below and watching them bounce to the couch
>when we get tired we play n64 and playstation1 while they are new.
>there was also a ping pong table but nobody really played.
>this goes on all night till the sun comes up and we finally goto sleep because we are so tired
Maybe it was fun as a child but the 90s still had a unique atmosphere.
>>74395013
The current year meme originated in the 90s, to describe the exact same concept.
>get with it, it's the 90's now!
>>74405334
maybe in brazil, myspace peaked in early 07
>>74397541
>not reporting these figures separately for men and women
I'd bet my left nut that that decrease in number of partners per generation is pure hypergamy and driven mostly by men. The equivalent female chart probably looks like a fucking takeoff ramp.
>>74399184
Good taste
just drop this here
>>74396710
I wouldn't say so as I remember my friends and I buying all the merchandise rapidly around 8 years old. It only progressed further when Gold and Silver came out. However, once schools started to ban the cards, Pokemon fade became more based on the games rather than the trading cards.
>>74394845
80's were better if were a kid. The early 90's still had some good stuff, but the 2nd half of the decade is overrated.
>>74394845
>le
Go back to Plebbit, faggot kid.
>>74411742
Found the newfag.
>>74397385
>roaming the woods and "killing" stinging nettle
Wow that brought back some memories. Me and my buddies wiped out legions of the fuckers.
Boys were chemically lobotomized by ritalin while girls were nurtured into being future leaders
>>74406047
>discovery zone
I fucking loved that place
Remember the laser tag thing they had?
good times.
>>74413458
I remember it, but we had a better lasertag place around here. The place is actually still open. Its called the Ultrazone.
