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Were the late 90s the height of America?
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:36 PM Author: irate massive resort newt economic boom
no more soviet union
japan in recession
pre 9/11
china not nearly as important
i don't think its ever going to get this good again bros. its too bad i was only like 7 when it happened |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:52 PM Author: Well-lubricated aphrodisiac sweet tailpipe Not to mention us fucking the shit out of Iraq multiple times. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511789) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:46 PM Author: sickened mustard gas station yes. most importantly, it was before dubya sank our economy and international standing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513011) |
Date: September 6th, 2012 1:36 PM Author: Tan pisswyrm yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511665) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:40 PM Author: Effete meetinghouse yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511689) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:40 PM Author: irate massive resort newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511691) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:40 PM Author: fear-inspiring sanctuary Back when 85k a year was baller as fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511695) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:41 PM Author: Bright Thriller Incel Boiling Water What is the comparable figure today? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511703) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:53 PM Author: Effete meetinghouse $130k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511794) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:43 PM Author: Insanely creepy beady-eyed crotch station How old are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511712) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:44 PM Author: irate massive resort newt 19 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511722) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:03 PM Author: Peach indecent fortuitous meteor jewess wtf bro. How did the mid to late 2000s and/or right fucking meow not seem like the absolute tits to you?
You're a kid dood, in what way could you have felt any effect of the current economic downturn by age 19, other than probably hearing your parents talk about it?
You should be wistful for summer of 2007 or so, not the late 90s that you probably barely have many concrete memories of |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:16 PM Author: Well-lubricated aphrodisiac sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511927) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:33 PM Author: Tripping roommate dingle berry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512054) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 3:59 PM Author: irate massive resort newt I barely remember the 90s at all bro. I'm not wistful either. Just a realist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512661) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:52 PM Author: carnelian idiot 1890s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511790) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:57 PM Author: Titillating Mother Den yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511822) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:14 PM Author: impressive theater yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511919) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:15 PM Author: impressive theater http://backin98.ytmnd.com/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511924) |
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Date: September 7th, 2012 12:07 PM Author: Amber property candlestick maker Damn that's nostalgic!
Windows f'n 95... |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:21 PM Author: coral harsh office yes, yes it was (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511966) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:24 PM Author: passionate gold gunner hissy fit yes, although you could make a strong case for 1985/'86, a period of time that included the height of "80's culture," a confident, post-recession economy, the Hall and Oates Liberty Concert, and the release of Top Gun AND Commando. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511980) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:30 PM Author: coral harsh office still not as rich and dem soviets were still scary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512030) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:37 PM Author: passionate gold gunner hissy fit the soviets helped discipline our thinking. notice how reagan pulled our soldiers out of lebanon after the beirut bombings in '83, rather than get mad as fuck and double down?
that was partly because we had more important things to do (ie, engage in a delicate geopolitical dance with the USSR) than to waste time doing the equivalent of neighborhood bike patrols in some levantine shithole.
you should read the article "Soviets in Space" from the october 1986 National Geographic.
having the USSR around was part of our identity. it motivated us in ways that the chinese never have. |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:38 PM Author: coral harsh office I don't disagree, but you can't be more powerful when you're one of two superpowers than you are when you are the unchallenged number 1, even if that does result in you being a massive idio (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512088) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:41 PM Author: passionate gold gunner hissy fit i would gladly trade some perceived national "power" for the kind of deal we used to have with russia. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512119) |
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Date: September 7th, 2012 12:04 PM Author: Amber property candlestick maker brilliant points about the effects of the Soviets. They really united us. That's the main problem today is that we're ready to split the damn country down the middle. We need a solid threat to bring us all back together. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520209) |
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Date: September 7th, 2012 1:59 PM Author: Excitant buff love of her life Yes. China. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21521065) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:30 PM Author: orange stimulating sandwich bbw how old were you in the 80s? I distinctly remember how scary nuclear war was. I was 8 (1985) when I was old enough to figure it out and it scared the crap out of me. I went into my folks backyard to try and start digging a bomb shelter until my dad told me "don't worry, we're close enough in that we'll get vaporized in the photo flash" / they used to test the air raid siren in my suburb twice a year, still remember that sound (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513756) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:33 PM Author: aqua kink-friendly doctorate depressive did they make you do drills in school where you got under your desk? i vaguely remember this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513781) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:34 PM Author: orange stimulating sandwich bbw yelp, in elementary school "duck and cover", but we all knew it was a joke, they stopped in about 86 or 87 |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:28 PM Author: Navy Indirect Expression Yup, the late 90s was America's high-water mark — that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512009) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:30 PM Author: coral harsh office we seriously have the all time worst reason for starting our decline though, so TTT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512035) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 5:06 PM Author: Scarlet bawdyhouse place of business what reason are you thinking of? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513161) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:30 PM Author: Chestnut 180 Trump Supporter 1950's. At least if you were a white male. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512033) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:31 PM Author: coral harsh office maybe best time and place to be alive in one group, but not the height of america, we couldn't even keep the chinese out of korea (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512041) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:34 PM Author: Chestnut 180 Trump Supporter fair point brother. But we still can't keep the messicans out of our OWN country. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512064) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:42 PM Author: razzle fighting rigpig he said height of america -- not time of greatest military dominance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512978) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:41 PM Author: razzle fighting rigpig cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512968) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 3:22 PM Author: Excitant buff love of her life Yes--it was arguably the height of Pax Americana. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512434) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 3:28 PM Author: razzmatazz self-absorbed chapel tons of consumer debt, huge housing bubble, people thinking shit like pets.com was going to fly, politics became egregiously dumb with the purging of both parties of any politically incorrect people. not all that great in the adult world if you ask me.
but it was fucking awesome being a kid playing nintendo with bros, watching jurassic park/independence day/men in black, and reading some animorphs. |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:04 PM Author: curious citrine piazza pocket flask And jumanji, sonic the hedgehog, pogs &c (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512687) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:44 PM Author: razzle fighting rigpig cr. honestly the 1990s marked the beginning of the end. the whole politically correct stuff really fucked us beyond repair and has led to a dark ages of intellectualism/creativity (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512995) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 5:10 PM Author: Scarlet bawdyhouse place of business at least we got the internet out of it. while the internet is a mixed blessing in many ways, I think it has serious potential as a weapon against the PC hegemony (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513191) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 5:18 PM Author: razzle fighting rigpig Not sure about that - in fact, i think the Internet has only enhanced the effect with social media blame game / making shit viral.
Sure, the Internet has also made forums like this possible where the anonymous can gather - but look at us, we're all pathetic, powerless, and afraid of being outed. |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:24 PM Author: Scarlet bawdyhouse place of business tbh if it weren't for the internet I would be a completely brainwashed lib. I suspect many others could say the same. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513719) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:47 PM Author: Tripping roommate dingle berry being a kid is always awesome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513020) |
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Date: September 7th, 2012 6:55 AM Author: Brilliant Ticket Booth This.
The 90s may have been a time where shithead boomers got fat and happy on bullshit investments, but it was also the point at which the rot had clearly set in. The 90s/2000s were definitely more similar to the 20s or the 70s in terms of economic bubble blowing and general consumer stupidity - and does anyone think those were the 'peak' of anything? The 90s were also defined by the most vapid and inconsequential of presidents - Bill Clinton - who was the perfect douche for boomers to adore.
For me, the peak was either the 1950s or the late 60s - ending with the moon landing. That was truly the climax of the Cold War and our high point as a nation. Shit has been rolling downhill hard ever since. |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:19 PM Author: copper home personal credit line I'd say absolutely yes. Economy was great and college was still relatively affordable. US was hands down the world leader then. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513698) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:30 PM Author: orange stimulating sandwich bbw 88 cents a gallon and life was good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513761) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 11:52 PM Author: Violent tanning salon 180 music, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21517658) |
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Date: September 7th, 2012 2:08 AM Author: Scarlet bawdyhouse place of business lol no, the music was shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21518748) |
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Date: September 7th, 2012 12:49 PM Author: Histrionic saffron foreskin (guy who forgot about "escobar 97" on the men in black soundtrack) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520517) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:30 PM Author: hideous diverse box office philosopher-king Of course. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513757) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 7:04 PM Author: irate massive resort newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21514046) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 7:28 PM Author: submissive set yes. back then america was 6'2. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21514279) |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 11:49 PM Author: sick glittery masturbator cruise ship it certainly was- this is why the matrix was built to mimic this time period (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21517635) |
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Date: September 7th, 2012 2:11 PM Author: Floppy Slap-happy Quadroon no. the rot had already set in. the height was in the 50s-60s.
people overstate the significance of the Cold War. USSR was never a real threat.
even Reagan -- retrospectively hailed as the ultimate "Cold Warrior" titan who toppled the the "Evil Empire" -- had this to say during the peak of "hostilities":
"If they want to keep their Mickey Mouse system, that's OK."'
IOW, the Soviets had their little sphere of influence, and the Western powers just regarded them as backwards Easterners. the threat of the Communists attempting to overrun Europe or start a nuclear war was non-existent -- about as likely as it is today. |