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Were the late 90s the height of America?

economic boom no more soviet union japan in recession ...
irradiated lodge selfie
  09/06/12
Not to mention us fucking the shit out of Iraq multiple time...
abnormal excitant piazza partner
  09/06/12
yes. most importantly, it was before dubya sank our economy ...
Histrionic Candlestick Maker Stage
  09/06/12
yes
Bearded Unholy Stage Main People
  09/06/12
yes
trip sinister genital piercing sweet tailpipe
  09/06/12
...
irradiated lodge selfie
  09/06/12
Back when 85k a year was baller as fuck
bat shit crazy spectacular boltzmann
  09/06/12
What is the comparable figure today?
Garnet national security agency
  09/06/12
$130k
trip sinister genital piercing sweet tailpipe
  09/06/12
How old are you?
Aphrodisiac Flickering Nowag
  09/06/12
19
irradiated lodge selfie
  09/06/12
wtf bro. How did the mid to late 2000s and/or right fucking ...
Bateful pit sex offender
  09/06/12
...
abnormal excitant piazza partner
  09/06/12
...
balding marvelous lettuce
  09/06/12
I barely remember the 90s at all bro. I'm not wistful either...
irradiated lodge selfie
  09/06/12
1890s
racy slate meetinghouse love of her life
  09/06/12
yes
beta dog poop
  09/06/12
yes
Hairraiser Cumskin Corn Cake
  09/06/12
http://backin98.ytmnd.com/
Hairraiser Cumskin Corn Cake
  09/06/12
Damn that's nostalgic! Windows f'n 95...
Alcoholic Provocative Degenerate
  09/07/12
yes, yes it was
Glassy comical wrinkle
  09/06/12
yes, although you could make a strong case for 1985/'86, a p...
Embarrassed to the bone aromatic clown whorehouse
  09/06/12
still not as rich and dem soviets were still scary
Glassy comical wrinkle
  09/06/12
the soviets helped discipline our thinking. notice how reag...
Embarrassed to the bone aromatic clown whorehouse
  09/06/12
I don't disagree, but you can't be more powerful when you're...
Glassy comical wrinkle
  09/06/12
i would gladly trade some perceived national "power&quo...
Embarrassed to the bone aromatic clown whorehouse
  09/06/12
brilliant points about the effects of the Soviets. They real...
Alcoholic Provocative Degenerate
  09/07/12
Yes. China.
Sickened sapphire stead persian
  09/07/12
how old were you in the 80s? I distinctly remember how scary...
aggressive flatulent volcanic crater rehab
  09/06/12
did they make you do drills in school where you got under yo...
lemon nursing home foreskin
  09/06/12
yelp, in elementary school "duck and cover", but ...
aggressive flatulent volcanic crater rehab
  09/06/12
Yup, the late 90s was America's high-water mark — that place...
vibrant senate twinkling uncleanness
  09/06/12
we seriously have the all time worst reason for starting our...
Glassy comical wrinkle
  09/06/12
what reason are you thinking of?
Amethyst bull headed goyim
  09/06/12
a blowjob
Vermilion Double Fault Cruise Ship
  09/07/12
1950's. At least if you were a white male.
Exciting cobalt mediation boistinker
  09/06/12
maybe best time and place to be alive in one group, but not ...
Glassy comical wrinkle
  09/06/12
fair point brother. But we still can't keep the messicans ou...
Exciting cobalt mediation boistinker
  09/06/12
he said height of america -- not time of greatest military d...
Motley Field
  09/06/12
cr
Motley Field
  09/06/12
Yes--it was arguably the height of Pax Americana.
Sickened sapphire stead persian
  09/06/12
tons of consumer debt, huge housing bubble, people thinking ...
Hot school mad-dog skullcap
  09/06/12
And jumanji, sonic the hedgehog, pogs &c
Diverse useless brakes
  09/06/12
cr. honestly the 1990s marked the beginning of the end. the ...
Motley Field
  09/06/12
at least we got the internet out of it. while the internet i...
Amethyst bull headed goyim
  09/06/12
Not sure about that - in fact, i think the Internet has only...
Motley Field
  09/06/12
tbh if it weren't for the internet I would be a completely b...
Amethyst bull headed goyim
  09/06/12
being a kid is always awesome
balding marvelous lettuce
  09/06/12
This. The 90s may have been a time where shithead boomers...
French godawful chapel famous landscape painting
  09/07/12
I'd say absolutely yes. Economy was great and college was s...
Fear-inspiring school cafeteria
  09/06/12
88 cents a gallon and life was good
aggressive flatulent volcanic crater rehab
  09/06/12
FML
learning disabled mint karate center
  09/07/12
180 music, too.
jet-lagged amber new version abode
  09/06/12
lol no, the music was shit
Amethyst bull headed goyim
  09/07/12
(guy who forgot about "escobar 97" on the men in b...
zippy alcoholic yarmulke principal's office
  09/07/12
Of course.
stimulating incel
  09/06/12
...
irradiated lodge selfie
  09/06/12
yes. back then america was 6'2.
mewling coffee pot reading party
  09/06/12
it certainly was- this is why the matrix was built to mimic ...
Boyish coiffed temple hairy legs
  09/06/12
no. the rot had already set in. the height was in the 50s-60...
naked arousing pozpig
  09/07/12


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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:36 PM
Author: irradiated lodge selfie

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511661)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:52 PM
Author: abnormal excitant piazza partner

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: Histrionic Candlestick Maker Stage

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)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:36 PM
Author: Bearded Unholy Stage Main People

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: trip sinister genital piercing sweet tailpipe

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: irradiated lodge selfie



(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: bat shit crazy spectacular boltzmann

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: Garnet national security agency

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: trip sinister genital piercing sweet tailpipe

$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: Aphrodisiac Flickering Nowag

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: irradiated lodge selfie

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: Bateful pit sex offender

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511859)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:16 PM
Author: abnormal excitant piazza partner



(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: balding marvelous lettuce



(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: irradiated lodge selfie

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: racy slate meetinghouse love of her life

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: beta dog poop

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: Hairraiser Cumskin Corn Cake

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: Hairraiser Cumskin Corn Cake

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: Alcoholic Provocative Degenerate

Damn that's nostalgic!

Windows f'n 95...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520231)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:21 PM
Author: Glassy comical wrinkle

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: Embarrassed to the bone aromatic clown whorehouse

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: Glassy comical wrinkle

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: Embarrassed to the bone aromatic clown whorehouse

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512083)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:38 PM
Author: Glassy comical wrinkle

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: Embarrassed to the bone aromatic clown whorehouse

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: Alcoholic Provocative Degenerate

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: Sickened sapphire stead persian

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: aggressive flatulent volcanic crater rehab

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: lemon nursing home foreskin

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: aggressive flatulent volcanic crater rehab

yelp, in elementary school

"duck and cover", but we all knew it was a joke, they stopped in about 86 or 87

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513791)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:28 PM
Author: vibrant senate twinkling uncleanness

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: Glassy comical wrinkle

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: Amethyst bull headed goyim

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 7th, 2012 12:41 PM
Author: Vermilion Double Fault Cruise Ship

a blowjob

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520456)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:30 PM
Author: Exciting cobalt mediation boistinker

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: Glassy comical wrinkle

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: Exciting cobalt mediation boistinker

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: Motley Field

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: Motley Field

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: Sickened sapphire stead persian

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: Hot school mad-dog skullcap

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512484)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:04 PM
Author: Diverse useless brakes

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: Motley Field

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: Amethyst bull headed goyim

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: Motley Field

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513253)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:24 PM
Author: Amethyst bull headed goyim

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: balding marvelous lettuce

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: French godawful chapel famous landscape painting

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21519272)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:19 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring school cafeteria

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: aggressive flatulent volcanic crater rehab

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 7th, 2012 2:02 PM
Author: learning disabled mint karate center

FML

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21521085)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 11:52 PM
Author: jet-lagged amber new version abode

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: Amethyst bull headed goyim

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: zippy alcoholic yarmulke principal's office

(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: stimulating incel

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: irradiated lodge selfie



(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: mewling coffee pot reading party

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: Boyish coiffed temple hairy legs

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: naked arousing pozpig

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21521140)