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Were the late 90s the height of America?
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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:36 PM Author: maize base private investor 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: kink-friendly meetinghouse bbw 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: Contagious center 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: frozen volcanic crater community account 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: Exhilarant chest-beating public bath karate 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: maize base private investor (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: coiffed big institution 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: Pontificating home 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: Exhilarant chest-beating public bath karate $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: spectacular yellow striped hyena antidepressant drug 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: maize base private investor 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: navy kitchen becky 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: kink-friendly meetinghouse bbw (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: Hyperactive Sanctuary Friendly Grandma (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: maize base private investor 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: Underhanded slap-happy famous landscape painting 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: 180 talking house gaming laptop 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: Mind-boggling brilliant shrine 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: Mind-boggling brilliant shrine 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: khaki crawly point Damn that's nostalgic!
Windows f'n 95... |
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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:21 PM Author: Chrome galvanic juggernaut 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: glittery peach philosopher-king stain 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: Chrome galvanic juggernaut 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: glittery peach philosopher-king stain 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: Chrome galvanic juggernaut 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: glittery peach philosopher-king stain 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: khaki crawly point 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: Bat shit crazy pit 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: Know-it-all free-loading area crotch 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: self-centered tantric dragon 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: Know-it-all free-loading area crotch 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: Canary erotic gaping parlour 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: Chrome galvanic juggernaut 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: snowy angry fat ankles 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: Overrated corner generalized bond 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: bonkers walnut pervert 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: Chrome galvanic juggernaut 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: bonkers walnut pervert 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: Fiercely-loyal purple menage 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: Fiercely-loyal purple menage 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: Bat shit crazy pit 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: arousing gay hell 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: Adventurous theater stage 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: Fiercely-loyal purple menage 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: snowy angry fat ankles 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: Fiercely-loyal purple menage 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: snowy angry fat ankles 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: Hyperactive Sanctuary Friendly Grandma 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: bat-shit-crazy razzle university 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: orange outnumbered black woman 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: Know-it-all free-loading area crotch 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: lime bull headed church building coffee pot 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: Massive red box office 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: snowy angry fat ankles 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: Bateful vermilion locale (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: naked field corn cake 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: maize base private investor (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: odious ruddy indian lodge 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: Chestnut hairraiser school prole 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: Appetizing Unholy Principal's Office Tank 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. |