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Matt Walsh monologue about the loss of the “mono-culture”
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:01 pm
This is not really that “political” in nature, so that’s why it’s here. He does a pretty good job summing up what I think a lot of Millennials and GenXers kind of feel is missing from the modern American Culture.
Not necessarily that 90s culture was some sort of perfect and wholesome era. But just thinking about something like “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”. Everyone knows the intro song to that show and memorizes the lyrics, or knows who Kosmo Kramer is.
Even sports, I can’t think of anything today that was as much of a cultural phenomenon like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, the early 90s Cowboys, etc t
In politics, we get news cycles that last 24 hrs at best. There are no more culturally shared experience like JFK, 9/11, Berlin Wall, landing on the Moon. Maybe it’s there is spurts, and glimpses, but just doesn’t feel or seem the same
There is nothing really equivalent to any of these examples in our modern culture. Everyone seems to be in little silos with their own individual cultures.
Not necessarily that 90s culture was some sort of perfect and wholesome era. But just thinking about something like “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”. Everyone knows the intro song to that show and memorizes the lyrics, or knows who Kosmo Kramer is.
Even sports, I can’t think of anything today that was as much of a cultural phenomenon like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, the early 90s Cowboys, etc t
In politics, we get news cycles that last 24 hrs at best. There are no more culturally shared experience like JFK, 9/11, Berlin Wall, landing on the Moon. Maybe it’s there is spurts, and glimpses, but just doesn’t feel or seem the same
There is nothing really equivalent to any of these examples in our modern culture. Everyone seems to be in little silos with their own individual cultures.
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:03 pm to burger bearcat
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Even sports, I can’t think of anything today that was as much of a cultural phenomenon like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, the early 90s Cowboys, etc t
Nick Saban + Alabama football
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:05 pm to burger bearcat
Streaming services dividing up and splintering what would otherwise be universally watched content + most of the country living in 2 completely separate and incompatible political realities is what destroyed the monoculture. Also, with the internet entertainment/information options are far more widespread and readily available, and are much more narrowly tailored to what I want to see compared 20/30/40 years ago.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:06 pm to burger bearcat
I dont think losing mono-culture/pop culture would be neccessarily a bad thing if people replaced it with more grounded and local culture.
But instead it’s being replaced by utter bullshite, internet silos. Fragile teens get online and join tranny forums for example, and now they have no connection to anything except mental illness.
But instead it’s being replaced by utter bullshite, internet silos. Fragile teens get online and join tranny forums for example, and now they have no connection to anything except mental illness.
This post was edited on 10/28/25 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:12 pm to burger bearcat
The flip side is there are a LOT more interests now. I imagine you likely partake in some of these modern inventions/interests (like...message boards)
Lebron, Patrick Mahomes, etc.
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Even sports, I can’t think of anything today that was as much of a cultural phenomenon like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, the early 90s Cowboys, etc
Lebron, Patrick Mahomes, etc.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:12 pm to bodask42
Families/groups don’t watch tv. They have individual screens to watch different things.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:14 pm to burger bearcat
Matt Walsh is great even though he looks like a flaming lib.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:15 pm to burger bearcat
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Even sports, I can’t think of anything today that was as much of a cultural phenomenon like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, the early 90s Cowboys, etc t
If you did an update to We Didn't Start The Fire, you likely don't have a baseball player named individually. "Steroid ball" and "Series is a no go" would be the references. Maybe "Boston's got a winning team".
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:16 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Lebron, Patrick Mahomes, etc.
Without getting into the merits of them, I don't think they're particularly close culturally
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:24 pm to Pettifogger
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Without getting into the merits of them, I don't think they're particularly close culturally
Not even in the same stratosphere culturally.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:27 pm to burger bearcat
What happened in 2008 that could have possibly caused a fracturing of American society? Hmmmmmmm, lemme think...
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:33 pm to burger bearcat
Diversity is our strength.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 4:35 pm to Robin Masters
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Nick Saban + Alabama football
God you gump are nauseatingly self serving. No way do you put Alabama football in the category he is talking about.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:25 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Pop culture peaked sometime around 2006 to 2008.
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The flip side is there are a LOT more interests now. I imagine you likely partake in some of these modern inventions/interests (like...message boards)
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jimmy the leg
Registered on: 8/4/2007
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:37 pm to burger bearcat
This is why I don't think we'll ever have another America's Sweetheart.
Somebody like Sydney Sweeney doesn't even have to take a political stance to be disliked Democrats. All she has to do is be adopted by Republicans, and Democrats will decide they don't like her.
Taylor Swift should be America's Sweetheart, but she leans left and now we have grown men with no daughters spending way too much time thinking about Taylor Swift and hating on Taylor Swift.
Political tribalism is clinically retarded.
Somebody like Sydney Sweeney doesn't even have to take a political stance to be disliked Democrats. All she has to do is be adopted by Republicans, and Democrats will decide they don't like her.
Taylor Swift should be America's Sweetheart, but she leans left and now we have grown men with no daughters spending way too much time thinking about Taylor Swift and hating on Taylor Swift.
Political tribalism is clinically retarded.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:39 pm to holdmuh keystonelite
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Matt Walsh is great even though he looks like a flaming lib.
He looks like a teacher's husband.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:45 pm to Robin Masters
quote:As a Bama fan who lived through the 80'-90's as well as the Saban era, Saban and Bama aren't remotely comparable in cultural significance to MJ (either one), Mike Tyson, or probably even the 92 Dream Team. The majority of the population doesn't care about college football.
Nick Saban + Alabama football
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:02 pm to northshorebamaman
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Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson was more like a mythical figure. No Youtube, and ESPN could only show still shots of pay per view fights and couldn't even show video.
Me and my buddies in elementary school would talk about Tyson, even though none of our moms would let us get the pay per view and nobody actually saw him perform.
There will never be another athlete with the mystique of Mike Tyson because there's too much exposure and too much oversaturation of famous athletes imo.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:05 pm to burger bearcat
It started when Johnny Carson retired. Everyone ended the day the same way with a shared experience. We’ve been siloing ourselves ever since.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:06 pm to burger bearcat
All content nowadays is about chasing an algorithm and creating a viral or meme moment.
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