re: A tweet on how awesome the 80s was.

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I realize that your point is that Blockbuster was at the height of popularity in the 90s. But damn, son, your own reply proves it could be two things…

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I believe the height of Blockbuster was the late 90s, actually.

Forming in the mid--80s doesn't mean much. It took a while for Blockbuster to get real market share.

mainly grew up in the 90s, but have always wished i was born earlier enough to spend my early/mid 20's in the 80's era. music was phenomenal. plus id enjoy a life before social media and iPhones a hell of a lot more!

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Bc we’re almost all white guys here. The violent crime back then was almost all contained in the ghetto.

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It still is.

If you look, white crime was higher then, too.

This halcyon view wasn't hidden, either. Our media was projecting this crime wave to keep going and you can see it in movies like Demolition Man and other contemporary movies projecting the late 90s. They thought the crime would keep going up.

Also, this halcyon view ignores all the economic issues. Again, you can see this in media. There was a legit fear the Japanese were going to overtake us economically.

People look back at the era as halcyon b/c it's nostalgia, but even if you were a white kid, and even though we weren't as connected in terms of information/data, if you paid attention, you knew there were major issues across the country.

The crazy thing is that it all just...stopped. Everything started dropping in the mid-90s after the near 2 decade spike. We still do not know why, exactly.

Lead gas is one of my favorite theories, though. Wiki for the Lead-Crime Hypothesis

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The ghettos were smaller and contained. It’s why crime stats don’t tell the whole story. There is now more widespread crime, even in nice suburbs there are now constant break ins and property crimes, catalytic converter thefts etc. It’s harder and harder to get away from the trash bc subsidized housing mobilizes the trash.

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The stats today disagree with this. However, when a preferred narrative is busted, the standard go to is used: claim it's fake.

Now, there was 100% a Covid-related spike 2020-2022 or so, but crime is falling everywhere again and looks to return to the pre-2020 path, probably by the end of next year.

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I don't want to say I am not tech savvy... I just don't care. I'm not spending my time backing up files all over that place. From 2000-2010 I had an internet business and it was the most miserable period of my life.

Other than the ot I rarely pick up my phone. Hell I got my first touch screen phone just 3 years ago. 98% of my time I live like it's still the 80s.

If my phone makes a noise it's one of 5 people. I don't even have it connected to a carrier. I just use wifi and a messaging app. I receive no spam.

If I had to deal with the amount of notices most people get on their phones I'd 100% pitch it in a lake.

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While I understand your perspective, that has nothing to do with backing up files. It's essentially beyond debate that a file on your computer and backed up on the cloud is orders of magnitude safer than physical media sitting in your home or office. I'll leave it at that

I grew up in the 80s and it is by far the best decade.

But cassette tapes were the worst. One of the few downsides of the decade.

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But cassette tapes were the worst. One of the few downsides of the decade.

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I like how you post I'm wrong about stuff when I posted data

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Virtually 100pct of Aids and Cancer patients ate carrots.

That's data. It doesn't mean anything. Causation mistaken with correlation.

Because the times we live in right now fricking sucks dick.