re: I was born in the 90’s, were the 80’s and 90’s truly the best time to be alive?

I had a fricking ball

To the point where I never mentally left

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Trash bag full of Penthouse's in the woods with terminates in them was a rite of passage.

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Such a bizarre thing but yeah seemed like everybody found one

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turned 10 at the start of the 80s and was on the cusp of 20 at the end of if the 80s. I got to live the 80s as both a kid, a teen, and a young adult. It was awesome.

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I was cursed with this same affliction and everyday I thank the Lord.

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Yes. I was born in ‘73. Little kid in the 70’s,
Formative and teenage years in the 80’s, College and young adult in the 90’s. Not best but really great music, best movies and fashion, and absolute best sports.

I grew up in the late 60s and 70s. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! I so wish I could go back! I wish the world could go back!

I was HS in the 80’s & college in the 90’s. 80’s were better by far. We traded fun, glam bands like Poison and Crue for Nirvana and Pearl Jam. 90’s music was depressing and whiny. We went from neons and flash to dirty jeans and flannel. Unless you’re a lumberjack or country boy, you don’t need flannel in HS.

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But we know now that crime statistics are manipulated in the current era - the validity of FBI data is questionable resulting from underreporting due to political manipulation.

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Oh lord. Not this again.

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I imagine nationwide data from the past is likewise unreliable.

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So why would they make it unreliable towards more violent crimes?

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I was HS in the 80’s & college in the 90’s. 80’s were better by far. We traded fun, glam bands like Poison and Crue for Nirvana and Pearl Jam. 90’s music was depressing and whiny. We went from neons and flash to dirty jeans and flannel. Unless you’re a lumberjack or country boy, you don’t need flannel in HS.

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Yeah, I enjoyed music in the 70s and the 80s because there was still a strong sense of showmanship.

Bands weren't just about their music, they had a whole persona and almost like a fantasy world that they represented.

Think about David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, KISS, pretty much all Glam Rock, New Wave bands in the 80s, Ozzy Osbourne, even pop acts like Cindi Lauper or Culture Club.

Acts represented a whole culture, not just their record. If someone was wearing a Smiths T shirt in the 80s, you knew something about him, and you knew it was very different than if he was wearing a Motley Crue t shirt.

In the 90s it started to be a lot more common that you couldn't tell the roadies from the band. Nirvana had a culture, but it was recycled punk culture watered down. The 90s is when music started to fold back on itself IMO and less and less unique approaches were happening and more and more recycling started happening.

Yes as a kid I took off with a shotgun early am with my brother & a friend. We walked for miles through the woods crossing multiple land owners properties with no issues/lease police. We would thumb a ride back to town and a farmer would typically pick us up. "Did you getum?" When we got trucks we had those 12's in the gun rack in the school parking lot.