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re: So surreal being born in mid-80s, seeing the US in its prime and now watching it implode

Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:48 pm to
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
17094 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:48 pm to
Ronald Reagan wiping his arse with the USSR was the high water mark for America.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:48 pm to
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What type and where are you?

Equities sales and trading
And I’m from the south and graduated from UofSC
20-30 years ago IBs would never have looked at me
This post was edited on 5/30/20 at 5:12 pm
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
37500 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:53 pm to
I ain't saying, I'm just saying....social media.

IMO
JMO
IMHO
Posted by StupidBinder
Jawja
Member since Oct 2017
6392 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:54 pm to
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Uhhh, what year do you think the Rodney King riots happened?


It’s always incredible to me how some people’s assessments of current events are often completely void of historical context.

The world will turn folks. The country has seen far worse.
Posted by tiger81
Brentwood, TN.
Member since Jan 2008
21308 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:55 pm to
Pinnacle was 60's, 70's thru Reagan. Keeping liberals at bay is our only hope. MAGA.
Posted by Ronaldo Burgundiaz
NWA
Member since Jan 2012
6795 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:56 pm to
quote:

Coming of age in the 90s the US seemed like the pinnacle of human civilization
wat

LA riots
Unabomber
Ruby Ridge
Waco Massacre
OKC bombing
Clinton Impeachment
Columbine
Y2K Hysteria
OJ Simpson Trial

Very weird definition of "pinnacle of human civilization"
This post was edited on 5/30/20 at 1:58 pm
Posted by AUriptide
Member since Aug 2009
7459 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 1:58 pm to
All great powers in the history of the world have fallen at some point and it will happen to the USA at some point.
Posted by TGFN57
Telluride
Member since Jan 2010
6975 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:01 pm to
People said the same in the late 60s and we are still here. Oh, and the riots then made these look like popcorn farts.
Posted by Mr Personality
Bangkok
Member since Mar 2014
27364 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:03 pm to
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worst thing I can remember from the 90s was the president got a bj in the Oval Office. I have no memory of Rodney king.


Maybe you just have a shitty memory.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
35303 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:15 pm to
If you were born in the 1980's you missed America's best by about 40 years.
Posted by StupidBinder
Jawja
Member since Oct 2017
6392 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:15 pm to
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I’m in the same age range, and the worst thing I can remember from the 90s was the president got a bj in the Oval Office.


We’re you in a coma during your preteen/teenage years?

Just off the top of my head:

The LA riots
The Olympic bombing
Waco/Branch Davidians
Columbine

quote:

I have no memory of Rodney king.


Unless you answered “yes” to the question above...
This post was edited on 5/30/20 at 2:16 pm
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
9387 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:16 pm to
OH NOES, NOT MY SYSTEMIC RACISM.

WHAT WILL THEY TAKE NEXT?
Posted by PetroBabich
Donetsk Oblast
Member since Apr 2017
5176 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:17 pm to
1999. The peak of your civilization. Because after you created the soi bois and SIMPs it really became their civilization didn't it?
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
11132 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:18 pm to
It’s a good thing trumps gonna make America great again.
Posted by tigersbh
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
13400 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:19 pm to
I was raised in the 60s and 70s. It was like Mayberry compared to where we are now.
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7757 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:23 pm to
The older I get the more I realize most everything has happened before and very, very few events are actually unique or special.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:29 pm to
You must have grown up in some pussy 80s area..sounds like somebody never had to use their bike chain as a weapon.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159116 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:35 pm to
quote:

So surreal being born in mid-80s, seeing the US in its prime
you missed the prime
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30604 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

LA riots
Unabomber
Ruby Ridge
Waco Massacre
OKC bombing
Clinton Impeachment
Columbine
Y2K Hysteria
OJ Simpson Trial


This right here. You could probably take our Y2K and substitute it for the war in the Middle East.

Anybody who thinks this is bad should watch the Reginald Denny video.
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
37500 posts
Posted on 5/30/20 at 2:42 pm to
Baton Rouge in the 80s was pretty tight. It's an 80s kinda place. As the old saying goes, they built that city on rock n roll.
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