re: The difference between 2022 and 1980

Ever go back and watch some of the teen movies from the 1980's with malls etc... Nobody is looking at their phones. No selfies. What a glorious time it was When i watch those same 80's teen movies i'm like that wasnt so long ago and then i do the math

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Ever go back and watch some of the teen movies from the 1980's with malls etc... Nobody is looking at their phones. No selfies. What a glorious time it was

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To be fair this remains true all the way through 9/11

Nice way to start off a Friday a-hole

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During which period did culture and technology change more? I say culture is 1938-1980, but technology 1980-present.

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Bruh, the coolest thing these days is to be a trans minority groomer. I’d say it’s a toss up on the culture change.

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I'm 50. The closer I get, the younger it looks.

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I just turned 40 and feel better than ever. Except for that running bullshite I can do stuff it did in my 20’s. I’m still young

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42, not 22

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But I feel like I’m 22.

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The difference between 2022 and 1980

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Is...Day and Night

So here I go:



-- Hardly was politics discussed other than in passing -- it was considered a downer and intrusive

-- NO one was "militant" in their political/social views -- lest they be considered lunatics

-- Everyone hung out...WITH EVERYONE ELSE (even with "different" people. That was how we learned "the world".)

-- We "knew" the gummint had our best interests are heart" (yes, even if they hid their true intent well)

-- The Freedom felt in the USA, 1980 makes the 2020s seem like Oppressiveness (see Germany, 1939 / USSR, 1920-1950s)

-- There were a thousand legit Music Genres

-- Girls were REALLY Girls -- freely embracing their femininity

-- Boys were Boys (and if they weren't, they weren't noisy about it)

-- Dating was...A SIMPLE PROCESS

-- Happiness and joy was...a common, normal thing

-- Angry, nasty attitudes and people were rare -- avoided like the plague

-- Absolutely ZERO politics infesting ANY sports or corporations. BUT TBH, the Academe was already plotting and planning by then (see "Diversity is our strength" and "tolerance")

-- There were actually sane, common sense Democrats and positions that existed

-- The USA was ONE NATION. There was no squawking about "racism" ; that situation was acknowledged by consensus as improving all the time

-- There was ALWAYS unbridled HOPE for the future

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if The original Back to the Future took place today, Marty would be going back to 1992.

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Now THIS makes it real. frick me

[quote]NO one was "militant" in their political/social views -- lest they be considered lunatics --

Everyone hung out...WITH EVERYONE ELSE (even with "different" people. That was how we learned "the world".)


We "knew"
the gummint had our best interests are heart" (yes, even if they hid their true intent well)

Girls were REALLY Girls -- freely embracing their femininity

Absolutely ZERO politics infesting ANY sports or corporations. BUT TBH, the Academe was already plotting and planning by then

There was no squawking about "racism" ; that situation was acknowledged by consensus as improving all the time.



You either were not alive, too young to care, or not paying attention in the 1960s and 70s

It was the most militant time politically and socially, violent protests, Kent State shootings, Weather Underground Bombings, The Black Panthers, Students for a Democratic society.

Politics dominated conversation, we had the Vietnam war, the Cold War, college protests, The Pentagon papers, watergate. The 60s and early 70s on college campuses were a hotbed of olitical activity, along with every dinner table in America.


Passive segregation was everywhere, there were almost zero mixed race social organization, it was a huge deal if someone just had a room mate of another race, a mixed race couple was as rare as a a unicorn.

No one under 30 trusted the government, “ always question authority “ was a common slogan.

Feminism was in the news every day, bra burning, girls quit wearing makeup, they demanded equality with men, and started to act like men, it was the beginning of the end of girls wanting to be girls.

Black athletes giving the fist in the air black power salute while receiving their medals at the Olympics. Walkouts in protest of racism was common among college teams all over the US.

Racism was in the news daily, as said before passive segregation was everywhere, school integration created white flight to the suburbs. Neighborhoods were clearly white or not. Redlining by realtors, and banks helped keep it that way, If you were black you couldn’t get a mortgage for a house in a white neighborhood. This went on well into the 70s, probably the 80s. Job applications by minority applicants often went into the trash without further review.

I think the eras have to be divvied up into blocks.

1965-1971 were the biggest, most concentrated years of social change chaos Mockingbird / Ops mind-control. But how much did it affect the average Joe (other than those who were Drafted into Vam?)

Maybe your campus experience was different or volatile. That said, "Peace and Love" was a real thing too. It and the vibe was practically applied and went against the grain of the Conflict psyops going on during the late 60s-early 70s).

1972-1988 was an era of focus on mellowness, calm, and dreams - mostly apolitical from my experience.