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re: When did each of these things peak in the United States?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 4:55 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Posted on 5/28/26 at 4:55 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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1960s. Clemente, Stargell, Mays, Aaron, Gibson, Koufax, Killebrew. No DH, no wild card. A lot of classic venues still in use. I'd pay good money to see a game in person from this era.
Not a fan of the Yankees I see. Mantle, Marris, Berra, Ford.
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Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:02 pm to SwaggerCopter
List is
Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:05 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Technology in general
Not really sure that you can out a date on this, but the 3 most impactful tech breakthroughs (IMO) in the US were:
1. Trains/ railroads
2. Telephone invention
3. plastics
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:15 pm to SwaggerCopter
2012 for everything. Social media taking off was the final nail in the coffin.
This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:23 pm to jeffsdad
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Mantle, Marris
Would have been insufferable hearing about dongs.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:33 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Would have been insufferable hearing about dongs.
Mantle was serving his dong on the reg.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:38 pm to GRTiger
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97 to 07 is the overall peak decade in America.
1985-1995
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:39 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Politics - 1997 to 2000. Bill Clinton was president at the beginning of this window but hadn't been impeached. I actually remember my dad, a big conservative, going to see him speak and being excited about it. It was just a different time then when all of America believed the same stuff.
You must be young. There is a reason Clinton lost the House to Republicans who took it over for the first time in 40 years. 
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:43 pm to GulfSouthTiger
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1985-1995
Ok, Xer
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:02 pm to GRTiger
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1985-1995
Ok, Xer
I fully support the X’er.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:03 pm to High C
Nah, literally the very next decade was way better for all the KPIs in the OP and just in general. The 80s were lame unless you liked trannies and smack.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:31 pm to GRTiger
quote:You say tomato I say tomato. Best two 1a and 1b
the very next decade was way better
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:33 pm to SwaggerCopter
The 60’s for vehicles
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:17 pm to SwaggerCopter
The 1990s will be looked at as the single decade America was at its zenith.
USSR defeated, no war on terror yet.
Economic boom thanks to PCs and the Internet. Just enough technology to enjoy but not enough to completely destroy anything yet.
The conservative culture censors had faded and the left wing ones hadn't yet risen.
Things weren't perfect or anything but as far as strength, peace, and prosperity the country probably never had it better.
USSR defeated, no war on terror yet.
Economic boom thanks to PCs and the Internet. Just enough technology to enjoy but not enough to completely destroy anything yet.
The conservative culture censors had faded and the left wing ones hadn't yet risen.
Things weren't perfect or anything but as far as strength, peace, and prosperity the country probably never had it better.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:18 pm to GulfSouthTiger
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You say tomato I say tomato. Best two 1a and 1b
Saul Goodman
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:29 pm to SwaggerCopter
quote:Nope, 2006. You had Cars and Talladega nights in the same year and attendance was at an all time high. Then came the sucky COT and the recession.
Nascar - 2000 - Dale Earnhardt was still alive
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:31 pm to Jake88
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You must be young. There is a reason Clinton lost the House to Republicans who took it over for the first time in 40 years.
And the "Blue Dog Democrats" crossed the isle to become Republicans.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:33 pm to SwaggerCopter
quote:what apps are you talking about?
and the worst apps hadn't been invented quite yet (although snapchat was there)
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:37 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Public elementary school
1970s
We started out each day with the Pledge of Allegiance, could still play smear the q***r on the playground, wear our K-Mart bought plastic costumes to school at Halloween, drew names to exchange presents to celebrate Christmas, ate REAL school pizzas and washed it down with whole chocolate milk in the lunchroom. And our teachers never tried teaching us about any weird homosexual cross-dressing fetishes.
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Exterior vehicle design
1965-1970:
Corvette
Mustang
Chevelle
Camaro
GTO
Firebird
Road Runner
Super Bee
Nova
Challenger
442
Wildcat
Barracuda
Javelin
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Cell phones
Whatever year before the introduction of the first smart phone. 2006ish?
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Technology in general
1991.
We had penalty of technology, but not enough to take over our lives.
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Politics
1984, when the Gipper won his second term in a 49 state landslide.
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NFL
1989. Joe Montana and Jerry Rice were leading the 49ers to another Super Bowl victory. Barry Sanders was in Detroit, Derrick Thomas was with the Chiefs, and the GOAT, Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson, was with the Raiders.
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NBA
1984-87: the apex of the rivalry of Larry Bird with the Celtics and Magic Johnson with the Lakers.
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MLB
1990s
When the Braves had names like Maddox, Smolz, Glavin, Justice, McGriff, Pendleton, and a rookie nicknamed “Chipper” Jones.
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NHL
Early to mid- 1990s when Gretzky was in his prime.
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Nascar
Early 1970s when Petty was the King to Feb. 18, 2000 when Dale died.
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College sports
1980 - 2020
Too many SEC legends and titans to name. But this period started with us being lucky to see one SEC game a week, if that. By the mid to late 80s we had the 11:30 JP game, then ESPN gave us the Thursday night game. The 90s gave us the SEC on CBS and saw the SEC become the dominate conference in college football for the next almost quarter century. Then came the COVD season, the portal, NIL and all the conference expansions. I still love it and live for it, but college football is broken. They really need to fix it.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:38 pm to SwaggerCopter
I peaked in highschool
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