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Sat, 29 Jun 2024 02:43:17 -0700

whiteguyinchina from private IP
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1980s were the peak of the world in our lifetimes

Savings from deindustrializing western world were being realized, and costs were
not apparent yet

Movies and music reached peak before internet destroyed local culture and
homoginized everything
Not to mention people played instruments instead of using samples 

Movies of today are sequels of 1980 movies
Music of today are remixes of 80s and 90s hits
Michael Jackson and prince will not be replaced

Rap was still rap instead of homosexual producer rap, rap thugs of 1980s were
not having gay orgies*

*mostly

Middle class could afford a home on two salaries


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Sun, 30 Jun 2024 06:15:39 -0700

Andy from
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I'd say you are mostly correct-- the problem is that the Soviet Union still
existed at that time.  I would put the peak of our civilization as 1993-1994, a
couple years after the dissolution of the USSR.  It was the era of dialup
internet and POP3 email before the Web destroyed everything.  It was a fine time
to be alive, though I hated being a teenager.

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Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:07:31 -0700

zerosugar
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I was born at the end of the 80s so obviously cannot remember anything. 90s
before 95-96 obviously a blur to me, but the late 90s and 00s definitely had
some charm and perhaps some left over 80s. Mall culture was still big and indoor
theme parks/arcades. 

Internet did indeed destroy local cultures in many ways, but mid 00s 4chan memes
were funny af. Ebaum's world crank calls were also cool. Modern 4chan sucks.
Just storefront users, reddit tier political arguments, and gen Z "yes" memes
that make Pepe seem tolerable and cool. Bring back i herd u liek mudkipz memes. 

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Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:11:34 -0700

zerosugar
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Brooke Shields was also beautiful. Demi Moore was even pretty in 80s films. By
the 90s, Demi was not cute imho. Brooke Shields aged terribly. Some actresses
like Monica Belllucci look better old than young or have a certain sexiness that
they didn't have, but Brooke lost all her looks. Something going on with her
brows. Too much botox lowered them or something and her nose. Hard to believe
somebody who was so extremely beautiful can look so basic now. 

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Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:41:33 -0700

whiteguyinchina from private IP
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1980s was beauty without computer filters. They just had lighting and make up.
No botox.

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Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:58:47 -0700

zerosugar
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yes, 80s were still natural beauty. even 00s was still not heavily altered
appearances. brooke was very beautiful. now she does look like she did some
botox or some other surgery though and it totally altered her appearance. she
looks like a different person from when she was young imho. mickey rourke is
another 80s actor who heavily altered his appearance in modern times. lol at his
look in the wrestler. 

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Sun, 07 Jul 2024 19:49:07 -0700

doublefriedchicken from private IP
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Ha, remember sneaking into Blue Lagoon at like 13 to see Brooke Shields.  I was
so out of it I thought she was the sister of the other dude on the island so I
thought is was a creepy story of incest.  Anyway, one of my friend's brother
became friends with her in college.

As far as the 80s, it was great.  Lots of optmisim especially after interest
rates went down.  A lot of moaning at the time about the loss of manufacturing
but whateever.  

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Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:04:49 -0700

doublefriedchicken from private IP
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And yes, lots of moaning that the 60s and 70s were better because no college
needed and less yuppies.  Legitimate point but the economy was on fire.  Also,
everything began to focus on rich people (to this day).  Shows in the 70s were
about regular people mostly (Barney Miller, Alice, Samford and Son, etc.).  
Rich people were out-of-touch and usually had lots of English stuff.
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