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Dare I care to mention that taking acid was much more fun before CSI Miami? The 90's WERE better

I jest, really. Drugs are bad. But tobacco is worse...Why can't we just have tar free tobacco? People would be much healthier....

What was I talking about?

avantgarde wrote:90s are overrated, remember when people didn't have hi-speed internet and cell phones?

You had to plan gak out carefully. Now it's meet at ____ and everything works out. Back then you actually had to call everybody and set a meeting and exact time at someone's house otherwise it went downhill because there was no way to change the plan once someone was in a car.

I'm glad we're past the stone age.

I don't a cel and it works out fine. The only reason you need to change plans in the 20min before you leave your house and get where you are going is if your friends are total flakes and decide to bail 5 min before you meet.

Dial up wasn't that horrible. It just meant that you couldn't download movies very well and music took a couple of hours instead of minutes. Browsing the web wasn't that bad either because sites had to be a lot simpler and have better layouts so you didn't have thousands of pictures on the main page.

But the 90's did suck. The music was slightly better than most of what was out today but it was still really bad. People never seem to remember the bad music from a time period only the good stuff. People look back on the 80's and think they were cool too but if you were to look at top 40 charts you probably wouldn't recognize much from anything pre 5 years ago. I think the only reason it feels like there is far more garbage out there now is that it is easier to find all the bad music. With myspace and youtube it's so easy to make a bad band and spam bad music and some idiot out there will think it's great and catchy and then someone will hear of you. They probably had all those same bands in the 80's and 90's it's just that they were stuck in their mums basement where they couldn't bother anyone.

Edit: opps double post

I think the reason it's easier to find garbage now is because it's now. So it's easier to find garbage. We all exist in a single flowing pathway for time for some reason, and one of the most important effects of that is that we experience music linearly according to the date of our perception.

If we could experience the music from the 80's like it was in the 80's now, I'm sure we wouldn't think now was so bad. But here we are. In the now.

Monster Rain wrote:

I like being able to compress a million audio files into one little player that's about the size of one cassette.

I like the zombie like state that these boxes and other distraction gadgets induce in morons who can't seem to function without being jacked in to some device at any given moment of the day.

I enjoy nothing more then watching them rear end the car in front of them, walk into inanimate objects or crash hard down flight of stairs while text walking, etc.

Good times...

CT GAMER wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

I like being able to compress a million audio files into one little player that's about the size of one cassette.

I like the zombie like state that these boxes and other distraction gadgets induce in morons who can't seem to function without being jacked in to some device at any given moment of the day.

I enjoy nothing more then watching them rear end the car in front of them, walk into inanimate objects or crash hard down flight of stairs while text walking, etc.

Good times...

Yeh but as you will realise once you get over that 'grumpy old man' whinge, he does have a point. Nice to be able to have your music collection on something smaller than a cassette.

Samus_aran115 wrote:I hear you, I guess. I'd personally rather be 16 in 1965, honestly. The 60's were better than anything else.

LSD, the hell's angels, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Richard Nixon...Everything about the 60's is amazing...Including the constant threat of nuclear holocaust

How do you know if you weren't there?

ok will give you Hendrix
But didn't appreciate his genius back then
There was also a lot of crap but I was too young to know the difference.
Being English and 7 in 1966 was pretty cool
Being 10 in 1969 and watching moon missions was nearly as awesome
Ok it was amazing

Airfix kits available in newsagents for a couple of bob with hobby shops everywhere was cool too.

In comparison?
Today is miles better. If you don't like the gakk in the hit parades then you have an amazing backlog to choose from.
Back in the 1960's the back catalogue was square man!

As for the 1990's
Sheesh
from a miniatures gaming point of view this is a golden age in terms of sculpts coming out.
I appreciate some vets like the OOP stuff and some newer gamers like the feel of th eold stuff.
But imho the likes of Red Box Scribor et al are doing amazing things and GW also are making some excellent sculpts.

Kids, you ain't never had it so good

You're old.



My grandmother had sex with santana, no joke.

whatwhat wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

I like being able to compress a million audio files into one little player that's about the size of one cassette.

I like the zombie like state that these boxes and other distraction gadgets induce in morons who can't seem to function without being jacked in to some device at any given moment of the day.

I enjoy nothing more then watching them rear end the car in front of them, walk into inanimate objects or crash hard down flight of stairs while text walking, etc.

Good times...

Yeh but as you will realise once you get over that 'grumpy old man' whinge, he does have a point. Nice to be able to have your music collection on something smaller than a cassette.

Because you will listen to that entire music collection while walking around? I agree mp3 players are far better than a walkman. They are small, have awesome rechargeable batteries, and last way longer because of the lack of moving parts. The downside is people spend half the time skipping through songs and never really listen to their music. I guess when most of the collection is todays garbage that isn't such a bad thing though.

The other reason the 60's suck is that the drugs today are so much better. Talk to your parents about the stuff they smoked when they were young compare it to the stuff from today.

Random is your friend. I just turn it on shuffle and listen to whatever comes around. I tend to avoid that lady gaga I added months ago though

BrockRitcey wrote:

whatwhat wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

I like being able to compress a million audio files into one little player that's about the size of one cassette.

I like the zombie like state that these boxes and other distraction gadgets induce in morons who can't seem to function without being jacked in to some device at any given moment of the day.

I enjoy nothing more then watching them rear end the car in front of them, walk into inanimate objects or crash hard down flight of stairs while text walking, etc.

Good times...

Yeh but as you will realise once you get over that 'grumpy old man' whinge, he does have a point. Nice to be able to have your music collection on something smaller than a cassette.

Because you will listen to that entire music collection while walking around? I agree mp3 players are far better than a walkman. They are small, have awesome rechargeable batteries, and last way longer because of the lack of moving parts. The downside is people spend half the time skipping through songs and never really listen to their music. I guess when most of the collection is todays garbage that isn't such a bad thing though.

The other reason the 60's suck is that the drugs today are so much better. Talk to your parents about the stuff they smoked when they were young compare it to the stuff from today.

I don't believe I was the only one thinking before the days of mp3s that it would be good if you could have access to your entire music collection anywhere without having to carry it in a suitcase. + considering I don't find all of today's music "garbage" (where was dubstep in the 90s?) I can't really comment on the rest of your post.

Samus_aran115 wrote: I tend to avoid that lady gaga I added months ago though

Up till this point, I thought you were a pretty cool person.

CT GAMER wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

I like being able to compress a million audio files into one little player that's about the size of one cassette.

I like the zombie like state that these boxes and other distraction gadgets induce in morons who can't seem to function without being jacked in to some device at any given moment of the day.

I enjoy nothing more then watching them rear end the car in front of them, walk into inanimate objects or crash hard down flight of stairs while text walking, etc.

Good times...

Wow. That's unnecessary.

BrockRitcey wrote:

whatwhat wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

I like being able to compress a million audio files into one little player that's about the size of one cassette.

I like the zombie like state that these boxes and other distraction gadgets induce in morons who can't seem to function without being jacked in to some device at any given moment of the day.

I enjoy nothing more then watching them rear end the car in front of them, walk into inanimate objects or crash hard down flight of stairs while text walking, etc.

Good times...

Yeh but as you will realise once you get over that 'grumpy old man' whinge, he does have a point. Nice to be able to have your music collection on something smaller than a cassette.

Because you will listen to that entire music collection while walking around? I agree mp3 players are far better than a walkman. They are small, have awesome rechargeable batteries, and last way longer because of the lack of moving parts. The downside is people spend half the time skipping through songs and never really listen to their music. I guess when most of the collection is todays garbage that isn't such a bad thing though.

I've got gigs of music on my Zune and it's all stuff that I like and listen to. No you can't listen to it all at once, but you can't listen to all your cassettes at once either so I don't get what the problem is. It's all on one device for when you do want to listen to it.

Mr Mystery wrote:Seriously. Anyone? Please?

The modern day sucks. Send me back to the days of Trainspotting and a vaguely optimistic future pre-Al Qaede.

I was totally born 5 years too late. The films then were excellent. The music likewise awesome (apart from Dance. Which to this day I cannot stand). But even when it was gak, it was tolerable. Simon Cowell had no grip on the industry. hippity Hoppity actually meant something.

Actually Simon Cowell was a fairly major figure in the music industry back then - he just didn't have a public profile. He worked behind the scenes.

The late '90s were great in the UK - there seemed to be a lot better bands back then than there are now. The general standard just seemed higher. In terms of overall standard you can't really beat the '70s, though.

Funk, Soul, Disco, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Prog Rock, Punk, Early electronica - even the pop was generally of a high standard. I put it down to cocaine. It makes you ambitious.

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:
I had a tv with A button. No remote. I think I beat you.

No dude. That black and white cube didn't even have a power button. It was an on/off dial. And it had no RCA Jacks, so no VCR

ShumaGorath wrote:But here we are. In the now.

Waynes World referance wins this thread


Also, for some reason, I suddenly wish I still had my '85 Sonoma. That thing had an 8-track player. The confused looks people showed when they saw it and thought it was a VCR were priceless

I'm class of '94 and live in Seattle, the Grunge Mecca. I remember the 90's very, very well.

They were lame. The 90's marked the point were you were no longer guaranteed to see tits in a horror movie. Both guys and girls wore colorful vests and buttoned up shirts. Pauly Shore was very popular.

Though that was the heydey of Necromunda and Mordhiem.

Samus_aran115 wrote:No, the internet was invented by jesus That was at least 50 years ago..The bible told me

Actually the Internet was invented by Al Gore.

Also if I was gonna be sent back to a time period, it'd be the 80's and I would be around 14 at the beginning of them.

Otherwise, I like where I am, thankyouverymuch. I appreciate what I have now, stuff that the OP takes for granted is stuff that makes the 2000's so cool and different from the 90's. Sure the 80's were great, but I'd rather have the internet and a cellphone that didn't make me grow a tentacle due to radiation.

It's already time to be nostalgic for the 90s? Damn, I thought we were still being nostalgic for the 80s.


Is it just me or does it seem like the cycle of being there/moving on and thinking it was daggy or horrible/remembering it with nostalgia is getting shorter? It feels at this rate we'll be nostalgic for the 00s by next week.


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Vladsimpaler wrote:Actually the Internet was invented by Al Gore.

Al Gore is Jesus?! He really should have mentioned that in his campaign.

sebster wrote:It's already time to be nostalgic for the 90s? Damn, I thought we were still being nostalgic for the 80s.

Well, 1990 was 20 years ago. Any cars from back then are officially considered vintage now. I'd say that classifies as nostalgia-worthy

sebster wrote:It's already time to be nostalgic for the 90s? Damn, I thought we were still being nostalgic for the 80s.


Is it just me or does it seem like the cycle of being there/moving on and thinking it was daggy or horrible/remembering it with nostalgia is getting shorter? It feels at this rate we'll be nostalgic for the 00s by next week.

Apparently VH1 is already doing "I Love the 00's" so apparently we were nostalgic for them a few weeks ago.

Ahtman wrote:Apparently VH1 is already doing "I Love the 00's" so apparently we were nostalgic for them a few weeks ago.

Who?

Ahtman wrote:Apparently VH1 is already doing "I Love the 00's" so apparently we were nostalgic for them a few weeks ago.

At this rate we'll by next Sunday afternoon we'll be nostalgic for Sunday morning.

Man remember the days when the newspaper had news in it, there wasn't were that day, man those were the times

Oh the 90's, oh the memories, oh the 80's oh the hypercolour t-shirts, they all kinda blended in my memory until about 1999 when all of a sudden my happy pants and sweat hogs mesh top were uncool to go raging in! I know terrible isn't it! but I still kept them! it;ll all come back in fashion...it will....won't it?

I used to love Hypercolour T shirts, they were awesome, especialy when chicks wore them...

Samus_aran115 wrote:Dare I care to mention that taking acid was much more fun before CSI Miami?

Huh-wut?

ChrisCP wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:Dare I care to mention that taking acid was much more fun before CSI Miami?

Huh-wut?

I thought acid was the only way to make sense of CSI Miami.

ShumaGorath wrote:

metallifan wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Have fun with your Walkman.

I don't see what that's supposed to prove. I know guys that still use walkmans because they find tapes to have a cleaner sound than a compressed audio file on an mp3 player.

Thats actually not true. Tape recordings weren't compressed but they had a limited capacity for recording sound. High bitrate digital audio sounds better with a fuller, more capable audio range then tape was really capable of at the time. A lot of that has to do with the recording methods used while tapes were in vogue though, magnetic strips are capable of giving basically any range of audio(As well as doing basically everything else if you design it right (they just didn't because high end magnetic tape recording and manufacture is stupid expensive)).

Also I can surf the internet. Remember the internet? Oh, your going back to the nineties. Have fun with that!

Have fun with your sheep tool.

and you are funny man... you are Dakka's own Kenneth Eng....

Samus_aran115 wrote:You're old.



My grandmother had sex with santana, no joke.

I am old but I don't care

Meh
everyone had sex with your grandmother

I wish I could have been a teenager in the 80's. Instead, I was born in 1980 and was a teenager in the 90's. Although, I thought the 90's were awesome! But I do really enjoy the technology of now.