somehow i feel like growing up in the 90s i was sort of ambiently promised by american culture at large that everything would be basically fine. does that resonate with anyone else?
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Oh totally. The cracks were there (name an optimistic sci-fi movie after 1980), but the main narrative was “it just seems to work out.”
Welcome to the weirding, right ?
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Growing up in the 80s was kinda like 10s right now, but this is significantly worse. That felt like the last decade of a big 50-year conflict (Cold War). This feels like the beginning of a new 50-year conflict.
You guys were programmed for a longer period of peace than you got.
yep, sounds right 😐 Great Weirding Rules Everything Around Me
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Even from Singapore I feel like 90s childhood was pretty great. Cold War over, great cartoons on TV, computers becoming more user friendly, video games, MTV and anime, everything seemed wonderful and optimistic until 9/11
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