Is it just me, or were the early-90s one of the ugliest times ever?

Disagree. I'd live in 76-78 from here on out if it was possible!

sbeefyk2 wrote:

Every year will always be worse than the years that follow it. It is how it has always been and will always be. That's what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. We learn and the things we learn we build upon. Every generations adds a little more to the collective knowledge and everything always gets better. Setting political bias (which clouds sound reason and logic) aside, nobody would actually want to go back in time to live.

Ha, ha. I see every new generation tearing down the previous generations. Just read LRC a few days and you will catch on.

great time, actually wrote:

While complaining about capitalism and sipping on soy latte from a capitalist establishment. We are living in the age of stupid.

So what you are trying to say is that someone who complains about the shortcomings of capitalism can't buy something from a store.

ok

So people who complain about socialism can't use highways or public schools or Social Security or visit parks.

That's your stance?

Ummmm.... ever watch Bio Dome? PCU? Encino Man???

Shyeah right...

sbeefyk2 wrote:

. Every generations adds a little more to the collective knowledge and everything always gets better. Setting political bias (which clouds sound reason and logic) aside, nobody would actually want to go back in time to live.

Yeah, the record levels of depressed, poor, and/or sick Americans wouldn't ACTUALLY want to go back to live in an era with jobs, no "diversity," intact families, safe communities, and the ability for one pay check to support a large family, etc. Who could pass up on Disney Star Was, the female Doctor Who, the female Ghostbusters, and a culture that can't produce anything new, only revamp and corrupt old franchises with Woke Leftist anti-human values.

I'd credit those years with some of the best looking models of American made trucks.

uylakllkf wrote:

Yeah, the record levels of depressed, poor, and/or sick Americans wouldn't ACTUALLY want to go back to live in an era with jobs, no "diversity," intact families, safe communities, and the ability for one pay check to support a large family, etc. Who could pass up on Disney Star Was, the female Doctor Who, the female Ghostbusters, and a culture that can't produce anything new, only revamp and corrupt old franchises with Woke Leftist anti-human values.

The line between LRC and 4chan rhetoric continues to become thinner. Blow your dogwhistle a little harder and your lungs might come up your throat.

what site is this wrote:

Blow your dogwhistle

Just say "fascist" if that's what you mean. Cloaking it with implication is disgraceful.

Not what I meant...I see in many colors. This color is of the American who just wants things to be the way they used to, who does not understand what forces made things different in the first place, but has some theories nonetheless. Someone who wants to reverse time to the point where things made sense to them, without really understanding what is making them so uncomfortable in the first place. Hint: it isn't leftist movies.

The music was great. A certain well-known music critic thinks the last good year for music, and the last truly great album, came in 2004.

FFF wrote:

I ran into the Dan vs. Dave video series on YouTube last night, and was shocked at how corny and stupid those commercials actually were. Then I remembered that the early-90s in general were just ugly no matter where you looked.

I can think of ten or one hundred reasons I believe this is so, but I'm wondering if anyone else agrees that 90-95 or 96 basically sucked no matter what?

I attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the early 90s, and can state unequivocally that said time -frame did not suck in the least.

El Keniano wrote:

The music was great.

Correct. Entire "genres" were spawning at that time with Nirvana (grunge), and UncleTupelo (alt-couuntry) . Hip-Hop was exploding as well. The music was incredible.

In 1917 the Blessed Mother appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, and requested that the "Third Secret" she had given them be revealed to the world by 1960. When asked why 1960, she said "It (the reason) will be clear then"

The late 70's disco craze, with leisure suits, John Tra., Studio 54 etc. was worse.

what site is this wrote:

Not what I meant...I see in many colors. This color is of the American who just wants things to be the way they used to, who does not understand what forces made things different in the first place, but has some theories nonetheless. Someone who wants to reverse time to the point where things made sense to them, without really understanding what is making them so uncomfortable in the first place. Hint: it isn't leftist movies.

You're describing mainstream reactionary political views. Who uses weasel phrases like "dog whistle" for that?

There was a trend at the time towards anti-fashion... deliberately looking semi-homeless. So if it makes you feel any better, they were often looking terrible on purpose.

And ya, Skah getting away with cheating in the 1992 10k final was insane. I would elaborate on how scummy this was, but I must admit that I did things much worse in high school XC/track. Let’s just say that as one of the slowest varsity runners on the team, it was my duty to have a lot of “oopsies” with the rival teams’ runners. Good times.

FFF wrote:

I ran into the Dan vs. Dave video series on YouTube last night, and was shocked at how corny and stupid those commercials actually were. Then I remembered that the early-90s in general were just ugly no matter where you looked.

I can think of ten or one hundred reasons I believe this is so, but I'm wondering if anyone else agrees that 90-95 or 96 basically sucked no matter what?

You are right. It started with Guns & Roses in 88 - posers who tried to look like 70s bad boys, but could only manage to smoke lots of cigarettes. Then Joe Camel came on and suddenly everyone smoked. Then grunge happened around 90/91, and it was high fashion to wear a plaid shirt made of dryer lint, dirty baggy jeans, and $#!t kickers. Kate Moss made looking like a heroin addict sexy (not to me, though). The Dead were still around, so there were lots of deadheads still, and they didn't look much different from the grunge people. A little more colorful. Then came JNCOs. Seinfeld wore a puffy shirt for laughs, but they were all a little puffy.

Music was awful. In my opinion rock and roll died around this time: Spin Doctors, Friends theme song, Breakfast at Tiffany's song. There were a few good bands, like Pearl Jam.

So there's your early 90s: people who would otherwise be attractive wearing clothes the Salvation Army would throw away, smoking, listening to bad music, and saying anything that requires some thought is "ironic".

Bad Wigins wrote:

what site is this wrote:

Not what I meant...I see in many colors. This color is of the American who just wants things to be the way they used to, who does not understand what forces made things different in the first place, but has some theories nonetheless. Someone who wants to reverse time to the point where things made sense to them, without really understanding what is making them so uncomfortable in the first place. Hint: it isn't leftist movies.

You're describing mainstream reactionary political views. Who uses weasel phrases like "dog whistle" for that?

I think you misunderstand the common use of the term 'dog whistle'

Their initial usage was correct.

2004-2012 were absolutely best time though.