They maybe did...
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Obviously this is just my perspective on things... I'm a UK millennial probably old enough to be your mother
The millennium was hyped up but came to nothing weren't as big as it was supposed to be.
Terrorism barely got mentioned before 9/11. In the UK we had the IRA so we had more awareness.
Internet wasn't really around as much. Online shopping definitely wasn't a big thing, big stores had few or no shopping options. It was absolutely NOT used by everyone, and not everyone used computers. Mobile charges were expensive.
I've noticed a big generation gap between millennial and Gen Z. Better awareness towards MH, inclusiveness etc. Also seem to be more health conscious and drink less.
Did UK people smoke much more back then? I recently went on vacation to Germany and was appalled at how acceptable it is there. Here in the Netherlands we have a program called "Smoke-free generation", which forbids smoking in places that children often visit, such as schools and sports fields. From what I heard, the bottom kinda fell out when vaping became popular under teenagers.
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Mid-2000s were also kinda nice. We got relatively capable pocket computing devices. Proper 3D games. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Music was not yet so... algorithmic.
Kinda downhill from there, though, ngl.
What are you talking about? The golden age was obviously 2010 when the Last Airbender movie came out! You're way off
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I'm not old enough to remember that time. What was it like?
It honestly still felt like a “sky’s the limit” mentality like it probably was in the 50s. The internet and computers were just really starting to catch on and everyone was talking about how great they would make our lives and people were doing what they could to deliver on that promise.
Terror was something that wasn’t really on peoples radars. You could still go directly to the gate to meet your loved ones when they travelled, people were endeavoring to be inclusive as you could see from TV and other media, and racists we’re very much immediately dismissed without much of a platform.
It wasn’t the best for LGBTQ people, especially with Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, but it was generally just considered a matter of time before it would be accepted.
And finally the climate wasn’t trying to actively kill you and people were talking about things we could do around renewables and other energy initiatives.
I’ll take off the rose colored glasses as I know there are some bad things, but it’s hard not to say that objectively it was a good time.
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I dunno. I kinda consider 9/11 to be the shifting point. That’s when racism came roaring back and also the introduction of the Patriot Act. The 2008 crash was just the solidification of the shit show to come.
The LA race riots and Clintons going on about "super-predators" would like a word with you about racism going away in the 90's
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The LA race riots and Clintons going on about "super-predators" would like a word with you about racism going away in the 90's
Didn’t say that it wasn’t there. Just that it got a lot worse after 9/11 and the following years.
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Did UK people smoke much more back then? I recently went on vacation to Germany and was appalled at how acceptable it is there. Here in the Netherlands we have a program called "Smoke-free generation", which forbids smoking in places that children often visit, such as schools and sports fields. From what I heard, the bottom kinda fell out when vaping became popular under teenagers.
Yes, loads. I think you could still smoke on planes but not totally sure. Absolutely nobody vaped it was all ciggies, and they were WAY cheaper. There weren't the scary signs on them, they had branded packs and loads more people smoked. I remember the smoking ban in pubs coming in, it was controversial
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What are you talking about? The golden age was obviously 2010 when the Last Airbender movie came out! You're way off
What movie? Never heard of it.
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What movie? Never heard of it.
James Cameron directed it. Went in a very unique direction from the source material.
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As a trans person, I'm very glad I live today and not the 1990s
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I'm not old enough to remember that time. What was it like?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]to sum up in one word "hopeful". Things were getting good. it was still the fairly early days of the internet and while speeds for the majority of people weren't great honestly unless you were in college on a T1 line you didn't know any better. you had IRC, ICQ, AOL IM, Forums, etc so you met and talked to interesting people and friends from the world over. you expressed yourself and found people with similar interests via geocities, livejournal and/or myspace.
Technology was progressing rapidly and new opportunities were opening up. Suddenly you could make a living building said Geocities sites or designing things on your computer. It was a fun time, a lot of cool and interesting things were happening and it felt like things could only go up from there. So yeah, we were hopeful for the future.
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As a trans person, I'm very glad I live today and not the 1990s
wrote on last edited by [email protected]That's good. I remember doing the scene in the 90s there were fuck all trans people
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Mid-2000s were also kinda nice. We got relatively capable pocket computing devices. Proper 3D games. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Music was not yet so... algorithmic.
Kinda downhill from there, though, ngl.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Avatar: The Last Airbender
lol finally somebody appreciates the absolute masterpiece that this show is. i've seen it soo many times, it basically defines my childhood.
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James Cameron directed it. Went in a very unique direction from the source material.
The earth king has invited you to lake laogai
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Didn’t say that it wasn’t there. Just that it got a lot worse after 9/11 and the following years.
I've heard that the high tide was end of WW II. Sloping exponentially downwards, with the occasional oil boom or bust.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
lol finally somebody appreciates the absolute masterpiece that this show is. i've seen it soo many times, it basically defines my childhood.
Finally? Everybody appreciates it.
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Didn’t say that it wasn’t there. Just that it got a lot worse after 9/11 and the following years.
9/11 was a pretext for doing what they wanted to do anyway. Kind of like how the Olympics in LA was the pretext they needed to militarize the police there.
Finding a pretext isn't hard, but sometimes events outside of your control just kinda hand one to you.
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Can't wait for Y2K38!
And everybody trying to get AI to fix the issue
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I dunno. I kinda consider 9/11 to be the shifting point. That’s when racism came roaring back and also the introduction of the Patriot Act. The 2008 crash was just the solidification of the shit show to come.
Guys, guys. We all know the true inflection point. Harambe.
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Guys, guys. We all know the true inflection point. Harambe.
I'm starting to think having my dick out this whole time hasn't been working.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
lol finally somebody appreciates the absolute masterpiece that this show is. i've seen it soo many times, it basically defines my childhood.
I've got good news for you, it's in top 5 best animated TV shows of all time, pretty much on every website that has rankings, and sits at 9.3/10 rating on IMDB with 410k votes. A lot of people appreciate it very much.
