Given the chance, which decade would you rather live in?
From the list above, which decade would you rather live in?
Personally, I'd probably go for the 60's or the 80's. 60's because it seems like society was just a lot more civil back then. It was just a whole lot more class before, and I often find myself nostalgic over a time and place that I didn't even experience.
As for the 80's, that's basically the period all my favorite games, films and TV series are set. Vice City, Miami Vice, Magnum P.I. and on and on. Keep in mind though, that I'd only want to live in Miami or Hawaii.
Edit: Fuck it. I'm so sloppy with putting my topics in the right sections. Can a moderator please put this in the Off-Topic section? Thanks.
I'd choose the 90's, that was when I grew up but I think it would be a great decade to live in during my college years.
The people are so much nicer in the future. It's a good thing the concept of dystopian futures doesn't exist or I'd be pretty boned.@TheHumanDove said:
No option for future?
I think I'd fit in well with the 2050's.
Same. I just identify with 2050's culture far more than contemporary culture.
It's a toss between the 80s and 90s, but I would have to say the 1990s; the time of innocence where the music was waaay better, sitcoms that weren't all about sex, MTV was all about music, movies utilizing animatronics, TV shows that everybody can watch, celebrities with REAL talents, and more. Sigh! I miss those days.
I like the time we live in now. I voted 1910's because I assume in this situation I would keep all the knowledge that I currently have and could use my superior knowledge of things to my benefit.
@Psykhophear: Man, I have to disagree. Personally, I always look at the 90's like the beginning of the end. Only thing that's worth remembering from the 90's is the rap music. Rap/hip hop from the early 90's is so much better than today. NWA, Tribe Called Quest and Warren G are proof of just that.
@Legion_: Lol, what are you talking about? There are plenty of stuff that's worth remembering from the 90s aside from music. Majority of today's video games originated from the 90s (ie. Warcraft, Starcraft, Mortal Kombat, Command & Conquer, Quake, System Shock, etc.), cartoon shows that influenced a generation or two (Batman TAS, Tiny Toons, Darkwing Duck, X-Men), and movies (Terminator 2, The Matrix, Toy Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King, Pulp Fiction, Jurassic Park). I have fond memories of the past because of all these goodies. You sure you're from this planet?
Right now...
All those other decades already existed and living right now we get to reap all the benefits. Plus, now you can instantly watch anything you loved from the 90s...back then once it was off the air it was gone forever.
I also don't get the mentality that music was better in "so and so" decade...that's because you only remember the good and not the terribly bad music that existed all over those decades...there's bands doing things today that others wouldn't have even dreamed of then. If you went by that mentality we should've stopped listening to music around the early 1800's because no one will ever compare to Beethoven.
And to the first poster, I love how they called the 60's a "more civilized decade"..yes, a more civilized decade that had civil rights movements enveloping the country because black and whites couldn't sit in the same classrooms.
@Legion_
As for the 80's, that's basically the period all my favorite games, films and TV series are set. Vice City, Miami Vice, Magnum P.I. and on and on. Keep in mind though, that I'd only want to live in Miami or Hawaii.
Yea sure a decade that gay people were looked on as wierdo's and freaks, a decade in which we had to run around behind closed doors just to have a kiss. No thanks.
@Hizang said:
@Legion_
As for the 80's, that's basically the period all my favorite games, films and TV series are set. Vice City, Miami Vice, Magnum P.I. and on and on. Keep in mind though, that I'd only want to live in Miami or Hawaii.
Yea sure a decade that gay people were looked on as wierdo's and freaks, a decade in which we had to run around behind closed doors just to have a kiss. No thanks.
You're taking this way too seriously.
@Legion_ said:
Personally, I'd probably go for the 60's or the 80's. 60's because it seems like society was just a lot more civil back then. It was just a whole lot more class before, and I often find myself nostalgic over a time and place that I didn't even experience.
60's were turbulent as hell if history class taught me anything. The JFK assassination, the whole Vietnam war, Civil Rights movement, Cuban Missile Crisis, start of the Cold War, etc. On the flip side, conflicts like those really changed things up, well obviously conflicts do breed more change. Some changes for the better, some for the worst, just like all conflict do.
Anyways, I picked the 1920s, because the roaring 20s just seemed like everyone was looking to have a good time. Seeing everything we see as normal, such as cars, phones, films, and other things starting to become prominent in society would be really interesting. Then again, end of the 20s, is the Great Depression and I don't exactly want to live in that period.
1910s because it's the furthest choice from today there.
80's, been there
90's, been there.. shit
2000's.. don't even start
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