Throwback Thursday

[shakespeare]

Walking the dogs the other day I overheard a group of early teen children talking about things from 'ages ago, like ten years - no, 12 or more, you know before we were born', and it made me simultaneously roll my eyes and snort. When I was their age 'ages ago' was the 40s and 50s, despite that being decades before I was born. This leads into a lot

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[author_by_night]

I've always said the 90's in general were kookier. Which I actually miss. It's like the world decided to only be somber and serious. I'll take cheesy 90's sitcoms over The Walking Dead, thanks.*

It is funny what teenagers consider old. But they weren't even born 15 years ago, so to them that's a very long time. That was... 2002?

*I'm not bashing that show, although I will say it's for me. It just seems that everything on TV is dark and grim these days, etc. etc. Granted, certain events sure don't help, but a lot of awful things were happening in the 90's too.

[shakespeare]

I miss that kookiness too. I think that's definitely why I'm so… strange. ;) I've talked about this with others, too. I think 2001 was the watershed. Before you had some brightness and strangeness and you could be more carefree. Then 2001 and the world got a lot darker. Even though I grew up when the 'Trouble' (the IRA and Northern Ireland bomb attacks) were at their height, and car bombs were a regular occurrence on the news, it seems that 2001 was different probably due to the growing presence of media/the internet. Strange but I think the comparison of Batman films pre- and post-2001 highlights it really well. Suddenly Batman could be darker and grittier, and it fit the new mindset. I've noticed too, that children born at that time are more involved in activism and want to right more wrongs etc. far more than my generation. Though we did want to change the world, it was in a more… realistic way, I think. Not sure.

It's okay, I'm not into The Walking Dead. I watched the first few episodes way back when it started but as you say, it

[author_by_night]

I LOVE your Batman analysis. I think you're right

[manue7a]

The other day I heard two girls (18/19 maybe?) talking about a theme for a party. The 80s..yeah, that would be cool, what did they wear back then..that hippies stuff, right?

Nope.

[shakespeare]

Oh crikey.

Not that I'm sure the 80s were great for fashion, but to confuse the power dressing with being a hippy? The New Romantics wouldn't have taken too kindly to being confused for hippies, I don't think...

[dimity_blue]

I've never seen that video before and I don't know whether to be sorry or glad.

[shakespeare]

Haha! It's very kooky. I think it's one of those things that's meant to make you feel a bit weirded out. ♥