Topic: Kill-this-Thread III:The Thread That Would Not Die
cleome46
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But... without the Nineties, there would've been no internet for me to meet mr_cleome via!
(Hey, remember when meeting on the internet was still strange and exotic? I do.)
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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Oh, just chalk up '90s technological advances to results of the rampant capitalism of the '80s. A decade should be characterized by how memorable its culture was as opposed to its tech breakthroughs--every decade has those, even the worst ones!
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cleome46
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I'm not sure that you can so readily divorce tech from culture in this case. Also, didn't the internet have its official origins in the military? It started out as essentially a product of the public welfare (funded by taxes), no matter what all those Cyber-Rand-worshippers wanted to believe.
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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If it weren't for the '90s, well, we'd be in the '90s right now and have to worry about Y2K all over again.
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From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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If not for the bad times, how do we measure the good?
and not even the 90s were completely bereft of things worthwhile. I enjoyed going to Woodstock 94, f'rinstance.
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cleome46
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As I pointed out in another thread, any decade that produced both Pinky and the Brain and The Lazarus Man can't be counted as a total failure.
Also, even though it's mr_cleome's fault, I kind of liked Ben Folds. And the Barenaked Ladies. (Not their "Big Hits," but some of the other stuff.)
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the 90s saw a lot of great B&W indy comics.
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cleome46
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The Nineties were also my brief moment as (technically) a pro cartoonist. Thankfully, none of it is online, because it's terrible.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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quote:Originally posted by cleome: I'm not sure that you can so readily divorce tech from culture in this case. Also, didn't the internet have its official origins in the military? It started out as essentially a product of the public welfare (funded by taxes), no matter what all those Cyber-Rand-worshippers wanted to believe.
Yay for the military-industrial complex!
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cleome46
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Well, I've certainly paid enough into it over my lifetime. I think the least they can do is some spyware cleverly concealed inside one of those "Shoot The Duck" banner ads once in a while.
[Still giggles every time at The Boondocks comic where a guy on the computer help desk line says to his co-workers, "Hey, there's somebody on the line who tried to shoot the duck!"]
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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quote:Originally posted by cleome: The Nineties were also my brief moment as (technically) a pro cartoonist. Thankfully, none of it is online, because it's terrible.
I doubt it is as bad as you think it is.
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I'm glad some of you recognize how awesome the 90's were. For instance, popular music in the mid-90's took a turn towards better bands: Green Day, Pearl Jam, STP, Nirvana, Candlebox, Alice in Chains, etc. Sure, some of them started in the 80's, but it was in the 90's that you could turn the radio on and here good music. The end of the 90's, however, not so much.
Anyone who likes hip-hop will tell you that it had basically a great Silver Age from 1992-1997.
Meanwhile, in the 1980's, fashion reached a level so low that we have not seen anything like it since the horrific 1580's. Its all big goofy glasses and moustaches.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Music videos of the 1580s? Now that's something to see.
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