discussion Would you prefer to be forever stuck in the 1990s or in the 2000s

[Capris Groove]

The 90s hands down. It was a prosperous and optimistic decade, 9/11 was effectively the end of all that. Seriously imagine going through that and all the flag waving BS and war forever.

[imabadkid]

The 2000s was such an iconic time... esp for pop culture. And the technology was there (it's not as advanced obviously but it was still there).

[Alldeezy]

2000s.

[Alldeezy]

Then again I don't wanna relive 2009 again.  But if It resets does that mean I have my dad back for another 8 years?

[Robert]

2000s Best music/TV/Movies. The economy was generally strong until the financial crisis for the majority of the decade and you can still access technology but social media was much less present. 

[Odette Violet]

Zero Asian representation so none. 

[Namie-Knowles]

I'm Black. Yeah I'd rather die. Sorry. 

[DamianSolo]

The 1990s was such an incredible decade. The 2000s were fun, but it just doesn't compare to the magic of the 90s.

[Feanor]

90s I think.

[allforyou]

The 2000s. You can enjoy all the culture from the 90s while still experiencing the 00s one. Also at least you'd have access to the internet.

[Chemist]

The 90s had better music

[Asscatchem]

the less racist era

[terrorblade]

2000s BC

[Before Today]

The 90s because I would kill to witness the best year in cinema (1999) and music golden years (95-99).

[katykater]

The 90s would be great for making money (not only in IT, also in organizing raves, events,... you can build the company providing the sound system, lights, stages,... everyone is using like a former colleague did and sold his sound and light company.) and party like there is no tomorrow. Dutch hardcore, techno, trance,...

 

A movie telling the story of a computer genius went over the top by starting the greatest nightclub of all time and becoming the king of nightlife:

 

 

His mom said: "If you don't want people look down at you, you have to make them look up to you.". When he was thrown out of another nightclub, he wanted to create the greatest nightclub.

 

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It's 1997. Frank, a computer genius with a nose for business, a fascination for nightlife and an unhealthy urge to prove himself, only wants one thing: his own disco that not only outperforms the competition but simply humiliates it.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11182994/

 

 

The Belgian equivalent of Great Gatsby? The 90s was like re-imagined/modernized Roaring 20s?

 

I was in high school in the 90s and entered the Zillion once. Imagine the unlimited possibilities of being 20 year old in 1990 and know all the history that happened in the 90s. Real life would be like playing a video game for the second time, third time,... Sex, drugs, rock and roll (Imagine never having to worry about how bad alcohol, drug,... abuse for health is, it's gonna be reset anyway before it could become a problem. The same can be said about relationships or marriage went wrong.), blasting beyond millionaire status,... Anything was possible, including going to New York and outbid gaga's dad in a fight for a real estate deal because I make more money from the dotcom bubble than him.

 

1990s:

• Glorious for IT people. You didn't need a degree or high school diploma, do self-study at home and do the exams to get Cisco CCNA and Microsoft MCSE certified. This was the skip college (and even high school) hack and every employer was throwing high paying job offers at you. The AI hype is now nowhere near how outrageous the dotcom bubble was. I went to college after the dotcom bubble to study IT after the glory days of sending helicopters to the campus to lure students into job interviews.
• The opportunities to make money were much beter, the government agencies were much weaker in doing oversight, much less rules that makes running a business difficult,... and more purchasing power in real estate. If a Boomer wants to retire affluent, the 90s was the era to make as much money as possible and invest smartly. Before the Millennials start complaining about why they have to pay for a house 2, 3 of 4 times what the Boomers paid in the 90s.
• Fall of the USSR.
• Downsizing militaries that made conscription impossible (governments don't want to pay the bills).
• Progressive optimistic thoughts like we could make all the cultures, migrants,... living together happily ever after.
• Threat of the Japanese corporate takeover of the world (Reagan said exactly the same things about Japan what the Americans are saying now about China) flopped into oblivion (China is going down the Japanese route, but faster and more severe).
• Leaving behind the more violent/terroristic decades behind us.

 

2000s:

• Governments and regulations became overbearing, patronizing,... and cracking down the possibilities. Entering the era of nothing is allowed.
• 9/11 bumped up insurance premiums globally.
• There is evil out there wanting to hurt us. Starting from hitting the symbolic targets where the average person wouldn't be and they kept looking for ways to hit the average person in the metro, airport, concert, Parisian cafe,... It was sliding down from only hitting where politicians, bankers, rich,... would be down to really hitting the places where the average person in the street would be.
• Rise of Putin and russia becoming more and more militarily aggressive.
• Off shoring factories to low wage countries and rise of China.
• People lost faith in the stock market after the dotcom bubble burst and pumped housing prices. Inflation in the Netherlands from 1995 till 2021 is +64,7% and not 4x. 
• The rise of far right vote (up to 25%) forced every party to say things as it is, admit the reality of cultural incompatibility, immigration can be harmful and has to be controlled,...