What will the 90's be remembered for?

Gaius · Post by **Gaius** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:02 pm

What will the 1990's be remembered for, in your opinion. We all seem to attribute different decades to different struggles, epochs in thought, cultural revolutions.

In the 60's the sexual revolution and the civil rights movement

The 70's brought long hair and anarchism

The 80's brought the Disco

What did the 90's bring???

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:14 pm

head shot in the White House.

the return of the Chevy Monte Carlo

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:16 pm

i think the 90s can be summed up in the phrase "Bish Bosh, loads of dosh". It was the decade of the Yuppies. A completely new social class who could never be deterred from their course or suffer depression except for when they lost financial value. They worshipped money and all its trappings. As far as I know, they still do, but I don't come across them nowadays.

It was also the era of sexual expansion when all the pervs came out of their closets.

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:19 pm

OpenMind wrote: i think the 90s can be summed up in the phrase "Bish Bosh, loads of dosh". It was the decade of the Yuppies. A completely new social class who could never be deterred from their course or suffer depression except for when they lost financial value. They worshipped money and all its trappings. As far as I know, they still do, but I don't come across them nowadays.

It was also the era of sexual expansion when all the pervs came out of their closets.
the yuppie thing;i thought that was the 80s

as for my fellow pervs... God Bless the Internet!!

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:30 pm

Wolverine wrote: the yuppie thing;i thought that was the 80s

as for my fellow pervs... God Bless the Internet!!

Indeed. The Internet. I forgot about that. And mobile phones. I'm sure they were created just for the yuppies. [I'M ON THE TRAIN!] But they didn't really become refined until this decade when broadband became more available.

Each decade is remembered for something, but this is always the peak of it. It's starting point is always the decade before.

As for the pervs, when they came out of their closets, it helped everyone to start to come to terms with their own sexuality. British TV has reflected this shift in attitudes to sex by documenting pornography, prostitution, swinging, S&M, and so on.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:00 pm

Alot of work.

Clinton.

Shifting political patterns around the world.

And the 60s brought in long hair.

I still kept mine.

:)

abctitansmom · Post by **abctitansmom** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:40 pm

in my humble opinion it is the soccer mom, mini van,cell phones and personal planners,

koan · Post by **koan** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:46 pm

Gaius;226901 wrote: What will the 1990's be remembered for...

Er, the 90s are well past and it is remembered as the era of grunge and Kurt Cobain...imo

beautyful · Post by **beautyful** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:52 pm

The era of Britpop...Oasis, Blur and Pulp

ChristinaAguilera_FANatic · Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:47 pm

I take it no one here remembers the Spice Girls lol

They took over the world lol I was a huge fan lol

I also remember

yo'yos

pokemon

digimon

gooey aliens tht "grew up and had kids" NO JOKE lol we were tht stupid lol

POGS

:-4 ahhh the memories lol

Musiclover89 · Post by **Musiclover89** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:33 pm

ChristinaAguilera_FANatic;565227 wrote: I take it no one here remembers the Spice Girls lol

They took over the world lol I was a huge fan lol

I also remember

yo'yos

pokemon

digimon

gooey aliens tht "grew up and had kids" NO JOKE lol we were tht stupid lol

POGS

:-4 ahhh the memories lol

omg Pokemon was the best thing to happen to me when i was in Primary School :wah:

BH672 · Post by **BH672** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:48 pm

We learned how to lie with class.

Depending on what your definition of is is!

;)

Punk_Grunge · Post by **Punk_Grunge** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:39 am

koan;461676 wrote: Er, the 90s are well past and it is remembered as the era of grunge and Kurt Cobain...imo

HELL YEAH! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! :-6 :-6 :-6 :-6

joey2000 · Post by **joey2000** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:45 am

Gaius;226901 wrote: What will the 1990's be remembered for, in your opinion. We all seem to attribute different decades to different struggles, epochs in thought, cultural revolutions.

In the 60's the sexual revolution and the civil rights movement

The 70's brought long hair and anarchism

The 80's brought the Disco

What did the 90's bring???
Well, not quite. 60s brought long hair and "anarchism." 70s brought disco. 80s (basically) brought us punk rock and "new wave."

90s IMO brought us precious little, at least culturally. eg music dominated by "boy bands" and rap. :barf: And this thing of bands forming and immediately breaking up , what the - ? Fashion wasn't any better. Tatoos, "goth," piercing dang near anything, and apparently brushes and combs became hated grooming items.

Sorry, I just abhorred the 90s. Tackiness, vulgarity, and a generally severe lack of quality and identity (other than what I just mentioned) seemed to rule the day. Sadly, it hasn't gotten any better in this decade.