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If we're going to talk about things in our youth making us sick, how about the drugs that practically wiped out a whole American generation and started gang wars, violence, and the resulting homelessness we have today? How about the violence when Blacks demanded their civil rights and the violence and lack of civil rights then for gays? How about the fact that you could beat your wife and child and no one could do anything about it? What about Vietnam and the senseless killing that went on over there?
Those are the things that were in my childhood that made me sick.
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Wait, can you say that again, slowly? You . . . NEVER . . . saw . . . a . . . Star . . . Wars . . . movie? Ever? Not even once? Not even the original one? Wow. I never knew such people actually existed in real life.
I never saw Star Wars until the mid 80s, I think. I like the first three movies, but I haven't ever felt any need to watch any of the others.
By the way, much as I love the Next Generation, I also wished Wesley Crusher would fall into an airlock. I think the scientific name for him was accurate: boy genius irritatus.
Segregated neighborhoods.
Jewish quotas at Harvard.
National Guard shooting college students.
Condom sales controlled by the pharmacist.
Jim Crow laws.
American automobile quality.
Segregated neighborhoods.
Jewish quotas at Harvard.
National Guard shooting college students.
Condom sales controlled by the pharmacist.
Jim Crow laws.
American automobile quality.
"Officially" all of this did not exist in the 1970s. The incident at KSU was in 1969, I am almost sure.
If you are ever in North East OH, go to Kent State. You can feel what happened on that field. The fault was neither with the students or the National Guard. It was a politician who wanted to make sure that everyone in Kent knew how much he "hated hippies".
He gave the order.
Of course, this is mush worse than plaid bell bottoms and burnt orange appliances.
Wait, can you say that again, slowly? You . . . NEVER . . . saw . . . a . . . Star . . . Wars . . . movie? Ever? Not even once? Not even the original one? Wow. I never knew such people actually existed in real life.
As far as nostalgia that I don't share in goes, fondness for the 1960s tops my list. It was before my time, but from what I know about it, I could never understand why some people (cough Baby Boomers cough) idolized it so much. To me, there were a lot of things about the Sixties that were quite a bit less than praiseworthy. I supposed that could be said about any era, but it seemed much more pronounced in terms of the Sixties. Maybe it was because, for a time, Sixties nostalgia was all the rage. And I truly did get sick of it.
I'm another one. Never saw a Star Wars movie, either.
And now I have a daughter who is a mega-Star-Wars buff. She has a necklace with the name of three of the characters. She has collectible Star Wars thingers. She's gone to special Star Wars events at Disney or something (I'm not a Disney fan, either--she goes all the time with her best friend.) She's 32 years old and has a PhD and a good job but this is what she loves to do. It's weird, but there can be worse things.
I keep telling myself I have to at least watch the original movie. Never was a big sci-fi fan, but I did watch all of Star Trek NG. Some of the story lines were very meaningful in a humanity kind of way.
Segregated neighborhoods.
Jewish quotas at Harvard.
National Guard shooting college students.
Condom sales controlled by the pharmacist.
Jim Crow laws.
American automobile quality.
Title of thread : Things people your age get nostalgic about that make you SICK!
Which means - A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
I also have to say: The Brothers Gibb were amazing, talented musicians whose work goes far beyond, before and after, the disco era. Look them up in depth sometime.
I also have to say: The Brothers Gibb were amazing, talented musicians whose work goes far beyond, before and after, the disco era. Look them up in depth sometime.
True but their headline status on the movie soundtrack that announced Disco as the champion pop music genre for about 3 years, seems to have caused a lasting hate. A hate that produced a riot at the time and still gives some a sick feeling as evidenced by the OP.In hindsight many have dropped their hate of the best of Disco which is on the oldie playlist because Hip-hop and Rap became the next major pop music crossover genres to emerge when Disco lost its cultural domination and the hate got transferred to the marginally younger styles
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