Rodney King, OJ, Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous, Waco, Ruby Ridge, Oklahoma City, Family Matters N-word episode, Fresh Prince episode about racial profiling, Jerry Springer, Rush Limbaugh show (before radio), CNN Crossfire, Menendez Brothers, Assassination of Virsace, Newt Gringrich vs Clinton, Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, Serbia
“The world was better in the 90s because I watched Fraiser and Friends”
You mentioned most of what I was going to, so I’ll also add Somalian Civil War, Sierra Leone Civil War, Rwandan Genocide, First Congo War, the start of the Second Congo War, the Dot Com Bubble, repeal of Glass Stegal that led to the 2008 Recession, the Blood-Crips feud, Columbine, University of Iowa Shooting, Westside Middle School Shooting, Thurston High School Shooting (AKA the Kimp Kinkel Shooting), Lindhurst High Shooting, Pearl High Shooting, Heath High Shooting, Frontier Middle School Shooting, and the BTK Killer was still active until at least 1991 (possibly longer as he wasn’t caught until 2005). Also a few dictators acting as US puppets. And all the awful shit going on in the wake of the USSR’s collapse, including Russia and Ukraine.
There was HW’s new war on drugs. He got on TV and told everyone that crack was being sold across the street from the White House. He pulled out a prop bag of crack, as if it were the actual bag police confiscated. Who else does shit like that? That was 89, but it carried into the 90s obviously. You were also still dealing with the AIDS crisis because Reagan did shit to help anyone and instead they made it about morality. The 90s inherited the 80s problems because that’s how history works.
Nah, only if it happened overnight in 1965 or something. The USSR was already making questionable decisions for years.
The optimism developed since 2022-Ukraine(news mega) here was before people had to confront China and Israel’s relationship too. If China “collapsed” ala USSR in 2022 I’d be malding.
The same in 2026 I’d be just speechless and shrugging, in a “we knew it was coming” sort of way. Of course it would be the biggest disaster for humanity etc etc but at the same time who exactly should be surprised by the party embracing e.g Kissinger, Elon Musk, Biden, Yellen, Blinken etc in just these same 5 years? Some people I guess but not everyone. So I don’t think its the same.
Rodney King, OJ, Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous, Waco, Ruby Ridge, Oklahoma City, Family Matters N-word episode, Fresh Prince episode about racial profiling, Jerry Springer, Rush Limbaugh show (before radio), CNN Crossfire, Menendez Brothers, Assassination of Virsace, Newt Gringrich vs Clinton, Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, Serbia
“The world was better in the 90s because I watched Fraiser and Friends”
What did the assassination of Versace cause? More homophobia and southeastasia-phobia for a bit?
You mentioned most of what I was going to, so I’ll also add Somalian Civil War, Sierra Leone Civil War, Rwandan Genocide, First Congo War, the start of the Second Congo War, the Dot Com Bubble, repeal of Glass Stegal that led to the 2008 Recession, the Blood-Crips feud, Columbine, University of Iowa Shooting, Westside Middle School Shooting, Thurston High School Shooting (AKA the Kimp Kinkel Shooting), Lindhurst High Shooting, Pearl High Shooting, Heath High Shooting, Frontier Middle School Shooting, and the BTK Killer was still active until at least 1991 (possibly longer as he wasn’t caught until 2005). Also a few dictators acting as US puppets. And all the awful shit going on in the wake of the USSR’s collapse, including Russia and Ukraine.
There was HW’s new war on drugs. He got on TV and told everyone that crack was being sold across the street from the White House. He pulled out a prop bag of crack, as if it were the actual bag police confiscated. Who else does shit like that? That was 89, but it carried into the 90s obviously. You were also still dealing with the AIDS crisis because Reagan did shit to help anyone and instead they made it about morality. The 90s inherited the 80s problems because that’s how history works.
I knew I was forgetting more lmao
The '90s were only good for people too young to pay attention to what was happening in the world or too rich to care.
George Bush, Drug War, I know I'm forgetting more
We didn’t start the fire…
Wild to think what hexbear would have been like had it existed back then, the news mega I mean.
Collapse of the USSR would probably crash the site, permanently.
Nah, only if it happened overnight in 1965 or something. The USSR was already making questionable decisions for years.
The optimism developed since 2022-Ukraine(news mega) here was before people had to confront China and Israel’s relationship too. If China “collapsed” ala USSR in 2022 I’d be malding.
The same in 2026 I’d be just speechless and shrugging, in a “we knew it was coming” sort of way. Of course it would be the biggest disaster for humanity etc etc but at the same time who exactly should be surprised by the party embracing e.g Kissinger, Elon Musk, Biden, Yellen, Blinken etc in just these same 5 years? Some people I guess but not everyone. So I don’t think its the same.
yeltsin coup would have made us meltdown tho im pretty sure, could you imagine the fucking cope we would all be huffing holy
just don’t pay attention to what Kelsey Grammer says off-screen