• stretch2m@infosec.pub
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    11 hours ago

    When I was a kid in the 70s, Grease was huge, glamorizing 1950s “oldies” music like it was from some long-ago era. That’s only 20 years. That’s like glamorizing music from 2006 today. The 90s are definitely “classic rock” now. Trippy.

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      The only part that makes your comparison absurd is the fact that there’s nothing special about 2006.

      In your head, right now, imagine the 1950s. There’s a distinct style you’re seeing, isn’t there?

      Now picture 2006. How is the image any different than today, besides the cars today being computers on wheels?

      We would be glorifing 2006, if there was anything worthwhile about it.

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        Now picture 2006. How is the image any different than today, besides the cars today being computers on wheels?

        emo kids and hip hop of the era. frosted tips, lots of hairgel.

        there was a lot of stuff that was different back then. The stuff that was fun was also in its infancy.

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        Now picture 2006. How is the image any different than today, besides the cars today being computers on wheels?

        No smartphones, or at least they weren’t common. (I was a weirdo who carried a PDA everywhere)

        Which probably explains why vintage turn of the century tech is becoming popular.

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        You’re right, the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s all had distinct styles. That started fading in the 90s, and unless you look closely, the nearly three decades since are all very similar.

        I think we can rightly blame capitalism for homogenizing our culture, and spreading it around the world. And, even if we can’t, I still will, and also fuck Mark Zuckerberg just because I haven’t said it yet today.