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Posted: 9/22/2022 11:46:57 PM EDT
[#1]
Being the father of newborns.
$1.00 gasoline. $25,000 BMWs Living on an Island in the Intracoastal Waterway with my 26' Carver on davits behind the house. |
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Posted: 9/22/2022 11:47:36 PM EDT
[#2]
Everyone being cool
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Posted: 9/22/2022 11:50:30 PM EDT
[#3]
My youth. Pushing late 40's now, and my body ain't what it used to be.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 11:59:22 PM EDT
[#4]
Goodfellas
A Bronx Tale Schlinder's List Dazed and Confused My hair. "Taking care of business" on the streets. No cellphone cameras (see above). Affordable muscle cars |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:04:37 AM EDT
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Dropped out of high schol 2 weeks before graduation in 1989. Had a job offer too good to pass up.
Bought a 1990 Nissan 4wd truck new for $9999 with my bonus. 1992 Took A month long vacation in AK. Bought a new Mustang GT. Things were easier then for me at least. Money coming in hand over fist. Had a motorola bag phone in my truck lol. Then I went to college and it was normal college stuff.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:12:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:15:24 AM EDT
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I miss the feeling of hope. Hope that the future was bright and prosperous. Hope that we were the stalwarts of freedom. Hope that life was tough but fair and hard work and due diligence paid off. I don't feel that Hope anymore..
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:18:00 AM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The World Trade Center buildings  |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:18:20 AM EDT
[#9]
I remember hot girls loved wearing black minidresses.
And low cut daisy dukes and tight low cut jeans. Non of this jeans up to your tits bullshit. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:21:47 AM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The music.  So much good music... Just wish I would have gone to some concerts while they were still in their prime. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:25:23 AM EDT
[#11]
Off the top of my head...the USA not being ruled by an election stealing bunch of tyrannical leftist fuck faces.
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:27:33 AM EDT
[#12]
Someone mentioned Daisy Dukes. Oh yeah, lot of bars had weekly Daisy Duke contest. I do miss those. That and nickle beer night at some bars. Ladies night to get women into the bars to bring guys that spent money. Days of the past I guess.
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:49:36 AM EDT
[#13]
The war in Yugoslavia…crime in the shitholes that are and were American inner cities (it peaked in 1995 then began to decline). I was born in 1988, had a fair amount of happy memories then, and plenty of shit I went through too. I think the terrible quality of my life since 2018 has just made me very bitter.
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:52:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The movies. "Pulp Fiction." "Reservoir Dogs" (think that was 90s, right?). And of course... ...HEAT!!!! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/49274/APHeater_-_Copy-2535392.jpg Fun little fact. The 1997 North Hollywood shootout was “inspired” by this movie. The shooters were inspired by it. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 12:56:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck yes. Broken Arrow Independence Day Last of the Mohicans The Peacemaker Ronin The Hunt for Red October The Postman Jurassic Park Memphis Belle Last Man Standing The Edge Tombstone Sleepy Hollow There's Something About Mary The Fifth Element The Sixth Sense Heat Speed The Matrix Saving Private Ryan I watched that movie as a kid. That scene when, I think it was the copilot, goes and mans the tailgun or a side gun, shoots down the German fighter, which slams through another B17’s tail, and they can hear the radio operator screaming as it goes down still haunts me. He may have been the radio operator on the Memphis Belle. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 1:12:15 AM EDT
[#16]
-Not having any responsibilities
-The The Twin Towers still standing -No Patriot Act -Not being called a terrorist because I vote differently -Actual cartoons that didn't go PC were still aired |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 2:14:34 AM EDT
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Battletech the cartoon
Star Trek TNG and DS9 SNL when it was still funny Xena: warrior princess Hercules the legendary journeys My childhood |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 3:10:33 AM EDT
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Being a teenager. Music. Freedom. Lack of electronics.
The last few years have honestly been depressing, in a worldly-overlook kind of way. Nothing ever seems to get better, and at every outlet everyone is always fighting over some stupid shit, seeminly grasping for power. And even if things do get better, someone is just around the corner to fight about that too and have some absurd opinion on it. Watching the msm and ignorant folks wig out about covid was the icing on the cake. I'd just as soon go live in some rural area, go to work, come home, and not give a shit about anything, do the things I want to do, and avoid all the drama and bullshit. But no, all the assholes out there just can't leave people alone. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 4:01:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Being a teenager. Music. Freedom. Lack of electronics. The last few years have honestly been depressing, in a worldly-overlook kind of way. Nothing ever seems to get better, and at every outlet everyone is always fighting over some stupid shit, seeminly grasping for power. And even if things do get better, someone is just around the corner to fight about that too and have some absurd opinion on it. Watching the msm and ignorant folks wig out about covid was the icing on the cake. I'd just as soon go live in some rural area, go to work, come home, and not give a shit about anything, do the things I want to do, and avoid all the drama and bullshit. But no, all the assholes out there just can't leave people alone. Agree with your post bigtime. Three years ago we built a house out in the sticks and it's better all around. The BS you mentioned is still out there, but we've got a little more insulation between us and it now. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 4:09:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Regionally, Seattle at its peak. Thriving music scene. Awesome clubs - many of them divey and iconic. Still a liberal shithole but years before policy would wreck the desire to even set foot anywhere near it. I was lucky to live in the PNW, specifically Seattle, in the early 90s and I agree. I have no desire to go back there these days. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 4:16:11 AM EDT
[#21]
starting the weekend off at the movie rental place trying to decide which campy horror movie to pick out
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Posted: 9/23/2022 6:54:55 AM EDT
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Advancements in technology, being always connected to something at all times has really changed our lives.
I really don’t think it’s for the best of our mental well being either. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 7:01:11 AM EDT
[#23]
Trying to think of something that hasn't already been said....
Dirt bikes were still mostly two strokes! Lame-ass four strokes hadn't taken over yet! 
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Posted: 9/23/2022 8:23:05 AM EDT
[#24]
Let's see....
Getting married and then laid off. No, don't miss that. Brother dying. No, don't miss that. Father dying. Not missing that. Son dying on the operating table. Not missing that either. Finally getting hired again at a decent job. You always miss that. I don't miss anything before 1994. After that, the rest of the 90's wasn't too bad. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 8:30:53 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The beginning of the end. Should have listened to the people warning us not to celebrate ghetto culture. This. Glorifying the bottom is no way for society to improve. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 9:15:23 AM EDT
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Quoted: Cheap Russian SKS's stacked four or five deep on gun show tables The X-Files Babylon 5 Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM Cheap milsurp Chicom 7.62x39 at under $100 per 1,000 round case Perfect for the dirt shooter. I was chewing little holes out of the center of paper targets and hammering prairie dogs at 300 yards with my Eagle Arms varminter during the 90s. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 9:19:32 AM EDT
[#27]
Having someone wipe my ass every time I shit my pants. (I was a baby)
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Posted: 9/23/2022 9:40:46 AM EDT
[#28]
1991 VW Vanagon syncro 4x4
Great vehicle, crappy head gaskets but great vehicle. 1991 last year of importation. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 6:30:12 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote History Jo Koy: Live from the Los Angeles Forum | Official Trailer | Netflix |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 7:36:37 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: starting the weekend off at the movie rental place trying to decide which campy horror movie to pick out Back then, if you weren't going out, chances were pretty good your were going to the video store for a video. @zombicide83 |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 7:37:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Advancements in technology, being always connected to something at all times has really changed our lives. I really don’t think it’s for the best of our mental well being either. I've wondered if it is like illicit drugs where it may feel good to many people but you're really digging a grave in the long run. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 7:38:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Trying to think of something that hasn't already been said.... Dirt bikes were still mostly two strokes! Lame-ass four strokes hadn't taken over yet! @Rubles The maintenance on those modern 4 strokes is very expensive. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 7:42:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Chicks weren’t fathttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/9B6CECD9-2B39-4205-8E85-4502350197C9_jpe-2535985.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/2A6BB1B2-21EA-4BC1-9867-84D76FECFC84_jpe-2535986.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/25306D61-807A-4B8F-9672-D7ABF3326A71_jpe-2535987.JPG Did you have those photos saved on your computer? |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 11:56:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Perfect for the dirt shooter. I was chewing little holes out of the center of paper targets and hammering prairie dogs at 300 yards with my Eagle Arms varminter during the 90s. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Cheap Russian SKS's stacked four or five deep on gun show tables The X-Files Babylon 5 Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM Cheap milsurp Chicom 7.62x39 at under $100 per 1,000 round case Perfect for the dirt shooter. I was chewing little holes out of the center of paper targets and hammering prairie dogs at 300 yards with my Eagle Arms varminter during the 90s. I remember when the militia movement was just starting. In some places guys really would run around in tbe woods wearing cammies with their SKS's. The SKS was to the1990's what a budget AR is now. Yes, in that way I'd say things have improved. Also, instead of LARPing with an SKS it seems to me people of that stripe are more apt to get actual training now. Still, I miss buying yet another SKS or MAK90 at the gun show, then a case of ammo and a case of beer. By the end of the day the ammo and the beer would be used up simultaneously. Then we'd clean our rifles of that corrosive Chicom ammo residue and finish off the night with more beer, and maybe camp out in the desert.. That stuff I really do miss, and I know I'll never ever see those guys again. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 12:26:33 AM EDT
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Unique innovative video games that you could buy a physical copy of and install in five minutes that worked right away and didn't depend on updates and a fickle, mercurial community of online sweaty boys.
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Posted: 9/24/2022 12:42:07 AM EDT
[#36]
There was only 2 genders
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Posted: 9/24/2022 12:57:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 80s guy here. Down the road we'll be asking "what do yo miss about the 2020s", but I can't honestly imagine missing anything. This is the shittiest of decades. "Remember when people didn't live in pods and could have friends over for parties?" "Remember when meat was made of animals instead of bugs?" "Remember when people could actually choose to not take vaccines? Crazy time that was, man!" "The big thing I miss about the 2020s is you could take cash -- this was actual money you could hold in your hand, slips of paper if you can believe it -- and buy anything you wanted. Even stuff that wasn't legal! An no one ever knew you did it!" |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 1:11:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Unique innovative video games that you could buy a physical copy of and install in five minutes that worked right away and didn't depend on updates and a fickle, mercurial community of online sweaty boys. Yes. This guy gets it. Also, there were more than just the "big 3" console makers of today. In addition to Nintendo and Sony (Microsoft didn't join the fray until the early 2000s), we had Sega, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Neo Geo, Atari, etc. A much more interesting time for video games. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 6:25:59 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There was only 2 genders Fun fact: there still are.
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Posted: 9/24/2022 6:31:32 AM EDT
[#40]
Having some degree of hope for the future.
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Posted: 9/24/2022 6:34:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hot girls in low rise jeans with bare midriffs. (Late '90s.) Hmmmm yes |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 6:46:56 AM EDT
[#42]
My youth.
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Posted: 9/24/2022 6:51:40 AM EDT
[#43]
I miss how people used to know grammar.
It's 1990s, not 1990's. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 6:57:09 AM EDT
[#44]
I was in college back then and it was fuckin’ awesome.
SNL was funny back then. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 7:30:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Rubles The maintenance on those modern 4 strokes is very expensive. @peacematu Yes! And they sound terrible. That's why I just ordered a 23' YZ125 two stroke. It's a slightly updated bike that still has it's heart in the 90's! Carbed, no battery, and kick start! |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 7:40:17 AM EDT
[#46]
Being 30 years younger
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Posted: 9/24/2022 4:32:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 18yo pussy and perky tits. Kharn You can still have that now. Don't let your dreams be dreams Bro! 
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Posted: 9/24/2022 5:05:43 PM EDT
[#48]
Freedom to mostly do what you wanted without it being documented somehow.
Good music being commonplace. It still exists today but you've gotta go look for it. Before, even if it wasn't my style, it was still quality. Society as a whole was calmer and less sensitive. Crime existed and was arguably worse in some cases but people weren't so damn nerved up all the time. TV was better in some ways. Same for movies. There's WAY more options now but the quality is a lot lower in many instances. Probably more just off the top of my head. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 10:03:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @peacematu Yes! And they sound terrible. That's why I just ordered a 23' YZ125 two stroke. It's a slightly updated bike that still has it's heart in the 90's! Carbed, no battery, and kick start! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: @Rubles The maintenance on those modern 4 strokes is very expensive. @peacematu Yes! And they sound terrible. That's why I just ordered a 23' YZ125 two stroke. It's a slightly updated bike that still has it's heart in the 90's! Carbed, no battery, and kick start! @Rubles If you can, cancel and order the 250 two stroke. I read the 125 has to revved high to get at the power. |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 10:05:06 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can still have that now. Don't let your dreams be dreams Bro! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 18yo pussy and perky tits. Kharn You can still have that now. Don't let your dreams be dreams Bro! I don't know how old Kharn is but I'm in my 50s. |
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