My Life Was Timed Perfectly. Lived the 70's, 80's & 90's When I was Young & Now I'll Have Almost 50 Years of Normal.

Yeah - here in Canuckistan the media has people so freaked out about CV19 that shaking hands, hugging and talking to someone less than 6' away has become taboo.
They have made everyone afraid of everyone else.
Great way to start a civil war.
Vaxed vs Unvaxed
Black vs White
Left vs Right.
They are dividing the peoples like never before.
Yeah - I miss the old days.
Cheers Harry.

How old are you OP?

I'm 49, so the decades match, but I would say I didn't really "Live" the 70's, you know...

I absorbed it but didn't live it.

Also, the 80's, by the time I got a car, it was over. 1988 forward sucked as rap and crack replaced rock and weed/Acid. Douchebags with beepers and Z Cavaricci...

The 90's with lumberjack girls out of their minds of superweed too strong for normal people, depressing whiney Grunge...(good movies though)...

The 00's with 911 and realizing how fake and fucked everything is...

The 10's with Obama/Trump cartoon politics

Yuck.

To really have lived the last "Best Days" I think you need to be born...oh...

1958-1960

Old enough to remember the Beatles and the Breakup

Old enough to be able to Catch Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath live

Old enough to have experienced Disco, Quaaludes, LSD (The real kind)

And Old enough to have gotten every scrap of enjoyment out of the 80's and technology before we became it's bitch.

Old enough to have figured some shit out by the 90's and have a job and start a family and avoid the dreary single life of a 20 something trying to navigate those bullshitty waters.

agree - very grateful for my perfectly timed, long & happy life

we were free

I would have liked another couple decades of good life but I shouldn't be greedy. I feel bad for the young people living now. They got fucked.

Now as I get older, the world is falling into oblivion. It's like the whole world is dying at the same time I will.

I'd like to see Mother Nature do the reset rather than mankind though. Trust the Science? -"Nope."

I trust the Nature. Nobody does a reset like Mother Nature.

I'm so very happy I retired before the scam-demic hit...I feel very lucky as well!

I just went next door to where they are building a house, and the contractor recognized me and complemented my work over the years...He used to bring me his fleet for repairs...He said everyone compliments my work and mentions my name around town...it's nice to be recognized and it's far from the first time, though it has been awhile lol

The highlights of my day today:

I had an interesting dream right before I woke up.

I have a leftover cheeseburger for lunch.

There might be some thunderstorms today. That could be fun.

I don't expect any interesting conversations... I'll go home and maybe clean the kitchen.

Yay. The New Normal.

The 80's was a weird time, it's hard to believe I consider that "normal" now.

Man it was fun though. People were people then. Creative and outgoing.

Yeah, lucky dude.

I'm in my 40s now. At least the first 20 years were nice. After 911 it went downhill and now every fucking day is a new low.

The Grateful Dead were CIA assets. Literally. It's well documented, in fact. So please, miss me about how your generation aren't mindless zombies but everyone younger is.

Lived through the best decade America ever had,
the 1950s. Wish I had been older instead of a
kid. Would have enjoyed it much more I suspect.

From the 60s until today, have watched America fall
apart piece by piece until now it is a communist
freak show that our founders wouldn't even
recognize.

No nation in history has fallen SO FAR, SO FAST.
I guess it's merciful that the youngsters don't
know how great America was, or what a shithole it
has become, and from the looks of it, they will
carry on the destruction.

They will certainly live to see the END of the USA.
I hope I don't.

77, missed all wars, healthy , NOW, time to hide

Regardless, people knew how to socialize back then. They had fun, created stories. That's the secret to life... to have lived well. I was a big Rush and Van Halen fan. I liked their music and if they had some sorted agenda, it was lost on me.

I said there are older people than me that have become screen zombies. I even mentioned my own parents.

I would have liked another couple decades of good life but I shouldn't be greedy. I feel bad for the young people living now. They got fucked.

Now as I get older, the world is falling into oblivion. It's like the whole world is dying at the same time I will.

I'd like to see Mother Nature do the reset rather than mankind though. Trust the Science? -"Nope."

I trust the Nature. Nobody does a reset like Mother Nature.

Parody has become reality now. The Onion is going to go out of business.

No. Sorry bro. I am 5 years older than you. There are good times for today’s young don’t worry. You are just getting old and sad.

The world has been going downhill with the advent of better brainwashing through radio, TV, and movies. Increased urbanization is also to blame. People in cities are more disconnected from reality and easily led.

I used to think the dystopian worlds portrayed in the movies were shown as ridiculous extremes to prove a point. Now I see them as our fast approaching reality.

If someone where to build a mock 80s town complete with arcades, malls, the fashion of the day, showing period movies at a theatre with real butter and an absence of modern tech I think there could possibly be a waiting list. Kind of like a retirement village.

I am also 49

So, the 70s was great for me as a child

The 80s were awesome for me as a teen

I got my first car in 87 when I was 15 wasn't able to drive legally alone until 88

But those 2 years were great

Then the early 90s which were just like the 80s were also great

I think the 90s were OK up until around 98

90s were fine as far as people and the way the world was

It was changing but not that quick

If you base the 80s purely on when you started driving and partying then yeah it was short

But I was partying when I was 13 so my 80s were fun earlier