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Subject: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 80sfan on 05/23/09 at 11:42 pm

I don't know any decade that is worse than the 00's. Any of you think there are worse decades?

Let's see why the 00's suck.

a) Horrible music.
b) Too many remakes/uncreative in movies.
c) The 'slutty' attitude is in with girls.
d) Emo.
e) Bush.
f) Iraq.
g) 2007+ economy.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/23/09 at 11:44 pm

Well, there was that decade in the 13th or 14th Century where like a quarter of Europe died...

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Jessica on 05/23/09 at 11:46 pm


Well, there was that decade in the 13th or 14th Century where like a quarter of Europe died...


Yeah, that sort of sucked.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/23/09 at 11:46 pm


Well, there was that decade in the 13th or 14th Century where like a quarter of Europe died...


;D


how about 1939-1944... I realize that's only half a decade but I'm sure Europe thought WWII sucked...

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/23/09 at 11:47 pm


;D


how about 1939-1944... I realize that's only half a decade but I'm sure Europe thought WWII sucked...


I'm fairly certain the Jews definitely thought it sucked :(

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Jessica on 05/23/09 at 11:49 pm

And then that period from 1918 where 20 million people died from the Spanish Flu.

But yeah, I can see how this decade just sucks SO much more because of horrible music and fashion statements.  And I'm sure that the Great Depression has nothing on our piddling little Recession now.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/23/09 at 11:50 pm

I thought of a few more:

The Civil War
The Spanish Inquisition
That whole decade where the French cut off a bunch of heads
Whichever Crusade...
When the asteroids killed all them dinosaurs...
The Ice Age probably sucked

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Jessica on 05/23/09 at 11:51 pm


I thought of a few more:

The Civil War
The Spanish Inquisition
That whole decade where the French cut off a bunch of heads
Whichever Crusade...
When the asteroids killed all them dinosaurs...
The Ice Age probably sucked


I'm frickin' dying over here.... ;D

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Frank on 05/23/09 at 11:53 pm


I thought of a few more:

The Civil War
The Spanish Inquisition
That whole decade where the French cut off a bunch of heads
Whichever Crusade...
When the asteroids killed all them dinosaurs...
The Ice Age probably sucked

Yah but they didn't have bad music...

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/23/09 at 11:54 pm


Yah but they didn't have bad music...


I HATE Gregorian chant!  >:(

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Jessica on 05/23/09 at 11:54 pm


Yah but they didn't have bad music...


And that's all that matters. :D

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/23/09 at 11:55 pm


I thought of a few more:

The Civil War
The Spanish Inquisition
That whole decade where the French cut off a bunch of heads
Whichever Crusade...
When the asteroids killed all them dinosaurs...
The Ice Age probably sucked



no.. I saw a documentary about the Ice Age... it looked like they had fun during that period  :D

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/23/09 at 11:55 pm



no.. I saw a documentary about the Ice Age... it looked like they had fun during that period  :D


That was a silly movie.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Frank on 05/23/09 at 11:57 pm


I HATE Gregorian chant!  >:(

;D
Already karma'd you for your "quarter of europe dies" post.
You are killing me too.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/23/09 at 11:57 pm


I don't know any decade that is worse than the 00's. Any of you think there are worse decades?

Let's see why the 00's suck.

a) Horrible music.
b) Too many remakes/uncreative in movies.
c) The 'slutty' attitude is in with girls.
d) Emo.
e) Bush.
f) Iraq.
g) 2007+ economy.


you know... I think e and f might be why the early 90s sucked too...

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/23/09 at 11:58 pm


you know... I think e and f might be why the early 90s sucked too...


Oooh!

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27905

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Jessica on 05/24/09 at 12:00 am


I HATE Gregorian chant!  >:(


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWnupHmrtY

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Frank on 05/24/09 at 12:05 am


I don't know any decade that is worse than the 00's. Any of you think there are worse decades?

Let's see why the 00's suck.

a) Horrible music.
b) Too many remakes/uncreative in movies.
c) The 'slutty' attitude is in with girls.
d) Emo.
e) Bush.
f) Iraq.
g) 2007+ economy.


The 90's sucked coz of A) as well.
and c) has always been there, even when I was in high school during the 70s

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/24/09 at 12:23 am


The 90's sucked coz of A) as well.
and c) has always been there, even when I was in high school during the 70s


good point!

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: gibbo on 05/24/09 at 12:41 am


I thought of a few more:

The Civil War
The Spanish Inquisition
That whole decade where the French cut off a bunch of heads
Whichever Crusade...
When the asteroids killed all them dinosaurs...
The Ice Age probably sucked


To be fair..the cavemen probably didn't miss the dinosaurs!

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Frank on 05/24/09 at 12:47 am


To be fair..the cavemen probably didn't miss the dinosaurs!

Except for those large banquets when 1 dinosaur could feed 100 people.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/24/09 at 12:49 am


Except for those large banquets when 1 dinosaur could feed 100 people.


Mammoth :)

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 80sfan on 05/24/09 at 2:22 am

Don't take my thread too seriously. Of course there's worse decades than the 2000's.  8)

This thread is funny and I like it though!

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 80sfan on 05/24/09 at 2:23 am


I thought of a few more:

The Civil War
The Spanish Inquisition
That whole decade where the French cut off a bunch of heads
Whichever Crusade...
When the asteroids killed all them dinosaurs...
The Ice Age probably sucked


Now that's what I call a reply!  :D  :)

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/24/09 at 2:23 am


Don't take my thread too seriously. Of course there's worse decades than the 2000's.  8)

This thread is funny and I like it though!




glad you like it cuz we definitely didn't take it seriously  ;D

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Frank on 05/24/09 at 2:26 am


glad you like it cuz we definitely didn't take it seriously  ;D

That's for sure.
...except the music did really suck.
But I don't take the music seriously either.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/24/09 at 2:27 am


That's for sure.
...except the music did really suck.
But I don't take the music seriously either.



;D


Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 80sfan on 05/24/09 at 3:26 am

This thread was supposed to make people who absolutely hate this decade to realize that this isn't the first time that a decade was considered 'less than pleasant'. That there will be better times ahead and that things aren't as bad as you think they are.

When the decade began, people put expectations so high for this decade that when things turned bad, our liking of the decade went from 10 to 1. Lol.

I'm really concerned for the music though. Do you guys think that music will get better? IMO, music hasn't been good since 1998.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: batfan2005 on 05/24/09 at 4:33 am


I don't know any decade that is worse than the 00's. Any of you think there are worse decades?

Let's see why the 00's suck.

a) Horrible music.
b) Too many remakes/uncreative in movies.
c) The 'slutty' attitude is in with girls.
d) Emo.
e) Bush.
f) Iraq.
g) 2007+ economy.


Now why is "c" a bad thing? (lol). I do agree with the rest of the list. I would also add:

h) Reality TV
i) Increase in stupidity/incompetence

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: ladybug316 on 05/24/09 at 10:24 am


This thread was supposed to make people who absolutely hate this decade to realize that this isn't the first time that a decade was considered 'less than pleasant'. That there will be better times ahead and that things aren't as bad as you think they are.

When the decade began, people put expectations so high for this decade that when things turned bad, our liking of the decade went from 10 to 1. Lol.

I'm really concerned for the music though. Do you guys think that music will get better? IMO, music hasn't been good since 1998.




If you think music was good in 1998, I think your senses are already muted  :P

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 80sfan on 05/24/09 at 10:58 am


If you think music was good in 1998, I think your senses are already muted  :P


Sorry, but I was only 10 or 11 at the time so my impression of music in 1998 was that music was good. It's kind of like those kids who are a fan of Miley Cyrus, what do they know of good music? They're blind because no one opened their mind.

Please, enlighten me!

I like any music from the 50's to the 90's. That's just my opinion, but I also like some songs and late 90's that are r n' b. What's wrong with that?

Hell, I'm not a Britney Spears fan and I actually hate her, but I like two of her songs 'Toxic' and 'Radar'. I have a huge variety of tastes.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: ladybug316 on 05/24/09 at 11:06 am

That comment was actually meant to be funny.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: LyricBoy on 05/24/09 at 11:06 am


I don't know any decade that is worse than the 00's. Any of you think there are worse decades?

Let's see why the 00's suck.

a) Horrible music.
b) Too many remakes/uncreative in movies.
c) The 'slutty' attitude is in with girls.
d) Emo.
e) Bush.
f) Iraq.
g) 2007+ economy.


Let's see why the 1960's sucked.

a) No rap music.
b) Crappy special effects in movies.
c) The 'slutty' attitude was in with girls.
d) LSD.
e) Lyndon Baines Johnson & Hubert Horatio Humphrey
f) 'Nam
g) Get Smart cancelled

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Jebusa on 05/24/09 at 12:06 pm


I thought of a few more:

The Civil War
The Spanish Inquisition
That whole decade where the French cut off a bunch of heads
Whichever Crusade...
When the asteroids killed all them dinosaurs...
The Ice Age probably sucked


Yea but everything was so "fun" and "innocent" during those times  ;D.  Not to mention that teenagers back then actually acted mature and seemed older than they do now!  Lol, I still do not understand why everyone thinks that the 00s are any less shallow or unique than any recent decade, but that's just me.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: tv on 05/24/09 at 12:30 pm


Let's see why the 1960's sucked.

a) No rap music.
b) Crappy special effects in movies.
c) The 'slutty' attitude was in with girls.
d) LSD.
e) Lyndon Baines Johnson & Hubert Horatio Humphrey
f) 'Nam
g) Get Smart cancelled

Well the late 60's things got better with "The Beatles" I think people say. Didn;t early to mid 60's music suck?

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 90steen on 05/24/09 at 5:33 pm

The 40's. They make me nauseated. Really, they do.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 80sfan on 05/24/09 at 6:09 pm


The 40's. They make me nauseated. Really, they do.


I agree, the first 5 years must've sucked bad! World War II? Millions of people dying. Shame, just shame.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: LyricBoy on 05/24/09 at 6:16 pm


I agree, the first 5 years must've sucked bad! World War II? Millions of people dying. Shame, just shame.




Yeah, but think of all the great movies that came out of those years.  Always a bright side...

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: 80sfan on 05/24/09 at 6:26 pm


Yeah, but think of all the great movies that came out of those years.  Always a bright side...


Nothing like the glamour of the 40's and 50's!

But then again, I love the technology of the late 90's and 2000+.  :D

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Frank on 05/24/09 at 11:35 pm


Let's see why the 1960's sucked.

a) No rap music.



This has to be a joke.  Rap music isn't music. Any decade in the history of this planet that didn't have rap music should consider itself so so lucky. I'd rather have diarhea than listen to rap music.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/24/09 at 11:51 pm

Some rap is good though.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Frank on 05/24/09 at 11:58 pm


Some rap is good though.

Candy wrap, chocolate bar wrap...
(not a fan of rap...I can't stand it)

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Rice_Cube on 05/24/09 at 11:59 pm


Candy wrap, chocolate bar wrap...
(not a fan of rap...I can't stand it)


Fair enough 8)

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: sonikuu on 05/25/09 at 12:58 pm

If you really look back on it, aside from the pop culture, the period from about 1966 to 1980/1981 sucked too.

- Vietnam War was far, far worse than the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars
- The energy crisis and gas shortages that occurred at various points in the 70s.
- The overall economic stagnancy of the period.  Adjusted for inflation, the DOW at the end of 1969 was about equal to that of 1960.  The DOW in 1979 was much lower than it was in 1970.  This also happened in the 00s.  Not to mention the crippling stagflation!
- Skyrocketing divorce rates compared to previous decades.  This is considered normal now though.
- Watergate and the subsequent resignation of Richard Nixon.
- The country was far more divided than it is now and this division often resulted in violence.  Look at pretty much the whole year of 1968 for a good example of this.  The second half of the 1960s in general was chock full of riots.
- The crime rate was actually far worse in the 70s than it is now.  Even the 80s had a worse crime rate than the 00s.  It was reported on much less than in today's media, but stats show the crime rate was much higher and that it declined starting in 1993.

To sum it all up: The second half of the 60s through the early 80s had some great pop culture, but in terms of world events, economy, etc., those years were absolutely terrible.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/27/09 at 5:13 am


This has to be a joke.  Rap music isn't music. Any decade in the history of this planet that didn't have rap music should consider itself so so lucky. I'd rather have diarhea than listen to rap music.




I curse you with diarrhea rap music is good...its country music, opera, techno and hair metal that suck to high heaven

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: whistledog on 05/29/09 at 12:57 pm


Some rap is good though.


There are a few select good rap songs, and by few, that's a very small percentage lol.  As Philip Eno would say:  "Whatever is pleasant to the ear"

If rap music ceased to exist, I wouldn't miss it.  I mean music about some guy popping a cap in some other guy's ass or slapping dem bitches up while popping a cap in some other guy's ass?  Whatever happened to songs about sunshines, rainbows and fuzzy bunnies? :D

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Samwise on 05/29/09 at 6:27 pm


There are a few select good rap songs, and by few, that's a very small percentage lol.  As Philip Eno would say:  "Whatever is pleasant to the ear"

If rap music ceased to exist, I wouldn't miss it.  I mean music about some guy popping a cap in some other guy's ass or slapping dem bitches up while popping a cap in some other guy's ass?  Whatever happened to songs about sunshines, rainbows and fuzzy bunnies? :D

Not all rap is like that! Listen to the early rap, from like the late 70's and 80's. It's almost all about dancing. Only after gangsta rap took over did it get all violent and misogynistic. The sad thing is, even that darker kind of rap started out as railing against the system, exposing the horrors of the ghetto, but eventually it lost that note of anger and began basically glorifying ghetto culture. I hate to say it, but I think rap may have gone mainstream when it switched to that glorification because white kids wanted to envelop themselves in the hipness of being an oppressed minority without having to be reminded of how they themselves were oppressing minorities.  ::) Even so, there have been - and continue to be - many rappers with intelligent lyrics. They just get drowned out by the sex-and-violence-obsessed idiots. (But doesn't that happen with every genre? Usually, only the stupidest, shallowest bands/artists become famous.) I would love for rap to stick around - musically and rhythmically, it's very innovative, and rappers were doing sampling long before file-sharing made it cool - but for the lyrical content to change. And some have suggested that Obama's presidency might make rap music as a whole happier and more positive.

I hate popular rap music as much as you do, but I grew up listening to Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. (It seems to be like Will Smith was wholesome rap's last stand against the gangstas.) So I've got a special place in my heart for the genre, and I know that it doesn't have to be the way it is now.

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: snozberries on 05/31/09 at 2:50 pm



I love rap and would cry if it was gone... then I would cap a bitch!  ;D

Subject: Re: What decade is worse than the 00's?

Written By: Brian06 on 05/31/09 at 10:57 pm

I like some rap along with r&b and pop music. Country is what I like the least but there's some that's ok.

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