ALL downhill since the 90s?

[blondeattk]

did civilisation peak in 1996?

mankind seems to have lost the plot since the millenium....

one image of peak perfection:

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31/q71/s720x720/1926027_718976444790878_1697815585_o.jpg

[JayN]

couldnt agree more, was riding high for clinton then it all went straight down hill

[lecompte]

I talk to old people about these sorts of things and conversations about impending doom, the steady decline of our civilization, and things of that nature, happen with every generation -- we are just in a repeating cycle of history.

These cycles repeat strongly because of the nature of our economic extremes -- which then fall to pieces.

Just like people investing in gold. Do you really beleive the price of gold is going to go up forever? Something that seems to appreciates forever: Guns.

[Swish]

There's a finite amount of physical gold/silver in the world (always buy physical).

However, they can print bank notes until they're next to worthless due to their abundance.

[Tradesonred]

I talk to old people about these sorts of things and conversations about impending doom, the steady decline of our civilization, and things of that nature, happen with every generation -- we are just in a repeating cycle of history.

These cycles repeat strongly because of the nature of our economic extremes -- which then fall to pieces.

Just like people investing in gold. Do you really beleive the price of gold is going to go up forever? Something that seems to appreciates forever: Guns.

Yeah ecosystems falling apart though, thats not so easy to recover from as if it was an economic crash

[Ahldagor]

the generation in decline is clinging pretty dang hard to what they have left. that's what's messed up right now.

[Mandalore93]

Statistically speaking, we've actually been improving from previous generations.

[Fame]

Shit peaked in the 40s-50's collapse takes longer than many would think

[BigHurb]

its not "downhill" so much as really hitting that exponential slope... exponential growth fucks with humans minds we're like, ok, no problem WHOA OVERCROWDED WHY DIDNT SOMEONE WARN US OH WAIT

[Rhambuk]

Sad to think my life peaked at 11 years old...

(going to get banned for this but...)

Lebowski is not as great as people make it out to be.... some funny scenes some good quotes thats it.

[blondeattk]

`Lebowski is not as great as people make it out to be.... some funny scenes some good quotes thats it.`

take this bastard outside the city wall and stone the blasphemer now!!!

[Rhambuk]

take this bastard outside the city wall and stone the blasphemer now!!!

oh i knew it was coming. maybe i need to watch it again, its like theres some amazing plot or story that im completely missing that the rest of the world seems to think it answers all of lifes questions.

Gimme a good farley comedy any day, that was good stuff.

[Fame]

http://www.teesforall.com/images/Big_Lebowski_Rug_Blue_Shirt_POP.jpg

[Rhambuk]

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Tommy-Boy-david-spade-330238_468_346.gif

[blondeattk]

Rhambuk, maybe I can suggest a cure from the 90s, that might help you overcome your rug aversion?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3LduV4-tg

and if you find that strangely addictive, heres a little more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58D467HagM

enjoy :p

[radditsu]

90s had no definition. I love the 90s but right now is a new golden age of culture. If you allow it to be. Get past the bullshit and realize america is almost post scarcity. Almost beyond racism.. classism and modern feudalism is the next to go. Society continues to progress. Fuck the 60 baby boomer good ol days (never existed).

[radditsu]

Plus obv 2003 best year ever


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakerboxxx/The_Love_Below

[Thulack]

Rhambuk, maybe I can suggest a cure from the 90s, that might help you overcome your rug aversion?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3LduV4-tg

and if you find that strangely addictive, heres a little more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58D467HagM

enjoy :p

People actually find this stuff funny? To each their own. And i agree with The Big Lebowski. Always heard so much talk about it then watched it and was like "ehhh".

[stormlord]

Feels to me like society wants it both ways. Like I was watching a short news clip earlier and they were talking about barbie dolls and how they screwed up generations of woman. I'm sitting there thinking about the collection of GI Joes I built up as a kid and I'm laughing. Big muscular heroes driving around in tanks blowing stuff up. It seems every game I've played since I was a baby had me blowing stuff up. I was literally trained from the age of 1 to be muscular and strong willed and to blow the bad guys up. AND I DIDN'T B**** AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT EVERY CHANCE I GOT. I sure could have. Maybe if the Gi Joes had been less militaristic, I'd be better off? What are these freaks doing anyway? It's a damn cartoon. A damn toy.

There's always something to blame, whether it's a doll or a cartoon or your neurons. Never your choices. People are swallowing handfuls of pills everyday and healthcare costs are into the stratosphere. Everybody is in danger and nobody can be too safe. The military and police and schools never get enough money.

Meanwhile, our national debt is in the trillions and growing, kind of like how a star supernovas. We simply cannot afford to have it both ways. We can't afford to make stupid choices and blame something else.

[Rhambuk]

People actually find this stuff funny?

British comedy is way to nonsense for me

[Swish]

Rhambuk, maybe I can suggest a cure from the 90s, that might help you overcome your rug aversion?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3LduV4-tg

and if you find that strangely addictive, heres a little more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58D467HagM

enjoy :p

League of Gentleman was never funny.

Signed,

90% of Brits.

[BigHurb]

Plus obv 2003 best year ever


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakerboxxx/The_Love_Below

p good year, one of best since 1995

[Rhambuk]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakerboxxx/The_Love_Below

They suck, which is why im not surprised you like them

[myriverse]

There is no decline.

[Lojik]

British comedy is way to nonsense for me

Misfits (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSp4jXndskI)

Probably only considered half comedy, but I'd recommend the first 2 seasons for sure and the 3rd probably too...seasons 4/5 are crap. If you like game of thrones you'll recognize a bunch of actors/actresses too (two from the opening scene.)

[Fett]

Sad to think my life peaked at 11 years old...

(going to get banned for this but...)

Lebowski is not as great as people make it out to be.... some funny scenes some good quotes thats it.

I might be convinced to let your Lebowski comment slide, but if I hear one bad thing from you about Boondock Saints, someone will have to hold back the hounds of hell.

[Stonecrush]

History of the World Part 1.
*Example" It's good to be the king.

Blazing Saddles

As far as movies from the 90's? Groundhog day, Forest Gump?

Neither Boondock or Lebowski interested me. Seemed a waste of my time.

I know this will raise some hair. I wasn't that impressed with The Godfather either. I think this movie was to hyped up for me to actually enjoy.

I guess everyone has their picks right?

[deezy]

I would put Pulp Fiction up there with one of the best movies from the 90's. The first matrix movie too.

[Lojik]

http://bollywood.celebden.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tumblr_mml6fcc5BA1squ977o1_400.gif

[Satanicmajestysrequest]

I would put Pulp Fiction up there with one of the best movies from the 90's. The first matrix movie too.

Yeah pulp fiction was awesome, I liked Jackie brown too.

[nilzark]

I bet they said the same thing about the 1890's.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/StateLibQld_2_85136_Commercial_Rowing_Club_Fours_w inners%2C_ca.1890%27s.jpg

[nilzark]

Pulp Fiction, Braveheart, Usual Suspects - all great 90's movies.

[Rhambuk]

I might be convinced to let your Lebowski comment slide, but if I hear one bad thing from you about Boondock Saints, someone will have to hold back the hounds of hell.

Boondock saints is Grade A+

haven't seen the second, afraid it will ruin it for me.

[BigHurb]

its not "downhill" so much as really hitting that exponential slope... exponential growth fucks with humans minds we're like, ok, no problem WHOA OVERCROWDED WHY DIDNT SOMEONE WARN US OH WAIT

For many traffic analysts, INRIX is considered the gold-standard. This week the company says traffic congestion surged in 2013 and grew over three times as fast as the American economy. The bad news: If true, this reverses two consecutive years of traffic declines with a six percent increase in 2013.

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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/u-s-mobile-internet-traffic-nearly-doubled-this-year/

Two big shifts happened in the American cellphone industry over the past year: Cellular networks got faster, and smartphone screens got bigger. As a result, people’s consumption of mobile data nearly doubled.

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omg doubling means eventually you would be at the point where the next doubling will FUCK YOU IN THE ASSHOLE ...

lol people dont even understand this concept

[Ahldagor]

For many traffic analysts, INRIX is considered the gold-standard. This week the company says traffic congestion surged in 2013 and grew over three times as fast as the American economy. The bad news: If true, this reverses two consecutive years of traffic declines with a six percent increase in 2013.

----

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/u-s-mobile-internet-traffic-nearly-doubled-this-year/

Two big shifts happened in the American cellphone industry over the past year: Cellular networks got faster, and smartphone screens got bigger. As a result, people’s consumption of mobile data nearly doubled.

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omg doubling means eventually you would be at the point where the next doubling will FUCK YOU IN THE ASSHOLE ...

lol people dont even understand this concept


this is one of the reasons why i'm not opposed to another world war. russia may be laying the ground work atm.

[phacemeltar]

its because the baby-boomers fried their brains in the 80s. we are at a lapse of genius. dont worry, there are some very genius youngsters incoming.. hopefully some of them survive "stand your ground" lmao

[Ahldagor]

its because the baby-boomers fried their brains in the 80s. we are at a lapse of genius. dont worry, there are some very genius youngsters incoming.. hopefully some of them survive "stand your ground" lmao

those baby boomers are the ones enacting governmental policies around the world atm...

[blondeattk]

League of Gentleman was never funny.

Signed,

90% of Brits.


ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS.

you really are on medication.

get a fksjf;f;s clue!

[Fett]

Boondock saints is Grade A+

haven't seen the second, afraid it will ruin it for me.

As I was coming out of the theater I heard a few people complaining about it, but I personally thought it was true to the original in every way. Definitely a different movie than the first, but still very true. I would recommend it.

[Rhambuk]

ill add it to the list then

[mgellan]

You need to the read this book:

http://www.abundancethebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Slide-with-NY-Times-Cover1.jpg

It describes how much better things have gotten and how much better they WILL get, and why people always seem to think we're on a downhill slide. Excellent, excellent book.

Regards,
Mg

[SamwiseRed]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Hook_poster_transparent.png

[stormlord]

I would put Pulp Fiction up there with one of the best movies from the 90's. The first matrix movie too.
I liked Terminator 2. Four stars, according to the satellite feed.

Checkout the improvement in the box office between the first and second movie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_sequels_by_box-office_improvement

It's #5. Very good.

What's amazing to me is I recently watched it and it loooked less fake than some of the recent movies I've seen. I"m not lying, some of these movies use CGI so much it's completely inappropriate. What's astonishing is movies from 60 years ago can get the effects balance right. Somebody needs to send hte memo.

I couldn't stomach Avatar, for example. The CGI made my eyes hurt. The movie sucked anyway. ****** me off too because I like Sigourney Weaver and she deserved a better chance than that crap.

[BigHurb]

You need to the read this book:

http://www.abundancethebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Slide-with-NY-Times-Cover1.jpg

It describes how much better things have gotten and how much better they WILL get, and why people always seem to think we're on a downhill slide. Excellent, excellent book.

Regards,
Mg

generally yea unless ur a native person than u got raped

[bomaroast]

Shit peaked in the 40s-50's collapse takes longer than many would think

This is completely, over the top absurd.

I've heard the argument that humanity peaked the moment we started farming. That is, the moment we started being civilized. Our whole worldview is twisted. We pass it on from generation to generation.

I could pick any random topic to start spewing about and you'd all think (or know) I was crazy. Here, watch this Michael Tsarion talk instead. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx9PgRxcs_s) If you take notes you'll have a reading list for the next decade.

Yeah ecosystems falling apart though, thats not so easy to recover from as if it was an economic crash

This is my concern. If you have half a brain and love for yourself and for posterity, you are concerned about food and water.

[formallydickman]

sounds like a philosophy 101 course taught by a TA mixed with a healthy dose of tin-foil hats. He contradicted himself a fair bit in the umwelt-mitwelt-eigenwelt section.. I don't know who falls for these nuts.

[bomaroast]

It is a six hour talk with about an hour of defining terms. Perhaps it sounds like philosophy 101 because he uses big words, but it is not. Precisely what contradictions did you notice making a 'fair bit'?

Though it is not the topic of the talk, he touches on how our collective worldview is malformed throughout the whole six hours.

I'm not trying to give everyone philosophy 101. We're talking about things going downhill, and I'm saying that we've always been down the hill. It doesn't matter as much though because the concern now is the environment.

[Ahldagor]

Though it is not the topic of the talk, he touches on how our collective worldview is malformed throughout the whole six hours.


collective weltanschauung collected from who?

whole presentation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBrBF7_Z00

i prefer to read this though:
Heidegger - "Building Dwelling Thinking" ("http://mysite.pratt.edu/~arch543p/readings/Heidegger.html"[url)

[formallydickman]

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[formallydickman]

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seriously, who is this fucking uneducated to fall for this? IT HAPPENS OUT IN THE PERIPHERAL??? OMG WTF IN 10 YRSSSSS OMG OMG POSTHUNAMMM