Current Events > Would you say life was better in the 2000s

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TheOneWithin 07/12/22 9:03:58 PM #1:	Was life was better in the 2000s Yes No Was life was better in the 2000s - Results (47 votes) Yes 76.6% (36 votes) 36 No 23.4% (11 votes) 11 Was talking with a friend, and we both agreed that the general feel was that life felt was way better. However rose colored glasses are a thing. In the 2000s we also had a lot of issues with foreign policy, social issues and the 2008 recession which was the biggest since the Great Depression. Do you think it was better during that decade? <cite>TheOneWithin posted [p:966531110] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote> Was life was better in the 2000s Yes No Vote View Results Was life was better in the 2000s - Results (47 votes) Yes 76.6% (36 votes) 36 No 23.4% (11 votes) 11 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '400', topic: '80092207', message: '0', key: '630c254e' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } Was talking with a friend, and we both agreed that the general feel was that life felt was way better. However rose colored glasses are a thing. In the 2000s we also had a lot of issues with foreign policy, social issues and the 2008 recession which was the biggest since the Great Depression. Do you think it was better during that decade? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 07/12/22 9:05:57 PM #2:	Year 2000 was the best. 2001 onward not so much --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:966531163] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>Year 2000 was the best. 2001 onward not so much </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nerevar791 07/12/22 9:12:12 PM #3:	TheOneWithin posted... Was talking with a friend, and we both agreed that the general feel was that life felt was way better. I mean, if you were like most of CE you were 10-20 so no shit it feels like everything was hunky dory --- The artist formerly known as RebelElite791 <cite>Nerevar791 posted [p:966531317] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>TheOneWithin posted... </cite> <quote>Was talking with a friend, and we both agreed that the general feel was that life felt was way better.</quote>I mean, if you were like most of CE you were 10-20 so no shit it feels like everything was hunky dory </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 07/12/22 9:14:32 PM #4:	yeah can't really compare since I was in school. After graduating, life was pretty good until covid hit. Now it feels like the world is burning. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:966531359] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>yeah can't really compare since I was in school. After graduating, life was pretty good until covid hit. Now it feels like the world is burning. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SamsungGearS2 07/12/22 9:23:03 PM #5:	Its only gone downhill since then with the rise of mediated platforms, so, yes. --- Sent from my iPhone 12/HP Envy x360 on VZW 5G Home Internet CP: WarioWare: Get it Together (NS), Saints Row IV: Re-Elected (PC), Rayman Legends (Wii U) <cite>SamsungGearS2 posted [p:966531560] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>Its only gone downhill since then with the rise of mediated platforms, so, yes. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TerraSeeker 07/12/22 9:53:26 PM #6:	For me, I had a lot more hope for the future. --- Your words are as empty as your soul <cite>TerraSeeker posted [p:966532212] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>For me, I had a lot more hope for the future. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 07/12/22 9:55:27 PM #7:	I was a teen at the time, so of course it was. I had the wherewithall to do things I wanted to do without having a job eating up all my time. School was always there with all my friends, never needing to decide where to go and what to do outside of the weekends. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:966532258] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>I was a teen at the time, so of course it was. I had the wherewithall to do things I wanted to do without having a job eating up all my time. School was always there with all my friends, never needing to decide where to go and what to do outside of the weekends. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 07/12/22 9:59:04 PM #8:	For the twelve months of 2000 and the first eight months of 2001. Then everything went to hell. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:966532330] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>For the twelve months of 2000 and the first eight months of 2001. Then everything went to hell. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheOneWithin 07/13/22 12:44:04 AM #9:	bump <cite>TheOneWithin posted [p:966535227] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>bump </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordYeezus 07/13/22 12:48:54 AM #10:	Beats the current decade thats fosho --- Life feels like one big gamble and I'm losing every bet. <cite>LordYeezus posted [p:966535279] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>Beats the current decade thats fosho </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ViewtifulJoe 07/13/22 12:54:19 AM #12:	It was nice to not have conspiracy theories successfully finding large audiences and running wild, a respiratory disease also tearing it up, global warming looming, an ongoing thing where entertainment media stunlocks us with constant rehashes and remakes instead of doing anything new, social media messing with people and a total absence of new Viewtiful Joe games. --- Still waiting on that third threat <cite>ViewtifulJoe posted [p:966535356] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>It was nice to not have conspiracy theories successfully finding large audiences and running wild, a respiratory disease also tearing it up, global warming looming, an ongoing thing where entertainment media stunlocks us with constant rehashes and remakes instead of doing anything new, social media messing with people and a total absence of new Viewtiful Joe games. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Time 07/13/22 1:37:51 AM #14:	It was better because I was younger. --- http://karma.hardcore-tm.com - GameFAQs Karma Calculator. <cite>Time posted [p:966535879] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>It was better because I was younger. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrWingnut 07/13/22 1:38:21 AM #15:	Yes. Even better in the 90s. <cite>MrWingnut posted [p:966535891] in Would you ... [t:80092207]...</cite> <quote>Yes. Even better in the 90s. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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