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Re: Uniting Americans
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2020, 08:06:39 pm »
1990s nostalgia, a great decade for America:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/23-reasons-living-in-the-90s-was-the-absolute-freaking-best

 1. "Driving to the mall on Friday night with friends and not knowing who else might be there. It was thrilling wondering if you would run into your crush — and not knowing because no one had phones or social media."

 2. "POGS! Nothing like low-key gambling face-to-face games on the playground during recess."

 5. "Developing photos! The excitement of opening the envelope and seeing what memory you captured was a thrill. Everyone would flock to you when they saw you had photos."

 6. "Not having to maintain an 'online image' or prove to others that we had interesting or adventurous lives."

 7. "Not having people pretending to have the perfect life, face, body, etc. in our faces all day, every day thanks to social media. It was really nice."


 10. "The way the Internet was so open. You weren’t dealing with mega-corporations back then — it was all just people running their own websites, starting small companies, trying new stuff."

 11. "It feels like it was the last time the world wasn’t so scary. Everyone was super excited about what a new millennium would bring, 9/11 hadn’t happened yet, and we were all so full of hope and optimism. I miss that innocence."

 13. "Letters from friends studying abroad or going to college in a different state than you. It was so nice to pick up your mail and see familiar handwriting. Long letters — especially those written over a week or even a month — were the best."

 14. "African American representation on television. Martin; Living Single; Fresh Prince; Girlfriends; Half and Half; Sister, Sister; The Arsenio Hall Show; In Living Color."

No matter who you were, you had positive representation in media.

 15. "Going out for dinner with family and friends and not seeing a damn cell phone on the table."

 21. "Space Jam. Michael Jordan (aka the G.O.A.T.), the most famous players in the NBA, and Looney Toons in one movie?! I still get excited when I watch it."


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