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   pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 19:39:53 JST pettter

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   @losttourist @JugglingWithEggs The 90s weren't all that outside of a few different places, what with the various post-Soviet wars and wholesale destruction of welfare and state infrastructure in societies in former Soviet countries, not to mention various economic crises hitting different parts of the world (the Asian crisis comes to mind, for example).

   And then the dot com bubble burst.

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     Flippin' eck, Tucker! (losttourist@social.chatty.monster)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 19:39:55 JST Flippin' eck, Tucker!

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     The very last few years of the 90s, when it seemed that Northern Ireland had been sorted out as well, stick in my mind as a really great time. It only lasted a few years though, 9/11 really did change everything, and none of it for the better.

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     Juggling With Eggs (jugglingwitheggs@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 19:39:57 JST Juggling With Eggs

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     I enjoyed the 90’s: a hedonistic decade where you could just about get by financially and you didn’t fear nuclear annihilation. Simple pleasures…

     We should have worried more about the future and been more proactive. But it was also a time when global responsibility was the responsibility of the older generation…young people were just allowed to be young and have fun. Somewhere along the line that stopped. Why?

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     Juggling With Eggs (jugglingwitheggs@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 19:39:58 JST Juggling With Eggs

     ‘try to imagine Ross, a scientist, now never thinking about climate change. Today, Phoebe would be a member of Extinction Rebellion; Rachel would be into fashion sustainability; Monica would have seven different recycling bins, not 11 types of towel; Joey … well, Joey would be the same.’

     But many who came of age in 90’s got Chandler jobs…

     https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/30/why-do-so-many-people-still-love-friends-because-it-reminds-them-of-a-time-when-life-was-still-fun

     Børge repeated this.