re: Best decade to grow up in ?

Late 80's was my time. Graduated high school in 85. I talk to people online about some of the shite we did back then and they think I'm lying. It used to really amaze me. Now, not so much. We were the last generation without the internet. We're damn near superheroes compared to those that came after us. Gen X will be considered the next greatest generation. We knew our parents, the boomers were fricking our future and there was nothing we could do about it. We raised our kids to not be like us because we really didn't think we were all that. Not sure that was a good idea but there ya go. It was the opposite of what our parents did. We knew that was at least the right direction. But good lord did we ever have a good time with our lives. At the end of the day, if you don't do that, then what the frick did you do?

80s by far

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80s were best, and people saying 90's don't understand that it was just a pale comparison to the 80's. you need a little bit of hard times (growing up with the cold war) to strengthen a person. the 90's peace dividend from the post ww2 era to end of the cold war softened the 90's babes so badly they are the horrible parents of today's teens.
/old man rant over.

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Interesting theory. People and kids are both too soft today. It kind of makes sense, there was a push for toughness and being able to withstand things due to competition with the Communist bloc. Barney, "let's talk about our feelings:, etc. blew up in the 90s after the end of the Cold War. In the 80s we knew nuclear holocaust was a real possibility. Kids played with realistic toy guns without orange caps. Megatron turned into a Walther P-38. My water gun looked like a realistic black uzi. 90s had Super Soakers.

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Best decade to grow up in ?

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I agree with the 70s for multiple obvious reasons. Socialism used to be a bad word. Used to have only two genders. People didn’t wake up every morning wondering how they were going to be offended. The Democrats back then were more conservative than Republicans are today. Didn’t have social media ruining our country. Not everybody got a trophy.

Kids today don’t even drink out of fricking hoses. They don’t sleep in the back window of the station wagon or bike across town alone ride in the back of trucks or even go trick or treating without chaperones.

2000s and it’s not even close. All the best movies and pop culture. We got step brothers super bad and the hangover. The music was also lit. Video games were becoming awesome with the release of the ps3 and Xbox 360, and even the comedy was solid. GOAT decade 2000-2010

The 80s were pretty cool if you had Satellite TV like we did. Going over to my Grandparents I was bored as shite, they only had 4 channels.

Playing outside was about the same in any era.

I would say 2000-2010, had the internet, could DL whatever music you wanted, download movies.

The 70s were pretty cool I imagine, best era for music, could do pretty much whatever you wanted but that was before my time.

I nominate the 1970s…do I hear a second? (deafening roar)…

Well I “grew up” mid 50s-end 60s. 50s were blah. 60s were one-half 50s, one half Vietnam. In short, 60s sucked. But…then came 70s.

I returned from Vietnam end 1968… was single, in out of college in 70s between jobs. I thought I had gone to heaven. Greatest music ever, the Band, Greatdul Dead, Hendrix’s, Bohemian rhapsody, etc… pre aids and other std, post birth control.. pre fast food flab.

True, the idiot-Carter era was tough economically, gas crisis, 55 mph speed limit, and the way we dressed was laughable… but far better music, movies, art movements, sports, football, Coach Bryant, Steelers vs Raiders (when football was football) than 80s or 90s. .

Cars were still American with muscle, motorcycles were Harleys and Limys, interstates were uncrowded, CB radios, SEC had unique culture - screw those Yankees, baseball was king, no damn cell phones, Monday night football, Saturday night live…

Yep…1970s was it.,

I weep for those looking back on the 1990’s nostalgically. What a shite sandwich decade that was.