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Once in a lifetime they said… (europe.pub)
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[–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Nah. If you were born in 1966, by the time you turned 30 you lived through Vietnam, the AIDS epidemic, the civil rights movement, Desert Storm, and you spent your entire life with nuclear apocalypse hanging over you in the form of the cold war. And the US economy wasn't doing great either until the 90s.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    But in America, you could afford groceries most of that time.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    No, they couldn't afford groceries then either. Goodness. Like do people forget the oil crisis in the 70's? Wonder why so many receipes came out about Jello and microwaves?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    In fairness, microwaves went mainstream in the 1980s. Most people didn't have them in the ten years prior.

    There's a joke in the movie "American Hustle", taking place in 1978, about the lead character getting a $3,000 "Science Oven" as a bribe.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago*

    Aids and nuclear war I agree but for someone born in 1966, they would be too young to be personally affected by Vietnam and the oil shocks of the 70s and by the time the Cold War ended and the 90s came about they'd be earning well . The Simpsons broadcast in 1989 and Homer was a blue collar worker who owned a house on one income with a stay-at-home wife and three kids. That was possible at the time.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    If you were born in 66, you were 8 when Vietnam ended. The civil rights movement was pretty much done by 74 as well. You might have fought in Desert Storm, but that was so small and quick the odds of you being there are pretty small. The AIDS epidemic was bad, but if you didn't live in a major city you likely wouldn't have known anyone with AIDS. The Cold War pretty was winding down by the time you were born and the threat of nuclear apocalypse was mostly bit really worth worrying about by the 80s.

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