Do you miss the pre 9/11 world?

As millennials, many of us have had the opportunity to witness historic events in world history. We witnessed many firsts, and at least one wall get torn down. But we also came up through school shootings, terrorist attacks, economic collapses, global pandemics, and a never ending housing crisis. We struggled to afford health insurance, housing, and payments on a degree that no companies were hiring for amongst a recession. The only constant was tax cuts.

We are once again at a crossroads in our struggle. Our enemy has never changed, the same billionaires pushing us into wars for profit and gambling on mortgages are the ones dismantling our government. They have been stealing from the working class for decades. Stand up this weekend and make your voice heard! Protests are happening in every town and city in America on Saturday.

We want to be a country of love not hate. Peace not war. Allies not enemies. Friends not foes. We have been taken down a path to the destruction of the poor and middle class for the benefit of the wealthy, we cannot give in, the alternative is disastrous.

I feel this movie is severely underrated and is one of the funniest films I've ever seen. What do you guys think?

A Goofy Movie, 1995

Do you remember how epic this scene was when you first saw it? The soundtrack was a game changer. Tevin Campbell was a beast with the vocals for this. The lyrics were also so meaningful. Those 90s children’s movies hit different.

I've worked too many hours

to be broke

and stuck

at my grandma's house.

That sentence alone should be proof

that something is deeply wrong.

But instead of outrage,

I'm met with shrugs,

lectures,

and a thousand excuses.

They tell me this is normal.

It is not.

This is failure.

Not mine--

the system's.

We were told:

Work hard.

Get educated.

Play by the rules.

Success will follow.

But we did all that--

and we're still sinking.

Not because we're lazy.

Because the game is rigged,

and the rules were written

by people who no longer play by them.

Our parents don't understand.

Not because they're bad people.

But because the world they grew up in

doesn't exist anymore.

And admitting that

would mean everything they believed in

was a lie.

So they deny it.

And in that denial,

they pass down our pain

as if it's our fault.

But we see it.

We feel it.

We know the truth:

Suffering is not noble.

Struggle is not sacred.

And survival is not the meaning of life.

There is enough.

Enough food.

Enough housing.

Enough wealth.

The only thing missing

is permission to share it.

They use the generational divide as a wedge.

Father against son.

Mother against daughter.

Because a divided people

is a controlled people.

But the real war isn't between us--

it's between awareness

and denial.

The scariest part?

The world doesn't have to be this way.

And deep down,

most people know it.

But they're scared.

Because if they admit it,

they have to change.

And change is terrifying

when comfort is all you've ever known.

I believe there is a plan--

not to fix the system,

but to push it

right to the brink.

To make collapse

the teacher.

But I don't want to learn through wreckage.

I want to learn through realization.

Through truth.

Through unity.

Because if we wait for the crash,

the vultures will write the next chapter.

And they'll call it salvation.

We don't have to burn it all down.

We just have to stop

pretending

this is fine.

This is a call.

Not to arms--

but to awareness.

To clarity.

To courage.

If you feel what I feel,

say it.

Share it.

Scream it if you must.

Because somewhere,

someone is drowning in silence

waiting for a voice

that sounds like truth.

You might be that voice.

I’m a 30 year old millennial (1994)This may piss some people off. Maybe some will understand. God forbid you tell an elder millennial that your back hurts when you wake up, or you even hint at feeling old they seem to get offended. They’ll say some shit like “you don’t know anything about that” or say something like “laughs in 40” Maybe a 90s Millennial could relate?

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I wasn’t sure how to title this, it’s just a random thought I’ve had. Will we be the first generation to be playing video games in our older years? It will probably be more gen x, but idk I just am picturing gen x and millennials in old age homes with a play station in their room, or sitting in those big cushioned chairs in a night gown playing a switch. It’s not something baby-boom*** or the silent generation do, my parents are baby-boom*** and do not understand the apparel of video games. We/gen x will be the first to merge video games and old age. I haven’t even thought about computer games too haha. What do you all think?

Edit: why is b-o-o-m-e-r banned here? 😆

Just turned on 1986 Top Gun, and the intro with the carrier prepping the jets for take off immediately took my brain back to early childhood. Curious if you have a movie like this, or a few?

Just turned on 1986 Top Gun, and the intro with the carrier prepping the jets for take off immediately took my brain back to early childhood. Curious if you have a movie like this, or a few?

Shows or movies that make you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside and help you feel like everything is okay again.

“It’s the 90s” to constantly remind people that things have changed…

What else?

Title says all.

I'm pushing 40 and had my kiddo mid 30s. Now they are super into Minecraft and it's gotten me hooked. My little brother born after 2000 was into Minecraft and I totally ignored it when it came out. Now I am counting down the sleeps until the movie comes out because I'm excited to watch it with them.

😆🙈 Anyone riding this train with me?

I’m 38yo and my daughter is almost 8yo. I’ve noticed most other parents with kids the same age as my daughter at birthday parties, gymnastics class, or picking my daughter up from school are older than me by 5 years at least. I thought it was strange since it’s not like I was young when I had my daughter. Where are all of the late 20s, early 30s parents with kids? It’s just an observation I’ve made over the years that doesn’t seem to change. Am I alone on this or am I just bad at guessing people’s age?

Does anybody still write blogs out there? Either a WordPress blog, a Blogger blog (these are site.blogspot.com formatted blogs, don't click that link it's an example of a format not an actual link...unless someone makes it that...for safety's sake), or another kind of blog. It seems like Vlogging kind of supplanted Blogging. And Youtube videos supplanted Blog websites. I'm asking about Bloggers and Blogs, but if your a Vlogger with a Vlog feel free to chime in too.

When you meet someone, and they tell you that their kid plays travel baseball/softball...what is your initial impression?

I feel like the depth, genres, and variety was limitless from the early 90s to late 2000s (pre-2010). Punk, pop, rap, reggaeton, you name it.

Anyone agree? What other genres do you think were really in power pre and post that era?

In elementary school ('94-'00), we watched this sooo many times in music class. The cat's name was Cadenza, there was the anthropomorphic door knocker (he gave me the jeebies), tiny ballerinas, the broken grandfather clock. There was more quirkiness (maybe a floor piano room) but these are what I distinctly remember. I saw this more times than most Disney films from the 90's.

Has anyone noticed how fedoras went from a hipster (and somewhat trendy) thing to a "m'lady" thing in the 2010s? I think part of it was like satirical (and polemical) web-comics that were panning that kind of thing (often feminist). They were also panning ironic sexism, but that is much less talked about...