Grunge? Saying Grunge is 90's is like saying legwarmers is 2000's. Just because something is rehashed in a decade does not make it the culture of that decade.
And I think I picked the most defining element of what most consider 90's culture. But so-called "grunge" music is pretty indistinguishable from generic rock, and plaid shirts are hardly a defining fashion statement.
But, in deference to CP and GD, I will grant that the Rave Scene is pretty much an identifiable cultural touchstone of the '90s, and if I went to a party that was a Rave, I would think I was in a '90s' theme party!
If I went into a coffee house where people were wearing plaid and speaking poetry into an open mic, I would think about 4 decades earlier.
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More in line with what I think the OP had in mind, I'm reminded of the phrase, "
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same." With a number of decades under my belt, I don't think there's too much difference between now and 10 years ago ... though of course the particulars are completely different.
Life, however, is pretty much the same. I think post-child-raising years tend to become same-like. CP is precisely on the opposite end of that equation ... and, I daresay, about to find out what a difference 10 years can REALLY make. OMG, KIDS!!!! They grow so fast, you can practically
watch it happen!