The Decade With No Name

[innerSpaceman]

The internet itself, while transformative, can't be said to be a "90's" thing. It's going to continue well into the future, and won't be a unique attribute of one particular decade any more than, say, the automobile was of the decade it transformed.


For something to be decade-flavorful, it has to have either disappeared or morphed nearly beyond recognition. If the styles and music of the 20's or the 50's had continued on, they wouldn't be the styles of the 20's or the 50's.



I dig CP's particulars about the 90's, but it all still seems a continuation of the 80's to me.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

The internet itself, while transformative, can't be said to be a "90's" thing. It's going to continue well into the future, and won't be a unique attribute of one particular decade any more than, say, the automobile was of the decade it transformed.


For something to be decade-flavorful, it has to have either disappeared or morphed nearly beyond recognition. If the styles and music of the 20's or the 50's had continued on, they wouldn't be the styles of the 20's or the 50's.

You're right about that.

I dig CP's particulars about the 90's, but it all still seems a continuation of the 80's to me.

Here's the part where I just call you an old man. I do believe that the older one gets the more things seem to be a continuation of the past. Already, I'm feeling these effects.

I can't believe I'm wrong about the bike! There goes my pre-WWI house of cards. (To be honest, I think Alex is right about pre-WWI America's lack of tone.)

Also, I agree that "the Post 9/11 World" is going to be the buzz phrase that sticks, same as "the McCarthy Era".