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Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 24, 2019 13:37:08 GMT 10
I wouldn't call them ancient. They still feel pretty identifiable in a lot of ways, even though they were over 30 years ago.
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Post by Telso on Apr 25, 2019 7:57:29 GMT 10
At the very least we'll celebrate the 40th anniversary of this New Wave gem:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2019 0:27:59 GMT 10
I was around in the 1950s. Beat that!
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Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 28, 2019 19:37:32 GMT 10
I was around in the 1950s. Beat that! That's okay. I personally wouldn't have wanted to experience the '50s. 
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Post by al on Apr 30, 2019 13:54:46 GMT 10
I wouldnt be so sure. I think it was about late 2017, and my mum was putting some new curtains in our lounge room and my oldest sister walked in and looked at them and was like ewwww, what is it..2003?  Also you can definitely tell if a house was built in the early 2000's by walking into the kitchen... everything is beige. But...your mom was still hanging them up. I guess my original point was that say, in 2003, curtains from 1988 would've been grotesquely ugly and not to be touched. Sure fifteen-year-old decor is not hip, it never will be, but it's not quite gut-worthy bad like it was. It's more meh than wtf.
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Post by al on Nov 2, 2019 11:01:39 GMT 10
I didn’t want to start a new thread for this but while I was in Orlando, I was noticing some old looking things that were still hanging around. I find it super interesting how just because things have progressed, doesn’t necessarily mean the old has completely dropped out of society. Pay phones (theme parks):   Disposable cameras (hotel gift shop):  This mug has photos from the 80’s (MCO):    cdn image hosting
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 3, 2019 20:51:16 GMT 10
Absolutely! Also, many old forms of technology can fall out of relevancy, only to then experience a revival many years later. Vinyl records have experienced a massive upsurge in sales over the past few years, despite the fact that they had become obsolete over thirty years ago. I have even seen some vinyl record players for sale which have had USB connectivity. Things from the past can definitely still serve a purpose in current times.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 3, 2019 21:06:27 GMT 10
Just on this topic, the fact that 1980 will be turning four decades old does seem hard to believe on face value, but when you consider the fact that these songs were released that same year, maybe it isn't such a shocking revelation:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2019 22:22:25 GMT 10
1970 turning 50 is more shocking to me since my dad was already a teenager then.
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Post by Telso on Nov 3, 2019 22:33:30 GMT 10
Just on this topic, the fact that 1980 will be turning four decades old does seem hard to believe on face value, but when you consider the fact that these songs were released that same year, maybe it isn't such a shocking revelation: ' Yeah, 1980 in and of itself is harshly dated, and makes 2019 look so ultra-futuristic in comparison: I would even say that it feels closer to 1941 than to 2019, only because a lot of mid-century city designs had still survived by then. While nowadays we value a lot on urban renovation and innovation and the process goes a lot quicker as well.
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Post by mc98 on Nov 3, 2019 23:17:09 GMT 10
Just on this topic, the fact that 1980 will be turning four decades old does seem hard to believe on face value, but when you consider the fact that these songs were released that same year, maybe it isn't such a shocking revelation: ' Yeah, 1980 in and of itself is harshly dated, and makes 2019 look so ultra-futuristic in comparison: I would even say that it feels closer to 1941 than to 2019, only because a lot of mid-century city designs had still survived by then. While nowadays we value a lot on urban renovation and innovation and the process goes a lot quicker as well. You would find more working class people in NYC in 1980 than tourists and Instagram influencers.
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Post by Cassie on Nov 4, 2019 2:28:33 GMT 10
We won't truly be in the future of (non-explosive) hoverboards and flying cars until the 2030s. That's when the 90s turn 40 and when the future will arrive.
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