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Post by astropoug on Jul 3, 2021 10:34:21 GMT 10
Inspired by John Titor's thread about months, what were some years that were relatively peaceful before a very tumultuous year? Here are my votes:
-1990 (pre-Gulf War, Nirvana, and USSR collapse)
-1998 (pre-Columbine and Y2K scare)
-2000 (pre-9/11)
-2002 (pre-Iraq War)
-2007 (pre-Recession)
-2010 (before the Arab Spring and Occupy protests)
-2013 (before Gamergate, the SJW vs alt-right conflict, ISIS becoming powerful, the Ferguson protests, and the Ebola epidemic)
-2015 (before Trump and Brexit)
-2019 (THE ULTIMATE CALM BEFORE THE STORM YEAR, pre-COVID and George Floyd)
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Post by 10slover on Jul 3, 2021 11:35:44 GMT 10
Was 2019 really a calm year? Don't think so tbh, although, looking back now, 2019 was a damn good year
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Post by 10slover on Jul 3, 2021 11:39:44 GMT 10
1960-1963 was "calm before the storm" because the revolutions of 60s hadn't kicked in yet and Kennedy wasn't killed until very late 63.
The 1890s (gay 90s) were the ultimate "Calm before the storm" years, so many revolutions happened in the subsequent decades, there was even 1 world war, a pandemic and the popularization of cars
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2021 11:42:15 GMT 10
Was 2019 really a calm year? Don't think so tbh, although, looking back now, 2019 was a damn good year 2019 is not a calm year with the protests and impeachment trials. 2019 compared to March 2020 is utopia or heaven. 2019 kicked ass! 2019 is my favorite 2010s year and year of all time! I turned 21 that year. Plus I had a bunch of fun memories. I am desperately trying to hold on to that spirit and vibe. I feel like I am still in that wave.
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Post by 10slover on Jul 3, 2021 11:44:22 GMT 10
1990 (before Nirvana shook up the world) 1993 (before Friends airs and the internet explodes) 1998 (before Columbine shooting) 2000 (before 9/11/2001, before the 2000s start developing their identity) 2002 (before Iraq War, calmest year of the 2000s post 9/11/2001, before the core 2000s) 2007 (before Great Recession, last core 2000s year) 2013 (first core 2010s year, before toxic politics (SJW vs Alt Right war, cancel culture, liberals vs conservatives, Karens, Kevins, etc)) 2019 (before COVID) Citing nirvana as the only reason why 1990 was a "stormy" year is kinda of ingenious lmao. So many things happened in 1991, not just nirvana lol. For once, 1991 saw the fall of the soviet union and several other communist countries, 1991 also saw the collapse of the japanese economy (they still haven't recovered).
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Post by John Titor on Jul 3, 2021 11:44:46 GMT 10
2019
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2021 11:45:44 GMT 10
1990 (before Nirvana shook up the world) 1993 (before Friends airs and the internet explodes) 1998 (before Columbine shooting) 2000 (before 9/11/2001, before the 2000s start developing their identity) 2002 (before Iraq War, calmest year of the 2000s post 9/11/2001, before the core 2000s) 2007 (before Great Recession, last core 2000s year) 2013 (first core 2010s year, before toxic politics (SJW vs Alt Right war, cancel culture, liberals vs conservatives, Karens, Kevins, etc)) 2019 (before COVID) Citing nirvana as the only reason why 1990 was a "stormy" year is kinda of ingenious lmao. So many things happened in 1991, not just nirvana lol. For once, 1991 saw the fall of the soviet union and several other communist countries, 1991 also saw the collapse of the japanese economy (they still haven't recovered). Lmao whoops I forgot. The 1990s are shit for Japan. A lot of fuckery happened in 1991 and 1992. 2020 has the same calendar as 1992.
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Post by astropoug on Jul 3, 2021 12:41:55 GMT 10
Citing nirvana as the only reason why 1990 was a "stormy" year is kinda of ingenious lmao. So many things happened in 1991, not just nirvana lol. For once, 1991 saw the fall of the soviet union and several other communist countries, 1991 also saw the collapse of the japanese economy (they still haven't recovered). Lmao whoops I forgot. The 1990s are shit for Japan. A lot of fuckery happened in 1991 and 1992. 2020 has the same calendar as 1992. Both 1992 and 2020 were also infamous for protests related to police brutality and racism
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Post by astropoug on Jul 3, 2021 12:42:42 GMT 10
1990 (before Nirvana shook up the world) 1993 (before Friends airs and the internet explodes) 1998 (before Columbine shooting) 2000 (before 9/11/2001, before the 2000s start developing their identity) 2002 (before Iraq War, calmest year of the 2000s post 9/11/2001, before the core 2000s) 2007 (before Great Recession, last core 2000s year) 2013 (first core 2010s year, before toxic politics (SJW vs Alt Right war, cancel culture, liberals vs conservatives, Karens, Kevins, etc)) 2019 (before COVID) Citing nirvana as the only reason why 1990 was a "stormy" year is kinda of ingenious lmao. So many things happened in 1991, not just nirvana lol. For once, 1991 saw the fall of the soviet union and several other communist countries, 1991 also saw the collapse of the japanese economy (they still haven't recovered). Not to mention 1991 also saw the Gulf War
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Post by astropoug on Jul 3, 2021 12:44:38 GMT 10
Was 2019 really a calm year? Don't think so tbh, although, looking back now, 2019 was a damn good year Compared to 2020 it absolutely was. No pandemic, George Floyd protests, or controversial election. A year doesn't even have to be peaceful in order to be a calm before the storm year, it just has to be MORE peaceful than the following year, and that's absolutely true of 2019. And IMO it isn't anywhere near as tumultuous as 2016-2018 were with all the mass shootings, terrorist attacks, Brexit, and the Trump election
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Post by 10slover on Jul 3, 2021 12:55:04 GMT 10
Lmao whoops I forgot. The 1990s are shit for Japan. A lot of fuckery happened in 1991 and 1992. 2020 has the same calendar as 1992. Both 1992 and 2020 were also infamous for protests related to police brutality and racism 2020 was like, 1918 and 1992 at the same time lol
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Post by astropoug on Jul 3, 2021 13:19:52 GMT 10
1960-1963 was "calm before the storm" because the revolutions of 60s hadn't kicked in yet and Kennedy wasn't killed until very late 63. The 1890s (gay 90s) were the ultimate "Calm before the storm" years, so many revolutions happened in the subsequent decades, there was even 1 world war, a pandemic and the popularization of cars I'd call 1961 the calm before the storm year. Afterwards, you had the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy's assassination, and the Gulf of Tonkin act all happening one after the other, and the tumultuous 60s began.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2021 21:19:40 GMT 10
Lmao whoops I forgot. The 1990s are shit for Japan. A lot of fuckery happened in 1991 and 1992. 2020 has the same calendar as 1992. Both 1992 and 2020 were also infamous for protests related to police brutality and racism Yes they were. Both years ended one term Republican presidencies. Both years saw the election of Democrat presidents.
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Post by ItsMichael on Jul 4, 2021 3:45:41 GMT 10
Was 2019 really a calm year? Don't think so tbh, although, looking back now, 2019 was a damn good year Compared to 2017 and 2018 I think it was. It honestly fits by itself because it didn’t feel like 2017-2018 yet it wasn’t part of the covid era.
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Post by ItsMichael on Jul 4, 2021 4:14:08 GMT 10
1990 (before Nirvana shook up the world) 1993 (before Friends airs and the internet explodes) 1998 (before Columbine shooting) 2000 (before 9/11/2001, before the 2000s start developing their identity) 2002 (before Iraq War, calmest year of the 2000s post 9/11/2001, before the core 2000s) 2007 (before Great Recession, last core 2000s year) 2013 (first core 2010s year, before toxic politics (SJW vs Alt Right war, cancel culture, liberals vs conservatives, Karens, Kevins, etc)) 2019 (before COVID) For that particular one I’d probably say that goes to 1994 since in 95 that’s when Windows 95 came and then the internet really took off
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