I hear all the time that the 90's were such a simpler, peaceful time, especially compared to now. I have to laugh at this, because back during the

Absolutely! Nostalgia has a way of polishing our memories to a golden shine. It's like we're all treasure hunters, constantly seeking that 'old gold' in the stories and moments that shaped us. And you're right, each era carries its own mix of challenges and triumphs. The 90s may have felt financially cushy, but they weren't without their complexities—from rising crime rates to evolving societal norms. Reflecting on it all, it's a reminder that our perceptions of 'simpler times' are often colored by the lens of memory. Here's to embracing the richness of our past while navigating the brilliance of today!

People have always romanticized the past. The reality is, there are good times and bad times in all of times.

And "things" weren't any simpler in the 60s and 70s either... we just didn't know it.

I miss the 90s mainly because social media didn’t exist. There was an emphasis on working within actual reality.

Rose tinted glasses. I feel like most people get nostalgic about their “youth”. Like the early 2000’s felt like a utopia for me because I was a little kid. That’s wasn’t the reality because 9/11 happened and it meant nothing to me because I was 4 😅

90s were a chaos. There was a war in Europe, and mafia fights and oppression was pretty common in many European countries.

I grew up in the 90's and didn't experience much of what was wrong going on then, it's chiefly remembered for the people i knew and was into in the pop culture. 90's also to me at least tried to be a return to the 60's, with grunge mirroring groups like The Doors, movies like Natural Born Killers finding influence in Godard's Pierrot le fou. All very superficial, but i got no life besides my interests which can be accessed inside where i don't have to risk life and limb going from point a to point b.

my parents were able to afford a home after emigrating to canada in 1967...mom stayed home while dad worked. she had her first born that year. they saved up and managed to get a down payment for a house while mom was pregnant with me. there is no way in hell a young family can do that here today...things were much simpler back in the day

I'm definitely glad I wasn't around in the 60s 🤷🏾‍♀️

You hit the nail on the head.

There was no Internet. That is one good thing.

There was also still the belief that society would improve.

People in the time of Tutankamun talked about how good things were 30 years earlier, and they've been doing it since.

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@SeaGlass And we have Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.

I'm not laughing. It WAS a simpler time. Things cost 1/3 of what they do now. And every major thing that takes place, like 9/11 or COVID, just makes everything exponentially worse.

People are even more disposable now due to technology, and tech isn't going anywhere.

Right ? Haha … every generation says the same thing 🥴🎪✨

Really? The USA unilaterally invaded Iraq in the early 1990's in search of weapons of mass destruction which never materialized, yet cost the American taxpayers $1million dollars per day to be over there, despite the USA losing that war when the US military finally retreated and went home empty handed.

That US Intel-gathering catastrophe was followed by economic recession in the 1990's in the USA which saw unemployment swell to 7.9% after a faster than average economy growth of 3.4% in just one year.

They were prosperous times on the surface or so it appeared, but in reality, the economy in the USA was setting itself up for a drastic fall which of course followed. The 1990's in the USA were no different really than the boom-times of the 1920's which then led to The Great Depression of 1929.