• skisnow@lemmy.ca
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      are you kidding me, 1999s have appreciated in value way above what you could ever afford

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      Absolutely lol 2009 was the start of recession and 2012 was like the Mayan calendar doomsday.

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        '96 was such a choice year. The year Pokemon came out, as well as a sick lineup of films - Trainspotting, Independence Day, Mission Impossible, Scream, Happy Gilmore, Mars Attacks!, Space Jam; the list goes on.

        But '99 was The Matrix and they even told us it was peak human civilization. We were all “yeah, it’s pretty good, but it’s only going to get better…”

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    From what I remember about 2012, our greatest worry was the Mayan calendar ending and speculation that they had predicted the end of the world. What a simpler time.

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    If we’re playing this game, let’s go back to 1984. Ironically enough, it was a pretty good year… at least comparatively speaking.

    “But, there was no internet!”

    You’d like it, trust me.

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          Yes, but because the Internet’s power was so concentrated in one place, any hacker that accessed it was granted superpowers like having code projected onto your face, being digitized into an actual computer, or global annihilation.

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    2001 for me please. Lord of the Rings, Spirited Away, Ocean’s Eleven, the Twin Towers and the Cowboy Bebop movies!

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      On one hand, in 2009 I had hope my life would eventually improve and I would have a chance to be happy someday.

      On the other hand, I was still a teenager and stuck living with my parents. I would rather be hopeless and paying half my income in rent than live with my abusive mother again.

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      Ok, but would you put 2009 above or below your predictions did 2026? Frankly I’d take another 2020 at this rate, at least then I could afford food.