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maporsche
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 12:15 pm
@Olivier5,
Wow, that sounds insanely low to me.

I'd have pegged it closer to 85-15.

And I'm talking about the way life was back then, not all of us going back in being a 30 year younger body.
Olivier5
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 12:48 pm
@maporsche,
Less freedom since 9/11, the best press in the world has given way to fake news all over, less economic mobility, longer hours for the middle class, cost of education way up... What’s not to love?
MontereyJack
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:02 pm
@coldjoint,
Go back to analogue? Never!
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ehBeth
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:03 pm
@Olivier5,
all of those things

devaluation of the quality of higher education

housing prices out of control here would definitely add to people's desire to go back in time

maporsche
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:31 pm
I for one would love to be back in the days where women stayed in the home, smoking and drinking and eating red meat was healthy, gay people really had to stay in the closet, there were far fewer Mexicans crossing the border and less immigration in general, telephones were corded, computers were the size of houses, what's the internet?, good luck getting a car loan or a mortgage with a decent interest rate, working at your job had a higher likelihood of leaving you disabled or injured (those damn OSHA regulations), the entertainment industry was laughable, seatbelts were for cowards, our cars may or may not start (especially in the cold), oh and pollution was sooooo cool back then, racism was still pretty cool too (not taboo like today's bullshit PC culture), AIDS was going to kill everyone, Satanism was taking over the country (even with the "excellent" journalism we had), OMG rap music was killing our cops, crime was on the rise, the Ruskies were still going to nuke us, oh and did I mention no internet.

I would love being unable to travel for cheap too. I mean, who wants to leave their hometowns. I love biking, and the way some cities and communities have embraced that activity by building bike lanes and pathways really stinks too; I'd rather be back in the 80's where those things were gone.

Housing prices are not out of control country-wide. Just in 2-3 cities in the USA (not sure about Canada).
maporsche
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:41 pm
@maporsche,
I can't think of one thing I do in my current day to day life where I think "Wow, if this were 1988 this activity would be SO much better."

ETA: You know what, I thought of something. The NFL was more fun to watch back then...but now we've learned about all these concussion things that end up killing the players. I really wish we could go back to the way things used to be and we ignored all that stuff and these guys just died drooling on the their collars.
coldjoint
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:45 pm
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SMACK DOWN: Kanye West Posts Personal Text Accusing John Legend Of “Manipulating My Free Thought”


Another liberal idiot put in his place by Kanye. Manipulation is what progressives do. If you notice in Legends message he says Trumps policies hurt people of color but he does not say how, why is that?

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/04/smack-down-kanye-west-posts-personal-text-accusing-john-legend-of-manipulating-my-free-thought/
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Olivier5
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:46 pm
@maporsche,
Women stayed in their homes in the 80s?

The internet and smart phones are cool but to the degree that they derive from US policies and governance systems, you would have to look at the quality and cost of education and related policies of the 60s, 70s and, weeeell, 80s when today’s inventors were educated...
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coldjoint
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:52 pm
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Mike Pompeo confirmed as secretary of state


About time.
https://nypost.com/2018/04/26/mike-pompeo-confirmed-as-secretary-of-state/
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Olivier5
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 01:56 pm
@maporsche,
Dude. Even the music was better in the 1980s...

https://youtu.be/TvnYmWpD_T8
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maporsche
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 02:09 pm
@Olivier5,
I was a bit wrong about women in the workforce, it's higher now, but the real revolution happened in the 60's/70's.

But, I can for sure say that the work environment for women is much better in 2018 than it was in 1988. More opportunities, less sexism and harassment...you know, little things that probably don't matter to anyone.
maporsche
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 02:11 pm
@Olivier5,
You're right about the lack of invention. Literally no one born after 1988 has invented anything of value.
Olivier5
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 02:26 pm
@maporsche,
Don’t caricature.
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Olivier5
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 02:40 pm
@maporsche,
I might grant you that. And LGBT rights have made much progress.
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roger
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 02:46 pm
@revelette1,
revelette1 wrote:

The WH is still in the defensive stage, pretty soon they might move on, "we weren't really serious about that guy..."


Are you implying they might somehow get beyond 'the defensive stage'?
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Finn dAbuzz
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 03:21 pm
@ehBeth,
ehBeth wrote:

devaluation of the quality of higher education


College student literacy is down and yet grade point averages are up.

How can this be?

Only about 20% of college graduates obtain jobs that coincide with their majors. The rest are taking fluff courses where you can't be wrong unless you disagree with the Prof.

College students ares averaging less than 3 hours a day on their studies.

Tuition costs keep rising which is why grades have to stay a pace. How can you expect people to mortgage their futures on ruinous tuition if you won't grease them through the system?

It's worse than a joke it's a travesty.

(I refer to the situation in the US only)

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coldjoint
 
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 03:52 pm
@Finn dAbuzz,
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It's worse than a joke it's a travesty.


I can't recall his name but he was a credible person, which is why remember what he said.

He said you had freer speech in East Berlin than on our campuses.
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