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Were the late 90s the height of America?

economic boom no more soviet union japan in recession ...
Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel
  09/06/12
Not to mention us fucking the shit out of Iraq multiple time...
Drunken scarlet resort circlehead
  09/06/12
yes. most importantly, it was before dubya sank our economy ...
out-of-control coldplay fan theater stage
  09/06/12
yes
flickering topaz water buffalo stage
  09/06/12
yes
Mint cerebral lettuce hall
  09/06/12
...
Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel
  09/06/12
Back when 85k a year was baller as fuck
multi-colored roast beef
  09/06/12
What is the comparable figure today?
Stirring At-the-ready Theater
  09/06/12
$130k
Mint cerebral lettuce hall
  09/06/12
How old are you?
Haunting pontificating casino
  09/06/12
19
Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel
  09/06/12
wtf bro. How did the mid to late 2000s and/or right fucking ...
self-absorbed bateful kitchen pistol
  09/06/12
...
Drunken scarlet resort circlehead
  09/06/12
...
unhinged travel guidebook
  09/06/12
I barely remember the 90s at all bro. I'm not wistful either...
Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel
  09/06/12
1890s
Comical Bull Headed Office
  09/06/12
yes
rambunctious ocher school cafeteria community account
  09/06/12
yes
razzle scourge upon the earth weed whacker
  09/06/12
http://backin98.ytmnd.com/
razzle scourge upon the earth weed whacker
  09/06/12
Damn that's nostalgic! Windows f'n 95...
adventurous insane half-breed corner
  09/07/12
yes, yes it was
filthy motley tank
  09/06/12
yes, although you could make a strong case for 1985/'86, a p...
olive jet-lagged school
  09/06/12
still not as rich and dem soviets were still scary
filthy motley tank
  09/06/12
the soviets helped discipline our thinking. notice how reag...
olive jet-lagged school
  09/06/12
I don't disagree, but you can't be more powerful when you're...
filthy motley tank
  09/06/12
i would gladly trade some perceived national "power&quo...
olive jet-lagged school
  09/06/12
brilliant points about the effects of the Soviets. They real...
adventurous insane half-breed corner
  09/07/12
Yes. China.
doobsian hairy legs principal's office
  09/07/12
how old were you in the 80s? I distinctly remember how scary...
harsh galvanic legal warrant
  09/06/12
did they make you do drills in school where you got under yo...
Diverse Rusted Fanboi Clown
  09/06/12
yelp, in elementary school "duck and cover", but ...
harsh galvanic legal warrant
  09/06/12
Yup, the late 90s was America's high-water mark — that place...
Contagious Wine Point Toaster
  09/06/12
we seriously have the all time worst reason for starting our...
filthy motley tank
  09/06/12
what reason are you thinking of?
Naked space son of senegal
  09/06/12
a blowjob
erotic racy feces keepsake machete
  09/07/12
1950's. At least if you were a white male.
deep kitty parlour
  09/06/12
maybe best time and place to be alive in one group, but not ...
filthy motley tank
  09/06/12
fair point brother. But we still can't keep the messicans ou...
deep kitty parlour
  09/06/12
he said height of america -- not time of greatest military d...
jet therapy pocket flask
  09/06/12
cr
jet therapy pocket flask
  09/06/12
Yes--it was arguably the height of Pax Americana.
doobsian hairy legs principal's office
  09/06/12
tons of consumer debt, huge housing bubble, people thinking ...
Bronze Geriatric Institution
  09/06/12
And jumanji, sonic the hedgehog, pogs &c
Razzmatazz sanctuary doctorate
  09/06/12
cr. honestly the 1990s marked the beginning of the end. the ...
jet therapy pocket flask
  09/06/12
at least we got the internet out of it. while the internet i...
Naked space son of senegal
  09/06/12
Not sure about that - in fact, i think the Internet has only...
jet therapy pocket flask
  09/06/12
tbh if it weren't for the internet I would be a completely b...
Naked space son of senegal
  09/06/12
being a kid is always awesome
unhinged travel guidebook
  09/06/12
This. The 90s may have been a time where shithead boomers...
Cracking cruise ship
  09/07/12
I'd say absolutely yes. Economy was great and college was s...
Red tanning salon
  09/06/12
88 cents a gallon and life was good
harsh galvanic legal warrant
  09/06/12
FML
Electric chocolate hunting ground orchestra pit
  09/07/12
180 music, too.
magical saffron patrolman
  09/06/12
lol no, the music was shit
Naked space son of senegal
  09/07/12
(guy who forgot about "escobar 97" on the men in b...
Big Abnormal Business Firm Prole
  09/07/12
Of course.
Burgundy slippery university death wish
  09/06/12
...
Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel
  09/06/12
yes. back then america was 6'2.
Apoplectic bbw stock car
  09/06/12
it certainly was- this is why the matrix was built to mimic ...
Sable provocative trust fund candlestick maker
  09/06/12
no. the rot had already set in. the height was in the 50s-60...
Pink rehab
  09/07/12


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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:36 PM
Author: Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel

economic boom

no more soviet union

japan in recession

pre 9/11

china not nearly as important

i don't think its ever going to get this good again bros. its too bad i was only like 7 when it happened

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511661)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:52 PM
Author: Drunken scarlet resort circlehead

Not to mention us fucking the shit out of Iraq multiple times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511789)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:46 PM
Author: out-of-control coldplay fan theater stage

yes. most importantly, it was before dubya sank our economy and international standing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513011)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:36 PM
Author: flickering topaz water buffalo stage

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511665)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:40 PM
Author: Mint cerebral lettuce hall

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511689)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:40 PM
Author: Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511691)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:40 PM
Author: multi-colored roast beef

Back when 85k a year was baller as fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511695)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:41 PM
Author: Stirring At-the-ready Theater

What is the comparable figure today?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511703)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:53 PM
Author: Mint cerebral lettuce hall

$130k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511794)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:43 PM
Author: Haunting pontificating casino

How old are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511712)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:44 PM
Author: Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel

19

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511722)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:03 PM
Author: self-absorbed bateful kitchen pistol

wtf bro. How did the mid to late 2000s and/or right fucking meow not seem like the absolute tits to you?

You're a kid dood, in what way could you have felt any effect of the current economic downturn by age 19, other than probably hearing your parents talk about it?

You should be wistful for summer of 2007 or so, not the late 90s that you probably barely have many concrete memories of

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511859)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:16 PM
Author: Drunken scarlet resort circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511927)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:33 PM
Author: unhinged travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512054)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 3:59 PM
Author: Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel

I barely remember the 90s at all bro. I'm not wistful either. Just a realist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512661)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:52 PM
Author: Comical Bull Headed Office

1890s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511790)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 1:57 PM
Author: rambunctious ocher school cafeteria community account

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511822)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:14 PM
Author: razzle scourge upon the earth weed whacker

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511919)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:15 PM
Author: razzle scourge upon the earth weed whacker

http://backin98.ytmnd.com/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511924)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 12:07 PM
Author: adventurous insane half-breed corner

Damn that's nostalgic!

Windows f'n 95...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520231)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:21 PM
Author: filthy motley tank

yes, yes it was

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511966)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:24 PM
Author: olive jet-lagged school

yes, although you could make a strong case for 1985/'86, a period of time that included the height of "80's culture," a confident, post-recession economy, the Hall and Oates Liberty Concert, and the release of Top Gun AND Commando.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21511980)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:30 PM
Author: filthy motley tank

still not as rich and dem soviets were still scary

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512030)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:37 PM
Author: olive jet-lagged school

the soviets helped discipline our thinking. notice how reagan pulled our soldiers out of lebanon after the beirut bombings in '83, rather than get mad as fuck and double down?

that was partly because we had more important things to do (ie, engage in a delicate geopolitical dance with the USSR) than to waste time doing the equivalent of neighborhood bike patrols in some levantine shithole.

you should read the article "Soviets in Space" from the october 1986 National Geographic.

having the USSR around was part of our identity. it motivated us in ways that the chinese never have.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512083)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:38 PM
Author: filthy motley tank

I don't disagree, but you can't be more powerful when you're one of two superpowers than you are when you are the unchallenged number 1, even if that does result in you being a massive idio

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512088)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:41 PM
Author: olive jet-lagged school

i would gladly trade some perceived national "power" for the kind of deal we used to have with russia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512119)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 12:04 PM
Author: adventurous insane half-breed corner

brilliant points about the effects of the Soviets. They really united us. That's the main problem today is that we're ready to split the damn country down the middle. We need a solid threat to bring us all back together.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520209)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 1:59 PM
Author: doobsian hairy legs principal's office

Yes. China.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21521065)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:30 PM
Author: harsh galvanic legal warrant

how old were you in the 80s? I distinctly remember how scary nuclear war was. I was 8 (1985) when I was old enough to figure it out and it scared the crap out of me. I went into my folks backyard to try and start digging a bomb shelter until my dad told me "don't worry, we're close enough in that we'll get vaporized in the photo flash" / they used to test the air raid siren in my suburb twice a year, still remember that sound

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513756)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:33 PM
Author: Diverse Rusted Fanboi Clown

did they make you do drills in school where you got under your desk? i vaguely remember this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513781)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:34 PM
Author: harsh galvanic legal warrant

yelp, in elementary school

"duck and cover", but we all knew it was a joke, they stopped in about 86 or 87

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513791)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:28 PM
Author: Contagious Wine Point Toaster

Yup, the late 90s was America's high-water mark — that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512009)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:30 PM
Author: filthy motley tank

we seriously have the all time worst reason for starting our decline though, so TTT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512035)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 5:06 PM
Author: Naked space son of senegal

what reason are you thinking of?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513161)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 12:41 PM
Author: erotic racy feces keepsake machete

a blowjob

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520456)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:30 PM
Author: deep kitty parlour

1950's. At least if you were a white male.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512033)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:31 PM
Author: filthy motley tank

maybe best time and place to be alive in one group, but not the height of america, we couldn't even keep the chinese out of korea

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512041)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 2:34 PM
Author: deep kitty parlour

fair point brother. But we still can't keep the messicans out of our OWN country.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512064)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:42 PM
Author: jet therapy pocket flask

he said height of america -- not time of greatest military dominance

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512978)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:41 PM
Author: jet therapy pocket flask

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512968)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 3:22 PM
Author: doobsian hairy legs principal's office

Yes--it was arguably the height of Pax Americana.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512434)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 3:28 PM
Author: Bronze Geriatric Institution

tons of consumer debt, huge housing bubble, people thinking shit like pets.com was going to fly, politics became egregiously dumb with the purging of both parties of any politically incorrect people. not all that great in the adult world if you ask me.

but it was fucking awesome being a kid playing nintendo with bros, watching jurassic park/independence day/men in black, and reading some animorphs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512484)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:04 PM
Author: Razzmatazz sanctuary doctorate

And jumanji, sonic the hedgehog, pogs &c

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512687)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:44 PM
Author: jet therapy pocket flask

cr. honestly the 1990s marked the beginning of the end. the whole politically correct stuff really fucked us beyond repair and has led to a dark ages of intellectualism/creativity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21512995)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 5:10 PM
Author: Naked space son of senegal

at least we got the internet out of it. while the internet is a mixed blessing in many ways, I think it has serious potential as a weapon against the PC hegemony

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513191)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 5:18 PM
Author: jet therapy pocket flask

Not sure about that - in fact, i think the Internet has only enhanced the effect with social media blame game / making shit viral.

Sure, the Internet has also made forums like this possible where the anonymous can gather - but look at us, we're all pathetic, powerless, and afraid of being outed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513253)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:24 PM
Author: Naked space son of senegal

tbh if it weren't for the internet I would be a completely brainwashed lib. I suspect many others could say the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513719)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 4:47 PM
Author: unhinged travel guidebook

being a kid is always awesome

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513020)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 6:55 AM
Author: Cracking cruise ship

This.

The 90s may have been a time where shithead boomers got fat and happy on bullshit investments, but it was also the point at which the rot had clearly set in. The 90s/2000s were definitely more similar to the 20s or the 70s in terms of economic bubble blowing and general consumer stupidity - and does anyone think those were the 'peak' of anything? The 90s were also defined by the most vapid and inconsequential of presidents - Bill Clinton - who was the perfect douche for boomers to adore.

For me, the peak was either the 1950s or the late 60s - ending with the moon landing. That was truly the climax of the Cold War and our high point as a nation. Shit has been rolling downhill hard ever since.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21519272)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:19 PM
Author: Red tanning salon

I'd say absolutely yes. Economy was great and college was still relatively affordable. US was hands down the world leader then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513698)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:30 PM
Author: harsh galvanic legal warrant

88 cents a gallon and life was good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513761)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 2:02 PM
Author: Electric chocolate hunting ground orchestra pit

FML

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21521085)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 11:52 PM
Author: magical saffron patrolman

180 music, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21517658)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 2:08 AM
Author: Naked space son of senegal

lol no, the music was shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21518748)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 12:49 PM
Author: Big Abnormal Business Firm Prole

(guy who forgot about "escobar 97" on the men in black soundtrack)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21520517)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 6:30 PM
Author: Burgundy slippery university death wish

Of course.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21513757)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 7:04 PM
Author: Hilarious Exhilarant Chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21514046)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 7:28 PM
Author: Apoplectic bbw stock car

yes. back then america was 6'2.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21514279)



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Date: September 6th, 2012 11:49 PM
Author: Sable provocative trust fund candlestick maker

it certainly was- this is why the matrix was built to mimic this time period

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21517635)



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Date: September 7th, 2012 2:11 PM
Author: Pink rehab

no. the rot had already set in. the height was in the 50s-60s.

people overstate the significance of the Cold War. USSR was never a real threat.

even Reagan -- retrospectively hailed as the ultimate "Cold Warrior" titan who toppled the the "Evil Empire" -- had this to say during the peak of "hostilities":

"If they want to keep their Mickey Mouse system, that's OK."'

IOW, the Soviets had their little sphere of influence, and the Western powers just regarded them as backwards Easterners. the threat of the Communists attempting to overrun Europe or start a nuclear war was non-existent -- about as likely as it is today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2044455&forum_id=2#21521140)