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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 03:07 AM
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Poll question: Which decade do you hate more?
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 03:08 AM
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1. hell, I wasn't even around for half of the 80's
...but even I know the 00's suck major ass :mad:
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 03:09 AM
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2. When were you born?
I was born in 1979. So I lived through the 80's in their entirety.
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 03:10 AM
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3. '85
So I was born under the Evil Reign of Reagan...:puke:
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ronzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 05:58 AM
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8. Born in the sixties....
The eighties were crappy.
We've seen nothing yet. This will likely be the shittiest decade you'll live through.
Of course, history won't judge us... we'll all be dead.
Or so spake the fearless leader.
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thecai Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 03:16 AM
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4. The 90's were pretty bad...
I, and thousands of others observed an alarming increase in corruption. If anyone recalls, even the FBI was under investigation for corruption, but when 9/11 hit, those investigations ceased and the FBI were given more power. It seems the mid-nineties were "the beginning of the end" of America as we know it...
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 04:52 AM
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5. 1970's worst decade ever.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 04:57 AM
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6. This decade has sucked so far.
The 80's were great for me, I was a teenager enjoying the hell out of life.
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 05:50 AM
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7. The 80s REALLY sucked.
Reagan and Thatcher (both mad) threatening to end the world in a nuclear disaster, yuppies, "greed is good", state-sanctioned selfishness, fucking awful music...
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 10:22 AM
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9. This is ten-fold what that was in my opinion.
On every level.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 10:30 AM
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10. The eighties can't hurt you anymore...
...beyond the occasional rotation of bad hair bands into classic rock radio.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 10:40 AM
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14. We're still paying for the Reagan millionaire tax cuts
In the way of trillions in our national debt.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 10:33 AM
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11. The 80s were by far the decade I disliked the most
If I was a bit younger this decade might be worse, but I am at the age where my life is what it is and all expectations are out the door.
I liked the 90s the best so far. Of course, generalizing by decades can be a bit tough.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 10:35 AM
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12. This is by far the worst decade of my lifetime,
in terms of current events and popular culture.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 10:36 AM
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13. If we're speaking of politics, I wasn't as informed back then as I am now.
Although I was informed enough to vote AGAINST Ronald Reagan and Daddy Bush.

But I came of age in the 80s. I turned 18 and graduated high school in 1984. I had some fun times, a lot of struggles, my first child, and made a lot of mistakes. I'm not going to knock the 80s, but I wouldn't want to go back there.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 10:42 AM
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15. The media was fairer in the 80s
At least Iran-Contra got coverage... if only Bush hadn't won in '88 - all those folks would have been in jail instead of pardoned.
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kitkatrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 01:30 PM
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16. I can't hate the eighties, since that's when I was born,
But the 00's suck so much ass and we're only halfway done with them. :mad:
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 01:35 PM
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17. 00's Worst Decade Ever!
In my lifetime at least. The past four years have taken a terrible toll on my mental health, financial burden, losing lots of friends, disassociated with family members, lots of heartache and loneliness.

We are truly a nation divided and we won't survive. I fear I will not live to see *'s reign of terror end.
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