Things have changed...

[R650R]

IÂ’m a worried man with a worried mind did Bob Dylan sing...

A lot of changes have come mostly for the detriment of freedom and quality of life, ill list a few pivotal things... add what IÂ’ve missed...

The 80’s—-
We kicked butt in AmericaÂ’s Cup and put our design skills on show
The deep state sank a civilian ship to remind us who runs the world
Political moves destabilised our economic base of primary food production

90Â’s
The internet arrived allowing one access to much more information and instantly.
Cellphones arrived, saving lives youÂ’d have to say in roadside emergencies, same time restricting our private lives outside of work being contactable 24/7
Ruthless economic and social reforms transformed society for good and bad

Y2K onwards
Several terror incidents lead to major changes in freedoms as we entered an eternal war with an invisible enemy.
Education systems stop teaching practical skills as we move to a “ knowledge” economy whatever the hell that was supposed to be
Lacking skilled workers successive govts drive economy with mass immigration stressing infrastructure and housing supply.
A softly softly approach to crime lead to a meth epidemic and explosion of gang culture, Pablo Escobar was like what you mean cops arent armed, get me to nz now.
Several virus incidents lead to major changes in our freedoms as we enter an eternal war with another invisible enemy...

So... what did I miss? WhatÂ’s next?

If you could Turn back the clock and live permanently in one years timezone, be it the bikes of the day, the freedoms of the day, or the food or culture of that time, what year would it be for you?

[Dadpole]

what year would it be for you?

The one before you were born, so I could give your father a terminal kick in the nuts...

[R650R]

The one before you were born, so I could give your father a terminal kick in the nuts...

Speak Ill of the Dead is very bad Karma, that will land where it will for you. Thank you for participating,

[Dadpole]

Perhaps a bad choice of words there. What I meant was terminal for his sperm rather than him.

"Thank you for participating" Where is my trophy?

[pete376403]

70s to 80's - best music, best bikes and cars. Girls were better looking too.

[mashman]

Garden of Eden.

[RDJ]

Right now is the best time to be alive, because if we were not alive right now, we would be dead.

[Jeeper]

70s to 80's - best music, best bikes and cars. Girls were better looking too.

I can't remember much of the 80s, even 90s are a bit hazy. I wonder how I am still alive.

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[MD]

I feel blessed to have been a teenager through the 70s. Best music, mini-skirts and hot pants and boob tubes, relatively harmless drug culture (compared to todays mental meth heads), motorcycles were on an upward trend in terms of developments and also popularity. Did I mention mini-skirts and hot pants, doing the OE was easy as and the world wasn't that dangerous to explore pre-aids and pre-covid. Pre-anything really nasty. Gender recognition was straightforward. You were either a bloke or a chick or a poofter. Social media was going to the pub. Our lives weren't ruined by mobile phone obsessions where no one can now walk normally or look people in the eye or string a conversation together face to face or display the basics of good manners and courtesy.
Best years for me to relive over and over again - 1979 to 1984