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Originally Posted by Cap
When I was a kid 2024 was the distant future filled with robots, rocket packs and trips to the moon. This really doesn't seem like the future to me.
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LOL, I hear you.
I notice this too and I can't help but think one of the reasons is that nothing has really changed since 2000.
I love a variety of music. My fav genre is probably 70's and 80's rock (born in 74).
I love me some Van Halen, Skynyrd, Led Zepplen, Motley Crue, etc.
But I also love Prince, MJ, Beastie Boys, Snoop, Tupac, Nirvana, Marvin Gaye....
That's something today's kids really haven't had the pleasure of experiencing.
From 1980-2000 there was a tonne of new sounds out of nowhere.
In the 90's you could hear Skid Row, Madonna, Nirvana and Dr Dre.
What an amazing variety of music.
The other day I heard an 'old school' Rhianna song followed by SexyBack.
If both of those songs were released today, more than 20 years after their release, you'd think it was a current song.
Play Kickstart My Heart and people would instantly know that was from a while back.
Same with technology.
What has really changed in 24 years? Basically the size and processing power of our devices. The phones got smaller, then bigger, now smaller again.
Laptops are lighter. But overall, it's basically the same stuff.
Again, think back to the 80s till now.
In my lifetime we went from a rotary phone to cellphones.
Computers didn't really exist. The internet? Mind blowing.
I consider myself lucky to have lived thru all these amazing technological advances. My kids don't even know what a payphone is, lol
As a kid I played baseball. If a game or practice was rescheduled or cancelled, the coach had to make 12 phone calls.
The schedule was printed on a piece of paper that hung on our fridge.
Now everything is online and with apps, you press a button and everyone on the roster knows the game has been changed.
I'm turning 50 this year and I feel blessed for the things I've experienced in my lifetime. And I can't help but feel a bit bad for the younger generations who won't see the kinds of advancements and changes throughout their lives.
And don't get me started on movies.
From The Terminator to Back to the Future, Karate Kid, Aliens, Star Wars, Se7en, Pulp Fiction, A Few Good Men, Rocky, The Usual Suspects,....
There were so many great genre defining films.
Now? Take your pick between Superhero movies and remakes.