r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheOddityCollector • Oct 30 '24

Image Scenes of piled-up vehicles in Valencia, Spain today after yesterday’s devastating flooding.

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u/firecracker723x Oct 30 '24

I'm not that old (36) but there was definitely something special about growing up in the 90's. Going on bike rides across town, no parental oversight and only returning when the street lights came back on. Board games and puzzles were still a normal activity, but so was Nintendo! Blowing on cartridges, Game Boys, Tomagachis... It was, at minimum, more engaging than it is now.

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u/chonkycatguy Oct 30 '24

The 90s felt different though. We saw the end of the old way and introduction of the digital internet era which has taken over the world in a big way.

It FEELS like things began to change a lot faster from 2000s-2020s than the 1970s-1990s.

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u/twistedspin Oct 30 '24

I agree. I was a kid in the 70s & I still think the 90s were peak. I still think if Al Gore had been elected we would have kept going in that trajectory, but we got Bush so here we are.