Ivan_Drago
35 Posts
17 years, 8 months ago
I could almost believe it, if there had been a huge pop cultural shift. Sure there's been changes, but nothing to completely blow me away. Compare 1997 with 1987, it's a world difference. Am I the only one?
I see 1997 as a simpler time filled with decent cartoons, carefree days of.........................yeah its way different, look at how different we are from 9/11 alone
COOLHAND
I see 1997 as a simpler time filled with decent cartoons, carefree days of.........................yeah its way different, look at how different we are from 9/11 alone
Total agreement with you. It's kind of odd that Tuesday, September 11, 2001 was the day that "changed America forever". There were several days that could have changed America forever. 4/19/1993. 4/19/1995. 4/20/1999. Even 12/7/1941. But anyway, 1997 was different.
Whats really funny is when they start printing History books about stuff from your lifetime...it is the weirdest thing ever...before long 9/11 will be in the history books
COOLHAND
Whats really funny is when they start printing History books about stuff from your lifetime...it is the weirdest thing ever...before long 9/11 will be in the history books
As a history teacher I enjoy weirding out my students with the simple fact that they are part of history. 50 to 100 years from now, history students will study about us. How we lived, loved, travelled, communicated, had fun, etc. Our clothes will fall far out of style, our music will become classical, our technology will become archaic, and our view of how the world works will become obsolete.
Their lives will leave behind a legacy, whether it be of great significance to the world or great significance to their families.
It's fun to watch the students look at each other in wonder.
COOLHAND
I see 1997 as a simpler time filled with decent cartoons, carefree days of.........................yeah its way different, look at how different we are from 9/11 alone
Carefree maybe because you were very young with no responsibility. For me, that time was in the 80's. But I guarantee the world would not agree with me. Just as I do not agree with your assessment of 1997.
In 1997:
Princess Diana was killed in a car "accident", which shook the world.
Hong Kong reverted back to China for the first time in 156 years of British rule.
Several members of the Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide in California as the Hale-Bop comet passed by.
Timothy McVeigh sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
The men responsible for the first WTC bombing were sentenced.
Mother Theresa died.
The Kosovo-Serbian conflict that would result in the genocide of thousands of innocent people, a conflict that would end up drawing in U.S. troops and NATO as well as UN forces.
While I most definitely agree that 9/11 drastically changed so much, unless you were a child 1997 was not all carefree and innocent.
NeonNightrider
337 Posts
17 years, 8 months ago
There was an article in a recent Rolling Stone about how the music industry is in a free-fall in terms of CD sales, and they compared the first few months of the new year with sales from a decade ago. It's amazing that I'm now at the age where ten years ago is something I can remember. Back in '97 No Doubt was topping the charts with Tragic Kingdom and I was in 7th grade. And now, many of the artists I listened to a decade ago are now on VH-1 Classic.
Just imagine how it'll feel when 2010 rolls around. Y2K will officially be ten years behind us! Yowza.
Just imagine how it'll feel when 2010 rolls around. Y2K will officially be ten years behind us! Yowza.
WARLORD1863
Carefree maybe because you were very young with no responsibility. For me, that time was in the 80's. But I guarantee the world would not agree with me. Just as I do not agree with your assessment of 1997.
In 1997:
Princess Diana was killed in a car "accident", which shook the world.
Hong Kong reverted back to China for the first time in 156 years of British rule.
Several members of the Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide in California as the Hale-Bop comet passed by.
Timothy McVeigh sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
The men responsible for the first WTC bombing were sentenced.
Mother Theresa died.
The Kosovo-Serbian conflict that would result in the genocide of thousands of innocent people, a conflict that would end up drawing in U.S. troops and NATO as well as UN forces.
While I most definitely agree that 9/11 drastically changed so much, unless you were a child 1997 was not all carefree and innocent.
I was actually being sarcastic...Im not that young and unintelligent
COOLHAND
Whats really funny is when they start printing History books about stuff from your lifetime...it is the weirdest thing ever...before long 9/11 will be in the history books
9/11 was in my history book last year :0
COOLHAND
I was actually being sarcastic...Im not that young and unintelligent
My mistake, couldn't tell you were using sarcasm. Seemed genuine to me.
WARLORD1863
Carefree maybe because you were very young with no responsibility. For me, that time was in the 80's. But I guarantee the world would not agree with me. Just as I do not agree with your assessment of 1997.
In 1997:
Princess Diana was killed in a car "accident", which shook the world.
Hong Kong reverted back to China for the first time in 156 years of British rule.
Several members of the Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide in California as the Hale-Bop comet passed by.
Timothy McVeigh sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
The men responsible for the first WTC bombing were sentenced.
Mother Theresa died.
The Kosovo-Serbian conflict that would result in the genocide of thousands of innocent people, a conflict that would end up drawing in U.S. troops and NATO as well as UN forces.
While I most definitely agree that 9/11 drastically changed so much, unless you were a child 1997 was not all carefree and innocent.
A lot of crap gets pulled every year.
1993: Waco Siege
1995: Okla. City bombing
1996: JonBenet Ramsey murdered
1997: What you said
1999: Columbine
2001: 9/11
2007: Va. Tech
So, no year can really be carefree unless you were young.
99Centsplease
Total agreement with you. It's kind of odd that Tuesday, September 11, 2001 was the day that "changed America forever". There were several days that could have changed America forever. 4/19/1993. 4/19/1995. 4/20/1999. Even 12/7/1941. But anyway, 1997 was different.
12/7/1941 did change America. If you look back, we were neutral about WWII until Pearl Harbor was bombed. Think about it? It shook the 1941 America as 9/11 did for us in 2001.
99Centsplease
A lot of crap gets pulled every year.
1993: Waco Siege
1995: Okla. City bombing
1996: JonBenet Ramsey murdered
1997: What you said
1999: Columbine
2001: 9/11
2007: Va. Tech
So, no year can really be carefree unless you were young.
That was sort of my point, the subject was focused on 1997 which is why I gave that specific year.
Yeah, it's pretty different... 9/11 and all of this war crap still hadn't happened... SOME decent kids' cartoons were still on the air... we were all running Windows 95... I was in preschool at this time (but that doesn't really count)--
Yeah, 1997 is still pretty good compared to nowadays, maybe it was the first year with a slightly more "2000's" feel compared to the years before, but it was still a great year compared to say, any year in the 2000's...
Yeah, 1997 is still pretty good compared to nowadays, maybe it was the first year with a slightly more "2000's" feel compared to the years before, but it was still a great year compared to say, any year in the 2000's...
WARLORD1863
My mistake, couldn't tell you were using sarcasm. Seemed genuine to me.
funny - i didnt hear the sarcasm in his post either. lol. oh well.
paigestarjane
funny - i didnt hear the sarcasm in his post either. lol. oh well.
Me neither. I AM nostalgic for 1997... There's something wrong with me?
i think the same thing whenever i go visit the site(World Trade Center), and eventhough i wasn't living here at the time of the icadent it's hideous and depressing and even makes me teary eyed,i go because when family visits it's always somthing of interest... the chuch across the street is flooded with memorbilia, beautiful things by children.
Rainbow_Bright
i think the same thing whenever i go visit the site(World Trade Center), and eventhough i wasn't living here at the time of the icadent it's hideous and depressing and even makes me teary eyed,i go because when family visits it's always somthing of interest... the chuch across the street is flooded with memorbilia, beautiful things by children.
May I ask where you lived 5 years ago?
back on that day in 2001 i was in homeroom, in highschool (grade 10) in Canada watching the event on T.V. practically all day..
9/11 was in my history book last year :0
9/11 was in my sociology textbook last semester
9/11 was in my history book last year :0
9/11 was in my sociology textbook last semester