Was there a time when everything was ok?

donegal__road

in my lifetime so-far, things were good between 1993 and 2004, especially the summer of 1995.. that summer will always stand out as being especially good.

DeKing

The 90s were absolute bliss but then again most 30-40 year olds would say that?

Sir Arthur Daley

before the Big Bang maybe?

The Diabolical Monocle

Nope.

But honestly the last 5 or 6 years have been particularly shyte.

Its all economic crisis and middle east going to shyte. (or even shyter).


Yes the 90's up to 2005-ish was much much better.

dxhound2005

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Nope.

But honestly the last 5 or 6 years have been particularly shyte.

Its all economic crisis and middle east going to shyte. (or even shyter).


Yes the 90's up to 2005-ish was much much better.

Any possible connection between what happened up to 2005-ish and the conditions the last 5 or 6 years?

sum41dude

Sometime in 1995 , cant remember the exact day.

Spunge

everything is always ok. you just have to realize it.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Plates wrote: »

Can anyone point to a time in the past which pleased all of the people all of the time?

Tuesday.

MadsL

KyussBishop wrote: »

If you want to do something, to be politically active in a meaningful way, you have to get angry/mad first - when people stay placid/apathetic, or just ignore all of the instances of injustice/corruption that go on, then nothing will ever happen.

Complaining about all of this stuff is not negativity, and brushing it off as tedious/boring is just another form of apathy.

It's a bit like as described the 'Mad as Hell' speech in Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINDtlPXmmE

(great film)

You posted the inspiration for my username. I was mad as hell about the lack of ADSL = MadsL.

enfant terrible

I Heart Internet wrote: »

No. Never.

We (humans) have always, for the most part, lived in a world of inequity, hassle, stress and pain.

10,000 years ago it was a question of whether we could hunt or gather enought to eat.
2,000 years ago it was a question of whether we could avoid a famine and farm enough for our family.
1,000 years ago we had to worry about Vikings and famine
180 years ago we had to worry about famine
100 years ago we worried about out young men dying in Dublin and Belgium
75 years ago we worried about Nazi germany
40 years ago we worried about Northern Ireland

Today we worry about Al-Qieda, negative equity and flooding.

I'd say things, in general are getting better for us.

Don't let it get you down anyway OP. Stay happy.

Yes apparently we are living in the most peaceful time in world history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ramBFRt1Uzk

WilyCoyote

Of course there was/is. First couple of verses:

Ode on Intimations of Immortality


There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight
To me did seem
Apparelled in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;--
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose;
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on a starry night
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where'er I go,
That there hath past away a glory from the earth.

Capt'n Midnight

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Balkans war and Rwanda spring to mind. There has always been awful shyte going on in the world.

Not to mention the recent unseasonableness in the Congo