The 90's

liamwhite wrote: »

I have to say, im 25 years of age and i dislike todays society. I come from a middle class backround and grew up with middle class people and lower class. The 90's to me were the days, i often look back at family photo's of the 70's and 80's and 90's and wish i was around then rather than now, Ireland today is dysfunctional. It has lost its way BIG TIME!

Listen tot he news, read the papers and if you dont believe them then open your eyes and see what once was a beautiful country with a beautiful nature in people has died out BIG TIME!

Just last night i was sat in my car waiting on somebody, i sat and observed these 3 youths sitting on a wall.. two ladys were out walking and walked past the youths and one of them let out a roar " the fat ars on that" these lads were about 15/16 if not younger.
It goes to show that generations are getting worse, they have no respect for themselves or others.
I have been noticing that youths today are much more hyper, much more aggressive and much more lippy, that is fuelled by two things.
Technology is growing WAYWAY WAY WAY WAY too fast, a little kid in my housing estate no more than 5 or 6 years old has a real mobile phone! helooo!!!?????
the second reason is, drugs. while people make excuses for youths turning to drugs ill accept most of them excuses BUT NEVER EVER TELL ME THAT THEY DO DRUGS BECAUSE THERE NOTHING TO DO!!!!! ill get physicaly sick!!

There is too much for them to do, in the 90's when i was growing up we didnt have 1/4 of what is on offer today! kids today have plenty of distractions so thats not an excuse!

All in all, i miss the 90's, i miss the saturday nights in watching cila black and gladiators, i miss listening to BOOM SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM and RYTHEM IS A DANCER, i miss the good original 90's movies : scream, con air, face off, bad boys ect ect ect i miss the people of the 90's.. i miss the MTV THAT ACTUALY PLAYED MUSIC!!! i miss there attitudes, the big boom.. I MISS THE OLD Ireland!!!

Now we have ****ty rap music in our ears all the time, every tv station is a reality show, mtv is dead!!! every movie that comes out is a part 5 or 6 or a remake of a remake that was a reeboot after the 6th film of the franchise was released! JESUS CHRIST!!! im after depressing mysefl now... :mad:

Right, I am the same age as you, but please don't tell me that youths of today were not as loutish as the 1990's? Drugs were around in the bigger towns and cities then too! (though not as easy accessible) The 1990's was the revival of the drug culture (well, E's and coke) all we had to do was open up the newspapers (the british ones, god that filth never happened here:D) as see how loutish,its cool to be stupid and violent behaviour was accepted and encouraged (Brit pop as an example) when lady's were starting to act like lads and drink people under the table (oh dear god). teenagers starting to wear clothing (ala spice girls) looking like slappers (not complaining) Acid house ruled for a year or so (eer arrrhhh )By the way, all that was great. loved the 1990's, this decade has been dull and bland.

People just have/had more money now and many of us became headless chickens (ala Harry Enfielfs Loadsa monwy character)

You say you are from middle class area, but know some "middle class people and lower class", how lovely for you. btw, aren't "lower class" people too? Come to think of it was type of person still uses those terms middle and lower class? self conscience prats me thinks?your background has nothing to do with it

Ireland was not all that rosy in the 1990's. It took till the mid to late 1990's for the country to get its backside into 21st century ie change in divorce laws, the awaking to years of political,administrative and clerical scandal, realisation that brining peace to the north meant talking to everyone.

The beauty of the country is still here. it has not gone away. it just needs to slightly deflated the big head it got over the past few years and ground itself.

the whole shouting at anyone for kicks has gone on for years! remember knock on random people's doors and running away or prank calling? sad, yes, but there has always been guerrier/rouge type of carry on, so i don't know where you get that illusion of middle ireland from, though maybe through an older and mature age, you realise what horrible little f*ckers do this kind of thing

the papers, hmm, one bone to pick with them. have you noticed how the standards have gone really south in certain tv and print sectors. surprisingly swearing seems accepted now (oh the irony considering the above paragraph) the papers have sensalised alot of things and seems to forget that its suppose to tell the news and facts, not attempt to give us an example to a chapter from some over the top and graphic crime triller.

the phone thing, eh, would not make an issue with it. at least parents can always keep in contact when he is on a mala date at the sandpit with Síle (bas*ards)

not all the lippy smart alex kids are on drugs! so your really saying the youths of today are more aggresive etc than before??

I accept what you say about nothing to do cant be excuse for drugs. but don't judge other people by your standards, as well meaning as they are. boredom or, jesus a right of passage, tends to be a reason. how many things can people really do without money??? can't play football in the park all the time (which ya probably be chased off by council) youth sports, with exception of gaa (i am sure athletics too) tends to end around the end of the school year. for some, unless you are legally allowed to work, the summer can often be long and dragged out (but no school so wayhay) its not like underrage drinking did not happen years ago (and fights at discos) ya still had to make sure you kept your gob shut and stay out of some hard men's way.

anyway, ya, 1990's were great. but the youth now will say the same about the noughties in 10 years time. people will say the 1980's was brilliant despite the dodgy clothing, economy, music, mé féin generation . but older people went mental about the 1990's as it made the punk scene and swinging sixties look tame by comparrison. remember that song sex on the beach, horny etc - remember the embarrasment when that came on the radio when your parents were driving? rember too, how the foggies whinged how OUR music and style was a carbon copy of the 60's and 70's?

aye, time to take the ignorance is bliss attitude to certain things before you turn out like ab simpson, for your own sake.

by the way, the following, assuming you a male were never cool:
saturday nights in watching cila black,
listening to BOOM SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM and RYTHEM IS A DANCER,

there is always youtube

brianthebard wrote: »

What has this got to do with history or heritage? I'm going to have my breakfast now and if I don't see a really good reason for this thread being here when I log on again later I'm going to move it to AH. Mod.

ay brian, surely your good self knows that history and heritage is not confind to stuffy academic era prehistoric - 1970's?:) shure won't our great great children be talking about what went on in the 1990's (i shuddder to think)

liamwhite wrote: »

You say you are from middle class area, but know some "middle class people and lower class", how lovely for you. btw, aren't "lower class" people too? Come to think of it was type of person still uses those terms middle and lower class? self conscience prats me thinks?your background has nothing to do with it

Yes i said middle class and lower class, so what? and i hope you wernt calling me a self conscience prat, because judging my your last post you cant realy talk mate.

My post was a reflection on the 90's and how **** the naughties as you call them realy are! It wasnt a stab at people in general it was a stab at how most people are today!

and as for drugs in the 90's... i never in my life seen so many young back then aged as young as 11 strung on on gear.. open your eyes and see the state of this country! and if you cant then stay asleep.

well , i had started that post, intially tongue in check, but after reading yours again, yes i was referring to you. what type of person in this day and age defines/brands himself to a particular class? its not a badge of honour you know. what were you setting out to point out? you came across as condensending, as if, your opinion provides more validity (it was a decent discussion if on another section in boards and you left that bit out)

Don't know what you are getting defensive because I was not asking about what background your from. i do not care. your the one that started it.

I just think its silly to compare and contrast today and the 1990's because you talk as if everything was honky dory everwhere or that people from other decades did not think the same about us in the 1990's as you think of society now.(this is kind of the type of section in boards that does that) each to their own only an idiot would think otherwise. there is nothing self conscience about that. this is a history and hertiage thread, what relevance does this topic have here? it comes across as a bit of a moan and urning for the old days, there plenty of other sections to post, like humanities or after hours or better still talk to joe or a politican or do something about it.

as for the drugs thing, jesus, arrogance here. what 11 year olds now are strung out?? so your saying you are certain alot of 11 year olds now are on drugs? what kind of drugs? have you drug tested them? before you say anything, ye i have heard about 11-12 year olds on booze getting pregnant (one girl from our school was pregnant by 13, but don't go getting judgemental about it, it has happened in any other decade) ye its obvious the younger people are taking the drugs now, cause its accessible and there's more money. where did you get the idea that i was disagreeing with you? all i am saying is, these problems are not new or unique to 2000's, maybe not as bad as they are now, but they are there, so maybe its you that needs to open the eyes

i was not referring to 11 year olds at all either from the 1990's like you or me.i was referring to older teenagers, and btw my eyes were wide open, i knew and sadly witnessed the older crowd, the 14-18 year old (from the 1990's)when in school (obviously not in the building) who were dabbling in hash, skunk, speed and sadly e's, my eyes were wide open!

this is beginning to sound like one of "think of the children" cries

anyway, ye, things have being crap for a while. music tv etc is crap, boring etc. people are rudder etc. but, sure, people of an older generation might have thought the same iabout the children of the 1990's

ejmaztec wrote: »

I remember the 1990s as if they only just happened.

i was being sarcastic there:p