The greatest thing you've lived to see in your lifetime

razorblunt · 10-06-2015 5:55pm

Sporting wise, it has to be Istanbul.

Apart from that, people getting fitted with hearing aids.

blinding · 10-06-2015 5:56pm

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Large Hadron collider.

Well worth a mention.

I hope they find out some more good stuff .

I am impatient and mad for new information.

Putin · 10-06-2015 6:22pm

The first untethered spacewalk...

On Feb. 7, 1984, two Challenger space shuttle astronauts, Capt. Bruce McCandless II and Col.l Robert L. Stewart, performed the first untethered spacewalk during the STS-41B mission. “Free of any lifeline and propelled into the dark void by tiny jets, they became, in effect, the first human satellites

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/feb-7-1984-nasa-astronauts-perform-first-untethered-spacewalk/?_r=0

The pictures & footage still amaze me.

Pac1Man · 10-06-2015 7:18pm

The incredible rise and then spectacular fall of...

...Sunny Delight.

fleet_admiral · 10-06-2015 7:41pm

Pac1Man wrote: »

The incredible rise and then spectacular fall of...

...Sunny Delight.

And chicken tonight

ElvisChrist6 · 10-06-2015 7:47pm

blinding wrote: »

A Black man being elected as President of the United States

Will we see a Woman being elected as President ?

Hopefully not this election considering the likely candidate would be Clinton. Bernie Sanders, as unlikely as it is, becoming president of the USA could be the most important president they have ever had after Lincoln. If he doesn't get the democratic candidacy I will be severely disappointed in that party.

For the question though, the most important and not in a good way was how much this country changed mid-90's. I remember noticing so much Americanisation at the time and people got caught up in the Celtic Tiger. We have never been the same since; we lost a lot of what made us great. It was becoming, and still is, just another Anglophone country obsessed with wealth and assets.

molly09 · 10-06-2015 7:49pm

Technology but mobile phones especially and the impact this has on our lives

Berlin Wall

The different nationalalities emigrating to Ireland - the fact the Ireland was/is a crountry where people migrate too

Female Irish presidents

Queen coming to Ireland

eviltwin · 10-06-2015 7:52pm

Has to be marriage equality. I still can't believe it sometimes. I grew up in the Ireland that was governed as much by the church as the Dail. To see the country finally moving away from that kind of control is amazing, long may it continue.

fleet_admiral · 10-06-2015 7:53pm

molly09 wrote: »

Technology but mobile phones especially and the impact this has on our lives

Berlin Wall

The different nationalalities emigrating to Ireland - the fact the Ireland was/is a crountry where people migrate too

Female Irish presidents

Queen coming to Ireland

I was too young to remember but it looked like an amazing Slane

Sir Osis of Liver. · 10-06-2015 8:02pm

This

trashcan · 10-06-2015 8:11pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I was too young to remember but it looked like an amazing Slane

I salute you sir.

Funny how many football/sporting ones have been mentioned. Mine is St Pats (finally) winning the blasted FAI cup last November. Was seriously beginning to doubt I would see it in my lifetime.

Ruu · 10-06-2015 8:11pm

Fig roll.

Stheno · 10-06-2015 8:13pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

From an Irish point of view -

Has to be the peace process up North.

Very sad that it took over 3000 lives for both sides to accept what was on offer in the 1970's- basically the same power sharing executive!

Same here

ciara_birch · 10-06-2015 8:15pm

Having a friend who is always there for you

jonnny68 · 10-06-2015 8:15pm

Acid House..no other scene ever has or ever will come close.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/23/acid-house-dawn-rave-new-world

P_1 · 10-06-2015 8:15pm

A Saturday a few short weeks ago will take some beating

ciara_birch · 10-06-2015 8:16pm

Ruu wrote: »

Fig roll.

hate them hahah

TheQuietFella · 10-06-2015 8:19pm

The fall of communism in the Eastern Bloc' Countries & the Berlin Wall coming down.
Really incredible scenes to watch & hard to believe it all happened so quickly.

Manchester United winning the CL Final in 1999, I was at it!

Comerman · 10-06-2015 8:23pm

Seeing my wife and kids after waking up from a six and a half hour cancer op almost eight years ago now, that and Bruce Springsteen in Slane

SaveOurLyric · 10-06-2015 8:24pm

Landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.

46 years ago and its been all down hill since then. 5 million years more and we will be back level with the chimpanzees.

Buona Fortuna · 10-06-2015 8:28pm

Comerman wrote: »

Seeing my wife and kids after waking up from a six and a half hour cancer op almost eight years ago now, that and Bruce Springsteen in Slane

Good for you

whiskeyman · 10-06-2015 8:30pm

Free porn on your mobile.

Fratton Fred · 10-06-2015 8:31pm

As a teenager, I thought I would never see Mandela freed and that war with the Soviet union was inevitable.

So Nelson Mandela's release, the end of Apartheid and the fall of the Berlin Wall were probably the most amazing things I have seen.

That and an drawing 2-2 with an Inter side that included Seedorf, Inzaghi, Kaka and Ronaldinho the season after winning the FA Cup.

Alf Veedersane · 10-06-2015 8:43pm

Stuttgart, '88.

Offaly v Limerick in '94.

Italia '90.

My Dad building our house.

Barcelona, '99.

My daughter's first actual smile (that wasn't just a reaction to wind)

Fratton Fred · 10-06-2015 8:51pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

My daughter's first actual smile (that wasn't just a reaction to wind)

Mine's a teenager. I can't remember the last time she smiled.

keith16 · 10-06-2015 8:52pm

Things you people wouldn't believe.

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. That's right up there with C-Beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.

downonthefarm · 10-06-2015 9:20pm

Seeing the lolocaust being exposed

mynamejeff · 11-06-2015 12:43am

im still waiting for some thing worthy ,

if it doesn't happen yet ill have to do it my bloody self

Grayson · 11-06-2015 1:44am

I was standing 30ft away from bolivias president when he unveiled the new constitution to the republic. That happened by accident. I was wandering through a square when it happened.
I've seen the sunrise from a 6000m mountain.
I've wandered through the remains of a lost city deep in the jungle.
I've lived in Baghdad and visited Babylon.

On a current affairs note I've seen gay marriage become legal in Ireland. When I was 18 that was unthinkable.

And as many people have said the internet was huge. And the next 40 years will probably account for twice the change again. It's entirely possible we'll have AI's soon. Once we have them everything will change. We are at the edge of what will probably be the biggest change humanity will ever see.

SpaceTime · 11-06-2015 9:02am

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

Hopefully not this election considering the likely candidate would be Clinton. Bernie Sanders, as unlikely as it is, becoming president of the USA could be the most important president they have ever had after Lincoln. If he doesn't get the democratic candidacy I will be severely disappointed in that party.

For the question though, the most important and not in a good way was how much this country changed mid-90's. I remember noticing so much Americanisation at the time and people got caught up in the Celtic Tiger. We have never been the same since; we lost a lot of what made us great. It was becoming, and still is, just another Anglophone country obsessed with wealth and assets.

We also lost a lot of stuff that made us a backwards, conservative hellish place for a lot of people too. I think the wealth and assets obsession was always there... It's just that all of a sudden we had wealth and assets to obsess about on a bigger scale.

I don't feel Ireland has "americanised" on many issues its actually become a lot more like a Northern European country.

CruelCoin · 11-06-2015 9:27am

In New Zealand scuba diving, playing american football (passing, not touchdowns) with a pufferfish that had blown itself up.

Buona Fortuna · 11-06-2015 9:30am

CruelCoin wrote: »

In New Zealand scuba diving, playing american football (passing, not touchdowns) with a pufferfish that had blown itself up.

Wonder if the fish would give the same answer?

5starpool · 11-06-2015 9:59am

Biggest political things I remember in my life (born mid 70's) that have shaped events since were easily fall of the Berlin wall and 9/11.

Biggest advance has of course been the internet. I remember starting college and having never been online before (or knew too many people who had) and didn't know how to actually access any websites. Internet browsers were properly only released the year before with Netscape (or Mosaic as it was known at launch) so it's not surprising. Given how ubiquitous the internet has become since then it's amazing to think it's only just over 20 years ago when all this was just fields (so to speak).

Lyndsey3000 · 11-06-2015 10:33am

I was standing on Aviation Boulevard in Los Angeles while the Space Shuttle Endeavour was being flown into LAX. it was amazing.. flew right over my head, i've cool pics and videos..

CruelCoin · 11-06-2015 12:15pm

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Wonder if the fish would give the same answer?

Dunno, too busy doing cartwheel celebrations to notice

MRnotlob606 · 11-06-2015 12:34pm

Me and the lads storming the beaches of Normandy back in day #war#thosecutebattles#khakisaresostylish.

CruelCoin · 11-06-2015 2:04pm

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Me and the lads storming the beaches of Normandy back in day #war#thosecutebattles#khakisaresostylish.

#greatdayforthebeach

BraveDonut · 11-06-2015 3:04pm

being able to order pizza from the couch when you are hungover without actually talking to anybody

gormdubhgorm · 11-06-2015 3:32pm

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

This

I enjoyed that the face of the two women beside the man ranting was priceless. Pat Kenny's awkward face and shuffling of the cue cards...class

SuperGrover · 11-06-2015 3:49pm

Peanut Lion bars

KTR1C · 11-06-2015 3:54pm

I saw the viticulture of the Earth from the top of the Austrian Alps, took my breath

blinding · 11-06-2015 4:24pm

Regarding The Pat Kenny Out burst !

Life is Very Funny !

When the Nutcase is Right !

Its blooming Hilarious !

Roquentin · 12-06-2015 9:02pm

blinding wrote: »

Regarding The Pat Kenny Out burst !

Life is Very Funny !

When the Nutcase is Right !

Its blooming Hilarious !

i didnt agree with how he said it (although it was funny) but did agree with what he said

CJmasgrande · 12-06-2015 9:03pm

Space shuttle from middle Ireland twice

Seesee · 12-06-2015 9:15pm

Free and fair elections in South Africa and the election of a black man as president of America.
As a white woman I'm still waiting for a female president and a female Taoiseach.
Dismantling of our own checkpoint Charlie before Newry fairly momentous too.

Aidric · 12-06-2015 9:25pm

Seems perhaps facetious to mention a sporting moment but Ireland is pretty settled politically so maybe not that facetious.

I was in Cardiff for the 2009 grand slam winning game and the atmosphere was unparalleled. The game was the epitome of drama and the sense of relief at the final whistle hoovered around the stadium. I remember high fiving complete strangers outside the stadium and the broad smiles on every Irish supporter. A special day.