Things you never "got"

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Baby Boomers

They think the zenith of American culture was a bunch of teenagers taking LSD and fucking in a mud pit on a dairy farm in upstate New York.  Then they decided that they have to keep talking about it decades after the fact until they die, which fortunately is sooner rather than later.

[ToxicAdam]

You could make the argument that mid-80s American Culture was one of its peaks and that was largely Baby Boomers who were creating it.

[kingv]

"Health goth?"

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wut

WATCHDOGS had greater cultural impact than I expected.

I believe you can get an iconic health goth hat in one of the special editions.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

You could make the argument that mid-80s American Culture was one of its peaks and that was largely Baby Boomers who were creating it.

Boomer spotted

[Cerveza mas fina]

Whisky

It's just another acquired taste, like beer, complex red wines, and vagina.

 

[curly]

Baby Boomers

They think the zenith of American culture was a bunch of teenagers taking LSD and fucking in a mud pit on a dairy farm in upstate New York.  Then they decided that they have to keep talking about it decades after the fact until they die, which fortunately is sooner rather than later.

At least they were historically significant, unlike gen x

[seagrams hotsauce]

Baby Boomers

They think the zenith of American culture was a bunch of teenagers taking LSD and fucking in a mud pit on a dairy farm in upstate New York.  Then they decided that they have to keep talking about it decades after the fact until they die, which fortunately is sooner rather than later.

At least they were historically significant, unlike gen x

how so? boomers are wedged between the veterans of the last world war and the first people who understood how to use the internet

[curly]

Basically the 60s and early 70s were a really important period in the US. Current political alignments took shape then (Southern strategy/the McGovern coalition is the prototype of the modern Democratic Party), the affluent consumerist society emerged then, it was the beginning of the media-saturated postmodern culture that the Internet age is the culmination of. Also the last period of major social movements and widespread social unrest.

[Huff]

Oh yeah, I never got Nirvana either. I like Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and a lot of the other bands that were associated with them (which was always a dumb superficial connection imo), but their music just bores me. Teen Spirit is a good song tho

Dino jr is way more boring than nirvana. Tho they don’t really sound alike or fit the same vibe.

I missed out on seeing Dino jr last year and was really bummed

[chronovore]

I fucking do not understand the attraction of Metal Gear Solid. It's all just janky controls and half-assed AI.

[Stoney Mason]

I fucking do not understand the attraction of Metal Gear Solid. It's all just janky controls and half-assed AI.

In comparison to that time and place the controls weren't so bad. I mean think about Resident Evil.

The control deficiencies stood out more as the franchise went on.

As far as the AI, that never really bothered me relative to when it came out either.

I feel like the game did so much right and revolutionary at the time.

I have a lot less fond memories of the second game by comparison which most people seem to love now but for me felt so dumb storywise, that it was hard to stomach. 

I think the third game controls pretty poorly also but the story is on the fun, correct side of dumb this time and that makes a big difference for me.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Basically the 60s and early 70s were a really important period in the US. Current political alignments took shape then (Southern strategy/the McGovern coalition is the prototype of the modern Democratic Party), the affluent consumerist society emerged then, it was the beginning of the media-saturated postmodern culture that the Internet age is the culmination of. Also the last period of major social movements and widespread social unrest.

I really disagree with this. Post 60's boomers didn't shift the rhetoric of political discourse, but they were certainly marks for it. Lee Atwater is gonna be remembered for far longer than Abby Hoffman

also boomers were the leaders of the last period of social movements and widespead social unrest? gays may disagree

[TVC15]

I don’t get posts that don’t involve Scott Steiner.

[Momo]

[TVC15]

<3 Big Poppa Pump. He could straighten me out.

[Momo]

<3 Big Poppa Pump. He could straighten me out.

I must admit of all the WCW wrestlers he sports entertained the fuck out of me like no one else