Has there been an decade where something terrible hasn't happened and didn't last 10y

[Jayburner]

I thought women liked getting drunken phone calls at 2am?

they love that stuff lol

[Mormolyce]

Actually lack of internet was the big drawback of the 80s and for many the 90s.

Do you know how much harder it was to get porn!?

Anyone who was using a console in the 80s and early 90s was essentially a noob.
Those things were used by the unwashed masses.
True gaming pros used Amiga computers in the 80s up to mid 90s.

Nintendo had some great games. PS and Xbox I never really understood. By the 90s there was a PC in almost every house...

[Wildtree]

Is that a German group? Reminds me of a combination of the Cure and Joy Division. Well the music not so much the singing.
WTF happens at 3:25 of the song?

No, Fischer Z are Brits..... It's a great band, awesome albums.

And yeah, noticed that glitch too in the song at 3:25 when I heard it.
Didn't listen to it before I linked.

[lockedout]

No, Fischer Z are Brits..... It's a great band, awesome albums.

Some of the comments were in German..

[Mormolyce]

Marking the height of the Cold War as a peaceful decade is interesting. We are only recently starting to understand the severity of the continuities that Soviet and US policies wrought during that era.

I don't think humanity is really capable of existing without constantly forming identity through violence though, so I also wouldn't count on there ever being a 'peaceful' decade the world over.

Better than a hot war. Provided you didn't live in one of the countries involved in a war by proxy...

I find the idea that humans are incapable of living without war difficult to swallow considering we haven't had a real one in the West since before I was born.

[Wildtree]

Some of the comments were in German..

Oh... that's probably cause they were very popular in mainland Europe, especially in Germany.

[Attackrabbit]

Don't know about the first part of your question as terrible things happen every day somewhere. As to the 2nd bit about decades that didn't last 10 years I'm pretty sure we can say no to that

[Independent voter]

they love that stuff lol

They tell all their friends.

[lockedout]

Oh... that's probably cause they were very popular in mainland Europe, especially in Germany.

The song you linked I vaguely remember it from a movie. I love early 80's post punk synth pop new wave whatever you want to call it. Never heard of this band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtztb_AwuCc great American folk/punk band, you probably heard of them.

[Herecius]

You mean has there been a full ten years during which some portion of the billions of humans on Earth did not have an extended go at killing one another?

Probably not since thousands of years ago. But that's not a product of our society becoming more violent, it's a product of it becoming larger.

[Deleted]

yeah I remember that falklands war. that was kinda funny when I think about it.

A country lead an armed invasion of British Overseas Territory. A shitload of people died, granted not really that many for a "war" but still about a thousand people. Which is a shitload.

Real funny mate.

[lockedout]

You mean has there been a full ten years during which some portion of the billions of humans on Earth did not have an extended go at killing one another?

Probably not since thousands of years ago.

The only reason that's true is because there weren't billions of people, the people that were here were trying to kill each other though.

[GreenJesus]

I would say that the 1920s before the depression and after the world war was kind of a cool time for america...

[lockedout]

I would say that the 1920s before the depression and after the world war was kind of a cool time for america...

If you were a rich white land owner, sure.

[Wildtree]

The song you linked I vaguely remember it from a movie. I love early 80's post punk synth pop new wave whatever you want to call it. Never heard of this band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtztb_AwuCc great American folk/punk band, you probably heard of them.

You I like them too.
You should like The Stranglers too by your description. Might also check into Dr. Feelgood, Graham Parker and the Rumours, Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

[Celista]

If you were a rich white land owner, sure.

Anything prior to the 1880's was the era of the rich white land owner, the 1920s was the era for rich white industrialists.

[Wildtree]

I'm around your age and I couldn't disagree more. Bad music, bad fashion, bad food, and Margaret Thatcher. How much worse can it get?

Maggie was bad, but could be ignored if you happened not to be British.
Fashion was never my concern....
But music was... What was so bad about the 80s music scene?

[lockedout]

the 1920s was the era for rich white industrialists.

Who owned land.

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Maggie was bad, but could be ignored if you happened not to be British.
Fashion was never my concern....
But music was... What was so bad about the 80s music scene?

He probably only new mainstream radio and hair bands.

[Celista]

Who owned land.

Yeah but the land wasn't, you know, the primary source of their wealth. Like the era of sharecropping was, for example.

[Wildtree]

He probably only new mainstream radio and hair bands.

A lot of the names from the 70s were still very active in the 80s as well.
Notable acts were:
Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Journey, Rush, Rainbow, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Ozzy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, R.E.M., YES, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Thin Lizzy... Just to name a few...
And in the pop camp....
Michael Jackson and Madonna need mentioning.
And then the army of New Wave artists.

Songwriters cranked out truly milestone albums:
Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan.

Nope, there was no shortage on quality at all.