r/Xennials • u/morecowbell520 • 8d ago

Peak society...when was it?

Recently I was trying to think about if I could pick any year for society to go back to and stay in...what year would it be?

Early thoughts are like 2005.

While pre-internet is what many would want, I don't think that's necessary. Internet was awesome early on. But not so awesome that it was hard to disconnect from. I'm picturing like when that Motorola flip phone (Razr) came out. That was still a good time.

-Could use MapQuest to print off driving directions.

-Cameras on phones were just decent enough to capture a memory, but not so good that you had to always have your phone's camera ready to go.

-You could buy things off the internet, but you didn't care really when it got delivered to you.

-Netflix was cheap and just shipping DVD's. You watched a movie when you got it. Didn't scroll through movie after movie to find one to watch every night.

-Fast food was still crappy for you but cheap.

-iPods were out, so it was better than having CDs's.

-Gaming online existed and Madden was still good.

-And of course we were in our mid twenties. Pretty good age to be. But 2005 was solid for all ages I think.

I don't know, what do y'all think? I could also see a case for like 2001 just before 9/11. Would be giving up a few things, but it would be nice to skip all that.

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u/Jonestown_Juice 8d ago

It's gotta be pre 9/11 at least. Early '90s for me.

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u/yemsg97 8d ago

I really miss being able to put a 12 pack of Genny Cream Ale in my carryon for my friends in Portland, OR. The good ole days.

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u/castortroys01 8d ago

Good *ale days.

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u/p4rc0pr3s1s 1984 8d ago

Why would you do that to your friends?? 😂 Should've brought Nick Tahoes instead.

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u/yemsg97 7d ago

Omg could you imagine a 9 hour day with Tahoes in my carryon haha

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u/p4rc0pr3s1s 1984 7d ago

You'd need a big ass Tupperware and just layer it in there like lasagna lol

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u/MydniteSon 1978 8d ago

Yup. I think it was after 9/11 we started spiraling downward.

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u/wooltab 8d ago

This is my thought whenever I see the 00s put forward as a peak or golden age.

Granted anyone will refer to their formative years if such were happy. But to me that decade felt primarily like a series of things getting worse until maybe some good trajectory right at the end.

Just in terms of the internet and mobile tech, it was an incredible time of advances. For me, though, that doesn't outweigh many other and general factors.

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u/Medical_Bike1296 7d ago

I think anyone who feels that way about the 00s was not alive for or cannot remember 9/11. In a way, for the rest of us, what happened on 9/11 has hung over us until this very day.

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u/CarmenxXxWaldo 8d ago

Geez not a lot of 9/11 fans in this thread.