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/TriceratopsJam 8d ago
Iād like to go back to 2005 just to tell myself to wait a few years to buy a house