Why did the future feel so fresh and exciting in the 90s and early 2000s? We used to look forward to a bright future, back then it felt like things would keep getting better. Everything was evolving so rapidly before our eyes, the fashion, culture, technology, video games, movies, music, television, etc. everything was always improving, and felt so fresh and brand new....but Now everything feels so stagnant and repetitive, like we are in dystopian loop of nothingness. Everybody seems to hate the present and the future. These days people prefer to just look at the past, and are stuck in a never-ending nostalgia.
Nice blogpost faggot
In 2016 Trump became president and ruined the world
>>533728562Usury breeds despair.Every company is focused on quarterly profits because debts are mounting everywhere.1990s had a hopeful spirit because the threat of global nuclear annihilation was gone.The spirit left on 9/11.
You were still a child. Don't get me wrong things were still objectively better but yeah, the optimism dies once you grow up.
>>533728562there weren't 100 million niggers and mexiniggers and indian niggers all over the country. you could go to walmart and just see good White people
>>533728562Because people back then were naive and less aware of the world. Ignorance is bliss. Now that the internet made access to information so much easier, you are more self-aware and this makes you overthink and become anxious about the future.
>>533728562That picture really sums up the state of the west
>>533728724I fail to see why it's necessary to make antisemitic remarks
>>533728730Just look at sci-fi back then vs now. Objectively, a good measure of human optimism. Then, the bright, advanced future. Now, post-apocalyptic dystopian shit everywhere.
>>533728562The future you were looking forward to? Well, it's here.
>>533728562Because we were sold the belief that the prosperity that our parents had would continue and that we would benefit from it to, and that while the system wasn't perfect things were getting better over time.Then we grew up and by the time we entered the work force, we realized that the prosperity was already ending. All of the milestones that movies and TV told us we were supposed to achieve as young adults were out of reach. The jobs were not there, the money wasn't there, the community wasn't there. Everyone was poor and isolated and accomplishing nothing, and we were told this was a rough patch that would pass. And then we waited. And waited. And suddenly we were hitting middle age and it became clear that this wasn't a rough patch, this was just the world now. The previous generation pulled up the ladder behind them, leaving us to clean up after a party that was over by the time we got there.Meanwhile, 2016 and onward permenantly shattered the illusion that the system could function, because during Trump's first term it became clear that politicians could never actually be held accountable for anything and the illusion that they ever could be was just that, an illusion. The mask was off now, and everyone was either unable or unwilling to do anything about what was behind it. So not only was the system broken, but we saw in real time how the only means available to us for ask for change to maybe fix it were already beyond saving. All we could do was nothing.
>>533728562Things felt fresh and exciting because there was still a balance between real life and the virtual world. Now in current hellscape life we spend 95% of our time online to only realise materialism doesn't make us happy. We need to unplug and start touching grass again
because in the 90s boomers could get jobs by being good at grabbing hands and asses nowadays having a job is something jeets want to scam you into paying for.Also FUCK gen x and their "AHHHHHHHHH THE MATRIX AND OFFICE SPACE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO WORK AHHHHHHHHH BOOMERS RUINED MY LIFE BY GIVING ME AN OFFICE JOB WHERE I MAKE ENOUGH FOR MY OWN APARTMENT NEAR MY JOB AND SHIT AHHHHHHHHHH I JUST WNAT TO DO DMT AT COACHELLA LIKE IN 1989 THIS ISN'T FAIR AHHHHHHHHHHH 1999 IS TRULY A HELLSCAPE AHHHHHHHHH"Faggot generation.
>>533729112Perhaps Microslop are the good guys afterall, making Windows progressively worse and worse until we are forced to go outside.
>>533729112Touching grass is not enough. You need friends
>>533729614try reconnecting with old ones
>>533729923I did, i wouldn't recommend it.
Lel I was born in Sonoma, Ca.
>>533728562>Why did the futurebut that was the present then, our past
>>533729614No.>>533729923Super no.
>>533728562The future is unequally distributed. Most people cannot handle rapid change and and check out and now float through garbage. The great future is still there, but only a smaller group enjoys it.
>>533728562read this article where the author "names" the issue (by absence)The only stone unturned is demographics and everyone fucking knows it https://www.derekthompson.org/p/if-americas-so-rich-howd-it-get-so
>>533728562too many peoplebillions must die
>>5337285624chan didn't exist to corrupt the western collective consciousness
>>533728562nobody was aware of kikes influence
>>533728562Competency Crisis in action.The difference is professionalism. A professional photographer with top end gear walked around that vineyard for days (minimum, maybe weeks) to get that shot. The bottom was snapped by some redditard with a cellphone. This extends across many industries but is most obvious in media.
>>533728562That's just called getting old.
Because you were still young, and fun was still allowed.
>>533728562nigger, believe it or not people are dying faster than new people are being born. Everywhere you go it's dead and empty, only a few areas where there a significant amount of life exist.Go out and explore outside of where there is concentration of people. Town everywhere are dead and empty. Almost everywhere you go there are no people and it's total silence.
>>533728562JEWS
>>533728562millennials were born at the perfect time to watch the evolution of technology. but that also means the world that was cemented into our child brains is completely gone and we've been unconsciously searching for it but will never find it.
>>533728562I remember building my first computer during the Windows XP era. My Athlon XP 1600+ was DOA and I had to RMA it before I could see the bubbly green and blue Windows XP UI.
>>533728562Were you alive? The future felt so fresh and exciting because it WAS. We were watching the future happen in real time. Every year a new product would come out that was inconceivable the year before. After only 5 years you'd go from a shared landline phone with the curly chord to having a cell phone in your pocket. Yeah that kind of progress is going to breed optimism about the future.>everything feels so stagnant and repetitiveEverything feels that stagnant because it IS stagnant. Think about where things were 10 years ago:>Galaxy S6 could do anything your current phone can do including VR>Intel Skylake could do anything your current PC can do>Twitter and other social medias dominate>Vine short video format becomes popular>The current GTA and the current Elder Scrolls released years ago>Tesla Autopilot released for the Model S>USB-C becoming standard>Back up cameras and bluetooth in all new carsIt's all the fucking same as today. Literally the only thing that has meaningfully progressed is AI but we had Siri 10 years ago too. Now I'm middle-aged and when this lack of progress is extrapolated to the future I will live to see yeah I hate it.
The answer is simply smartphones.You all know it’s true if we somehow snappet our fingers and everyone went back to dumbphones and desktop pc’s society would instantly get better
>>533730891It ended with millennials. Zoomers are lucky that they don't even know what progress looks like. They've been happily playing the same games and watching the same shorts on the same devices for as far back as they can remember. No broken promises. No forgotten dreams.
>>533730239We handled rapid change just fine retard.
>>533731389I can smell the zeppole, lo mein noodles and pizza emanating from that food court.
>>533731389Obviously not. There's now a curated pseudo-future for the slower masses. The majority is shielded from change.
1. You miss the "Progress Narrative"In the 90s, there was a shared belief that the future was a destination we were actively traveling toward. Every year, computers got twice as fast, the internet became more accessible, and pop culture felt like it was constantly reinventing itself. You are mourning the loss of momentum. You feel like we’ve stopped building a new world and started just "maintaining" the old one.2. You’re noticing the "Remix Culture"You’re pointing out that we are currently living in an era of recycling. When you look at movies, fashion, and music, you see the same trends from the 90s and 2000s coming back around. To you, this feels like a "dystopian loop" because it suggests we’ve run out of new ideas. Instead of moving forward, we are just putting a fresh coat of paint on the past.3. The "Comfort Trap"You’re identifying a shift in how we handle the present. Back then, the future was exciting because it was a mystery. Now, the future feels scary or bleak, so society has retreated into nostalgia as a defense mechanism. It’s easier to watch a reboot of a show you loved as a kid than to face the uncertainty of the current world. You aren't just missing the 90s; you're missing the optimism that allowed people to dream about the future instead of hiding in the past.4. The "Diminishing Returns" of TechYou feel that technology has become "invisible." In the past, tech was a spectacle—it was new, visible, and exciting. Today, tech is just a utility that we use to scroll through social media, which often makes us feel worse rather than inspired. You’re frustrated because the "bright future" we were promised turned out to be just more screen time and repetitive content.
>>533728562Windows XP?
>>533729112>materialism doesn't make us happyIT does me. I rather have money than no money at all.I can't even buy food. I have to "take it" illegally.
>>533730987The Office is 20 years old and looks like it could've been made yesterday.
>>533731389I miss Y2k design. Frutiger Aero also looks good. I lobe Windows 7 but not as much as Windows XP.Flat Design is boring. Memphis design looks too niggerish.
>>533728562>urgh they planted that grass field with grapes>the west has fallen
>>533731711Psyop. There is no elitist group with advanced future technology from their super secret Stargate programs. It would have leaked by now.
>>533730675Not to mention that vineyard wasn't being used when "bliss" was taken. Some disease had wiped out the grapes so the field was just sitting empty iirc.
>>533728562In terms of technology the different between the 90's and 00's may as well been Rome to the 20th century. But you also can't keep up that insane level of progress forever so things eventually slow down and it did, it isn't because of outside factors or anything like that. That's just the physical reality we live in, we've reached the ceiling (for now) and only time will tell when we can break through it again. It's sad really the fruitiger areo shit was pretty cool looking back at it with all it's optimisim but that was just a product of it's marketing during that time.
>>533728562browning of the world and financial crisis.>>533728678this, too. Trump's constant gaslighting and jew worship have really damaged people.both trump haters and miggers have TDS now.
>>533728562Liminal spaces
I like Red Moon Desert
>>533731928Another psyop but this time by a completely AI generated post trying to convince us that our perception of technology is the only thing stagnated. Even refers to humans as "you" lol.
>>533732409Y2k often had a beach theme to it for some reason.
>>533728562Bring back Frutiger Aero!
>>533732536heh...
>1pbtid
>>533732409>>533732619And the CGI space stuff during that time was also charming.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
>>533728562>NooOOooooOooo you can't just turn useless grass into a field of olive trees
>>533732291>It would have leaked by now.It does all the time, it's not really secret. But the people don't look. They prefer to live their mostly uneventful lives that are created for them. There's nothing deep about it. I only wanted to answer OP's question where the exciting future went and it still exists, but not for all.
>>533732619My headcannon was that it was a good way to show off your shiny new graphics with some cool water and lighting effects and shit.
>>533728562it all got jewed u anon... it all got jewed up...
>>533732747jew
>>533732409I think a big part of the stagnation comes from the tech monopolies. The 90s and 00s were periods of big tech disruption, new companies making new products that spread like wildfire. But those companies became megaliths, and now are monopolies that have strangled out all competition int heir spheres of influence.This is not without consequence. No competition means no incentive to push boundaries or try new things that might not work. When you are on top you don't seek to climb, you seek to maintain your position. You just want to make sure that your existing customers stay where they are. As long as we are stuck with the same big corpos as we have no protected by their status, they have no reason to do anything but lower their operating costs to increase profits, which is what instead of making things that CUSTOMERS want, they are making the AI that their INVESTORS want.
>>533732619>Replythats because people outside of the 1 percent could afford vacations and a trip to a tropical beach is inspiring so it worked its way into art designs more often
>>533732754The cartoon Spongebob somehow fits with that beach theme. It has been running since then for decades and the creator had the idea for it many years before that but it began in the Y2k era right when the cel animation to digital transition happened and it had its golden years during that time. It's most famous video game is also from that time. Maybe it's just confirmation bias on my part.
>>533732943I agree with the sentiment but I really do think a lot of the stagnation is also just that we've reached the physical limit of technology at this current time. Just look at chip making, improvements are still being made with newer stuff but the incriments are getting smaller and smaller to the point of diminishing returns. It's kinda like video game graphics in that regard, the jump from 6th to 7th gen was incredible but each jump after that has been getting smaller and smaller to the point where it's no longer a selling point. We really have reached the upper limits and while there's a lot of colluding and agreements between monopolies, eventually one day that ceiling will get broken by someone and race will be back on.
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>>533733161VR was supposed to be the next jump but people don't like it on the long term, neither in games nor in cinema. I remember how the film Avatar was praised and how people watches it multiple times in cinema.
>>533733162This image is dumb wishful thinking. We WISH infinite debt would lead to collapse. In reality the Fed could just print $17T and the only thing that would collapse is the purchasing power of our savings.
>>533733438>the only thing that would collapse is the purchasing powerthat is a collapse tho
>>533733438Are you an economist? You sure as fuck don't sound like one, but you're talking like one
>>533733397VR is genuinely cool stuff and the technology for it has came a long way since the 90's. The problem with it is that VR is really a thing for enthusiasts, no matter the marketing people weren't gonna mass adopt it.
>>533733162The point is to create crises. During normal times it serves as a pump to move wealth from working people to owning people, during the crises it serves as an excuse to ratify the ownership and invent new forms of work.
>>533733491No it's literally just inflation.
>>533728562>Why did the future feel so fresh and exciting in the 90s and early 2000s?Less niggers, spics, and jeets.Only White men can create hope for the future.
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>>533728562wow they really need to cut that grass
>>533733657Denounce the Talmud
>>533728562I've noticed people are really angry now too. I look around while I'm out or shopping and everyone is forcing smiles but when they think no ones looking, they have resting angry face, especially in big grocery stores that are crowded.
>>533733690Jews rape kids
>>533728562>>fresh and exciting in the 90'skek no. It's been a long slide down a greasy shit smeared pole since 73 or so...or even earlier, like when Kennedy got shot. The 90's were ugly dyke paradise. Is it worse now? Yep. but it will be terrible by this summer if by some miracle the Gulf War shit doesn't somehow solve itself.
>>533728562stupid people gained broad access to mass communication and started organizing based on their stupid ideologies. the internet became ubiquitous and most spaces became female-coded, which created legions of girly men, psychofeminists and transgender. also everything became about worshiping black people. early 2000s were also very good
>>533728562The Nothing is taking over...
>>533728562Obama ruined everything with Occupy Wall Street by turning politics into a racially fired up shit-flinging competition which brought us Trump.
>>533728562Because the full effects of decades of political policies. We can look at the disasters starting in the 80's to see how everything went wrong. The immigration crisis is ultimately caused by Regan who did Amnesty instead of actual deportations. Regan was also one of the biggest Zionist presidents before Trump. Clinton deregulated wall-street and mortgages which resulted in the 2006 crash. Clinton also passed the H1B and L1 visas. Bush's war debt added a bit to the problem. The consequences of his wars and Obama's wars (especially militarily supporting the overthrow of Gaddafi) led to the migrant crisis. And then of course Trump did nothing in his first term and even made things worse especially when he was pushing that Covid vaccine. Bidet continued the trend Trump pushed. And now we're back at Trump who is doing even worse than before. We can go back further to see each president, Carter, Ford, Nixon, LBJ, and so on to find all sorts of disastrous policies like Hart-Cellar which contributed to the decline.
>>533733745I have a genuine smile on my face and a nice, upright posture to my gait as I go out and about but I'm also physically fit and healthy which is like the real reason for more than half of all depression.
>>533733438jew detected
>>533733745Pic related, it's literally me for real.
>>533733705Newfags don't know judiasm actually promotes lying about judiasm.>>533733753Yes and the jews who own Pornhub deleted all videos with girls under 25 because they want us lusting after old used-up hags.
>>533728562sovl vs soulless.also because we hit hard limits and are edging towards total destruction due to the ponzi that is our lives. you can't keep destroying the system that keeps you alive forever. bugs are dying, glaciers are melting, our soil is depleted and we're all running out of time.
>>533728562>Why did the future feel so fresh and excitingAmong many other factors: people decided they wanted to create that atmosphere and inspired others as they looked for ways to do so. We can too. Will you give it your all, Anon?
>>533734231I try to smile at people and be friendly but it's hard when the bag of groceries I'm holding that used to cost $40 now cost me $90.
>>533728562not NZ?sheeit
>>533732442>>533728678It's more than just his policies. Trump's boorish behavior where he intentionally riles everyone up to get publicity has made normies more politically obsessed than they would usually be. Most people should not be very political, it makes their personalities horrible. In the good old days it was only literal weirdos and autists who would get really invested in politics, now it's everyone...
>>533734924I am sorry you did not purchase silver when you were warned about it for so long.
>>533735215I couldn't. I had my cash locked in a TFSA fixed rate term. Fuckin sucks man.
>>533728846it's more productive now? useless grass fields are now orchards?
>>533728562The political spectrum shited too much to the right and with it the weakening of the middle class. Everything is worse now.
>>533735618It's brown and soulless
>>533733491>shows pond 1/64 full>been growing exponentially for 30 months>literally 2^30 = one billion lilies should be there>in the image there are perhaps 10 lilies or a little more or less then thatLow IQ post
>>533728562Surely the top one had the contrast or whatever turned right up?
>>533728562Shut the fuck up and learn to Cope, Faggot!
>>533736125>it's brownStop looking at your hands.
>>533736193It's a big pond.
>>533736542Carbon reduced by 100% = car gets removed too
>>533736193>literally 2^30you're an utter retard
>>533736542More aerodynamic cars are mostly to blame for that.
>>533728562Its my fault, around 2011 I stopped trying and also had a fairly significant head wound. All this is because I'm slowly loosing my mind and conviction. I'm sorry anons I will try harder, I can still fix this.
>>5337365294 poo
>>533728562>sod farm become vineyardI'd much rather have a vineyard than a sod farm
>>5337285629/11
>>533728562People have begun to lose their hopes and forget their dreams.Nobody cares about anything anymore.Nobody wants to get together anymore.Nobody does anything without getting paid anymore.Nobody wants to do anything anymore.https://youtu.be/kVaolNKt2zwhttps://youtu.be/1d925iMSuLY
>>533728562letting millions of disgusting subhumans in
>>533728562>green now different shade of greennigger etc
>>533728562planned obsolescence ruined everything and it should be illegal. no one wants to make quality shit anymore and if it is they will charge you out the ass for it. quality used to be the norm but it wasn't proftable to sell quality products at cheap prices that lasted a long time.
