Re: Covid-19 discussion thread
Originally Posted by
Lencoboy
While I don't normally like the idea of going back to the past, ATM I am having pangs of nostalgia for the long hot summer of 1995 (when I was 18 on my birthday in July that year). No doubt the glorious weather right now is greatly contributing to the reminders of that period. Not only were there no such thing as a global pandemic (and inadvertent lockdowns) at the time, but the Internet was still only in its relative infancy, and with extremely limited capabilities compared to today, so no such thing as smartphones, social media, silly 'memes' and general online tittle-tattle, so all in all, seemed like a more innocent and carefree time, especially as we weren't constantly bombarded with such things.
Though on the other hand I don't miss a lot of the seedier things that seemed to be far more visible back then, such as endless defacement of public places, teenagers hanging around outside local shops and off-licences during evenings indulging in anti-social behaviour, underage binge drinking (both in pubs/clubs and in the streets, parks, etc) and people still smoking nearly everywhere. Perhaps the advent of smartphones, social media, etc has been responsible for the apparent lessening of those things over the past decade or so.
It was a memorable year for me too Lencoboy, not just for the weather. I had a complete breakdown at the end of 94 into January 95, began attending Mind group meetings, met Mrs F at those meetings who is still my wife, and Everton won the FA Cup. Then my Mum was diagnosed with lung cancer (even though she never smoked) in December 95. So memorable for the good and bad. And I turned 30 that year.
Yes its amazing to think the internet was largely unheard of in my experience, we got our first computer in 2000.
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