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Nothing happened in the 90s.
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You mentioned most of what I was going to, so I'll also add Somalian Civil War, Sierra Leone Civil War, Rwandan Genocide, First Congo War, the start of the Second Congo War, the Dot Com Bubble, repeal of Glass Stegal that led to the 2008 Recession, the Blood-Crips feud, Columbine, University of Iowa Shooting, Westside Middle School Shooting, Thurston High School Shooting (AKA the Kimp Kinkel Shooting), Lindhurst High Shooting, Pearl High Shooting, Heath High Shooting, Frontier Middle School Shooting, and the BTK Killer was still active until at least 1991 (possibly longer as he wasn't caught until 2005). Also a few dictators acting as US puppets. And all the awful shit going on in the wake of the USSR's collapse, including Russia and Ukraine.
I knew I was forgetting more lmao
The '90s were only good for people too young to pay attention to what was happening in the world or too rich to care.
George Bush, Drug War, I know I'm forgetting more
We didn't start the fire...
Wild to think what hexbear would have been like had it existed back then, the news mega I mean.
Collapse of the USSR would probably crash the site, permanently.
Nah, only if it happened overnight in 1965 or something. The USSR was already making questionable decisions for years.
The optimism developed since 2022-Ukraine(news mega) here was before people had to confront China and Israel's relationship too. If China "collapsed" ala USSR in 2022 I'd be malding.
The same in 2026 I'd be just speechless and shrugging, in a "we knew it was coming" sort of way. Of course it would be the biggest disaster for humanity etc etc but at the same time who exactly should be surprised by the party embracing e.g Kissinger, Elon Musk, Biden, Yellen, Blinken etc in just these same 5 years? Some people I guess but not everyone. So I don't think its the same.
I started watching ER and the constant bombardment of AIDS messaging and storylines was tiresome. Really drove home how shit Reagan and Bush were dealing with the crisis.
That crack story was hilarious because the dealer didn't know where the White House was and had to be given directions to get there, only to be set up and used as a political prop.