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Post by bluemeii on Oct 21, 2014 18:29:14 GMT -5
The 80's, only if it's 80's movie school I lived the late 80s high school days. You didn't miss anything good. Bout the only differences were the clothes and hair, kids were a bit more into school activities (internet was for the select few that knew how to use it)and if you had a legit beef with someone you could just handle it without getting a gun pulled on you or sued. But oh man that hair...I think 80s teens were responsible for the ozone layer hole with all that hairspray.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Oct 21, 2014 18:36:00 GMT -5
The 80's, only if it's 80's movie school I lived the late 80s high school days. You didn't miss anything good. Bout the only differences were the clothes and hair, kids were a bit more into school activities (internet was for the select few that knew how to use it)and if you had a legit beef with someone you could just handle it without getting a gun pulled on you or sued. But oh man that hair...I think 80s teens were responsible for the ozone layer hole with all that hairspray. You mean you weren't Flock of Seagullings it? Shame.
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Post by bluemeii on Oct 21, 2014 18:46:39 GMT -5
Nah man sorry. Coach had restrictions on personal presentation during the season. (yes they could get away with that kinda shit back then in public schools...wanna play no long hair, no earings, etc.)
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Post by Lila on Oct 21, 2014 20:13:52 GMT -5
'90-'94
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on Oct 21, 2014 20:59:35 GMT -5
'66-'70
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Oct 22, 2014 0:38:38 GMT -5
I'm happy with 2000-2004. Cable/DSL speed internet without cyberbullying and social media to preserve and publicize our lowest moments. Best of both worlds for a teenager. I'm a year younger than you and I'd have to say the same that im happy with my actual high school years. Technology was at a great place but without everything ridiculously integrated into each other (eg "watch TV on your toaster" or "log into website X with your website Y account".
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Oct 22, 2014 1:51:06 GMT -5
I went 91-95 and I'm cool with that. Good music scene, Doom just became a thing (and was on every computer in my drafting class, when you finished your assignment you were eligible to play deathmatch). There weren't cameras everywhere yet, and no social media to deal with. I'm glad I grew up before the internet was really a thing, because I learned how to acquire knowledge without googling it.
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Post by ededdneddy on Oct 22, 2014 2:47:45 GMT -5
I am kind of happy with my years between 2001-2005
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Oct 22, 2014 2:58:22 GMT -5
The early 90s was great. Gas was cheap,most stores still sold cigs to anyone with facial hair,and hell beer too sometimes. And no real electronic leashes like cells or pagers.
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Post by adamclark52 on Oct 22, 2014 3:22:50 GMT -5
I went from 1994-1998. It was kind of a transitional period. Grunge was out, nu-metal wasn't in. Girls didn't dress as skanky as they do now. You didn't know if a girl had a kicking body until you got her to your room, and since I got zero girls in highschool I never knew. I'm glad I don't go now with all the social media and stupid kids (shakes cane). I do know my dad thought the same of my generation but when I walk by the highschool smoking area on the way to pick up my son from school...what a bunch of f***ing morons.
If I could pick a time I'd say the either 1988-1992 or 1982-1986. '88-'92 I could enjoy some of the better 1980's music and grunge. '82-'86 seems like a cooler time and I could be in highschool when the Joshua Tree was released and be a part of that. And do more cocaine. It all comes to music for me. And cocaine. f*** learning. No matter when I went I wouldn't be paying attention. Maybe going during the Attitude Era would've been cool too, '96-'00. I was in college during the hight of the Attitude Era so that was pretty cool but college is a little more stressful that highschool. So it may have been even cooler.
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Post by willywonka666 on Oct 22, 2014 6:31:51 GMT -5
66-70 This would be my choice as well-I'd probably be in a band.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Oct 22, 2014 7:13:15 GMT -5
I was in High School between 2003-2008.
The worse things were the popularity of wrestling had declined by then so I was made fun of a lot, but the releases of the Xbox 360 and PS3 made things fun. I also got to enjoy 3 years of great food at school before new health rules came into place in 2006.
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Post by Nerdkiller the threadkiller on Oct 22, 2014 9:16:57 GMT -5
I was in secondary school from '04-'09. For me I would probably go with school starting in '91, when grunge was starting to kick in and by the time I would go to college, I'd be all over alt.tv.simpsons for my discussion of what was once crudely drawn filler material. Besides, I already have a pretty cynical mindset, so I'd probably fit right in to the era.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 8:08:09 GMT -5
Like Ultimo Gallos, I went to high school around this supposedly "magical" time of the birth and expansion of grunge. If it hit my school, it wasn't until after I graduated in 1992. Ours was mainly into harder rock and heavy metal; Van Halen had just made their comeback ("Right Now") as well as Scorpions with their ballad "Winds Of Change". Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Winger, Queensryche. Don't forget the insanity that was the Guns N Roses "Use Your Illusion" double album. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were just starting to hit it big time. The Metallica black album. AC/DC always had a following. A lot of guys (mainly the "burnouts") followed the Doors/Jim Morrison. Popular music around that time included: Boyz II Men, Kris Kross (one chick went as far as to wear her clothes backwards like the kids, that lasted one day), Jesus Jones (I swear "Right Here Right Now" played everyhour on the hour), Paula Abdul, LL Cool J's return ("don't call it a comeback", lol), R.E.M.'s huge mainstream breakthrough "Out Of Time" album. And that was just 1991-92. Denim jackets were common. Ripped jeans seemed like a girl thing; and most of them didn't pay $100+ for a pair, they made it themselves. Tight-rolled jeans were a fad that looked stupid on guys ("Ooh, check out the smooth ankles on that handsome guy," said no teenaged girl ever). Not everybody owned Hypercolor, especially those of us with perspiration issues - the colors changed according to the temperature. Some girls had the "Blossom" hats, some still sported the Debbie Gibson version. The big hair was starting to fade away for girls, while actual "fades" started becoming pretty popular among guys. "Excuse me, are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?" Coolest thing I can say I actually owned were these black high-top Reebok shoes with the hexagonal pads in the soles, which were like shock-absorbers. (The majority of this post was done off of the top of my head.)
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 24, 2014 8:10:00 GMT -5
I'm glad I was there before the social media/mobile phone/tablet device era.
Would have been intolerable.
School was miserable enough for me without Facebook and Twitter cliques.
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Oct 24, 2014 12:47:12 GMT -5
I went from 1994-1998. It was kind of a transitional period. Grunge was out, nu-metal wasn't in. Girls didn't dress as skanky as they do now. You didn't know if a girl had a kicking body until you got her to your room. I went from 95-99 and crappy nu metal and boy bands kind of got popular snr year. The one thing that stands out the most from that time is how about 80% of girls I went to school with dressed in tomboyish clothing but not in a hot way like Angelina Jolie in Hackers or chick in a brit pop or punk band kind of way. Basically you never knew before you talked to a girl if she was secretly skinny fat.
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Post by adamclark52 on Oct 24, 2014 12:59:37 GMT -5
I went from 1994-1998. It was kind of a transitional period. Grunge was out, nu-metal wasn't in. Girls didn't dress as skanky as they do now. You didn't know if a girl had a kicking body until you got her to your room. I went from 95-99 and crappy nu metal and boy bands kind of got popular snr year. The one thing that stands out the most from that time is how about 80% of girls I went to school with dressed in tomboyish clothing but not in a hot way like Angelina Jolie in Hackers or chick in a brit pop or punk band kind of way. Basically you never knew before you talked to a girl if she was secretly skinny fat. Yup, baggy plaid.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Oct 24, 2014 16:00:33 GMT -5
Like Ultimo Gallos, I went to high school around this supposedly "magical" time of the birth and expansion of grunge. If it hit my school, it wasn't until after I graduated in 1992. Ours was mainly into harder rock and heavy metal; Van Halen had just made their comeback ("Right Now") as well as Scorpions with their ballad "Winds Of Change". Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Winger, Queensryche. Don't forget the insanity that was the Guns N Roses "Use Your Illusion" double album. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were just starting to hit it big time. The Metallica black album. AC/DC always had a following. A lot of guys (mainly the "burnouts") followed the Doors/Jim Morrison. Popular music around that time included: Boyz II Men, Kris Kross (one chick went as far as to wear her clothes backwards like the kids, that lasted one day), Jesus Jones (I swear "Right Here Right Now" played everyhour on the hour), Paula Abdul, LL Cool J's return ("don't call it a comeback", lol), R.E.M.'s huge mainstream breakthrough "Out Of Time" album. And that was just 1991-92. Denim jackets were common. Ripped jeans seemed like a girl thing; and most of them didn't pay $100+ for a pair, they made it themselves. Tight-rolled jeans were a fad that looked stupid on guys ("Ooh, check out the smooth ankles on that handsome guy," said no teenaged girl ever). Not everybody owned Hypercolor, especially those of us with perspiration issues - the colors changed according to the temperature. Some girls had the "Blossom" hats, some still sported the Debbie Gibson version. The big hair was starting to fade away for girls, while actual "fades" started becoming pretty popular among guys. "Excuse me, are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?" Coolest thing I can say I actually owned were these black high-top Reebok shoes with the hexagonal pads in the soles, which were like shock-absorbers. (The majority of this post was done off of the top of my head.) The Grunge fad hit my school hard. Before it hit,I was already wearing my dad's old flannel shirts when it was cold. Then Teen Spirit got played on non-120 minutes MTV,a week later everyone had brand new flannels they got at some store. It was strange seeing all the preppy teens start trying to grow beards and stuff. Or bitching when their new boots got scuffed. I can imagine how the school got when Kurt finally died. Thankfully I was gone by then.
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