May 13th 2025

[Tiggnutz]

Totally 80's Tuesday

[Lazerus]

The 80's was one of the last great decades. Beginning with the 00's it's been a downhill slide ever since. Shame

[zombie]

i disagree.

[Tiggnutz]

90's were pretty cool

[Lazerus]

i disagree.

In the last 25 years we've had DOZENS major stressors here in the U.S. alone.

9/11 and other domestic terrorist attacks which resulted in a rise of Islamophobia and other issues.
Wars- Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror. Then our involvement in other wars such as Syria, Ukraine, Israel etc.
Economic wise we've had the Great Recession, Dotcom bubble, 2020 stock market crash, Covid Recession, runaway inflation, housing crash etc.
A rise in social tensions which includes but not limited too; several riots (mostly race related), a rise in social movements (BLM, MAGA, MeToo etc.)
Growing divide between the rich and well... everyone else.
A rise in extremist in politics from both sides of the isle.
Major natural disasters such as Katrina, the California wild fires, droughts, more frequent Hurricanes in the Gulf region.
Rising gun violence across the country with dozens of Mass shootings in this time frame.

I could list more but there's no need.

So what is it exactly that you disagree with here?

[zombie]

i disagree.

In the last 25 years we've had DOZENS major stressors here in the U.S. alone.

9/11 and other domestic terrorist attacks which resulted in a rise of Islamophobia and other issues.
Wars- Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror. Then our involvement in other wars such as Syria, Ukraine, Israel etc.
Economic wise we've had the Great Recession, Dotcom bubble, 2020 stock market crash, Covid Recession, runaway inflation, housing crash etc.
A rise in social tensions which includes but not limited too; several riots (mostly race related), a rise in social movements (BLM, MAGA, MeToo etc.)
Growing divide between the rich and well... everyone else.
A rise in extremist in politics from both sides of the isle.
Major natural disasters such as Katrina, the California wild fires, droughts, more frequent Hurricanes in the Gulf region.
Rising gun violence across the country with dozens of Mass shootings in this time frame.

I could list more but there's no need.

So what is it exactly that you disagree with here?

i think there has always been turmoil and political or social unrest. every other time the topic has come up around here, it's been largely inregard to entertainment or media, so that's where my focus tends to go. i disagree on that front.

[Lazerus]

i disagree.

In the last 25 years we've had DOZENS major stressors here in the U.S. alone.

9/11 and other domestic terrorist attacks which resulted in a rise of Islamophobia and other issues.
Wars- Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror. Then our involvement in other wars such as Syria, Ukraine, Israel etc.
Economic wise we've had the Great Recession, Dotcom bubble, 2020 stock market crash, Covid Recession, runaway inflation, housing crash etc.
A rise in social tensions which includes but not limited too; several riots (mostly race related), a rise in social movements (BLM, MAGA, MeToo etc.)
Growing divide between the rich and well... everyone else.
A rise in extremist in politics from both sides of the isle.
Major natural disasters such as Katrina, the California wild fires, droughts, more frequent Hurricanes in the Gulf region.
Rising gun violence across the country with dozens of Mass shootings in this time frame.

I could list more but there's no need.

So what is it exactly that you disagree with here?

i think there has always been turmoil and political or social unrest. every other time the topic has come up around here, it's been largely inregard to entertainment or media, so that's where my focus tends to go. i disagree on that front.

Of course, every decade has its share of issues but it is hard to deny that the last 25 years haven't been worse than the 70s, 80s,or 90's.
As for entertainment I wasn't speaking to that. So we were obviously focusing on different things.

[zombie]

i disagree.

In the last 25 years we've had DOZENS major stressors here in the U.S. alone.

9/11 and other domestic terrorist attacks which resulted in a rise of Islamophobia and other issues.
Wars- Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror. Then our involvement in other wars such as Syria, Ukraine, Israel etc.
Economic wise we've had the Great Recession, Dotcom bubble, 2020 stock market crash, Covid Recession, runaway inflation, housing crash etc.
A rise in social tensions which includes but not limited too; several riots (mostly race related), a rise in social movements (BLM, MAGA, MeToo etc.)
Growing divide between the rich and well... everyone else.
A rise in extremist in politics from both sides of the isle.
Major natural disasters such as Katrina, the California wild fires, droughts, more frequent Hurricanes in the Gulf region.
Rising gun violence across the country with dozens of Mass shootings in this time frame.

I could list more but there's no need.

So what is it exactly that you disagree with here?

i think there has always been turmoil and political or social unrest. every other time the topic has come up around here, it's been largely inregard to entertainment or media, so that's where my focus tends to go. i disagree on that front.

Of course, every decade has its share of issues but it is hard to deny that the last 25 years haven't been worse than the 70s, 80s,or 90's.
As for entertainment I wasn't speaking to that. So we were obviously focusing on different things.

i think we're more aware of that shit now, than we were in the 80 and 90s. most of us had never actually seen the 70s, except in hindsight.

[zombie]

i never really watched cheers. it was on when i was growing up, but now catching it, have to say i like it a lot so far.

[Tiggnutz]

i never really watched cheers. it was on when i was growing up, but now catching it, have to say i like it a lot so far.

What season are you in

[zombie]

i never really watched cheers. it was on when i was growing up, but now catching it, have to say i like it a lot so far.

What season are you in

well, i'm only like 8 episodes in. season 1.

[Jason]

A frontrunner for best sitcom theme too.

[Tiggnutz]

i never really watched cheers. it was on when i was growing up, but now catching it, have to say i like it a lot so far.

What season are you in

well, i'm only like 8 episodes in. season 1.

It stays good for a long long time

[Tiggnutz]

A frontrunner for best sitcom theme too.

I can't think of a better one

[zombie]

i am aware that shelley long left the series at some point. that might suck.

[Jason]

A frontrunner for best sitcom theme too.

I can't think of a better one

M*A*S*H is good. Married With Children. Family Matters is underrated. They're all very solid too.

Cheers probably takes the crown though.

[Jason]

i am aware that shelley long left the series at some point. that might suck.

As mentioned, I never watched the full show and maybe caught some episodes as a kid, so I'm mostly unfamiliar with it, but knowing Woody Harrelson and Kirstie Alley are gonna come in tells me the dynamic is gonna be quite a bit different.

Side note, Shelley Long was great in Night Shift with Henry Winkler and a young Michael Keaton. Opening credits have some great 80s night shots of the Twin Towers too.

[Jason]

I'm looking forward to one day being able to give a definitive ranking of my favorite sitcoms when I'm done with this wheel. The most difficult part will be how I integrate quality sitcoms with the ones that have nostalgic charm.

[zombie]

my main exposure to shelley long, pre-hmf was a movie called hello again. it's been years since i've seen it though. a revisit could be good. and yeah, night shift is a lot of fun as well.

[Tiggnutz]

I love The Money Pit