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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 8160892" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>1980s. A lot of my reasons are influenced by me living in the U.S. Making assumptions that (1) I am still living where I lived, and (2) I could have skillsets I have now that also exist in the decade, then:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">U.S. Economy was doing phenomenally, and the U.S. still had a pretty healthy middle class.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">U.S. was not involved in any major conflicts, other than the last remnants of the Cold War.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Both computers and Unix were things in the 80s -- I could have made a very comfortable living working for a larger university or corporation, even using the skills I have today. (Here, I'm being a little interpretive with "can't use your future knowledge to your advantage" - if I had the EXACT skills I had in the 80s, I'd be a kid and not know jack <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />! So I'm assuming skill sets that would have been available in the 80s )</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">TV had some of the most awesome shows ever produced running. Heck, everything from Dukes of Hazzard to MacGyver to Airwolf to Golden Girls were on. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I could even still play D&D, and possibly with some of the same people I played with back then (my D&D groups from back then was a mix of teens and twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings.)</li> </ol><p>Now, 80s weren't all wine and roses, I'm not ignorant - plenty of racial injustice and profiling, totally hidden because of no phone cameras yet or camcorders (camcorders existed, but not common), the AIDS epidemic, unrest all over the globe, still threat of nuclear war (even though we know in hindsight it didn't happen), but based on where I lived at the time, it was a relatively privileged life for me and my family, and I'm pretty sure I could have recreated such for myself and a wife and kids at the time as a university sysadmin or corporate drone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 8160892, member: 158"] 1980s. A lot of my reasons are influenced by me living in the U.S. Making assumptions that (1) I am still living where I lived, and (2) I could have skillsets I have now that also exist in the decade, then: [LIST=1] [*]U.S. Economy was doing phenomenally, and the U.S. still had a pretty healthy middle class. [*]U.S. was not involved in any major conflicts, other than the last remnants of the Cold War. [*]Both computers and Unix were things in the 80s -- I could have made a very comfortable living working for a larger university or corporation, even using the skills I have today. (Here, I'm being a little interpretive with "can't use your future knowledge to your advantage" - if I had the EXACT skills I had in the 80s, I'd be a kid and not know jack :):):):)! So I'm assuming skill sets that would have been available in the 80s ) [*]TV had some of the most awesome shows ever produced running. Heck, everything from Dukes of Hazzard to MacGyver to Airwolf to Golden Girls were on. :D [*]I could even still play D&D, and possibly with some of the same people I played with back then (my D&D groups from back then was a mix of teens and twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings.) [/LIST] Now, 80s weren't all wine and roses, I'm not ignorant - plenty of racial injustice and profiling, totally hidden because of no phone cameras yet or camcorders (camcorders existed, but not common), the AIDS epidemic, unrest all over the globe, still threat of nuclear war (even though we know in hindsight it didn't happen), but based on where I lived at the time, it was a relatively privileged life for me and my family, and I'm pretty sure I could have recreated such for myself and a wife and kids at the time as a university sysadmin or corporate drone. [/QUOTE]
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