Does anyone else think 1999 was the best year ever?

[youspeakmylanguage]

I don't have any specific reasons. I just think our society peaked that year, and now we're going downhill fast...

I was also 21 and in college, so that might have something to do with it! :party:

[sniffa]

1. man, that was some party

i stiLL party Like it's 1999.

[Teaser]

2. 91-92

The music didn't blow then.

[youspeakmylanguage]

5. In 1999 European trance peaked...

...which is one of my favorite genres of music.

Looking back, I don't really care that much for the Seattle grunge rock prevalent then, except for the solo albums of Mark Lanegan and later Mad Season.

[dhinojosa]

9. Look for my post... I have a question....

Not relevant to this post per se.....but I need help from folks like you.

[Teaser]

18. not talking about grunge

91-92 was when "post-modern" rock transformed into alternative rock, under pressure from things like grunge. And post-modern rock was lost forever.

[aden_nak]

8. What?

[Shell Beau]

3. No, although I don't remember much about 1999 b/c I turned 21 that year!

[youspeakmylanguage]

7. Another senior citizen at age 27? n/t

[Shell Beau]

17. Yep, I'll be 27 next month. I am knocking on 30's door.

[tonekat]

4. The country has been de-evolving ever since n/t

[Burma Jones]

6. My Grandmother - Now 99 Years Old

Told me in 1998 that she had never seen the USA in such good shape. Personally, 1999 was perhaps my best year, or maybe 1999-2000.

Now, My Grandmother curses Chimpy and says she feels bad for my kids..

[matcom]

10. well i PARTIED like it was 1999

[northernsoul]

11. everything was looking up

I was so hopeful then, and apparently so naive.

[youspeakmylanguage]

12. We thought anyone in college that knew HTML and ASP...

...was going to graduate and make a million bucks.

Ah, the good old days!

[AX10]

13. In my lifetime I see 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 as the best years...

that Modern America enjoyed.

[GalleryGod]

14. Nope. Not even a close runner-up.

Of course I went to college in the Sixties:hippie:

[youspeakmylanguage]

16. We did miss out on the whole "Free Love" thing...

...but some of us still had the same spirit in our hearts. Sadly, I wasn't one of them. I didn't get really politically active until after school.

What was it like in college before you had to wear condoms?

[aeolian]

21. Hey, I was all about free love in the 90's...

...I just couldn't get any girls to go along with it.

[GalleryGod]

24. No alcohol policy on campus and "If it feels good do it!" mantra

The politics were deadly serious...but the Fun & Games were hellacious,too!:woohoo:

[HEyHEY]

15. I was 20 and in college- yeah it rocked

[aeolian]

19. 1296 was pretty good...

[Dan-W]

20. Naw, '69 was best.

Because I, like you in '99, was 20. "I got the world on a string..."

Edited 'cause I'm lousy at math.

[GalleryGod]

22. Amen, Dan.

Woodstock...Apollo 11...cheap gas...and free love!

[youspeakmylanguage]

23. I was 21 in 1999...

27 now. :hangover:

[Bridget Burke]

25. Maybe not the best year EVER.

But things have certainly gone downhill since then.

[youspeakmylanguage]

26. It was more of a personal "best year ever"...

I was wondering if others felt the same. The consensus seems to be if you are my age, 1999 was your best year ever.

[scarlet_owl]

27. I met my husband that year and I graduated from high school.

So I guess it was a pretty good year.

[BulletproofLandshark]

28. I agree with you. '99 Ruled!

Who could have known things could've devolved so drastically, and so soon?

[jburton]

29. 1999: the year of many job offers

And I wasn't even LOOKING for a job.

I told one place that I would need one month paid vacation per year, paid relocation, and I the choice of which city I work in at any given time.

They said yes - instantly - over the phone. Seems unfathomable now.

And this was in a field unrelated to the "tech boom".