Starting from the Gay '90s and linking up to the Favroite Decade thread.
I've always been partial toward the Roaring '20s.
I've always been partial toward the Roaring '20s.
Favorite Old-Time Decade
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I have to go with the 1940s. After the war, it's a time of great prosperity in this country. Because of the war, it is also a time of great invention.
20s: great music, art, fashion, and fantastic progress in human rights, especially for women.
I chose the same decade for the same reasons.
And Captain Ice's post just made me go "what the hell?". All the destruction in Europe and Asia? Who cares! Lots of cool inventions for America! Good times!
I mean, damn... I knew Americans tend to be pretty insular but...
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And here I was wondering if my post was too insular! But the things I noted were at least pretty common across the Western World.
And here I was wondering if my post was too insular! But the things I noted were at least pretty common across the Western World.
It's a toss up between the 30's and 40's for me. They were not the best times (Worldwide depression and war) but the times that fascinate me the most. The golden age of Hollywood. The fashions and music. Figures like FDR, The Marx Brothers, Joe Louis. The great history and stories of WWII. A high point in popular culture even while the world was in great peril.
I don't see a problem being a little insular. This thread is for voting on our favorite decade, not the objectively best decade, so I think some subjectivity is fine.
I don't see a problem being a little insular. This thread is for voting on our favorite decade, not the objectively best decade, so I think some subjectivity is fine.
we should make a best century poll next time as well.
But then the Americans will only have about 3 to choose from.
*ducks*!
NebulaClassGuy
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I have to go with the 1940's as well, and pretty much because of the war. The nation, as well as the majority of the world itself, was united in a common cause for good, and America was focused, efficient, and ever-inventive. Our patriotism was high. I also chose it for the music and culture.
we should make a best century poll next time as well.
But then the Americans will only have about 3 to choose from.
*ducks*!
Not if colonial times are included. 
But, no. I suggest a milennium/century hybrid. We can switch over at the beginning of the Common Era. Otherwise... I think ~70 choices are bit too much for a poll.
The 20th and 21st Centuries should also be left off. Those are too easy and, if you include them, one or the other will win by default.
But, no. I suggest a milennium/century hybrid. We can switch over at the beginning of the Common Era. Otherwise... I think ~70 choices are bit too much for a poll.
The 20th and 21st Centuries should also be left off. Those are too easy and, if you include them, one or the other will win by default.
I would choose the '20s. WWI was over, the depression had not yet begun, and the women's rights movement was finally showing some progress.
I chose the same decade for the same reasons.
And Captain Ice's post just made me go "what the hell?". All the destruction in Europe and Asia? Who cares! Lots of cool inventions for America! Good times!
I mean, damn... I knew Americans tend to be pretty insular but...
Read it again. Americans were not the only ones who came up with cool inventions in the 1940s. For example - radar was a Brittish invention during World War 2 that later evolved into other technologies (like your microwave oven). If I gave the false impression that the 1940s were only good for the USA, I apologize.
My point was more that the 1940s were a fucking terrible time for almost everybody in the world. I suppose that isn't as obvious from a "safe" American point of view.
I could follow that up with an equally condescending "Read it again", too.
My point was more that the 1940s were a fucking terrible time for almost everybody in the world. I suppose that isn't as obvious from a "safe" American point of view.
I could follow that up with an equally condescending "Read it again", too.
I think Captain Ice is falling for the popular myth that warfare is a great driver of technology. While it does help advance technology, and some of those advancements end up having non-military applications (the aforementioned radar), wartime research mostly goes into finding better ways to kill people. Just think, if all the time and money spent on weapons research went toward more generally useful avenues of R&D, we'd be riding around in our flying cars and immortal bodies on Mars by now.
we should make a best century poll next time as well.
Nah, that would be getting a bit spammy.
I've always liked the Edwardian Era, so it's the 1900s for me. Great inventions, great clothes, great developments in industry, technology, science, art, architecture, etc. Plus, it has a certain gothic romanticism in hindsight, being the last real imperial decade before the massive cultural changes of WWI begin. The impending fall lends a melancholic quality to the manic energy and advances of the decade.
There's a single word to describe that quality; it's on the tip of my tongue but I can't quite remember it. I want to say it's originally a German word. Which, funnily enough, would be rather appropriate given the context I want to use it in...
There's a single word to describe that quality; it's on the tip of my tongue but I can't quite remember it. I want to say it's originally a German word. Which, funnily enough, would be rather appropriate given the context I want to use it in...
1950s. Beat time.
NebulaClassGuy
Lieutenant Commander
I suppose that isn't as obvious from a "safe" American point of view.
Excuse me?
If it weren't for America, the 1940's would have been a hell of a lot more unpleasant for the rest of the world. So, as an American... you're welcome.
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