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10. I was born in the 50s

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:23 PM

Sep 3

JFK, RFK, MLK, Vietnam, Watergate.

The only thing that saved me then was the music and the moon landing.

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Were times ever saner in your life? [View all] EnergizedLib Sep 3 OP

1990s writerJT Sep 3 #1

I was a small child, born early '90s EnergizedLib Sep 3 #3

I mean I'd say no ITAL Sep 3 #2

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 3 #4

Maybe not, but we've never had a ruskie asset in WH SheltieLover Sep 3 #6

The White House and the office of the President was saner EnergizedLib Sep 3 #8

Ya know...there has always been conflict FalloutShelter Sep 3 #9

I was born in the 50s edbermac Sep 3 #10

OMG the moon landing Skittles Sep 4 #15

yeah...you are "normal"...the rest of the world is... ret5hd Sep 4 #12

4-5 year intervals no_hypocrisy Sep 4 #13

I'm an Xennial (born in '77) róisín_dubh Sep 4 #14

The Election of '72 was my first political memory ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Sep 4 #16

The 90s, or between the Gulf War and September 11th, were nice. Tommy Carcetti Sep 4 #17