Good-bye good riddance, '00s

lnelson

Subject: Good-bye & good riddance, '00s

I'm expecting to have a lame New Year's Eve, so to make myself feel better I'm compiling a list of reasons that this past decade has sucked. Join me!

1. Y2K panic
2. No robot servants/flying cars
3. 9/11
4. Two terms of G.W. Bush
5. Hurricane Katrina
6. Cyclone in Myanmar
7. Tsunami in Asia
8. Credit Crisis
9. Swine flu
10. North Korea testing nuclear weapons
11. Iran pretending not to be building nuclear weapons
12. The decline of print media
13. Eliot Spitzer's abortive reign
14. Death of Paul Newman

booklaw

Inability of Israel and the Palestinians to find a peaceable solution to their unwanted proximity.

lnelson

I'll allow that, but it's really been going on since before the aughts.

16. Friendster
17. MySpace
18. Twitter
19. Facebook
20. GM bankruptcy
21. Dick Clark has a stroke, ruining New Year's Eve for all time
22. Death of Charles Schultz
23. Western Union discontinues telegram service. Last telegram sent January 27, 2006. Stop.

pitu

I count online social netwoking in the positive column.


How 'bout
16. bird flu
17. Bernie Madoff and all those other billion dollar Wall Street swindling leeches.
18. Michael Jackson's last ten years
19. US military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan

might as well sum some of that up as the decline of the United States, happy lady

25. Privatization of water
26. Snuggies (and the trend they represent)

youbetcha

Here's a few others in no particular order:
The unnecessary Iraq war
Real estate insanity
The near financial collapse of the country
Gasoline thievery
10% unemployment
subway fare and the strike of 2005
Sarah Palin
Glen Beck
TSA rules that make no sense
the uber gentrification of many parts of Brooklyn
Texting while crossing busy streets against the light
A cup of coffee that's 1800 calories
Smug, self-satisfied shrimp MIke Bloomberg
Rudy Giuliani continuing to sit in a front row of Yankee stadium
The Mets flop
The Jets never winning
Swine flu, SARS and bird flu hysteria
Park Slope mommies
Vox Pop claiming they're a community necessity
Rap continuing to survive
Bed bug epidemic
E-readers
NY Times $2.00

park place

Subject: Agreed

This decade can't end fast enough!

BrooklynBoy3

lnelson

Hanging chads and the Florida recount
Supreme Court case "Bush v Gore" signals end of American democracy
Arnold Schwarzenegger elected CA governor
Slankets vs Snuggies debate
Britney Spears' last ten years
Pepsi changes its logo
Joe Leiberman reelected...again
Abu Ghraib
Guantanamo
Obama not being able to instantaneously fix the world's problems on taking office
Dick Cheney
Undisclosed locations
"Arrested Development" inexplicably canceled after only 3 seasons
"The Simpsons" inexplicably not canceled even though glory days are long past

jack krohn

I'm so sorry that all of your lives suck, but, for me, this past decade was amongst the best in my life. I got married to a wonderful woman, bought my first home, furthered my education, got a more stable job with a 30% pay raise, took a series of fun and interesting domestic and international vacations, and have seen my Prospect Heights neighborhood get more gentrified than I'd ever hoped (which, being a homeowner whose in it for the long haul, is a good thing).

I could go on, but the last thing I want to do is interfere with your doom and gloom funfest.

simplydelightful

I hated this decade. I hope it was the worst of my life for many personal reasons.....I have learned more than my share of lessons in the past 10 years.

On a public note, I'd add the murder of my lovely dry cleaner, Linda Woo in WT. RIP, Linda.

carnivore

Jack Krohn wrote: I'm so sorry that all of your lives suck, but, for me, this past decade was amongst the best in my life. I got married to a wonderful woman, bought my first home, furthered my education, got a more stable job with a 30% pay raise, took a series of fun and interesting domestic and international vacations, and have seen my Crown Heights neighborhood get more gentrified than I'd ever hoped (which, being a homeowner whose in it for the long haul, is a good thing).

I could go on, but the last thing I want to do is interfere with your doom and gloom funfest.

FTFY

brit princess

I hate to be the one to tell you, but the new decade does not start until 2011. 2010 is the last year of this decade.

whynot_31

My last 10 years were certainly positive.

the world's last ten years? ...it could go either way

eggcream

Carnivore wrote: [quote=Jack Krohn]I'm so sorry that all of your lives suck, but, for me, this past decade was amongst the best in my life. I got married to a wonderful woman, bought my first home, furthered my education, got a more stable job with a 30% pay raise, took a series of fun and interesting domestic and international vacations, and have seen my Crown Heights neighborhood get more gentrified than I'd ever hoped (which, being a homeowner whose in it for the long haul, is a good thing).

I could go on, but the last thing I want to do is interfere with your doom and gloom funfest.

FTFY

Doesn't he know where he lives?

eggcream

Brit Princess wrote: I hate to be the one to tell you, but the new decade does not start until 2011. 2010 is the last year of this decade.

It's funny, within the past week I've been seeing a lot of the best decades list, not the doom and gloom of this one, and then an ensuing argument of when the decade starts/ends.

carnivore

eggcream wrote: [quote=Carnivore][quote=Jack Krohn]I'm so sorry that all of your lives suck, but, for me, this past decade was amongst the best in my life. I got married to a wonderful woman, bought my first home, furthered my education, got a more stable job with a 30% pay raise, took a series of fun and interesting domestic and international vacations, and have seen my Crown Heights neighborhood get more gentrified than I'd ever hoped (which, being a homeowner whose in it for the long haul, is a good thing).

I could go on, but the last thing I want to do is interfere with your doom and gloom funfest.

FTFY

Doesn't he know where he lives?
You would think so, but no.

Or rather, he may know, but he believes that if he keeps lying about it it will inflate his property value. He has previously admitted as much.

fancy

Taking out the word "Jesus" from the military prayers.
Taking prayers out of schools.
Seasonal colors. Why can't I wear white/pastels in the winter?
Foreclosures.
collections agencies.
Humanity vs Just Business.
The Simpsons.
X-Box
Any games like above.
People that don't pay attention.
Mankind making seeds. (Monsanto, I believe).
Greed,Violence, Little & big Lies, Plastic people,Blame, Fear,
Educated Fools,Hypocrities,Thieves,Front men/women (usualy playing managers) words and actions that don't match, doubt, etc, etc.
HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE.

whatchuwant

Fancy wrote:
Seasonal colors. Why can't I wear white/pastels in the winter?

You never could- this decade wasn't the one that decided that. White shoes in winter? Ewww.

Don't even get me started on pastels.... :roll:

But hey- at least you can drink red wine with chicken if you want!

opossumqueen

Haha...I started reading some of the lists and thought they were good things lists. Each to his own.

lnelson

Hey Fancy, when you write "The Simpsons" it's preceded by "the decline of...," right? Because it was awesome all those other decades. But 20 years is just to long even for The Simpsons.

Also, I'm pretty sure prayer have been taken out of schools lots of times. E.g. 1962's Engel v. Vitale.

And, I think Stacy and Clinton say it's OK to wear whites and pastels anytime. And they're experts.

whatchuwant

lnelson wrote:

And, I think Stacy and Clinton say it's OK to wear whites and pastels anytime. And they're experts.

You think I care what these turds think about fashion?!?!?



Hells no :thumbdown:

fancy

I am what was and you will have to repeat. Too bad you don't have a clue what
you will become. WHATCHUWANT? Do you know?
I'm wasting my time here.
AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL

whatchuwant

Fancy wrote: I am what was and you will have to repeat. Too bad you don't have a clue what
you will become. WHATCHUWANT? Do you know?
I'm wasting my time here.
AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL

Whoa...Fancy. Lay off the eggnog, mkay?

If you take a sec to look up the quote, you'll see what it means and what it represents. But you won't, cause, you know, you're wasting your time here....le sigh.

lnelson

Hey, this was supposed to be a smackdown of the past 10 years, not each other! I apologize for my off-topic post. Back to the smackdown!

With...

Reality shows come to dominate airwaves (admittedly, I like What Not to Wear and Project Runway)
Death of Johnny Cash
Subway ticket price increases

eggcream

Carnivore wrote: [quote=eggcream][quote=Carnivore][quote=Jack Krohn]I'm so sorry that all of your lives suck, but, for me, this past decade was amongst the best in my life. I got married to a wonderful woman, bought my first home, furthered my education, got a more stable job with a 30% pay raise, took a series of fun and interesting domestic and international vacations, and have seen my Crown Heights neighborhood get more gentrified than I'd ever hoped (which, being a homeowner whose in it for the long haul, is a good thing).

I could go on, but the last thing I want to do is interfere with your doom and gloom funfest.

FTFY

Doesn't he know where he lives?
You would think so, but no.

Or rather, he may know, but he believes that if he keeps lying about it it will inflate his property value. He has previously admitted as much.

okie dokie. it's under his location as well.

karl the druid

in 2010 jackward billion krohner will be awarded his own theme

for blurring the prospect heights border



[start]

who is the crown heights guy

with crown heights home in prospect heights

jack?

ya damn right


that crown heights cat who's on his feet

cuz prospect heights is across the street

krohn?

ya right on


they say this jack is a bad mother

shut you mouth

i'm talkin' 'bout jack

jack krohn


he's a crown heights man

but no one understands him but his realtor

right on

[end]

karl the druid

any resemblance to another theme is purely coincidental



jack

can ya dig it?

whynot_31

Karl the Druid wrote: any resemblance to another theme is purely coincidental
jack

can ya dig it?

very good. Do another one for another regular!

seespaces

On a personal level the 00s were a good decade for me in large measure, although not the best decade I was totally sentient for. And I think only of myself:).

karl the druid

whynot_31 wrote: [quote=Karl the Druid]any resemblance to another theme is purely coincidental
jack

can ya dig it?

very good. Do another one for another regular!

requirements:

1. a millennium of your choice
2. a millennial topic
3. a regular commentator (within a two week post)
4. movie or television theme genre

whynot_31

Karl the Druid wrote: [quote=whynot_31][quote=Karl the Druid]any resemblance to another theme is purely coincidental
jack

can ya dig it?

very good. Do another one for another regular!

requirements:

1. a millennium of your choice
2. a millennial topic
3. a regular commentator (within a two week post)
4. movie or television theme genre

1. I choose the mid 1980s
2. I leave topic up to you
3. I choose Flexi. ...lots of material to work with.
4. I choose some popular brat pack movie from the 80s.

Flexi, feel free to get revenge on me if he makes fun of you. All is fair.

lnelson

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