- Because we all have an opinion about things.
What are your thoughts about the 90s? Because I know you have some.
“Heavens Gate. 39 people committed suicide because they
believed there was a UFO behind Comet Hale-Bopp.
Susan Smith Child murderer, Waco, Tonya Harding, Lorena Bobbit, Versace/Cunanan, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Heaven’ Gate-damn the 90s were wild.
OJ was HUGE and now with his death and the murders happening 30 year ago in June it feels like a big event all over again.
John and Lorena Bobbit- everyone in America knew about a guy getting his penis cut off. Lots of jokes in elementary school while that story was in the news.”
“Us kids at primary school cheering that the evil Milk Thief is gone.
Margaret Thatcher was prime minister in the UK and infamously withdrew free school milk for all primary school aged children (aged 5-11.). All children who were not entitled to free school meals now had to pay for it.
When she lost her job as leader of the Conservative Party to John Major in 1990, our teachers encouraged us to celebrate this.
Margaret Thatcher also closed down the government owned
mines around my local area which economically destroyed it. While the adults celebrated her removal due to this. They encouraged us kids to celebrate it, that our Milk Thief is gone.
We were also the generation which helped get The Wicked Witch is Dead into the UK charts when the Milk Thief died.” Did you know these as thoughts about the 90s?
“OJ was HUGE and now with his death and the murders happening 30 year ago in June it feels like a big event all over again.
I recall many people being fascinated with the Alien Autopsy that Fox presented on TV in 1995. With no internet discussion, lots of people saw this as possibly legitimate.
With the success of X-Files, the U.S. was fascinated with watching alien content.”
“I don’t see it talked about much, but I remember Pedro on the Real World really being a catalyst for gay rights becoming mainstream.
Conversely, I had a friend who worked at Arby’s and protestors out front because they ran a commercial during the episode of Ellen when she came out.” Do you agree with these thoughts about the 90s?
“Reality TV with the OJ Bronco chase and COPS gave me a totally different aspect of crime.
The invention of JNCO jeans.
Rise of Alternative music led by Kurt Cobain in 91 and 92. It was
a sea change musically and changed American culture
Some dude in Colorado who tried to make his own hot air balloon and put his family in it. I think. Something along those lines.”
“One event that should be on the list is a terrorist attacked that took place in Japan in 1995 With a doomsday cult named Aum Shinrikyo led by Shoko Asahara.
Members of the cult released sarin on several gas on Tokyo subway trains killing 12 and injuring 6000.
It’s a really interesting cult to look up. Some members of the cult were so loyal that they would take Asahara’s hair and brew it into tea.” What do you think about these thoughts about the 90s?
“Damn so many… OJ, hale-bopp/heavens gate, la riots, okc bombing, Tanya Harding, pogs, gangsters paradise, beanie babies, beginning of the internet
The 1992 LA Riots. East LA/Boyle Heights saw no violence or looting. While LA was burning, reporters asked some locals why they were not rioting. The area was 99% hispanic, low income, and a known gang territory after all. Local response? “This is our community- why would I burn down my cousins shop!?”
I was too young to remember this, but the 1997 Phoenix Lights in Arizona appearing in the night sky was strange. Of course, its origin is still a mystery.
The United States trying to depose one of its most popular political leaders in history for getting a blowie was pretty weird for an 11 year old to witness
Michigan UFO 1994 Event that was caught on radar. I believe Netflix covered this on an episode of one of their shows recently. The coolest part was that whatever it was knew it was being tracked on radar.”
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