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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I meant just 30 years, so from now back to 1993. Not that another 8 years is huge, but it does seem like there was a bit of a jump from the 80s to the 90s.
I think back to 1993 and it doesn't seem like much has changed between now and then. Computers and cell phones became more sophisticated of course, but they would be recognizable. Wireless technology would probably stand out. Music today sounds pretty much the same as from the 1990s and forward, IMO. There are differences, but not like the differences between Elvis and Motley Crue or Metallica.
But as far as music and styles go, it doesn't seem as big as the 30 years between 1955 and 1985. Heck, I see kids today still walking around wearing Nirvana t-shirts. I doubt too many kids were walking around in 1985 wearing Elvis or Everly Brothers merch.
Colloquial speech from the 1990s to today hasn't changes a heck of a lot, not to the degree of change between 1955 and 1985. I guess social media meme talk would probably confuse people in the 1990 if they just 30 years into the future.
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i don't know... i think back to '93 and some changes since then are massive - especially on the tech side of things...
cell phones - i knew one guy with a cell in the early 90's - he had "the brick". that's the only guy i remember having a cell. a couple buddies of mine had pagers - mostly so their folks could get a message to them to 'phone home'
computers - 1993 was when the pentium chip came out... if you could afford it. just imagine showing "30 years ago you" what a bare bones pc can do today... not to mention a gaming pc
vehicles - hybrid, electric, self driving, the "connectivity" someone has while driving around, gps systems.
how about things like streaming services and not being on dial-up modems and having to wait hours to get a song/album off of napster! ha! ha! oh memories!!
i still remember my folks crt tv... maaaybe 24"?? my friends laugh at my 32" flat screens becuz they are so small, which i guess they are when compared to the 50", 60" ,70" etc tv's you can get now.
how about things like amazon/online shopping? yea, there was consumers distributing, but that was pretty different from a few clicks and then waiting for stuff to show up at your door.
one thing i notice a lot is how (this isn't the right words... but) "self absorbed" people seem to be now - maybe it's becuz most of them have their heads buried in their phones everywhere they go - i don't know. i guess i just like making eye contact with people and i usually have a smile on my face and it's nice to have stuff like that reciprocated.
you mentioned colloquial speech not changing much but i don't know. i think of stuff we'd say back in the early 90s and there's no way i'd use some of those words now - it's just not socially acceptable now - which honestly is a good thing
oh... and i still don't understand social media meme talk - ha! ha!