Made in 1979

NOTE: this is a response to this article: 1979: A Most Bull***t Year

https://theeberttest.com/2020/06/26/1979-a-most-bullt-year/

The author says really dumb things about the downsides of being born in 1979. So dumb that i tapped out the following rant, which i tried to post in the replies, but WORDPRESS is a broken piece of shit so here we are.

Oh, one more thing i just now remembered is that 1979 is the name of one of the most iconic Smashing Pumpkins songs ever. and if that’s not clout, then i don’t know what is.

Here we go…

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This is so baffling it begs not to be taken seriously; but you went through the trouble of writing this slop so i'm going to tell you why 1979 was the best year to be born!

first of all, since you're so concerned about what we missed out on, let me tell you about the goddamned bullet we dogged—the fucking internet. specifically social media. the internet didn't start becoming mainstream until we were adults and that alone makes '79 a good year to be born. As kids we gained basic computer literacy from the Apple 2e, and then the world went online. Perfect timing.

i kinda agree that 10 is the year people become more socially aware, but there was plenty of stuff in the mid-to-late 80's that was truly formative for me personally. Like daily comic strips: The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, Bloom County, Garfield 100% influenced who i am to this day. i knew by the time i was 7 that i wanted to be an artist and i've never looked back on that decision.

THen there was the 90's. perfect time to be a teenager. pop culture was on point: we got to witness the rise of Nirvana & grunge, like you said, but also Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Rage Against the MACHINE, Pantera, Marilyn Manson (controversial, sure, but whatever). Not only was popular music going harder than ever, but TV was also delivering iconic series' year after year. Like, how do you not mention the Simpsons as one of the highlights of being our age? But also kid's animation peaked in the 90's: Eek the Cat, the Tick, X-men, Doug, Rugrats, the fucking Disney Afternoon block that gave us Tailspin, Darkwing Duck & Gargoyles. then primetime TV offered up Seinfeld, Newsradio, Frasier, Fresh Prince, Roseanne (shame she went sideways), but we also got Star Trek DS9, and goddamned XENA: WARRIOR FUCKING PRINCESS.

then there was the movies, my god, the movies. i wore out our VHS of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? there's not enough bandwidth on the internet to talk about the metric megaton of top rate movies we got to experience as kids WHEN they dropped: Jurassic Park, Wayne's World, Friday, Pulp Fiction, and yes, Dick Tracy, which i got to see in the theaters and then went out and bought the action figures... the only one i never got was The Blank (sobs).

anyway, i feel like i made my point. sorry if the tone was too abrasive but... you kinda deserved it lol. i mean just look at the number 1979. it's simply more, uh, aesthetically pleasing than 1978 or 1980—change my mind!