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What year would you choose to be born in??

If you could choose any year to be born in, what would it be and why?

I would go for 1970.

Reason being, to turn 18 in 1988, music wise would be awesome. That's 1988-93 in music when I'd be 18-23. The peak of house music and more. I'd be 15 in 1985 too. Great for films and music.

I'd be about 34 before Facebook and 37 before Twitter.
(edited 8 months ago)

Reply 1

Original post by SaucissonSecCy
If you could choose any year to be born in, what would it be and why?
I would go for 1970.
Reason being, to turn 18 in 1988, music wise would be awesome. That's 1988-93 in music when I'd be 18-23. The peak of house music and more. I'd be 15 in 1985 too. Great for films and music.
I'd be about 34 before Facebook and 37 before Twitter.

I think the 90s because you get to experience the transaction of 1999 to 2000 and also the change in shift of the phone age.

Reply 2

Original post by Mate1
I think the 90s because you get to experience the transaction of 1999 to 2000 and also the change in shift of the phone age.

I could still do that being born in 1970. Those Gen X ers are lucky I tell you. That said I think they have treated people younger than them badly, but maybe that's just my experience.

Reply 3

Original post by SaucissonSecCy
I could still do that being born in 1970. Those Gen X ers are lucky I tell you. That said I think they have treated people younger than them badly, but maybe that's just my experience.

I think the same, I feel like the generation after the 90s are overhated. Then again my dad's era suffered massive famine at the time, so i guess it depends on where you live
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Reply 4

Original post by EuropeanIAm
If you could choose any year to be born in, what would it be and why?
I would go for 1970.
Reason being, to turn 18 in 1988, music wise would be awesome. That's 1988-93 in music when I'd be 18-23. The peak of house music and more. I'd be 15 in 1985 too. Great for films and music.
I'd be about 34 before Facebook and 37 before Twitter.

You can listen to old school music now.
It's not like it's gone extinct.

Reply 5

Original post by nonchalant-
You can listen to old school music now.
It's not like it's gone extinct.

I know but to have been there... Plus lived a lot pre social media

Reply 6

Original post by EuropeanIAm
I know but to have been there... Plus lived a lot pre social media

Just turn off your social media.....
Put on some old school house music.
Find a club that plays way back play backs.
Everyone saying the 70s has no idea what it's like to wake up with backache simply from sleeping funny.

I was born in 83. It was fine but now I'm far older than desirable, so I think I'm gonna pick 2024.

Reply 8

Original post by EuropeanIAm
If you could choose any year to be born in, what would it be and why?
I would go for 1970.
Reason being, to turn 18 in 1988, music wise would be awesome. That's 1988-93 in music when I'd be 18-23. The peak of house music and more. I'd be 15 in 1985 too. Great for films and music.
I'd be about 34 before Facebook and 37 before Twitter.

Honestly, I’d probably go with 1980. You’d get to experience the late '80s, which had such a cool vibe with all the music, movies, and culture. You’d also hit adulthood right as the '90s tech boom was starting, which would be amazing. You'd be in the sweet spot where things were still analog, but the digital world was beginning to open up. Plus, you wouldn’t be too caught up in the early social media rush, so you’d get a decent, somewhat normal pace to life before the internet exploded.

Reply 9

Original post by Adam_jar
Honestly, I’d probably go with 1980. You’d get to experience the late '80s, which had such a cool vibe with all the music, movies, and culture. You’d also hit adulthood right as the '90s tech boom was starting, which would be amazing. You'd be in the sweet spot where things were still analog, but the digital world was beginning to open up. Plus, you wouldn’t be too caught up in the early social media rush, so you’d get a decent, somewhat normal pace to life before the internet exploded.

I was born in 1981, interesting take...
Ill stick with the year i was born in- 1991.

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