I don’t know if everyone of a certain age feels this way, but I feel like I’ve experienced a lot of huge events in my lifetime. Here are some (obviously not all) history I have lived through:
RICO laws essentially ended the reign of mobs in America
Exxon Valdez oil spill
San Francisco earthquake
The Berlin wall came down
The Soviet Union/USSR turning back into Russia
Rodney King beating –> LA riots
computers started entering households
The Waco standoff
The Oklahoma City bombing
The OJ Simpson trial
President Clinton’s sex scandal(s)
The Columbine Massacre
cell phones began to go mainstream
Florida (hanging chad) ballot cheating
9/11
meth is a big thing
Hurricane Katrina
smartphones
a great recession
the 1st black president
BP oil spill
Hurricane Maria
The Camp fire
and now a global pandemic that’s shutting down business in the U.S. like I never imagined was possible.
I omitted most spree killings, hurricanes, tornadoes, most fires, terror attacks on planes, and food recalls because there has been an overwhelming amount.
I suppose that every generation feels this way–I’ve seen those decade series produced by Tom Hanks. It’s just strange to feel like I’m seeing large historical events that will shape us in the future. What a weird thing to see in the first person and live through events future kids will have in their textbooks…
Catty Remarks