Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-10581381-20181104041616/@comment-37627195-20190218190916

I just thought of something, the 2010s are pretty much a rerun of the '70s. Think about it:

-Both of them were very politically correct eras. Certain trends that were seen as totally acceptable in previous decades (blackface for example) started becoming shunned by the public in the '70s.

-Instead of Richard Nixon, we have Donald Trump.

-Instead of Women's Lib, we have the #MeTooMovement.

-Instead of disco, we have dubstep.

-The pop culture of both decades was heavily nostalgia based. The only difference is that the '70s had an obsession with the '50s and the 2010s has an obsession with the '90s. In the '70s, a lot of the popular shows and movies such as Grease, Happy Days, and American Graffiti were set in the '50s. Even some of the pop culture that wasn't specifically set in previous decades were heavily nostalgia oriented;one major example I can think of being The Muppet Show which was inspired almost directly by the vaudeville era. Now we are seeing a similar trend with the likes of Stranger Things, The Goldbergs, The Kids Are Alright, Young Sheldon, etc.

-Instead of hippies, we have SJWs.

-Instead of the Vietnam War, the biggest threat of the '10s is the Iraq War and the terrors of ISIS.

-The biggest blockbuster hit of the '70s, Star Wars has been making a HUGE comeback this decade with 4 brand new hit motion pictures as well as countless merchandise, video games, action figures, books, and even a cartoon for a little while (Star Wars Rebels).

-Just like in the '70s, most sitcoms in the '10s are about sweet, wholesome, and extremely corny families. Most sitcom families are more like The Waltons and less like The Bundies from All in the Family nowadays.

-In the '70s, schools would have Vietnam War-related drills to practice in case a terrorist attack would break out. Schools do the same thing now for school shootings.

-One of the biggest murder trails of the 70s, the evildoings of Charles Manson have some rather striking parallels to the Slender-Man Stabbing incident of 2014. Both crimes were committed by a deranged person who didn't know the difference between fiction and reality and killed somebody because they thought a fictional character/song told them to do it. Both of them also caused moral panic. Many people tried to boycott The Beatles in fear that they are dangerous because of the aftermath of Charles Manson many people tired to do the same thing to Slender-Man, even making a whole petition to keep the movie from being released last year.

-The 70s had Alice Cooper, the 2010s had Lady Gaga.

-The 70s had Hee-Haw, the 2010s had Duck Dynasty.

-The 70s had Night of the Living Dead, the 2010s had The Walking Dead.