# Question for 30 somethings about 20 years ago in the 80's vs 20 years ago in the 2000's

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**Created:** [May 3, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-30-somethings-about-20-years-ago-in-the-80s-vs-20-years-ago-in-the-2000s/538169 "2010-05-03T16:48:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-30-somethings-about-20-years-ago-in-the-80s-vs-20-years-ago-in-the-2000s/538169/41 "2010-05-05T17:53:35Z")

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It’s much easier to notice how our attitudes and ideas were influenced by popular culture in retrospect, true. I flinch sometimes when I watch that old stuff and see how we were, perhaps unintentionally, herded by media.

If there’s any benefit to those flinches it’s that I’m much more critical in my thinking about today’s trends in thought.

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