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Something that has always bothered me...

posted 12 years ago by AriaOfTelengard
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During the nerd party scene right before the Alpha-Betas crash it, Poindexter ponders a question: "...would you rather live in the ascendancy of a civilization or during its decline?"

I was a cognizant child when this movie first hit the theaters. I remember thinking to myself that I am currently living in the ascendancy of the United States. It was the 80's for Christ's sake! I figured the decline of the United States wouldn't be for a few hundred years.

Wow, the state of the US sure has changed since the 1980's. I now feel as if I am living in the decline of the United States! And this wasn't even supposed to happen for a few hundred years.

Poindexter couldn't contemplate someone living in both the ascendancy AND decline of a civilization. But that's exactly my situation.

[–] sirtj228 8 years ago

80s were great, 90s were great, and them boom the entire demographic and humor of the country changed.

[–] moviemasochism 8 years ago

That happens every single generation. I'm sure people who grew up on The Odd Couple and The Graduate thought that 80s and 90s comedies represented a change in humor for the worse.