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« on: April 28, 2020, 06:00:55 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2020, 06:13:31 PM »
Optimistic, the 2010s with the start of Boehner Speakership and the election of Trump put a damper on my view on things
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2020, 06:15:06 PM »
Pessimistic.
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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2020, 06:19:15 PM »
bruh i'm gonna be real i don't remember 2008 lmao my first memory is near the end of 2009
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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2020, 06:28:41 PM »
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The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. Everything else we shall destroy — everything.
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2020, 03:04:59 PM »
I was way more optimistic in 2008

At least my dad didn't lose his main client (he's a consultant) and I wasn't having my internship (and thus potentially my degree) and my entry on the jobs market threatened by the 08 crisis, along with my source of income.

The 2020 crisis on the other hand...

2020 makes 2008 look like the late 90s

It's that bad
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« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2020, 03:07:46 PM »
Also, the world was generally still a decent place overall in 08, even if it had problems

2020 is just a nightmare in every way and I think things just get worse from here.

I thought worse than the 2010s wasn't possible, but how wrong was I.

I was looking so forward to 2020, but now it's increasingly turnings out to be just about the worst year in my life.
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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2020, 03:08:23 PM »
When I was 13 years old? I guess I was vaguely happy about Obama and Nick Clegg although I had taken the test on politicalcompass.com and concluded I was far to their left.
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« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2020, 03:09:35 PM »
My life is simply falling apart here
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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2020, 03:11:21 PM »
And then this year I finally got to move back to my home region after 22 years exile and it seems like that may well be taken away from me as well

I was so happy about it but i may well lose that too
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2020, 03:25:25 PM »
I was a teenager back then, definitely optimistic.

Oddly enough, I was think I was more cynical then.
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2020, 05:25:34 PM »
Optimistic. I was naive enough to think things could get better.
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2020, 05:31:32 PM »
Quote from: Lechasseur on April 29, 2020, 03:04:59 PM
I was way more optimistic in 2008

At least my dad didn't lose his main client (he's a consultant) and I wasn't having my internship (and thus potentially my degree) and my entry on the jobs market threatened by the 08 crisis, along with my source of income.

The 2020 crisis on the other hand...

2020 makes 2008 look like the late 90s

It's that bad

dude it's all gonna be chill, here in a few months rona is just gonna be an EBITDA addback and we're all gonna be vibin again w/ DJIA 35,000.

even if not, u will find a way. believe in urself!
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2020, 05:37:41 PM »
Optimistic since I was just a kid then who was excited to go to middle school
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« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2020, 03:03:35 AM »
Optimistic, though I was only 8 years old.
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« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2020, 03:08:53 AM »
2008 was the beginning of the worst 2 year period of my life, which coincided right as I was finishing High School. It started in June when I came home from my last day of 10th grade and my dad came home early and said his position had been eliminated.
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« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2020, 03:12:31 AM »
Depends on the month. But Obama optimism outweighed recession pessimism overall.
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« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2020, 11:58:21 AM »
I was only 11 at the time, but pessimistic. Much happier person now than I was back then.
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« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2020, 06:50:17 PM »
My life was falling apart by the summer of that year and it took me 5 years to get back on track. Its been better since. The future in general feels much more guarded though.
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« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2020, 08:38:37 PM »
Quote from: Old School Republican on April 29, 2020, 05:37:41 PM
Optimistic since I was just a kid then who was excited to go to middle school
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« Reply #20 on: May 01, 2020, 07:09:29 AM »
I was so pessimistic from 2003 through 2015 that I refused to vote.
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« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2020, 07:43:00 AM »
Probably optimistic, since I was seven and didn't know jack sh**t about politics. I was just happy to have a Wii.
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« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2020, 08:20:21 AM »
optimistic, because I was 12 years old in 2008. You simply don't care.
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« Reply #23 on: May 01, 2020, 04:27:25 PM »
Optimistic teenager. Obama winning made everything seem possible.

Now I'm an adult, Donald Trump is the President, and even if he loses people are saying that he's still the favorite in my home state.
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