Arguing against myself

I am a white cisgender straight man; were I not one or more of those things, it's probably true that life in general would be easier for me now than it would have been in the eighties, though certainly not "easy" and this last year or two things have moved backwards a bit in my perception.

Posted By: Old Man on June 5th 2025 at 13:25:00

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Best ever decade of football? (Other Football) - NxNW, Jun 5, 08:47:28
- I'm going to say eighties (Other Football) - Old Man, Jun 5, 13:18:00
  - Arguing against myself (Other Football) - Old Man, Jun 5, 13:25:00
    - And presumably a Thatcherite too (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 5, 13:52:02
      - Very much not. I ran an anti poll tax group back in the day. (Other Football) - Old Man, Jun 5, 13:53:11
- 1975-1985 (n/m) (Other Football) - KevinBond, Jun 5, 12:59:25
- 60's (Other Football) - Statmel, Jun 5, 12:58:52
- Early Prem Years (Other Football) - inutero, Jun 5, 11:21:48
- 2020 - 2030 (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 5, 10:45:22
  - I really think VAR should take longer than it does though (Other Football) - Old Man, Jun 5, 13:26:32
  - Beer showers in fan zones. The best thing ever. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 5, 11:15:31
    - And the stands (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 5, 12:14:43
      - What a waste of beer (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 5, 12:42:00
        
        It is but it’s where it goes which is the issue (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 5, 12:46:02
      - Why we can’t have nice things (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jun 5, 12:38:50
        
        I did like how so many of the comments were calling him out (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 5, 12:40:58
- 80s as a whole, but some 70s possibly. (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, Jun 5, 09:37:14
- when the prem first took off.. (Other Football) - Goosebumps, Jun 5, 09:28:08
- Mid 80s to mid 90s... (Other Football) - Adster, Jun 5, 09:25:40
- 80s pre premier league era (n/m) (Other Football) - footymadman, Jun 5, 09:08:24
  - The last decade before the globalisation of football (Other Football) - APB, Jun 5, 10:37:16
  - And our only trophy 🏆 (n/m) (Other Football) - footymadman, Jun 5, 09:09:57
    - We won the League Cup in 1962 as well. (n/m) (Other Football) - tim berry, Jun 5, 09:27:03
      - Oh yeh. In my lifetime then (n/m) (Other Football) - footymadman, Jun 5, 11:06:49
- 90s (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 5, 09:00:30
  - Joe Bloggs jumpers for goalposts (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 5, 09:07:50
    - In fact 90s was the best decade of anything (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 5, 09:28:38
      - Loved the 90’s for everything, downhill ever since! (n/m) (Other Football) - Hit Squadie, Jun 5, 21:06:13
      - agreed, late 80s and all the 90s fantastic period, gutted I wasn't old enough to enjoy it (n/m) (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jun 5, 10:03:26
        
        ^ Couldn't grow a goatee ^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 5, 10:49:38
      - 95 and 96 the best two years of my life (Other Football) - jamesward, Jun 5, 09:57:38
      - You still went on to marry her (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 5, 09:33:25
        
        lolz (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 5, 09:56:38
- 1900-1910 (Other Football) - Boyer, Jun 5, 08:57:04
- NCFC - 2010/11 to 2020/21. England The last 5 years onwards (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jun 5, 08:54:42
- The next one (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 5, 08:51:37

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