That whole scene was one of many 90s looks at how life was becoming so boring and routine that it was genuinely starting to drive people nuts. In the context of the 90s people genuinely believed that "End of History" stuff and it started to give large swaths of the population this existential crisis that this really was all that life was going to be for the foreseeable future if not well into the distant future. Movies like Office Space, albums like OK Computer, TV shows like, well Duckman itself, they all kind of played into this looming sense of dread that it really was the end of history and that THIS was the future.
9/11 kind of smacked that whole cultural ennui aside, but it feels like it really just transformed instead of completely going away.
It's actually really funny looking back on how freaked out people were in the 90s about this, and then 9/11 happened and that whole outlook just instantly died. I agree that it kind of just transformed into something else, but there's a definite "If only they knew how good they had it" feeling looking back now.
The problem is less people stopped being freaked out by it and modern generations being born into. It's the natural order of things for zoomies and young people to be media obsessed, screen glued, pop cultured junkies. They never had to go without constant entertainment for more than five minutes to a point where t hey can't even hold a conversation without checking their phone 9 to 100 times if there's so much a lull in the discussion. These people have been brainwashed before they could talk and now it's all normal. We've achieved a state of cultural and societal nadir where people aren't just unwilling or unable to turn off their screens they're completely unwilling.
It's actually really funny looking back on how freaked out people were in the 90s about this, and then 9/11 happened and that whole outlook just instantly died. I agree that it kind of just transformed into something else, but there's a definite "If only they knew how good they had it" feeling looking back now.
It is still the same, the only difference is we keep losing more nice things and having to look at even slightest moments of common sense dissapearing
I don't really get "end of history" from Duckman's rant.
He wasn't bored of life, he was angry that the "system" was failing and the things that SHOULD be boring and routine were miserably difficult.
Still pretty relevant.
"End of History" rhetoric was basically tossed out of the window in the early 00s with the rise of China and War on Terror, it doesn't really make any sense to tie Trump into that.
>"End of History" rhetoric was basically tossed out of the window in the early 00s with the rise of China and War on Terror
The whole point is that it wasn't, that's what everyone ITT is saying. Or, it shouldn't have been. How did the War On Terror or the Rise Of China meaningfully affect the lives of people in the West? The thesis is that it did not.
The problem is that people aren't bored they're addicted in the worst possible way. Most people can't wait the time it takes to microwave their hot pocket without needing to check their phone
he is right and everyone else agrees
the difference is everyone else coped
That whole scene was one of many 90s looks at how life was becoming so boring and routine that it was genuinely starting to drive people nuts. In the context of the 90s people genuinely believed that "End of History" stuff and it started to give large swaths of the population this existential crisis that this really was all that life was going to be for the foreseeable future if not well into the distant future. Movies like Office Space, albums like OK Computer, TV shows like, well Duckman itself, they all kind of played into this looming sense of dread that it really was the end of history and that THIS was the future.
9/11 kind of smacked that whole cultural ennui aside, but it feels like it really just transformed instead of completely going away.
Someone has a future in video essays
>anon 1 writes a basic paragraph on OP's topic
>anon 2's immediate thought is video essays
You need to take a break from the internet.
I don't like video essays at all, I just wrote something reflective on why this scene was even made.
>Oh my god I have a stable life I am going insane
Fricking xoomers
It's not the "end of history", it's a soulless bureaucratic existence.
It's actually really funny looking back on how freaked out people were in the 90s about this, and then 9/11 happened and that whole outlook just instantly died. I agree that it kind of just transformed into something else, but there's a definite "If only they knew how good they had it" feeling looking back now.
The problem is less people stopped being freaked out by it and modern generations being born into. It's the natural order of things for zoomies and young people to be media obsessed, screen glued, pop cultured junkies. They never had to go without constant entertainment for more than five minutes to a point where t hey can't even hold a conversation without checking their phone 9 to 100 times if there's so much a lull in the discussion. These people have been brainwashed before they could talk and now it's all normal. We've achieved a state of cultural and societal nadir where people aren't just unwilling or unable to turn off their screens they're completely unwilling.
It is still the same, the only difference is we keep losing more nice things and having to look at even slightest moments of common sense dissapearing
>Anon makes a really good point
Where the frick am I?
I don't really get "end of history" from Duckman's rant.
He wasn't bored of life, he was angry that the "system" was failing and the things that SHOULD be boring and routine were miserably difficult.
Still pretty relevant.
I hate that this website produces more insightful conversation than plebbit
Is this "Trump" in the room with us, right now?
"End of History" rhetoric was basically tossed out of the window in the early 00s with the rise of China and War on Terror, it doesn't really make any sense to tie Trump into that.
>"End of History" rhetoric was basically tossed out of the window in the early 00s with the rise of China and War on Terror
The whole point is that it wasn't, that's what everyone ITT is saying. Or, it shouldn't have been. How did the War On Terror or the Rise Of China meaningfully affect the lives of people in the West? The thesis is that it did not.
It made half the voter base into screaming lunatic warhawks, which flipped to the other side when obams got elected.
>HYPRG8
>the end of history was cancelled
It's coming for us sooner than you think
But it's not gonna be as pleasant as endless boredom
Boredom is underrated.
The problem is that people aren't bored they're addicted in the worst possible way. Most people can't wait the time it takes to microwave their hot pocket without needing to check their phone
post Bernice
I love Jason Alexander but I couldn't stay interested in this.
what caused it? was the plot way too boring?
Too israeli
How?
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whoops you saw nothing >_<
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