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In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:38 am
by Foggy
I considered a poll, but I'm asking for suggestions due to a failure of imagination.
Too early? Yeah, y'know ... if we have a second Civil War and millions die, further on down the road like in 2026 or so, which certainly seems to be a strong possibility today ... or if a giant solar flare exacerbates global warming and the entire population on both coasts drowns or sumpin' cheery like that, so that the population of the United States can be counted in the hundreds of thousands, then when 2030 rolls around we might need a new name.
For now I'm thinking the Anti-Reality Twenties maybe? The Whackaloon Twenties? Gimme some ideas here.
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Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:43 am
by bill_g
I'm going with the Choking Twenties for now. (cough)
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:53 am
by Slim Cognito
The Are-You-Fucking-Kidding-Me? Twenties.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:12 am
by pipistrelle
Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:53 am
The Are-You-Fucking-Kidding-Me? Twenties.
The WTF Twenties
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:40 am
by Volkonski
Pandemic 20's
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:41 am
by Estiveo
The Dystopian Twenties
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:43 am
by Gene Kooper
Sadly, it is likely to be the Everything is on Fire Twenties or the Roaring Fire Twenties.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:58 am
by Foggy
So far, so good.
'Course, we also need a few other things, like maybe new names for the gender-challenged amongst us. I know that the aforementioned members of the femalian species, back in the Roaring Twenties, were popularly known as "flappers," "twists," and my personal favorite, "frails".
Narrator: That's his favorite because he's known SO MANY wimmin who were anything but frail.
So we need a few additions there.
Also too, both my sons are certified Generation Z, which seems to imply it's the LAST generation, unless we make a few changes to the English alphabet. These are the questions that puzzle me.
Funny, that there never was a popular nickname for the previous decade, but then there wasn't one last century either.
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Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:34 pm
by Slim Cognito
Foggy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:58 am
Also too, both my sons are certified Generation Z, which seems to imply it's the LAST generation, unless we make a few changes to the English alphabet. These are the questions that puzzle me.
Funny, that there never was a popular nickname for the previous decade, but then there wasn't one last century either.
1. Do we follow the Weather Service and move to the Greek alphabet. Oh wait.
2. The Otts just sounded dumb. Made me think of Jethro Bodine. As for the Teens, I got nuthin'.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:39 pm
by raison de arizona
Mr. Gneiss wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:43 am
Sadly, it is likely to be the Everything is on Fire Twenties or the Roaring Fire Twenties.
Dumpster Fire Twenties
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:51 pm
by Phoenix520
Terrible Twenties.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:03 pm
by Foggy
Oh I like
Dumpster Fire Twenties.
You know why that's perfect? In a hundred years, that will be as archaic as Roaring Twenties, and people will have to Goog to figure out what a dumpster even is, much less a smelly and poisonous fire within one. .
But, jeez ...
Brexit is a dumpster fire. Trump is a dumpster fire. The poots and the anti-vaxers and the climate change deniers are all dumpster fires. America is burning, and we're not alone. The whole world is a dumpster fire.
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Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:28 pm
by Tiredretiredlawyer
Well, I am officially in style. I just had my hair cut in the flapper haircut and I loves to dance! We now must create a dance step for the Dumpster Fire Twenties a la the Charleston.
Per the fashion magazines, the “bob” haircut is IN.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:30 pm
by jcolvin2
Given what my life has become in light of my efforts to avoid COVID - no travel, restaurants, parties, etc. - The Boring Twenties seems fitting.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:36 pm
by AndyinPA
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:52 pm
by Tiredretiredlawyer
jcolvin2 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:30 pm
Given what my life has become in light of my efforts to avoid COVID - no travel, restaurants, parties, etc. -
The Boring Twenties seems fitting.
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Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:37 pm
by Foggy
Harrumph and humph, sez I.
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Didn't you meet a famous (
infamous) rooster at the Seattle Zoo this summer?
It was one of the highlights of my year, and too bad we didn't get more time together. Granted, I was surrounded by fambly that, for some odd reason, didn't have a burning desire to talk polly ticks or anything forum-related. Still, that was a very good day, in my book.
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Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:25 pm
by jcolvin2
Foggy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:37 pm
Harrumph and humph, sez I.
![Finger Wag :fingerwag:](./images/smilies/naughty.gif)
Didn't you meet a famous (
infamous) rooster at the Seattle Zoo this summer?
It was one of the highlights of my year, and too bad we didn't get more time together. Granted, I was surrounded by fambly that, for some odd reason, didn't have a burning desire to talk polly ticks or anything forum-related. Still, that was a very good day, in my book.
Meeting you was one of the highlights of my otherwise drab year (which tells you something about how bad it has been
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). Do recall that our time together at the zoo was spent entirely OUTSIDE, where the risks of transmission are significantly lower.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:51 pm
by Foggy
Yeah, well I wasn't worried about catching anything from you even indoors, because we were all fully vaxed and Omicron wasn't a thing yet. I felt very safe every moment of that trip, even riding the ferry back and forth across the sound to Bainbridge. Everyone wears masks on the ferry, but there are still germs on the public seats and tables. Those were the good old times, when getting vaxed meant you probably wouldn't get the virus.
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Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:54 pm
by Lani
Dumpster Fire Twenties
Terrible Twenties
Viral Twenties - We'll likely be dealing with the coronavirus for at least most of 2022, more likely longer, and even then it will continue to mutate - hopefully to a weaker & less harmful virus. Societies are breaking down, economic, healthcare & racial inequalities are exposed. It's going to be a wild decade.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:20 pm
by W. Kevin Vicklund
For J.D. Robb fans:
The Urban Wars
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:31 pm
by Frater I*I
Mad Max: Origins.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 6:49 pm
by p0rtia
Too also:
The Warring Twenties
The Storming Twenties
The Whoring Twenties (too obscure)
The Deploring Twenties
The Tyrannical Twenties
The Lawless Twenties
(This is fun)
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:05 pm
by jcolvin2
Frater I*I wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:31 pm
Mad Max: Origins.
Maybe we could reboot the Mad Max franchise. Call the original film,
Episode 4: A New Dystopia, then move on to
Episode 1: The Fascist Menace,
Episode 2: The Monoclonal Wars, and
Episode 3: Revenge of the Steal.
Re: In the last century, we had the Roaring Twenties. What should this decade be named?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:29 pm
by much ado
The Terminal Twenties.