hell, I’ll even take a 1978 in poor condition at this point.
2006 yellowcard would be nice.
In America, someone like me would’ve been casually get called a “chink” in 1995 (I’m Chinese American)
don’t even think the 1995 America would’ve elected a Black Man… that’s how racist society used to be
fuck that era, fuck the past.
The past isn’t as pretty as you think.
Sorry, don’t wanna bring up race, but like… I feel like this is a very white-centric viewpoint.
January 1, 2026 will be the beginning of a new tomorrow, for NYC, and soon, the rest of America. They can throw money all they want, but as NYC has show us, we can defeat big money. Choose hope, not despair.
As a trans women, this too
Idk i could go for another 2015
Even gay folks had a much harder time in the 90s, it’s hard to even imagine now but its like night and day.
I’ve seen you multiple times now and I have a question: The transcription of your name in Latin letters is the Japanese reading of the hanzi/kanji, isn’t it? Or is the Chinese reading really so similar?
The romanization is how it’s read in Japanese.
Chinese sounds different (each variant or “dialect”, sounds distinct from each other, but all uses the same Kanji characters (Japanese Kanji originated from the same origins as Chinese Hanzi; Kanji literally means Hanzi (漢字))
When I was a kid and I watched Detective Conan in the Mandarin dub, I they just pronounce the Kanji in Mandarin and that’s their official translated name.
Hypothetically, if Japanese didn’t make modifications their written script, they would probably be all using Kanji and it would just feel like another “dialect” of Chinese, it would be much easier to learn, since you’re just substituting sounds and not leaning it from scratch. (Which means, hypothetically, on such a timeline, I could probably learn this version of Japanese, and watch Anime without subtitles lol)
Chinese variants are kinda interesting. I haven’t spoken Mandarin for like 15 years, but because I speak Cantonese at home, I kinda “maintained” the overall language, so I could still form a Mandarin sentence by simply imagining the Chinese characters (or rather, the concept of the characters), then substituting the sounds with Mandarin sounds (I still kinda remember the pronounciations)
My (Italian) last name sounds exactly like a Cantonese insult.
I found that out in HS, when working in my friends family’s Chinese Restaurant. Dude was my best friend for like 2 years prior, 1st generation, raised bilingual and immersed in both cultures…would think he’d tell me before the cooks.
W/e at least I still got an envelope every Lunar New Year.
Could I just buy a brand new 1995 Camry (at 1995 prices, ofc)?
Then I’d be sooooo happy.
I would love to have another 1997. Man I loved that year. A 1998 would be cool too.
Never buy a used year, they sound good until you find the society has moved on and everyone else is living in a new 2026 model you don’t want to restart society from scratch do you?
you don’t want to restart society from scratch do you?
looks around at everything
Yes. Yes, I do!
now with double the surveillance fascism!
im going for a 5000 BCE, i miss good old cereal farming
Maybe 2009:
Dubya was out of the White House and Obama still hadn’t evolved into his final Centrist form, making it theoretically still possible to influence him towards governing more like the 2008 campaign Obama
Facebook was still barely bigger than MySpace, Twitter was still pretty good rather than a fascist safe space, Google had yet to ruin YouTube, and enshittification was generally the exception rather than the rule
An Inconvenient Truth was still relevant and most countries at least did a halfway decent job of PRETENDING to care about the future livability of the planet
Still early enough to pump and dump Bitcoin to death, preventing cryptocurrency from becoming the go-to money laundering tool of rich crooks everywhere including the current president
Windows 7, the best ever and last good Windows is released
The first international Trans Day of Visibility is celebrated with few if any fascists trying to murder anybody present
Plus a bunch of bad things, but next to nothing compared to every single subsequent year.
There may be some rose tinted glasses there bud. 2009 was also the peak year for people losing their homes and unemployment from the 2008 financial crisis. The wars in the middle east were in full swing. Plus way more people who thought the world would end in 2012 than you would think which was so annoying.
There may be some rose tinted glasses there bud
More like picking a year almost at random and then seeing how much better than recent years it sounds, but you’re right about the rest 😁
I would KILL for another 1995.
Agreed. FWIW, for me personally, it was a really good year. The only close contenders so far were 2001 and 2006.
Don’t know about the world outside my bubble, though.For me the most important thing in that year was Chrono Trigger.
Been chasing that high for 30 years.
Heck yeah…Just in time to make a push to finish my CS degree right at the height of the .com boom and Y2K cleanup. The world is my oyster. If I can reuse my current knowledge, maybe go join some startup that actually makes it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995
idk I’m not sure
tbf I took a quick glance through some other years and they all had major tragedies
Hey, it’s a used year! You’re going to have issues. Save a bit and just expect it. But remember that used years are reliable and parts easy to find.
But if you get the First Gen 2026, it’s untested! If you have issues, who are you going to ask? The guys on the 2026Repairs Forums? What if there’s a recall and you have to get a rental 2020 in the mean time?
you make a good point
where do I sign
I have a really bad credit score
Cash payments only!
2009 didn’t seem so bad, relatively.
I’ll take 2002 with a pinch of salt please. Thank you.
I’ve got a 2001 I can get you with a steep discount.
There’s never been a new year by the time you enter the work force, it’s more of a used year but if you’re lucky you get reconditioned year.
Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weGYilwd1YI
