Here are channels from the 80s, 90s and 2000s:
https://www.my80stv.com/
https://www.my90stv.com/
https://www.my00stv.com/
I first flicked through channels from 1991. I watched some commercials, some movie trailers, and a music video of the Scorpions. Then I switched over to 1999 and caught a talk show, an episode of Hey Arnold, a women's international soccer match between USA and Brazil, and a paranormal series called Roswell. The late 90s definitely had a very different vibe to the early 90s. Then I opened the 80s TV website and watched some channels from 1988. I immediately came across the music video for Eric Carmen's "Make Me Lose Control" and just marked out to it like crazy. I also watched some commercials, a few moments of a basketball game, news channels, and various other things.
The nostalgia is eating me up right now!
TV was so much better in the 80s and 90s. The first thing that caught my attention was that the visuals are grainy and the sound quality is much lower than what we are accustomed to today but in my opinion those things add to the aesthetic and create a more authentic vibe. Then I saw that the content back then was much more vibrant and upbeat and brimming with originality. TV from those decades is fun to watch.
I observe the people from the 80s and 90s and they actually look good. The women look feminine and wholesome, dress well, have nice hairstyles and exude a special allure. They have a classy and uxorial quality that makes me feel genuinely attracted to them and couldn't be any further from the tatted-up, makeup-plastered, fake-lipped, diseased-looking trashbag skanks that you commonly see today. I love women from that period. At the same time, the men look virile, well-constituted and handsome. They're not ugly sewer-mutant dweebs poisoned by Bisphenol A and countless other toxins and xenoestrogens like at least half of Gen Z. Moreover, there are no people of either sex with pink or purple hair and unsightly piercings and certainly no weirdos talking about made-up genders. Just normal people with a decent level of natural beauty and charm and a respectable presentation. I love it!
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I also notice how people in the 80s and 90s even spoke much better. They enunciate their words more clearly and use a broader vocabulary. And they actually have manners and a decent amount of savoir faire.
I guess that is what it was like to live in a normal world. I was born in the late 80s but was too young to remember anything. But I vividly remember the late 90s and early 2000s and loved that time.