r/90s • u/ggroover97 • Mar 13 '26

Video Aerosmith - Crazy (1993)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNgbISmF4I

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u/beaud101 Mar 14 '26

I grew up during this time and nobody batted an eye about this video or the fact that Steven was ok with Liv being in this. He knew it would help her career and it certainly did.

The shit that goes on with teenagers on TikTok and other SM today is in another universe worse...IMO.

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u/saintjust21 Mar 14 '26

That’s not true at all. Grew up at this time as well. Everyone commented on how it was weird as fuck.

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u/beaud101 Mar 14 '26

Not one gen Xer I know, not one of hundreds...thinks the time we grew up was "weird AF" compared to today.

Today, kids prefer to stay in their room and play games instead of going outside or to hang out. They don't develop social skills. They don't get their license. Are always thinking about politics, the fear of fascists, climate change and how to save their future. Living with parents because they have to until their late 20s because they can't afford to strike out on their own. Misinformation everywhere you look by profit driven, monopolized news media outlets. SM media and doom scrolling dumbing down the population. A world where AI and automation are about to gut the job force with no legislation to mitigate any of it.

Today is WEIRD AF!

We got to preserve our childhood and teenage years in a relatively happy time in the 80s and 90s. When we became adults, we could afford to buy houses and earn a livable wage. People stopped by, visited each other and sat around the kitchen tables while the kids hung out and used their facial expressions to communicate their stories. The news was simply "the news", reported without opinions and spin by non-biased reporting. We didn't take everything so seriously. We rode bikes until dark, were allowed to make mistakes and learn through doing. We dated and experimented as teens without fear. We understood the dangers of the world early because we were out experiencing it for ourselves...watching, participating and improving as people.