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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is not unfair to clock the first bit. But you can't count hypothetical WW3s. That's like Boomers saying they lived through Hypothetical Nuclear Winter.

Also, if we're counting recessions as millennials, you can't neglect the '87 crash and the '01 dot-com bubble. If we're counting plagues, you can't leave out AIDS.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Don't forget the savings and loans crisis in the early 90s.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I was in university at the time. My economics prof had a habit of writing the Dow Jones on the white board every class. The day the crash happened I said 'wow that's a massive drop' to which she replied 'this is on par with the crash of 1929...'

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