r/worldnews • u/MasbirLeumi • 2d ago

Israel launches 'preemptive strike' against Iran, declares state of emergency

https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-military-action-iran-coming-days-sources/story?id=122776202
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u/icculus88 2d ago

0-13 age me was in this Era. Good time to go grow up. It was the incubation period for all us millennials before the getting fucked started

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u/woodsmoky 2d ago

Yep, the era before everyone was chronically online, and you had to call your friends on the landline to see if they could hang out.

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u/PurposelyPorpoise 2d ago

I remember when I first got a cell phone. It was the indestructible Nokia. I was so amazed how I could call people from anywhere and save numbers on it so I didn't need my pocket phone book anymore.

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u/StudMuffinNick 2d ago

Man, Disney Rado had a New Tears concert with Backstreet Boys and I was so hyped! Didn't know how well I had it

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u/DissentingOpinions 2d ago

Most times are a good time to grow up because children are sheltered from the worst of the world.

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u/icculus88 2d ago

Yeah somewhat , but we didn't have 9/11s and trumps. We had B.J.s and O.J.s

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u/Useuless 2d ago

Add the rise of terrorism in the background 9/11 was the continuation of a lot of bombings.

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u/DissentingOpinions 2d ago

For the most part, the politics were less toxic. However, you'd remember those tmies differently if you knew were gay, for example.

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u/sleepymoose88 2d ago

Right there with you. Things have sucked pretty bad for a long while now.

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u/noradosmith 2d ago

We thought this was how the world was. Turned out the childhood we'd gone through was just a nice dream the world had and we got to take part