Having moved to Czechia in the '90s from the US, there was a pretty huge difference back then, especially in the countryside.
Comment on Portlandia was spot on
mlatu@moist.catsweat.com 6 hours ago
i mean.... to be fair......... when i visited my hometown in poland in 1998....... it really still looked very much like 1980 was still looming around the corner... it wasnt the 18th hundred but i loved it for its gritty "you want sweets? how about a nice refreshing glass of last summers compote from gramps allotment?". silly nostalgia of course but yeah...
realitista@lemmus.org 6 hours ago
Klear@piefed.world 4 hours ago
40 years of corrupt authoritarian government does that.
Signtist@bookwyr.me 4 hours ago
What I remember most from 1998 were commercials for flavored sugar water where kids turned into metallic early-CGI goop and rocketed through the air toward a woman carrying a tray of pouches so they could get there faster to consume.
BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip 35 minutes ago
Speaking of, would you be interested in trying some liquid slam?
youtu.be/eyd51lvu3xw
jade52@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
This is also what I remember. Spot on.