I think it's easy to find bad things that happened in every decade. There's an awful lot of good things that came out of the 80's and 90's. Take computing and the internet. Those creations really blossomed in the 80's and 90's.

I'm one of those who say the good old days. I was born in the 70's, I'm now in my 40's and have earned the right to say it. The world has changed a lot and in my opinion for the better and for the worse.

It's natural for younger generations to dismiss the experience and wisdom of past generations. It's a dangerous thing. And equally dangerous is when older generations ignore the younger as naive and idealistic.

Just like all decades have good and bad, so do generations of people. There's good and bad habits and cultures that we all take from our respective decades of formative development. We just need to work together.

As the say 'can't we all just get along?'. Great post @lauralemons. Good discussion stemming from it. :)

PS. To me the 80's and 90's were the good ol days. I don't care what people say.