[Chi-townChief]

You kind of hope this clown is joking but I've heard this "worst of times" crap in all seriousness from a lot of Baby Boomers and younger.

[Fiji Hill]

Sometimes a period of history, such as a decade, doesn't get named until long afterwards. The "Roaring Twenties" were so named in 1939, the Thirties were dubbed "The Red Decade" in 1941, and the Sixties received the name "The Destructive Generation" in 1988, with the publication of David Horowitz's book of the same name. For that matter, the Renaissance had to wait about three hundred years before it was so named.

I recall that in 1959, commentators were referring to the previous decade as "The Fabulous Fifties," while the new decade was dubbed "The Soaring Sixties," but neither of these nicknames took hold.

[Rockitz]

My Top 5

1. Absolute Zero decade
2. Who left the 60s druggies in charge decade
3. Dejavu Dementia decade or Welcome back Jimmuh decade
4. Building a Pyramid Scheme to the Future decade
5. Government Grifter decade