The last good year in the United States was 1986. After this, when Rap really began to take over, things turned to shit quickly.

Many white people began to adopt the habits of inner-city Negroes.

What remained of white counter-culturalists became whiney, self-obsessed Grunge/Emo/Hipster homos rehashing trends from ages gone by, oftentimes "Ironically."

Choose your Poison.