Battle of the Decades – Fifth Round

That was more of a blowout than even I was expecting. For such a hugely significant decade like the 19-zeros to lose so embarrassingly to the 1950s, was enough to make me want to cry. But I totally didn’t. No, really, I’m tough. Really. I kicked a bear yesterday. See? And I would gladly kick any of the other stuffed animals, too. Even that pompous lion who’s always eyeballing me. But now is not the time to fight because we have a battle to start.

1970s

Your proudest achievements:
Well, I founded Microsoft, which yes, I am proud of, and I created the first test-tube baby while watching M*A*S*H (which I also started). Then I constructed The Sears Tower—the tallest building in the world at the time—and of course, gave birth to Reputation@Stake.
Things you don’t like to talk about:
Alright, fine, I hurt the music world a bit. I broke up The Beatles and I killed Elvis, but who even remembers those guys now? And sure, I did give the U.S. it’s first big military loss by calling it quits in Vietnam, but at least I got President Nixon to resign.

1920s

Your proudest achievements:
Dude, I gave women the right to vote in America! I then invented the Lie Detector—which was purely a coincidence, I swear. Moving on, I discovered both King Tut and Penicillin, invented Bubble Gum, and then, what many consider my finest achievement, I invented Sliced Bread.
Things you don’t like to talk about:
I kinda sorta helped Hitler publish his book Mein Kampf. And, uh, then, uh, man I hate to mention this, I accidentally crashed the Stock Market. Sorry. And I haven’t decided if starting Prohibition in the U.S. was a good thing or a bad thing, but still, I don’t like to talk about it.

So which of these two is the greater decade? You tell us by casting your vote, for one or the other, in the comments section. On Saturday we’ll announce the winner (so vote before then), and then we’ll pit two previously winning decades against each other, on the road to deciding the greatest decade of all.

Written by Reputation@Stake

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