Battle of the Decades – Second Round

This is how impressively ethical and impartial and unbiased and neutral (just found my thesaurus) and fair I am: In the previous battle, I really wanted the 1930s to win. But at the end, the 80s finished with 9 votes and the 30s with 8 votes. Now, I do often get drunk with power (it’s like 90 proof, I think) and officiating over these battles is an enormous amount of power. So when TS Hendrik emailed me a few days ago, to update me on how he’s feeling (he either pulled or tore something in his neck), he mentioned in passing that he’d vote for the 1930s. Wahoo! Right? That would tie it all up, and I’d be forced to break the tie—which is the only time I let myself vote. However, I specifically said that you had to vote by leaving a comment. Tsk, tsk. Look at TS being all sneaky. But like I said above in my string of synonyms, I’m impressively impartial. So, even with the hangover that power had left me with, I did the right thing and let the 80s win. So, there, you may now all praise me and use me as a social yardstick and a model for your children. No, really, you can. Go ahead.

Alright, enough of that. Let’s get to the new battle:

1910s

Your proudest achievements:

I found a couple things but I invented a buncha junk. I found the South Pole and stumbled on Machu Picchu, but I invented parachutes, Boy Scouts, the Panama Canal and even the first crossword puzzle. Yippee! But, really, you have to admit my masterpiece was creating Oreo cookies.
Things you don’t like to talk about:
I accidently sunk the Titanic, and World War I was my bad, but what you guys really get upset at me for is creating the Personal Income Tax. Dude, I’m really sorry, but I also made the first traffic light. What? You guys don’t like traffic? What about Daylight Saving Time? Alright, never mind.

1960s

Your proudest achievements:

Well, ironically, I made Muhammad Ali a fighting champion while also creating the Peace Corps. I also tossed a couple dudes up to the moon. And sure, I invented lasers and did the first heart transplant, blah, blah, blah. But what’s really important is that I gave you guys the Beatles and Woodstock. You’re welcome.
Things you don’t like to talk about:
Uh, well, I kinda killed a bunch of people. Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, and the Charles Manson ones. But, seriously, I don’t want to talk about them or Vietnam, so go away.

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 Tuesday we’ll announce the winner (so vote before then), and then throw two other decades up against each other, for round three.


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