| Bearcat |
10-17-2023 02:20 PM |
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Originally Posted by Rain Man
(Post 17174360)
I kind of figure that everyone thinks that their memories were great, and that changes are substandard.
People who grew up in the 1940s probably talk fondly about victory gardens how much better life was with stay-at-home moms.
People who grew up in the 1910s probably reminisced about those stick and hoop toys, and how much better life was when ice was delivered by hand with those big tongs.
People who grew up in the 1790s probably talked fondly about at-home candle tallow making and how much better life was before the Indians got guns.
People who grew up in the Ice Age probably talk fondly about killing giant ground sloths and how much better meat tasted before cooking over fires started.
In forty years, people will talk about growing up in the 2020s and how great tiktok was and how much better life was before AI matched you up with your future spouse in elementary school.
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Yeah, people who enjoyed their childhood in the 70s or 80s would have enjoyed it in the 50s or 2010s and people who didn't enjoy their childhood in the 2000s wouldn't have enjoyed it in the 70s or 20s.
And that was basically cdcox's point, I think.
There's obviously give and take, and I'm sure some people would have done better or worse in a difficult decade... but kids are pretty damn resilient and don't exactly sit around pining for past decades they weren't ever part of either.
90% of it is nostalgia of being a kid with zero responsibility, the other 10% is just shouting at clouds and being disconnected with today's kids. |
