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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Watching a news feature on Trump where he shouts down at a protestor "get him out of here. In the old days he would have been carried out on a stretcher".
Clearly not the good old days.
What was genuinely better in the past and what is a misconception of things being good, which we now have, as time has passed by? |
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I don't think many things were better in the past except possibly the slower pace of life. I would much rather be living today than in 1716 for many reasons not least of which is medical advances in childbirth. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't think many things were better in the past except possibly the slower pace of life. I would much rather be living today than in 1716 for many reasons not least of which is medical advances in childbirth."
I would rather be living today, too. The pluses outweigh the negatives for sure. But I do think that with those advances we have lost a few things.
Take cell phones, my earlier example - I would not say that we should give them up, but they have ushered in a lack of privacy that is, in my opinion, not entirely an improvement.
But yes, I vote for today over 1716 ever time  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Neighbours. I visited a lot of neighbours houses when I was a kid and the whole street played out together; same with my own children. My grandchildren have one or two neighbours they say hello to. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"BITD 80's motorbikes and 70's cars were better. Not necessarily on the safety side but had more character "
Well Morris Marinas and Austin Allegro's certainly had character.
They were utter shit, but they had character. |
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"BITD 80's motorbikes and 70's cars were better. Not necessarily on the safety side but had more character
Well Morris Marinas and Austin Allegro's certainly had character.
They were utter shit, but they had character."
Was thinking more rs2000's and 3 litre capris
But the allegro did have a square steering wheel, now that's character |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't think many things were better in the past except possibly the slower pace of life. I would much rather be living today than in 1716 for many reasons not least of which is medical advances in childbirth."
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By *inzi LTV/TS
over a year ago
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Back in the old days I used live in a shoe box on't central reservation of t' motorway...
I got up and hour before I went to bed, worked 25 hours a day and me dad used to thrash me every night just before bed! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Had I transitioned 40 years ago when I should have done. I would have been beaten up as soon as I left my home.
I have huge respect for those who did, they really had courage. Society is generally much more tolerant now.
We tend to look at the past through rose tinted spectacles , but apart from the music, I really can't think of anything that was better in the past. |
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I don't look at the past through rose tinted glasses either!
But I am glad that I got to have my childhood before technology took over.
I'm glad I got to grow up in a time where people knew their neighbors and were closer with family members.
And as someone said above - food was actually food!
Not all of it - I remember getting green and blue drinks from the milkman that I am almost certain are banned now as thy were completely toxic!
But there were no microwave ovens or takeaway restaurants - the only burger restaurant ( Wimpy ) used to have proper cutlery served on a plate.
If you wanted to talk to someone you would go and knock on their door.
If someone knocks on my door now I don't like it unless I know they're coming.
It's like I've lost most of my social skills since the mobile phone and the internet!
I would rather text / type than talk!
I can only imagine how it must be to be brought up in this world where every little thing you need to know is there in your pocket - ask google!
Amazing - but there is no mystery left.
It's actually quite sad  |
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"I think the ability to live a life privately, away from Facebook, cell phone cameras, and Google, was something genuinely better in the past. "
But you can still do that now, things have an off button :P |
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"I don't look at the past through rose tinted glasses either!
But I am glad that I got to have my childhood before technology took over.
I'm glad I got to grow up in a time where people knew their neighbors and were closer with family members.
And as someone said above - food was actually food!
Not all of it - I remember getting green and blue drinks from the milkman that I am almost certain are banned now as thy were completely toxic!
But there were no microwave ovens or takeaway restaurants - the only burger restaurant ( Wimpy ) used to have proper cutlery served on a plate.
If you wanted to talk to someone you would go and knock on their door.
If someone knocks on my door now I don't like it unless I know they're coming.
It's like I've lost most of my social skills since the mobile phone and the internet!
I would rather text / type than talk!
I can only imagine how it must be to be brought up in this world where every little thing you need to know is there in your pocket - ask google!
Amazing - but there is no mystery left.
It's actually quite sad "
Obviously people have differing opinions, but I don't see it as sad at all. I still chat with my neighbours, and they don't stone me like they probably would have done in the seventies.
If I want to know something I can look it up in seconds, I can communicate with people from the comfort of my home. When I was young we didn't even have a phone.
Cars are safer and more reliable and I'd be screwed without a microwave. Oh and getting screwed was harder too.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Parents... Mist kids had 2 in the same house.
People used to arrange to meet and turn up, unlike now, where,are you, 5 mins away.
Shops were shut on Sundays.
Used to get toys in cereal boxes.
Quality street tins were huge. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Obviously people have differing opinions, but I don't see it as sad at all. I still chat with my neighbours, and they don't stone me like they probably would have done in the seventies.
If I want to know something I can look it up in seconds, I can communicate with people from the comfort of my home. When I was young we didn't even have a phone.
Cars are safer and more reliable and I'd be screwed without a microwave. Oh and getting screwed was harder too.
Lol - yes I completely understand what you're saying - like I said I'm not looking at the past through rose tinted glasses - I just posted a few of the things that I feel nostalgic about from my childhood.
I know exactly how it feels to have been an outcast - I was mixed race with stupid frizzy hair from a single parent family and hand me down clothes!
I feel like it's sad because personally I feel like I am a little isolated as I don;t have to make the effort to knock on someones door!
Technology is making us all antisocial!
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Aggression and lack of respect are more recent hallmarks that I'd move back in time to lose.
I know almost every neighbour that I have and we usually throw leaving parties if someone dares to move away - we're still friendly, but invest in these relationships because they're important to us.
But bringing back respect for others as a norm would be my retrieval from the past. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Aggression and lack of respect are more recent hallmarks that I'd move back in time to lose.
I know almost every neighbour that I have and we usually throw leaving parties if someone dares to move away - we're still friendly, but invest in these relationships because they're important to us.
But bringing back respect for others as a norm would be my retrieval from the past. "
I remember going into Leicester city centre in 1979/80ish and it was full of football fans fighting each other. Dozens of them, and it was very scary.
Not much respect for others there.
I am pushing sixty, and I cannot recall any time when respect for others was the norm. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm not a believer in golden age thinking, I think that the best time to live is now.
You just have to really embrace it.
I went to a gig by myself last week, and just through Instagram I found some people to meet up with. Ended up having a few drinks and a really nice time.
We have people from all over the world come to borrow our couch for the night. And now I have some amazing people that would gladly have me to stay as well.
I can connect with friends at the touch of a button.
Play games with ex flatmates who love halfway across the wild like nothing ever changed.
Watch hundreds of television shows and films, read any book I want or even create my own instantly.
And most beautiful of all... You can Photoshop a picture of your friend to look like she's holding a koala instead of a beer and then post it on Facebook to confuse her mum.
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