[ SECRET POST #5461 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5461 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What's on your mind?

[(Anonymous)]

I thought the Greatest Generation was the greatest generation, I mean, it is right there in the name.

At least The Greatests, Silents, and earlier knew the value of convenience and were thrilled at the thought their descendants wouldn't be spending their lives trying to assemble meals from scratch. Only the Boomers could be nostalgic for compulsory hardships.

Re: What's on your mind?

[pantswarrior]

"Compulsory hardships"... what a great way to put it. I really liked a meme I saw awhile back about how "I bet my ancestors wouldn't think we're soft, they'd be happy to see that we were thriving, like 'look at that, our daughter can put an entire cinnamon stick in her tea which takes only a few minutes to brew'" and so on. =)

Also among the frequent themes is "when I was a kid, we knew where everyone was at by finding the yard that had all the bicycles in it, we knew it was time to come home when the streetlights came on, life will never be like that again because of cell phones and social media"

...I live in a neighborhood with a bunch of kids. LIFE IS LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW. Except that they do often have cell phones on them while they're riding their bikes and playing street hockey and... well, they're NEARBY while running through the sprinkler and drinking from the hose. ;) It helps keep them safe and the days go smoother when a parent can contact their kid whenever. I'm not sure why this is supposed to be a bad thing.

Re: What's on your mind?

[(Anonymous)]

Where I grew up if we found a yard full of bikes, it meant we'd found the yard of whoever was nicking them. I remember that "we never used to lock our doors thing", which was true, because if we did then whoever was busting in would just break it down and then you were out a door as well as anything you were foolish enough to leave lying around. People were honest back then, they say, but it is easy to be honest when nobody has nothing worth nicking. I don't miss those days, not one fucking bit, and I'd be grateful if people would stop trying to bring them back.

And the everyone came home on their own before dark too, because if you stayed out after dark then it was a cert you'd get mugged. If you were lucky, a mugging was all it was too. My grandad said they used to call the area he grew up in Noah's Ark, because if you didn't travel in pairs then you didn't travel at all.

Re: What's on your mind?

[pantswarrior]

*nods* There is also a big difference on where one grew up too. My dad's family grew up in a little town that he observes "now has a population of 500 if you count the new trailer park nearby and also the cows". So sure they had an idyllic sort of life where everyone knew everyone else and no one had to worry too much if you didn't know where your kid was at dinnertime.

But as you note, that is not the universal experience, and I think that's what really pisses me off about these memes. The idea that "the way things were for me" is always viable and the best way for everyone to live their life.

Re: What's on your mind?

[tabaqui]

This, omg.