Do you think every generation thinks their time growing up was the best? (aussie.zone)

submitted 3 days ago by Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm a millennial and think I got the perfect moment in history, school was only school no computers and MSN etc until highschool. There was no mobile phones until then too. (I mean for kids)

Consoles were still multilayer locally and there was no social media.

But we still had all the conveniences of modern life now apart from instant food delivery and streaming

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[-] CptHacke@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago

To be honest, every decade has its share of 'greatness' and 'terribleness'. Every generation has its heroes and villains. Sure, there weren't kids on cellphones back in the 80's but your kid would most likely be murdered if they came out as gay in high school. Yes, people weren't digital shut-ins back in the 70's, but cops were beating the living shit out of black people on the streets.

It's all relative. There never was a 'golden age'. That's not to say we shouldn't fight to make things better wherever and whenever we can, though.

[-] CptHacke@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Why the downvotes? Was something I said untrue?

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