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What's your "greatest generation" hot take
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growing up on TV absolutely did rot boomer brains
It's probably moreso the lead everything, but being blasted with TV every waking hour probably didn't help
To be clear I don't think television is even inherently bad for your brain. It's more about the quality of the soulless corporate content they've been spoon-fed their whole lives that has made them into dull, unimaginative people. Of course this applies to younger generations who watch TV too, but young people also have more variety in the types of entertainment they consume.
My boomer parents have practically no hobbies outside of watching TV and so it's all they do now that they're retired. And it's the worst slop imaginable, like it's either cable news or reality TV or Shark Tank or Young Sheldon. They watch a show called Supermarket Sweep, which is literally training them to shout corporate brand slogans at the TV, it's fucking deranged.
Since they were the first people to be raised by TV they feel comforted by it. They are the vanguard of modern alienation and in old age, TV gives them companionship and emotional engagement which they cannot get from their socially isolated lives.
The effect of lead is greatly exaggerated. If you compare American, Chinese, and Soviet boomers - who all grew up with leaded gasoline - you'll see it's only the Americans that have brainworms. Lead is still bad, of course.
At least in China and the USSR you could access healthcare to treat some of the effects of lead poisoning? Ehhh, maybe you're right, it's probably just the broken social structure.
Killing nazis is good
Worker solidarity is good.
The only reason they had anything good was because the ruling class had an active fear of a communist revolution.
That those damn kids need to get off my lawn!
But for real my take is that things aren't made to last anymore and that sucks (to be fair this is also a boomer thing and can be a good introduction to explain late capitalism and it's faults to older people, if the opportunity arises)
My grandparents got married in 1950 and the toaster they were given as a wedding present still works. Grandpa replaced the cord once or twice, but that's it. They have passed on, but the toaster is still going strong at my cousin's house.
But does it connect to a shitty app that connects like half the time? Checkmate, liberals.
I should have battled my cousin for that toaster. What if someday there are only wifi connected options? I am full of regret.
Getting angry when people waste food. These kids never knew what it was like to live during the depression!
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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