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Why I would want to live in the late 1930's
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:34 pm
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:34 pm
Getting a few drinks in me and feeling philosophical.
I'm not talking about race relations. I'm not talking about religion.
I'm talking about real economic depression.
I would like to live in those days.
Everything was precious. Nothing was disposable. A cake was something special you had to sacrifice weeks or more to have the sugar for. Neighbors pulled together and had community.
Maybe I'm romanticizing it.
I also watched a documentary about the German populous after WWII and them cleaning up the rubble. I thought, those people must appreciate a good nights sleep now more than they appreciated a holiday at the lake a year ago.
IMO, a hard days work, a filling meal, and a loving family are the bedrock of happiness.
No wonder our world is dissatisfied.
I'm going to turn my snarky cynicism back on now.
Pussies.
I'm not talking about race relations. I'm not talking about religion.
I'm talking about real economic depression.
I would like to live in those days.
Everything was precious. Nothing was disposable. A cake was something special you had to sacrifice weeks or more to have the sugar for. Neighbors pulled together and had community.
Maybe I'm romanticizing it.
I also watched a documentary about the German populous after WWII and them cleaning up the rubble. I thought, those people must appreciate a good nights sleep now more than they appreciated a holiday at the lake a year ago.
IMO, a hard days work, a filling meal, and a loving family are the bedrock of happiness.
No wonder our world is dissatisfied.
I'm going to turn my snarky cynicism back on now.
Pussies.
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Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:40 pm to street pizza
Wat?
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:43 pm to street pizza
Yeah, I feel ya. I bet the Dust Bowl was wonderful.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:43 pm to jlc05
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Wat?
Seriously. Appreciation. Where did it go?
We don't even have to wait for Christmas anymore, amazon is right there.
Iphone 9.899? Nah, the Iphone 9.900000001 is out.
My parents bought a shite refrigerator in the mid 80's. It still rocks the cold ice and water. My higher end model just conked after two years. Disposable.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:43 pm to street pizza
You want to live in a depression?
Yes, yes you are. My grandmother would talk about those times and how they would go to sleep hungry.
quote:
Maybe I'm romanticizing it.
Yes, yes you are. My grandmother would talk about those times and how they would go to sleep hungry.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:45 pm to street pizza
quote:
We don't even have to wait for Christmas anymore, amazon is right there.
Sorry that capitalism is awesome.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:45 pm to The Third Leg
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Dust Bowl was wonderful
I'll bet a meal of sliced bologna and cornbread was the shite, while the F&D board is over there bitching about...I forget, a three coarse meal or something.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:46 pm to street pizza
Good news, street pizza You might be living in a modern version of the late 1930's. Only, this could be version 7.0 of what they experienced.
Don't forget to stock up on food, water, etc.
Don't forget to stock up on food, water, etc.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:47 pm to street pizza
I bet you would really like to be homeless. Actually, why don't you just try that.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:48 pm to Jcorye1
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they would go to sleep hungry.
But that's part of it. That is what made the appreciation.
Now maybe I wouldn't want it THAT bad. But I find our world much worse for the lack of anticipation. We really are fat, lazy and entitled little douches. Myself included.
I would totally jump in the delorian and learn to enjoy the simple things.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:48 pm to DumpsterFire
In all seriousness, he sounds like some older guy who's never actually had to go hungry for a couple of days.
It gets old, fast... and I did it just on a bet.
It gets old, fast... and I did it just on a bet.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:51 pm to DumpsterFire
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I bet you would really like to be homeless. Actually, why don't you just try that.
IF, and I mean IF, the homeless world wasn't just for the crazies and drug addicted...I probably would live there. Minimalist to the core. Except my house is filled with shite. shite I don't need and shite I would leave in a heartbeat if I had to.
No, I mean stuff. Your stuff is shite. My shite is my stuff. If I remember GC correctly.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:53 pm to street pizza
Dude, this is crazy talk...and somewhat scary. Just go to bed and forget about it.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:54 pm to KCT
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You might be living in a modern version of the late 1930's.
Yes, it could get crazy fast if things happen to line up at the right time. There are a hell of a lot of things going on right now. Could be nothing though.
shite, are we going to be the only generation that never really had to sacrifice anything?
I mean the second generation in a row. Look at the boomers. 80% of them are fat entitled slobs who are throwing a match over their shoulder while getting a stupid pension from their state/university jobs.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:54 pm to street pizza
Why don't you try going hungry for a few days and see how you like it?
You're living in the best time ever to be a human being. Food, entertainment, information, and all kinds of luxuries and necessities are at our fingertips now. People in the 30's would be laughing their asses off at you and then shaking your heads for you being an ungrateful bastard.
You're living in the best time ever to be a human being. Food, entertainment, information, and all kinds of luxuries and necessities are at our fingertips now. People in the 30's would be laughing their asses off at you and then shaking your heads for you being an ungrateful bastard.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:57 pm to Jcorye1
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never actually had to go hungry
Nah. Been hungry. Never starved. Can't even fast.
I'm a lazy pussy just like the rest of the modern world.
But not: give me what I want now or I'm going to go all innocent-gentle-giant-youth on you.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 11:01 pm to Sentrius
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shaking your heads for you being an ungrateful bastard.
THAT's the point!!! We all are. We appreciate nothing. We take it for granted. OT poor means only eating out four times a week. We are all ungrateful bastards.
I don't want to do this for my own self reflection. I've done that. I want to see what a society feels like under those circumstances.
I don't think there is really anything wrong with wanting that.
I didn't suggest that the world should be plunged back into those times, I just said if I could go back I think I would learn to appreciate a very little bit a whole lot more.
Where's the fault there?
Posted on 9/9/14 at 11:35 pm to street pizza
quote:I think we need some hard times now-and-again. It' makes people thankful for what they have, instead of being greedy of their neighbors. And we waste too damn much. I don't mean trash, but in poor quality products that don't last. "They are cheap, if it breaks get a new one". No thanks.
Everything was precious. Nothing was disposable.
Unfortunately our modern incarnation of betters have devised systems to delay those painful tiimes. Oh... the pain will come. And the longer we put it off by inflating bubbles, malinvestment, and confiscating our neighbors wealth (until they run out) the worse it will be...
But hey... let's all worry about global warming and a 0.5 degree temperature change (on average), and what Ray Rice does in an elevator, or what team picks up Michael Sam...
Posted on 9/10/14 at 4:42 am to street pizza
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IMO, a hard days work, a filling meal, and a loving family are the bedrock of happiness. No wonder our world is dissatisfied.
So simple, yet i am glad you articulated this.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 4:59 am to street pizza
You would not want to live in the late 1930s, I assure you.
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