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re: Have we peaked as a society?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:49 am to Hangover Haven
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:49 am to Hangover Haven
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Is it I'm just getting older and, and new stuff just doesn't hit my interest?
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:01 am to Hangover Haven
I hope Merle is right, "the best of the free life is still yet to come and the good times ain't over for good."
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:38 am to Bigdawgb
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From a business standpoint, have "best practices" always been such a thing?? It seems like there's so much pressure & scrutiny these days to use "best practices." There's little room for creativity
Might be on to something here. Business shareholders hold all the cards, not costumers. Businesses have to focus on maximizing profits, not qualty.
This has been a steady progression over time, not abrupt.
That being said, there are nice things out there, with very skilled artists and tradesmen, but they are hard to find and most people can't afford.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:17 pm to Bigdawgb
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From a business standpoint, have "best practices" always been such a thing?? It seems like there's so much pressure & scrutiny these days to use "best practices." There's little room for creativity
It's the end stage of capitalism. The drive for success and profitability is more important than the welfare of the individual or society at large. Food dyes and chemicals are a great example. The physical health of society at large be damned, colorful and ultra processed food just sells better.
I'm not proposing that there is a better economic system out there, but loosely restrained capitalism like we have in America and human nature are not compatible with each other over a length of time, and we're starting to see the end of the rope way off in the distance today.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:04 pm to TigerFanatic99
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It's the end stage of capitalism. The drive for success and profitability is more important than the welfare of the individual or society at large. Food dyes and chemicals are a great example. The physical health of society at large be damned, colorful and ultra processed food just sells better. I'm not proposing that there is a better economic system out there, but loosely restrained capitalism like we have in America and human nature are not compatible with each other over a length of time, and we're starting to see the end of the rope way off in the distance today.
Germany did it right. But they have a higher quality population that doesn’t drain the budget with welfare and broken families.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:09 pm to Hangover Haven
peaked in the mid 80s. The internet, 24 hour new cycle, cell phones and social media will be listed on the death certificate as, "cause of death."
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:09 pm to Hangover Haven
The decline started when all you mopey fricks decided that grunge was good music.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:11 pm to bgtiger
quote:easier to resell the building
There is zero reason why MCDonalds looks the same as the local family dental office
quote:gov't demands it
Cars have much less differences than they used to
aerodynamic box cars are more efficient than good looking cars w/curves
don't ask me why -- I was told there would be no physics
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:12 pm to greenbean
This was peak America.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:15 pm to Yaboylsu63
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Felt like peak was 80s & 90s with the death of it being 9/11.
I don’t think you can say the era where the destruction of the family really started to take place was a peak as far as Western civilization. Divorce and feminism really started to do serious damage in the 1980s and 1990s.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:19 pm to Sofaking2
Divorce rates peaked in the early 80s. Feminism's peak was around the 60s and 70s, ignoring anything really recent.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:52 pm to Hangover Haven
Judging by Dims, yes we did about 20 years ago
It's all downhill from here
It's all downhill from here
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:58 pm to Hangover Haven
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From the 1930's till the 1980's it seems as if we had so many advancements in technology, communication, travel, entertainment, exploration, medicine and so on....
Privileged boomer take. WW2 was so great!
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:22 pm to Hangover Haven
The 70s no bra period was great.
However, I think if the Republicans win the next presidential election the peak will be in the early 2030s. Then the pendelum will swing and the satanists will take over for a dramatic drop around 2034. Then downward spiral from there.
However, I think if the Republicans win the next presidential election the peak will be in the early 2030s. Then the pendelum will swing and the satanists will take over for a dramatic drop around 2034. Then downward spiral from there.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:24 pm to Hangover Haven
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Have we peaked as a society?
Right before social media and Reddit in particular.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:28 pm to kywildcatfanone
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1980s were peak
If I had to pick a single year, 1980 would be it
The 70's gave us the oil shocks
The 80's gave us flippers on Wall Street
1980 was the debt ballon that has been inflated with every POTUS since
(Ronnie to DJT)
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:34 pm to Hangover Haven
Oct 6,1999 was the peak. The night I snuck into tiger stadium and dumped a load into my gf at mid field.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:34 pm to Kingpenm3
True. Cant go bowling with the kiddos for under a couple hundred bc bowling now bought out by PE
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:55 pm to Hangover Haven
Early to mid 2000's was still a solid time.
Society declined when rock music was relegated to the shadows in favor of rap/pop
Society declined when rock music was relegated to the shadows in favor of rap/pop
Posted on 4/17/26 at 6:12 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
We peaked in a period from setting foot on the moon, to around 1980.
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