re: The best of times to grow up in

I do think, except for young people growing up since COVID, everyone thinks their time was better. I was born in 1959 and really enjoyed living thru the changes we made during my childhood in the 60's and 70's. It was still safe enough that we could ride our bikes all over the town safely, and did. While in elementary school in Vidalia, LA and Kosciusko, MS we trick or treated all over town too. It didn't matter whether we knew the people or not. When I was that young, one, or both of my older brothers, were there too. In Kosciusko, when we were in 5th and 6th grade, we'd camp in someone's parents' yards and sneak off and ride our bikes around the courthouse square after midnight as kind of a dare. The police station was on the square. Three or four of us would pedal as fast as we could by the station, then cut down a side street where you went down a long hill. We had a great Scout troop. We played sandlot baseball in a field that a man kept cut for us in the neighborhood. There was no travel ball. We played Little League, Pony League and American Legion baseball. We lived in town, but could go a couple of blocks and be in the woods. We went to church and Sunday School every week as long as we lived with our parents. Hardly anybody committed suicide, or did heroin, or meth in high school. I thought I was a cool cat, but I never smoked pot in high school. It was still a pretty simple time.

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This country went to shite after 9/11

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I really believe this. I think overall, one of the things that has had the biggest negative impact on society is the media. And if you look at how it has evolved from the 50s (obviously even before the 50s, but from the 50s - today it has evolved more rapid) to current times, our realities of time has been painted by the media.

Just think about politics. JFK gained a lot of supporters simply because when he was running for president it was the first time a presidential debate was televised. Evidently Nixon won the debate from a pure debate side of things, but JFK had style and sort of became more like a "rock star" more than an elected official. There was more "I don't care what this handsome fella is saying, he has my vote".

All jokes aside, I think the impact 9/11 had on this country isn't really highlighted as much as it should be.

First of all, there was a 20 year war as a result in which there were starting to have young men fighting in a war started before they were born, but the impact it has had on people who fought in the war.

Then there is one thing to serve your country during a world war or to protect it, its another thing when that war evolves into individuals in power, best interest. And that's what happened when we went into Iraq, removed Saddam from power and the country went unglued.

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Lots of people missing in your history book

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my eternal question to people like you - who look at history from your easy chair in the 21st century and feel the need to blame everyone around you for the unquestionable tragedies of the past 50,000 years

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Pernt: Video of all white people. No one else. Narrow. Very. It’s a Big world. Best life experiences can come from experiencing all of it. Do it.

As for all that you typed, No idea WTF you are talking about or where it came from. Sorry.

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As an example of how rotten the world has become, I wanted to view the take down of Megan and Harry in full, so I looked up "South Park" tonight and viewed that site for the first time. I was appalled at the language on what I expected to be a entertainment site for youngsters.

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I just hope that none of my great grands are being allowed to see that shydt.

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Don't worry, most people are able to navigate this scary new world and take care of their children just fine.

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Honestly now is probably the best.


You couldn't pay me to be a young person today.

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It makes me glad I'm old.

To see how much of society has gone to shite it feels like Planet of the Apes come to life.