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re: The world you grew up in no longer exists

Posted on 8/7/26 at 9:27 pm to
Posted by Knight of Old
New Hampshire
Member since Jul 2007
13198 posts
Posted on 8/7/26 at 9:27 pm to
One never steps foot in the same river twice?…
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76117 posts
Posted on 8/7/26 at 9:31 pm to
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The world you grew up in no longer exists
Posted by TigerIron
Member since Feb 2021
4111 posts
Posted on 8/7/26 at 11:35 pm to
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But I just do not understand the current obsession with the past.

It wasn't as great as we all remember. And current day isn't as bad as you want it to be.

Why are so many people actively searching for things to be mad about?


It's what (most) people do when they get old. And the people on this board are getting old.
Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
71775 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 7:30 am to
We are such a lazy culture now. That picture basically spells it out
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38222 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:12 am to
Love the modern picture. Spot on. Sloppy, fat tattooed mom with slovenly children and a fat, bearded dad wearing a Carhart shirt although he’s never ever done anything remotely Carhart-like in his life.
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
Member since Nov 2012
7691 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:30 am to
I do feel for you younger people that didn't get to experience some adulthood pre 9/11
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
16075 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:37 am to
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What's wrong with the family on the right?


Where do we begin?

Fat
Slobbish
Trashy
Pit bull
Tattoos

I bet if I went into their home it’d be littered with fast food trash
Posted by GetMeOutOfHere
Member since Aug 2018
1174 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:44 am to
Mr. AI, take this picture of a happy family and change their clothes to dark hoodies and the dog to a pit bull so I can post it on social media and watch the internet spazz out.
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
40507 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:44 am to
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I bet if I went into their home it’d be littered with fast food trash


Well they aren’t real so there’s really no home to go into

Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
35512 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:45 am to
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Men working from home is the worst thing to ever happen to society.


I was an early adopter, and I liked the practice a lot better when i was the only one I knew doing it. Lol.

I guess my family is a mix of the two pics. No tats, I wear a suit about once a month now, a dress shirt with shorts for the occasional Zoom meeting (I usually just turn off the camera), mutts not pits, single income two kids. More outdoor/work garb than the airport sweatpants look.

In spirit, I guess we’re more like the “before” pic, but with a homesteading, non corporate twist.
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
35512 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:52 am to
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Their job isn’t to send 4 emails a day, it’s to know what to say in those emails to move value along


Like the old Steinmetz itemized invoice to Ford:

Making chalk mark on generator — $1
Knowing where to make mark — $9,999
Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
13342 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 8:59 am to
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the mental gymnastics

I'd like to hear your counter argument for how women entering the workforce after WWI didn't drive up prices to the point that dual income was a requirement to be middle class.

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put women down.

It's not putting women down at all. The blame rests with the world's governments. It's sad that you take pride in being forced to work and take offense to his statement
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
2714 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 11:08 am to
When this is no longer the case for generations, progress has ended.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76117 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 11:11 am to
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I do feel for you younger people that didn't get to experience some adulthood pre 9/11
Europe pre-9/11 was glorious
Posted by Payne Avis Stewart
Member since Jul 2026
115 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 1:47 pm to
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I genuinely feel sorry for those that agree with you


I guenuilly feel sorry for you that you had a lonely and sad childhood and past.

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Y'all have been convinced that your best days are long gone.


Your best days were probably 2020-2024. No wonder why you're so delusional. That must feel terrible.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24730 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 1:57 pm to
Go cry about it pussy
Posted by Payne Avis Stewart
Member since Jul 2026
115 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:00 pm to
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Burt Reynolds



found the trashy family on the right
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86677 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:01 pm to
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I guenuilly feel sorry for you that you had a lonely and sad childhood and past.


I had an amazing childhood That doesn't mean I constantly dwell on it. That just isn't healthy.

I can look back fondly on the past without fetishizing it.

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Your best days were probably 2020-2024. No wonder why you're so delusional. That must feel terrible.


They were not bad years for my family. New job, some amazing trips, new friends, etc.

Your adult life clearly has not turned out as you had imagined. I sincerely hope things get better for you. Truly.
Posted by Payne Avis Stewart
Member since Jul 2026
115 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:04 pm to
You have to be mentally ill if you think today's society is better than the past. Things can't get any worse for you
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86677 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:07 pm to
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You have to be mentally ill if you think today's society is better than the past.


I claimed no such thing. Read better.

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Things can't get any worse for you


Things are pretty great right now, so yes, they could get quite worse.

Here is to hoping that neither mine nor yours gets worse.
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