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re: What was it like growing up in America in those days
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:43 pm to justlookin
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:43 pm to justlookin
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Yes, now the streets are dangerous, welfare is killing the country, music is noise with filthy lyrics, the family unit is broken and the pill pushers are prospering because of the stress level of living in this society.
you shouldn't live in the ghetto then.
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Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:46 pm to justlookin
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now the streets are dangerous
Less so now than in the late 60s.
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welfare is killing the country
no it isn't. It's hardly a fraction of a percent of where taxes go.
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music is noise with filthy lyrics
old farts have been saying this since before Elvis.
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the family unit is broken
That blame can be traced back to the 60s.
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the pill pushers are prospering because of the stress level of living in this society.
the stress has always been the same. It's the gullibility of the public that allows big pharma to prosper.
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Yep, so much better isn't it?
I had a conversation with one of my personal hero's on twitter yesterday. It would not have been possible at any point in history until 5 years ago.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:50 pm to colorchangintiger
There is middle ground here, or should be. Modernity has brought great things, especially on a daily, individual level. However, I do think broad, sustaining concepts are fledgling, which will eventually prove problematic to some degree.
Objectively, elements of culture prominent now were not as prominent during those days. As an example:
The concept of skipping personal fulfillment for future generations. That was a commonly understood theme in prior decades, largely lost now. Of course, in some ways it reflects our modern capabilities to enjoy work and life, but it's not a net positive.
Objectively, elements of culture prominent now were not as prominent during those days. As an example:
The concept of skipping personal fulfillment for future generations. That was a commonly understood theme in prior decades, largely lost now. Of course, in some ways it reflects our modern capabilities to enjoy work and life, but it's not a net positive.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:51 pm to Pettifogger
Every decade had some great attributes, and some negative ones. "Better" will always be subjective.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:51 pm to RedRifle
Didn't get a color TV until after '65.
Didn't have air-conditioning until after '65.
Had phone party lines until after '65.
Spent as much daylight time outside as we possibly could.
People on the street, neighbors, friends parents and your parents told you what to do and you did it.
Wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Didn't have air-conditioning until after '65.
Had phone party lines until after '65.
Spent as much daylight time outside as we possibly could.
People on the street, neighbors, friends parents and your parents told you what to do and you did it.
Wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:00 pm to Dale Murphy
Born in "64 I remember a time at our camp on False river that you could catch a stringer of Bass off the pier and as many Brim as you want.
Listening to LSU football on the Radio because that was all we had to choose from. Man those were great days.
Listening to LSU football on the Radio because that was all we had to choose from. Man those were great days.
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:00 pm to RogerTheShrubber
People on this board will deny any positive attributes of the 2000s/2010s.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:02 pm to Buddy Garrity
Oh and also the Butt Whippings we use to get were epic! Hell many of our Parents would be arrested in today's liberal puss world.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:04 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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30 years from now you'll be nostalgic about your youth, and 20 somethings will be laughing at you about it.
Most accurate post in the thread.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:07 pm to colorchangintiger
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colorchangintiger
I'll never understand how someone can be so certain that this or that decade is far better than past decades unless they've lived and experienced both periods.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:09 pm to Darth_Vader
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30 years from now you'll be nostalgic about your youth, and 20 somethings will be laughing at you about it.
Maybe so, but unless we're in a global conflict, I won't be saying those were the days.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:10 pm to Darth_Vader
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I'll never understand how someone can be so certain that this or that decade is far better than past decades unless they've lived and experienced both periods.
I'm not saying that any decade is better than any other. I'm saying that it wasn't as great as you remember.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:13 pm to Pettifogger
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You should probably caveat that by mentioning that Hunter S Thompson was a very miserable human being and that LBJ was likely the most disgusting person to serve as POTUS.
And you might caveat that your characterization of Thompson is hardly universal, but merely an opinion of yours and those of your kind. And even IF Thompson was one of the most miserable people in history, he wrote about at least one person who was far, far more miserable than himself, and it sure as hell wasn't LBJ. What's more, you can stand Johnson or any other president up against Nixon and it's no contest--the breadth and scope of the Nixon Administration's documented, proven crimes compare to the other gentlemens' like an elephant shite to a rodent pellet.
God damn, this Nixon talk is making me ill. Enough.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:16 pm to colorchangintiger
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I'm not saying that any decade is better than any other. I'm saying that it wasn't as great as you remember.
Unless you were there, how do you know? That would be like me telling you your mom's cooking was not as good as you remember it to have been. First, I was not there to taste your mom's cooking and second, it's a matter of opinion anyway.
BTW, I was not born until 1970.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:32 pm to colorchangintiger
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I'm not saying that any decade is better than any other. I'm saying that it wasn't as great as you remember.
It was to me. It was awesome. I'm sure you'll remember your childhood the same way.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:31 pm to RogerTheShrubber
90's were fun, that's when I grew up, it just seems like the 80s would have been fun.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 7:42 pm to RedRifle
I was born in the mid 60's. I have memories including the first man on the moon, moving forward from there. Times were a hell of a lot simpler and I think that people in general were a lot happier than they are today.
Viet Nam was a horrible thing, as was Watergate. I saw Richard Nixon in person one time, just before he resigned.
I even recall some desegregation race riots in the public schools where I grew up. Peaceful protests where white students walked out. Interesting fact was that the neighborhood I grew up in was a great little place. Once integration happened, it went to hell in a hand basket really fast. It is now a complete ghetto and the once really good schools are now chronic failing schools. Neither the whites nor the blacks wanted integration.
I didn't have cable TV until I had my first apartment as an LSU student in 1984.
Cars were far better when I was a kid. Modern cars suck.
The nation really started to decline in the 1990's and is rapidly failing to this date.
Viet Nam was a horrible thing, as was Watergate. I saw Richard Nixon in person one time, just before he resigned.
I even recall some desegregation race riots in the public schools where I grew up. Peaceful protests where white students walked out. Interesting fact was that the neighborhood I grew up in was a great little place. Once integration happened, it went to hell in a hand basket really fast. It is now a complete ghetto and the once really good schools are now chronic failing schools. Neither the whites nor the blacks wanted integration.
I didn't have cable TV until I had my first apartment as an LSU student in 1984.
Cars were far better when I was a kid. Modern cars suck.
The nation really started to decline in the 1990's and is rapidly failing to this date.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:03 pm to Isabelle
I was born in 67. I remember as a child, my mother putting a TV Dinner in the oven for 45 minutes. Kool aide and hot chocolate cooked in a pot on a gas stove.
First cable station came in around 78 or 79. Thought watching the Astros on a cable station was an absolute luxury.
Had to play outside during the summers so I had a Rod Carew batting machine that I used to hit. Used plastic baseballs with a plastic bat.
Had an machine that threw a plastic football too. Kids knew each other's moms and dads.
Never felt afraid walking down the sidewalks in Sherwood Forest area. Day or night.
First cable station came in around 78 or 79. Thought watching the Astros on a cable station was an absolute luxury.
Had to play outside during the summers so I had a Rod Carew batting machine that I used to hit. Used plastic baseballs with a plastic bat.
Had an machine that threw a plastic football too. Kids knew each other's moms and dads.
Never felt afraid walking down the sidewalks in Sherwood Forest area. Day or night.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:06 pm to RedRifle
According to pawpaw, the old days sucked arse.
Air conditioning was terrible, work was terrible, half the people you knew died fighting somewhere, cutting the grass was a bitch, everybody was poor, the doctors were pretty bad.....
He could go on for hours. We have it made these days.
Air conditioning was terrible, work was terrible, half the people you knew died fighting somewhere, cutting the grass was a bitch, everybody was poor, the doctors were pretty bad.....
He could go on for hours. We have it made these days.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 8:24 pm to justlookin
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now the streets are dangerous
They're about as safe as they've been since the 50s. 80s were the peak, but since then, violent crimes has gone down. That seems to have a lot to do with the boomers going nuts. Violence these days is mere stranger danger bullshite.
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welfare is killing the country
And who started that? I think it was around that time. Pretty much y'all were the generation who got HIV, and now we're the ones suffering from AIDS.
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music is noise with filthy lyrics
Who cares?
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the family unit is broken and the pill pushers are prospering because of the stress level of living in this society.
The 50s are fricking dead, dude, and they're fortunately never coming back. I swear that hardcore conservatives believe we lived like that decade since the beginning of time and look at the Flintstones as a god damn documentary. The truth is we're now living in an era of prosperity, of long life expectancy, of peace that has never been seen since recorded history, and of safety. Keep telling yourself that the 50s/early 60s were the only time for that.
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 8:29 pm
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