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re: Stossel sets the record straight on "the good ole days"
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:50 pm to High C
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:50 pm to High C
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In the 70’s and 80’s, I spent the majority of my youth living in an 800 sq ft mobile home or the 1000 sq ft home of my grandparents. We moved all over the place and spent several years living in that 1000 sq ft home with 11 people and one bathroom. We really never complained because we never created the expectations that my kids have.
I grew up in the 60's.
And I can say that the advantage of living in a Chevy van was that my mom could start it up, drop me off and I could walk straight into homeroom...
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Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:23 pm to TrueTiger
Many progressives love to dunk on and mock the idea of the idealism that was the 1950's, but forget some really important facts.
Globally, the US was the lone super power, a major manufacturing nation that didn't have to rebuild after WW2. England, Germany, France, Japan, Russia... all were decimated structurally from the war. That was a major benefit and it carried over for a few years until Europe caught up. (thanks in large part to us helping them rebuild)
So frick yeah the 50's were 'the good ole days' and for good reason. Shove that 'muh racism' chit, no time period is utopian but things can be objectively better for the greater part of society.
Globally, the US was the lone super power, a major manufacturing nation that didn't have to rebuild after WW2. England, Germany, France, Japan, Russia... all were decimated structurally from the war. That was a major benefit and it carried over for a few years until Europe caught up. (thanks in large part to us helping them rebuild)
So frick yeah the 50's were 'the good ole days' and for good reason. Shove that 'muh racism' chit, no time period is utopian but things can be objectively better for the greater part of society.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:27 pm to TrueTiger
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:36 pm to TrueTiger
I wonder why they did not mention the crime rate?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:55 pm to LChama
quote:So you all caused the explosion if college tuition by borrowing 2 to 3 times as much as you needed to survive on and ended college with huge student loans? School admins saw y'all as easy marks!
College was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:59 pm to LChama
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College was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
At an Ivy league college?
My brother had a receipt from like 1980. 1 quarter was like under $300. Wanna say something like $240-260 or something like that.
Even by the late 80's where'd you get 1,500?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 4:01 pm to TrueTiger
Stossel is one of the biggest bitches on Earth. Talk about a guy I'd like to punch in the face.
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 4/18/26 at 4:12 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
The internal battle boomers have re claiming the halcyon days of 60s-80s and claiming they walked barefoot to school in 98 degree weather is always funny
Posted on 4/18/26 at 4:15 pm to LChama
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College was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
College tuition was 4 bucks a credit hour at all TX state universities in 1984.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 4:48 pm to LChama
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ollege was $1500 a quarter in the 80s also
Appalachian State was $700 in 1992 which is around $1500 in today’s money. And you could rent books. It’s almost $9000 now.
Oh and enrollment is double!
Posted on 4/18/26 at 4:55 pm to NIH
ha-ha. Never heard that one, it was always a number of miles, in the snow, uphill each way.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 4:56 pm to TrueTiger
Pod bros won’t like this.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:03 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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My brother had a receipt from like 1980. 1 quarter was like under $300. Wanna say something like $240-260 or something like that.
I clearly remember that in the Spring semester of 1986 at Southeastern my total tuition and fees for 15 hours as a commuter were $444.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:11 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
I started at Auburn the fall of 1971 and tuition was $150/qt. The last 2 quarters of my senior year in 75 it had jumped to $185 a portion of that was earmarked to pay for a new student union.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:14 pm to TrueTiger
Damn boomers fricked the meme makers
They can’t keep getting away with it
They can’t keep getting away with it
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:17 pm to JoeyP239
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The homes were absolutely not smaller back in the 1950s. There were giant houses then that middle class could afford
This is retarded.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:18 pm to NIH
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The internal battle boomers have re claiming the halcyon days of 60s-80s and claiming they walked barefoot to school in 98 degree weather is always funny
I’m early Gen X, thankfully. I hate to see the shite that boomers get today, though. I feel like they were just doing the best they could for themselves and their families, and younger generations today bash them for it.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:25 pm to High C
Just like any other generation. I’m not a boomer, just pretty close.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:31 pm to High C
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younger generations today bash them for it.
Weak parents have taught the last few generations to externalize responsibility for feelings, outcomes, etc.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:24 pm to TrueTiger
I grew up in a single income family in the 80’s and 90’s. We were not rich, but we always had what we needed and sometimes got what we wanted. We lived in a modest 1200 sq. foot home that was built in the 50’s. If we wanted something that was moderately expensive, it waited until our birthday or Christmas. We usually went on a week long vacation each year, but it was usually to the Smoky mountains so nothing super expensive. If we skipped a year and saved the money, then we could pull off a Disney trip the following year. It was nice being able to have my mother (no pics) at home. I had friends who were better off than me, and friends who were not. At a young age I appreciated what I had. I certainly don’t have any complaints about the good ol days, at least from a child/teenage perspective. Certainly wouldn’t want to be one in today’s world.
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 7:28 pm
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