Was the past a more optimistic time than the present?

Franco Pepe Kalle · 02-20-2013, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Yea back then kids used to play basketball in real life instead of on the Wii

and they weren't medicated either, Nowaday kids get medicated for being "hyperactive" when they are just being kids

ppl weren't so obsessed with their phones, we only had home phones stuck on the wall, and ppl got by just fine

i was born on 83 so my era is the 90's
that's when i came up age, and back then MTV was decent, they had a good show for every genre at the time MTV Raps (For rap) Headbangers ball (Hard rock) an Alternative nation (Alternative)

Also 120 minutes with matt pinfield (AKA the human music vault)
they showed all types of rock in that show

For my taste it isn't that the music was better, it was that POPULAR music was better, it had more diversity back then..

even popstars were bether then, MJ was still making hits, and Madonna was lady gaga and britney spears in 1 person

You pretty much summed up on what I was thinking.

**Yac** · 02-21-2013, 04:02 AM

Too bad this isn't a real book, I'd make it mandatory to read it.
The way I see it, the past seems better becasue we had less responsibilities, many of us at least. I now know my childhood and adolescence and then college time were great thanks to my parents that worked for me and cared for me, now that I'm an adult that has to earn his living, it's no longer so easy. And the crushing pressure of responsibility, paying the mortgage etc... it all piles up. (though whether it is as traumatic to you as it is to some is a personal thing).
While specific problems might be different depending on the time, imo this is more a universal rule than something that just recently started working.

As for the specifics in this case: no, it wasn't better, but this depends on the part of the world you come from mostly. My country was behind the red curtain, we had hundreds of thousands of soviet troops stationed all over the country and they only withdrew in late 1992.
The music has always been terrible, people complain about biebers and minajs nowadays but back then the amount of discopopcrap music was staggering and the invention of the "disco-polo" (which is still going strong, check youtube if you think you can handle it) genre was just a cherry on this inedible cake.
Now, from the perspective of a Pole, it's better than it was. In fact, it's the best we've had in ~200 or so years. Though if you ask an average Pole about it, I doubt you'll hear anything but complaining ... but that's just human nature. people romanticize the past as they view it through nostalgia colored glasses.

Mr. Charlie · 12-04-2013, 08:58 PM

Some things were better. Some things were worse. When you consider we ain't living in an ice age (like we once were, and will again) I think the present is pretty good.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 12-04-2013, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yac

Too bad this isn't a real book, I'd make it mandatory to read it.
The way I see it, the past seems better becasue we had less responsibilities, many of us at least. I now know my childhood and adolescence and then college time were great thanks to my parents that worked for me and cared for me, now that I'm an adult that has to earn his living, it's no longer so easy. And the crushing pressure of responsibility, paying the mortgage etc... it all piles up. (though whether it is as traumatic to you as it is to some is a personal thing).
While specific problems might be different depending on the time, imo this is more a universal rule than something that just recently started working.

As for the specifics in this case: no, it wasn't better, but this depends on the part of the world you come from mostly. My country was behind the red curtain, we had hundreds of thousands of soviet troops stationed all over the country and they only withdrew in late 1992.
The music has always been terrible, people complain about biebers and minajs nowadays but back then the amount of discopopcrap music was staggering and the invention of the "disco-polo" (which is still going strong, check youtube if you think you can handle it) genre was just a cherry on this inedible cake.
Now, from the perspective of a Pole, it's better than it was. In fact, it's the best we've had in ~200 or so years. Though if you ask an average Pole about it, I doubt you'll hear anything but complaining ... but that's just human nature. people romanticize the past as they view it through nostalgia colored glasses.

dammit someone posted that picture before me ahaha but its so perfect

Cheese · 12-04-2013, 10:58 PM

As a teenager living in 80s New Zealand life was a lot more simplified. Very few people were concerned about how little Johnny had the latest tech gadget and how they had to have one too. No internet either so you had to make your own fun.My biggest worry back them was did i have enough batteries for my walkman

02-21-2013, 04:02 AM	#22 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	Too bad this isn't a real book, I'd make it mandatory to read it. The way I see it, the past seems better becasue we had less responsibilities, many of us at least. I now know my childhood and adolescence and then college time were great thanks to my parents that worked for me and cared for me, now that I'm an adult that has to earn his living, it's no longer so easy. And the crushing pressure of responsibility, paying the mortgage etc... it all piles up. (though whether it is as traumatic to you as it is to some is a personal thing). While specific problems might be different depending on the time, imo this is more a universal rule than something that just recently started working. As for the specifics in this case: no, it wasn't better, but this depends on the part of the world you come from mostly. My country was behind the red curtain, we had hundreds of thousands of soviet troops stationed all over the country and they only withdrew in late 1992. The music has always been terrible, people complain about biebers and minajs nowadays but back then the amount of discopopcrap music was staggering and the invention of the "disco-polo" (which is still going strong, check youtube if you think you can handle it) genre was just a cherry on this inedible cake. Now, from the perspective of a Pole, it's better than it was. In fact, it's the best we've had in ~200 or so years. Though if you ask an average Pole about it, I doubt you'll hear anything but complaining ... but that's just human nature. people romanticize the past as they view it through nostalgia colored glasses.

12-04-2013, 08:58 PM	#23 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Some things were better. Some things were worse. When you consider we ain't living in an ice age (like we once were, and will again) I think the present is pretty good.

12-04-2013, 10:58 PM	#25 (permalink)
Cheese Shadow on the wall Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 823	As a teenager living in 80s New Zealand life was a lot more simplified. Very few people were concerned about how little Johnny had the latest tech gadget and how they had to have one too. No internet either so you had to make your own fun.My biggest worry back them was did i have enough batteries for my walkman