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You’ve heard of the bomb, right? From 1950 to the end of the Cold War every thinking person knew there was an excellent chance that’s they and everyone they kne
by barry-cotter 7y ago
You’ve heard of the bomb, right? From 1950 to the end of the Cold War every thinking person knew there was an excellent chance that’s they and everyone they knew could die along with the rest of civilization.
Before WW2 even the richest society in world history, the US, was by modern standards fairly poor. People died of diseases we just don’t worry about now because we have antibiotics.
This generation is not special. Everyone has to deal with shit.
- ultrarunner 7y agoAnd deal with shit they do. By vaping. I guess that’s the argument. Frankly, I think they do it because they’re bored and it’s an easy way to differentiate as part of an in-group, but it’s been long enough since I was a kid that I don’t recall for sure. Either way, the insistence that kids were smoking/vaping (but curiously not drinking) for the watermelon flavor always seemed dubious. But until some solid research on actual motivations becomes known in a widespread manner, the ‘solutions’ will probably remain political and lobbyist-informed.
- newnewpdro 7y ago> This generation is not special. Everyone has to deal with shit. Everyone has to deal with shit, but as long as the global population continues growing every subsequent generation is relatively special. I hope for the day when this trend reverses and our economies are no longer dependent on continuous growth. But until then, I'm afraid every new generation really is dealing with a tougher problem.
- foobar1962 7y ago> This generation is not special. Everyone has to deal with shit. When the Falklands War started in 1982, and the British warship was sunk, I seriously thought this was the start of WW3. So yeah, the shit was there too.