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> I’m gonna stop reading the news, it’s too much stress for me. While in college, I read the newspaper each and every day, cover to cover... from 100 years ago
by lurquer 6y ago
> I’m gonna stop reading the news, it’s too much stress for me.
While in college, I read the newspaper each and every day, cover to cover... from 100 years ago. (Microfiche... those were the days.)
Anyway, I found that all the same issues (drugs, abortion, corruption, race relations, etc) were discussed. With the same arguments on both sides.
It gave me a lot of perspective that my contemporaries didn’t have.
Highly recommend it.
- radihuq 6y agoWhoa that's really interesting & something I might try. Where'd you find these newspapers?
- lurquer 6y agoAt the library. Microfiche. I'd get a bagel and coffee, walk across courtyard to the library, and read through that days paper (100 years back.) Very depressing comparing the news then to now... if there was a bill at issue, the text of the bill would be included in full. The grammar was perfect. Few typos. Vocabulary was rich. In short, it was well-written and edited. There is nothing like it ... anywhere ... any more.
- radihuq 6y agoSorry I assumed Microfiche was some German word for nostalgia or something similar LOL. I'm not sure how accessible microforms would be to me today but I'm sure I can find general archives somewhere. Thanks for sharing!
- dgarrett 6y agoLapham’s Quarterly is good for this too: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/ https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/