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Reading the Sunday morning color comics was one of the highlights of my week growing up. While many things are better, I feel that we’ve lost something in the
by donw 6y ago
Reading the Sunday morning color comics was one of the highlights of my week growing up.
While many things are better, I feel that we’ve lost something in the modern world, in that each day pretty much feels the same as any other.
If we want special times in our lives, we now have to make that for ourselves. The world no longer provides much in the way of those intrinsic demarcations.
And I rather doubt printed newspapers will even exist by the time my future kids would be of age to read them.
- OJFord 6y agoI don't know, Clough42 typically publishes a new YouTube video on Sundays that I look for on Mondays (because of our timezones). Not quite so consistent lately I think, but my point is that even if things change and children don't read comics any more (is that even true?) that doesn't stop the new things having similar schedules or things to look forward to.
- massysett 6y agoI used to enjoy reading the “today in history” feature in the daily paper. I find the Wikipedia article of the day email is a good substitute. Haven’t found a good substitute for the comics though.
- Digit-Al 6y agoThere are plenty of good online comic strips. I have nine in my RSS feed and keep up with them regularly. I can give a few suggestions if you're interested.
- jjar 6y agoIf you're in the UK I find Private Eye to be an clever, excellent + balanced magazine if you're looking for something to read. Plus it's still nice to have things in print, and I don't think the demand will go away.
- tralarpa 6y ago> The world no longer provides much in the way of those intrinsic demarcations. I have the same feeling about many other things nowadays. Daily life just a few years ago was more structured. In my country, shops were always closed on holidays (often of Christian origin) and on Sundays. The availability of things was restricted: If you needed something on Saturday evening you had to wait until Monday. If you wanted to rewatch your favorite TV series, you had to wait until a TV channel decided to rerun it. News programs were only broadcasted three times per day etc. And now with COVID and working at home, even the difference between work time and free time is blurred. I know that these restrictions were mostly artificial and I am happy that I have now more freedom to do things when I want to do them. But it also meant that there was a rhythm of life shared with your neighbors. You knew when your friends were at home and you knew when the kids at school or the colleagues at work would discuss the latest episode of some TV series (because it was always broadcasted on a specific day of the week). As you said, we are now responsible for giving structure to our lives. Which is of course also a sign of maturity.