You're speaking in generalizations that are not true, and also in extremes ("a lifetime of crap for their children to deal with" is not what was meant). Person

You're speaking in generalizations that are not true, and also in extremes ("a lifetime of crap for their children to deal with" is not what was meant). Personally, I find it incredibly fascinating to come across those kinds of breadcrumbs that give an insight in how a life was lived decades ago. Be it from my parents or even from more distant people. I came across a personal office ones that was long abandoned, complete with decades old wall calendar, magazines, wrappers of old snacks etc., and it just had a certain magic. I, too, lament how much of the "physicality" of life has been taken away, and enjoy the little mementos that I kept from both my own life and my family's.