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Whoever wrote that headline for the nytimes clearly hasn't heard the quote 'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.' I doubt it's hist

Whoever wrote that headline for the nytimes clearly hasn't heard the quote 'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.' I doubt it's historically accurate if it's 'recognizable'. Just hearing my still alive g-grandparents when I was a kid talking about their youth (1880s-1910s) made me realise just how different the past was. I can hardly imagine how different 1860 would have been.

6LLvveMx2koXfwn 3y ago
Wouldn't this make your Great Grand Parents between 120 and 150 years old (presuming the ability to talk about one's youth starts age ~10)?
- ike2792 3y ago
  I think OP is saying they talked about their youth when OP was a kid, not that they are still alive now.
  - DrBazza 3y ago
    Yes. My g-grandmother was born in 1880 and died in 1979.
jtode 3y ago
Damedable thing about it is that there's always humans around so it's actually very much the same.