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Comparing eras' difficulties is ultimately meaningless. When you're an adolescent, everything is new and for the first time (more or less). You have nothing to
by AlbertCory 2y ago
Comparing eras' difficulties is ultimately meaningless. When you're an adolescent, everything is new and for the first time (more or less). You have nothing to compare it to. Every decision you make has the potential to shape your entire life, except you don't know which ones. Nothing will ever feel like that again.
Everything else is just a footnote.
- ASalazarMX 2y agoYoung adults can also be viewed as old adolescents. They want to be treated like adults, but need someone to care of them like kids. It's not a happy period for any generation.
- AlbertCory 2y agothat can be true, but doesn't obviate what I said. Hardly anyone thinks it's wonderful at the time. Many people look back on it with fondness ("youth is wasted on the young"). Assuming some other generation had it wonderful is silly. They had their own worries.