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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this, at a distance of roughly ninety million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet, whose ape descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea. This planet has, or had, a problem, which was this. Most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small, green pieces of paper, which is odd, because on the whole, it wasn't the small, green pieces of paper which were unhappy. And so the problem remained, and lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oceans."

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

There is a theory which states thatΒ if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good thing you skipped over the age of the Roman Empire because they certainly never said that older times were better.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

It's funny how some things never change. I was reading a collection of letters by Seneca, and in one of those, he goes on a several pages long rant about how thing use to be better. It just felt so familiar.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Depends. Culturally they seemed to vicariously reminisce of the days of Alexander.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I remember of one Sandman's comics opened with a shot of a medieval tavern, and an old geezer complaining that chimneys was the reason "kids these days" were weak, since they no longer breathed the fresh air of burnt wood inside their homes.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The boomers had it better. The end.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Straight White boomers.

It can't be understated how much life sucked for visible minorities up until a couple decades ago if not a few years ago.

[–] xrellx 3 points 1 year ago

So dont be a minority duh

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In 1960, minimum wage in the US was $1.00/hour and the cost of the average home was $11,000.

[–] affiliate 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

in 1960 the boomers were sucking their thumbs and playing with crayons

[–] gingersneak 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they were born during the baby boom of WWII soldiers returning home then they would be 14 or 15. Probably about 3 years from getting married and buying their house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So not in any power, and definitely not working.

And those were the old ones

[–] sock 2 points 1 year ago

heterosexual cisgender white boomers had it better FTFY

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay but being a dinosaur is 10/10 you can chew on people you don't like

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except for the people not existing part.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't fall for Big Mammal's lies, dinosaurs were real and intelligent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This was written by a raptor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

herbivorous dinosaurs: visible confusion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So you grind, gore or stomp on the people you don't like. Easy.

[–] Agent641 1 points 1 year ago

Beaked dinosaurs: "Am I a joke to you?"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

We are permanently out of touch, from the moment we are born. The world moves faster than we can adapt to it, so it is a known fact that we cling to whatever memories or notions that provide comfort. Some try to keep in motion, others actively detract on whatever may be changing, even if for the better.

The best moment to be born is right now, regardless the shit hole we are going through.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Depending on the context they might be right. Like, the internet of the mid and late 2010's was pretty much better than today and we'll never go back to that peak.

[–] Theharpyeagle 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's funny you say that, cause many people my age feel the same way about the internet of the early-mid 2000s, the wild west days of the internet. We always remember the things of our youth more fondly.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Youth? I'm in my 40's. The internet being on a downward quality trend isn't to do with age of the perceiver.

We're on Lemmy. 90% of this place's users are hee because of objectively factual enshitification of one service. I can list many, many more.

[–] Theharpyeagle 3 points 1 year ago

Eh, certainly a lot of big sites are shitting their pants right now, but I don't think the internet as a whole is doing that bad. It's really the consolidation of internet communities in the 2010s that lead us to this point, now we've learned a hard lesson. Even as things fall apart, FOSS thrives in their wake. We're in a pretty sucky transition period, but I think the internet will be fine in the long run.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I Redd what you had to say, and I can Digg it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

ah yes the halcyon years of "the late 2010s", wherein, in 2019, nothing bad happened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

specific things in past eras have definitely been better, though oftentimes only in specific places.

a big one that's relevant nowadays is how up until after ww2 we just straight up built better cities. the USA used to have like the worlds most impressive public transport network and cities were universally so lively that modern NYC would look bleak to them.

But obviously they also had rackety as hell trams that would have fallen apart if they went speeds we would now consider hilariously slow, so like obviously the ideal is to take the parts of the past that were better and combine them with the nice things we have nowadays.

Like if i could go back to medieval times with modern medicine and a copy of the communist manifesto that'd be pretty sweet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

l don't wanna sound like an old man but I'm gonna say it, old times were better because you were young and free.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At some point though, isn't it likely that it's going to be a correct statement?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Older times probably were better... for some people. But if you're used to being on top, equality feels like oppression.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s not that black and white, the universe is multidimensional

[–] RampantParanoia2365 -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...apparently not? Did you not follow along?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apparently you don't understand the concept of infinity or the phrase "at some point"

[–] unreachable 4 points 1 year ago

people reluctant of change out of their comfort generation timeline

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Something_Complex 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Stop confusing future archeologist with memes of things that didn't happen(talking about that first square)

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick 5 points 1 year ago

You don't use a Nintendo Poweglove with your VR goggles?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I DO NOT WANT THE WORLD TO BECOME LIKE THE FIRST ONE ITS ALREADY BAD ENOUGH

[–] samus12345 2 points 1 year ago

First panel: OK Zoomer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bloody beaker folk, coming over here, with their beakers!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This meme promotes the capitalistic modernization theory that sees old traditions and pre-existing societies as "primitive" obstacles to overcome for economic growth, mass consumerism at the expense of the planet and anyone in it's way.

Modern conservatism says "instead of tearing a fence down maybe it's there for a reason" while relishing in the fear and seperation it creates

And many left-wing parties might say "let's tear the fence and neighborhood down to build a factory for a new gizmo to sell"

What we need is to tear down fences to rebuild strong communities and human relations.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's a plain old simple cartoon, mocking on how people tend to romanticize previous times. Please don't overthink it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

..I don't think left wing parties are interested in tearing down the old just to sell a gizmo? Left wing parties are kinda against capitalism