I know the golden tint is often masking some of the problems of the past.. Racism and sexism rampant etc.
But what actually WAS good?
But what actually WAS good?
What WAS good in the 'Good Old Days'?
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Akka
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Climate ?
I think this post proves that everyone has their own personal and completely subjective good old days.
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Days.
Basically Akka's answer, in other words.
Basically Akka's answer, in other words.
Zardnaar
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Cost of living specifically rent and wages.
You could raise a family and buy a house on a single income.
Growing up we paid about $50 usd a week in rent for a 3 bedroom house 1988-98. Buying a house was $40k usd in cities in the 80's.
Now it's closer to $75-$100 per room.
You could get kicked out of school aged 15 in the 80's go work at the local freezing works and buy a house after 1-2 seasons age 17.
Free healthcare, more doctors and nurses, free university, free dentist, state paid families money to subsidize kids, free schooling. Free university ended 1993.
Higher taxes less consumer goods/variety.
You could raise a family and buy a house on a single income.
Growing up we paid about $50 usd a week in rent for a 3 bedroom house 1988-98. Buying a house was $40k usd in cities in the 80's.
Now it's closer to $75-$100 per room.
You could get kicked out of school aged 15 in the 80's go work at the local freezing works and buy a house after 1-2 seasons age 17.
Free healthcare, more doctors and nurses, free university, free dentist, state paid families money to subsidize kids, free schooling. Free university ended 1993.
Higher taxes less consumer goods/variety.
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Lexicus
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Games were released all at once instead of through a lot of DLC. Gaming industry in general was a bit less focused on squeezing out every bit of revenue, but mostly because they hadn't yet figured out how to do it.
amadeus
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Department stores, at least in America. What a mess these places are now. Merchandise randomly thrown everywhere, including the floor, and surly clerks who shout on their phones and ignore customers. If I were in charge, they’d either be working or they’d be fired.
Lohrenswald
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trying to think of things from when I was alive
most of what I felt better about then is things related to my personal life, rather than things that apply generally
maybe one of my bigger gripes is I feel today's design where everything is flat looks pretty ugly.
Earlier "smart phones" would have graphical elements that could for example look like wood, and I remember having that. Now it's all flat garbage stuff
to be honest this also applies, maybe greater, to like cartoons. I feel in the past more effort went in to make it look both more aesthetically pleasing but also lively, with more movement. This even applies to family guy, where the first couple seasons or so you see way more movement and angles lol than today. I also really don't like the look of 3D animation, harder to exlpain but it looks like trash playdo type stuff to me
Toy story came out before I was 1 but still
most of what I felt better about then is things related to my personal life, rather than things that apply generally
maybe one of my bigger gripes is I feel today's design where everything is flat looks pretty ugly.
Earlier "smart phones" would have graphical elements that could for example look like wood, and I remember having that. Now it's all flat garbage stuff
to be honest this also applies, maybe greater, to like cartoons. I feel in the past more effort went in to make it look both more aesthetically pleasing but also lively, with more movement. This even applies to family guy, where the first couple seasons or so you see way more movement and angles lol than today. I also really don't like the look of 3D animation, harder to exlpain but it looks like trash playdo type stuff to me
Toy story came out before I was 1 but still
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I'm not sure how much was truly 'better.' I do miss things about life when I was young, but most of it wasn't a function of the era that I was young, just of the fact that I was young.
The only media that isn't mostly a superior experience today is print, which I don't really miss that much. Accessing movies and music is a dream come true today, and television is just better, in every possible way, than it used to be.
However, I do kind of miss the myriad, relatively-inexpensive movie theaters of the last millennium. In my memory, it was less of an expedition to go to a movie than it is today. For one, movies seem much more expensive now. But for another, there used to be lots of small cinemas - places with 1-4 screens - scattered around the city. The screens and sound systems and seats are all superior today, but they're concentrated into a couple of 20-screen megaplexes, neither of which is super-convenient for me. When I was in high school, there were maybe a half-dozen small theaters that I could get to in less than 30 minutes, and another half-dozen that were a subway ride away. There was one, 2-screen theater a 10-minute walk from where I grew up that played 'second-run' movies for $1 on Saturdays.
Streaming today is superior to the options we had back in the day in almost every way, except that my screen is a PC monitor and I don't have a movie-theater sound system.
The only media that isn't mostly a superior experience today is print, which I don't really miss that much. Accessing movies and music is a dream come true today, and television is just better, in every possible way, than it used to be.
However, I do kind of miss the myriad, relatively-inexpensive movie theaters of the last millennium. In my memory, it was less of an expedition to go to a movie than it is today. For one, movies seem much more expensive now. But for another, there used to be lots of small cinemas - places with 1-4 screens - scattered around the city. The screens and sound systems and seats are all superior today, but they're concentrated into a couple of 20-screen megaplexes, neither of which is super-convenient for me. When I was in high school, there were maybe a half-dozen small theaters that I could get to in less than 30 minutes, and another half-dozen that were a subway ride away. There was one, 2-screen theater a 10-minute walk from where I grew up that played 'second-run' movies for $1 on Saturdays.
Streaming today is superior to the options we had back in the day in almost every way, except that my screen is a PC monitor and I don't have a movie-theater sound system.
Grendeldef
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More hair, less fat has been the general male view here. Personally I miss the cc skiing from my youth and the time before VAR, microtransactions & whatnot. On further inspection I think most of my gripes with the present are somehow related to sports being made more casual friendly for easy money.
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I would have to say that the more-obvious one is the ability to afford schooling with a part-time job, where you're paying upfront rather than on-credit. Also, maybe bugs on windshields? I kinda miss them.
amadeus
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TV station identification. Remember when they’d say the station name and call letters between shows and not have the network logo plastered on the screen, or other intrusive things like promos during the show you’re watching?
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