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Good ol' days? All I can say (at 63 years of age) is central air and heat. Thank you!
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Back to the OP Funny though how some things change : " Life is change how it differs from the rocks" Jefferson Airplane 1969 And some things do not : " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," Charles Dickens 1859
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The world is going to 7734 in a hand-basket, and has been as long as one generation looks aghast at the one coming up.
Sooner or later, Guitar Center is going out of business and the world will come to an end - not with a bang, but a whimper, as T.S. Elliot might say. The only really sad part in all this is that we will no longer have need to comment on the deteriorating condition of Guitar Center, so there will be fewer threads that lack substance on AGF. Tony
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Crime is down. Life expectancy is up. Lynching is illegal. Interracial and same sex marriage is legal. Race and gender based discrimination are illegal. Sure they still happen but at least there's a recourse now. Science is discovering new stuff all the time. Crispr is amazing. Some diseases have been eradicated, or become non deadly. Cars are both faster and safer. Self-driving cars are real. The internet. Cheap guitars are good, and good guitars can be very cheap. You can order anything you need and have it the next day, or the same day sometimes. What's not to like? And older generations have been griping about the world going to pot for millennia. If they were right, we'd be extinct as a species. And if today's world is indeed awful, who made it that way? |
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On the other hand, the same people who would do away with the "rules/regulations" are the same people who would take Medicaid away altogether, so maybe it's a case of taking the good with the bad, if the alternative is no good at all? (Not making a political statement or judgement, just pointing out a reality of today) Good luck getting your parents help. It's rough.
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To address the OP's issue.......I think we are pretty lucky to be the first generation to witness cats play the piano on the internet.
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Most of the responses seem to run right past what I've learned to be true in my 67+ years. What happens is not nearly as important as one's perception of what happens. A number of people witness something and all have varied interpretations of what happened because they view life differently and inevitably add or subtract based on their own individual perceptual framework. While we might agree that the world has changed, the meaning of that change is subject to interpretation....
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I didn't reply to the thread in the first go around, but here goes (Note that I am a child of the 1950s):
I have come to believe that the "greatest generation" was an anomaly. They had the commonality of being born during a time of great social change (women get the vote, the jazz age, the "Great" war), and dealing with prosperity (1920s) followed by adversity (the depression followed by WWII). By the time the fifties rolled around, these folks (who had delayed gratification for many reasons) were ready to kick back, drink a beer, have families, go to college on the GI Bill, move out of their apartments to a real house in the suburbs, buy a first (then second) car, buy a tv, etc. etc. It was truly a time of upward mobility and prosperity. America had no competition in the world (You may remember a popular book from the time, "The Ugly American"). But, it wasn't all bread and roses. David Halberstam's book, "The Fifties", lends great support to the thought that that decade was a precursor to the tumult of the sixties and the seventies. In particular, he notes the forgotten generation who fought in Korea, the fear of thermonuclear war, the 'beat' generation (which it can be argued was a result of many vets returning from WWII unable to fit back into society), and the struggle of blacks to achieve equality and hitting walls placed in their way - both overt and covert. And let's not forget that women in the 1950s could also make a case for being treated as second class citizens. The world has changed\evolved yet again. Like our parents generation (those born in the 1920's and raising families in the 50s and 60s) many of us are bewildered by the customs and music of our children. IMO, the greatest change underlying our discomfort is longevity. Our grandparents (born in the 1890s) didn't expect to live much past 65. They were surprised when the made it to the 70's and some to the 80's. Our parents (born in the 1920s), expected to live till about age 80 and again, were surprised to live into, through and beyond that mark. My generation. similarly, will be faced with the prospect of living into the 90s, and likely beyond. We are in a time when families are establishing new social constructs and the elderly have time and energy, but little direction. Secondly, education\information and thirdly, mobility\communication, have totally changed the world. I like what I am seeing in the upcoming generation (born in the 1990s). They are very communicative, even if it is not in the way we are familiar with. They are worldly - many have spent time overseas. They work collaboratively - many times because of the technology. And you might say that their defining film is 'Star Wars' , their literature, "Harry Potter"while their parents were defined by "Gidget" and the "Stones". Enough of my rambling. Generalities are fun, but not always relevant. Each one of us lives with our own perception of our world and each one of us has the liberty to filter it as we wish. To many others points, there IS a lot more to filter these days. But I suspect that essentially, the individual and the individual's struggle in life hasn't changed all that much, but our perspective and overview has. best, Rick PS -In previous generations, life was often cut short in its prime (disease, accidents and war). The 'boomers' have been relatively free from these issues and the millennials experience these issues even less - there is a lot to be hopeful for.
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Also I don't know that they are particularly trying to hide the fact, given for example a quick google pops up with this http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=14316 And certainly possible perhaps likely that Kantner , Stills and Crosby, got the idea for Wooden Ships from literature also
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The irony being that often those who believe themselves to be the most "realistic " can actually harbor some of the more subjective cherry picked notions as proofs for world view. Often in the complexity of today's world the simple and basic concept that "if you change your perception, you change your world " gets lost in the struggle, noise, and confusion .
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I like that....
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There is only 1 real world . Everything else is false perception .
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