So this is going to be a rant. But I have an issue with the people who say they hate this generation and they wish they were born in a different era or a different time period. This is the time to be alive people! Think about it, when else can you talk to someone who is on the other side of the country and it only takes a few seconds. This is the time to be anything, to do anything! The things that we can offer in this generation is absolutely incredible. If you went back in time, great things that we have today wouldn't exist. Things like…
Instagram would most definitely not be a thing.
Yeah, so you being able to post that picture of you and your friend at the
local sock shop is for sure not a thing. Getting cute pictures with the squad is
more than likely not going to be the best quality, then you have no idea what
it looks like because you have to get the film developed.
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VACCINATIONS WEREN'T A THING.
This is one that I think is kind of important, you know, just a little bit.
Think about it, every decade has a major disease that we have mostly eradicated
now. Plus, modern medicine doesn’t allow a doctor to lobotomize a woman for “hysterics”
like they could in the past.
Social media wasn't going to update you on anything.
Do you want to know why? The internet wasn’t a thing until like 1990, and then
Myspace (yeah, I know it's old) wasn’t a thing until 2003. So guess what! You
have to wait to update your story or connect with your friends!
Civil Rights?
Seriously, the past is a really messed up place. At least everyone
can agree with that right? Like let’s talk about that for a second, women have kind
of always been mistreated, and don’t even get me started on minorities.
Netflix wouldn't exist.
Reruns in general aren’t a thing, every single episode is new. And unless you
like shows like "MASH" or "The Andy Griffith" show. "The Bachelor" isn’t going to
happen for some time. If you binge watch something nowadays, you can kiss that
goodbye. The 90’s was the time to record things, if you had the money to buy
the tapes. DVDs aren’t a thing, and kiss streaming music off Pandora or Spotify
goodbye.
I can see that people think the past is simple and easy, but if you put it into perspective, we have so much more than any other generation. If people say they wish they can go back to the styles of the 50’s or 60’s, I would be more okay with that statement. Some of these things we have now can be good things and yeah, some of these things can be bad things, like people not vaccinating their kids, war, addictions, and test scores, but at least we can always look to the future. The future that our generation does in fact have the power to change now.
