Sackeshi@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago1955 was as old in 1990 as 1990 is in 2025.message-squaremessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down113
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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoIt was the peak of civilization no internet (or at least popular, easy access internet) no social media no streaming content no online distractions Which meant you spent more time talking to people you just spent more time with people you read more to ease the boredom you used a library more you read actual newspapers written by journalists more you questioned the government more you had to pay to use an inconvenient landline all the time which meant you called less and wanted to just see people more Now with a high speed internet connection, we’re disconnected from one another and we believe in every hair brained idea we find online.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 hours agoYOU HAD PEACE!!! Peace of mind. Peace that everyone wasn’t trying to force you to believe their opinions or be judged as evil. I love the internet, but it desperately eroded the barrier that stood between our internal self-image and literally everyone else in the world.
It was the peak of civilization
Which meant
Now with a high speed internet connection, we’re disconnected from one another and we believe in every hair brained idea we find online.
YOU HAD PEACE!!!
Peace of mind.
Peace that everyone wasn’t trying to force you to believe their opinions or be judged as evil.
I love the internet, but it desperately eroded the barrier that stood between our internal self-image and literally everyone else in the world.