| Comment | Smoking a bit of hash and getting sticky with the guy or gal up the road doesn't make you a grown man mate. Kids today are still drinking cider and dabbling in drugs but they might think twice about saying "getting your hole by a bunch of scheme sluts" which is 100% a welcome change. Unless their your arsehole uncle who likes his conspiracy theories they likely aren't spending much time on Facebook either.
Many if not most people look back on their childhood fondly and it is great that you do but I think it is important to look back on things critically from time to time as well. From the dates you gave in your post I reckon I am roughly the same age as you and I look back on my childhood really fondly but will acknowledge there have been a lot of changes for the better and some parts of that time should be left there. For example a lot of the views toward gay folks, or women, or views on violence in relation to masculinity were downright ricin levels of toxic. Sure, I look back fondly on some of those times and experiences but that was more than 15 years ago and I have matured a lot as I am sure you have too. Long story short there is a lot about ned culture I would be happy to see die off and I won't be missing it.
Agreed that social media is a plague and I am glad it wasn't a thing back then. |
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