• beefbot
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    234 days ago

    Nostalgia is bittersweet & I love it as much as anyone but the bigger picture is this: capitalism grows like a weed or a vampire & every generation had freedom without cameras like that until gen-Xers, who were the last, which is why it feels like such magic now even tho then it was just life & being outside

    • @theangryseal
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      194 days ago

      I’m a millennial. I remember a time without cameras everywhere. I also grew up in the poorest part of WV and I’ve seen my own childhood home in like 10 documentaries on poverty so…

      • @GreenKnight23
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        -24 days ago

        were you the good example of poverty or the bad one?

        • @theangryseal
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          64 days ago

          I really don’t know what you mean haha.

          • @[email protected]
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            34 days ago

            “Wow, look how the peasants endure, so brave ♥️❣️❣️♥️❣️ now let’s get some Starbucks” vs “Goddamn there’s a lot of rats in this meth lab.”

          • @GreenKnight23
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            -14 days ago

            the fact you have to ask tells me you’re the good example of poverty.

            not some rich asshole that makes assumptions.

            • @theangryseal
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              I’m still poor. I don’t care though. I’m rich where it counts.

              I have a gorgeous wife that loves me and kids who love me and can’t stand to be away from me.

              I have 50 bucks in my bank account and I’m happier than I’ve ever been.

              • @GreenKnight23
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                23 days ago

                we all make it our own way. IMO if you can do it without shitting on peoples livelihoods(including your own) then you’re leading a righteous life that’s deserving successes and praise.

                good on you for focusing on what you have.

    • @MutilationWave
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      114 days ago

      I agree for the most part, but as an early millennial, we had that freedom too. Society didn’t truly go crazy until some time after 2000 in my opinion. I turned 16 that year.

      • @[email protected]
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        13 days ago

        Early to mid mollenial here with the same experience. It all went downhill when Facebook and flip phones with cameras came out ie. around 2006.

    • @[email protected]
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      34 days ago

      I have repeatedly felt like taking some emery cloth to my neighbors ring door bell camera, which records me when ever I am in my front yard. There is an expense to replacing cameras and they seem like easy targets, if you go about it right.