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With time racing at the pace of a hadron collider, it’s easy to remain oblivious to the passing years. Only after a while, years, if not decades, do we notice how much things have changed around us, ourselves included.

It’s when we press pause on the present and look right back into the past. What do we see there? Well, it’s no secret that most humans have a strong sense of nostalgia that puts the years gone by in an exceptionally positive light.

This thread from Ask Reddit may also give us some answers by showing what things people thought were simpler, more accessible and efficient, and overall way better in the past. And now we can all decide whether it’s true or it’s our sentimental longing speaking. Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver my knees/ankles/back...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thumbs up for this one, if my thumbs weren't hurting so much.

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#2

Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Saturday Morning Cartoons.

The late 80's/ early 90's heyday.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah those days were the best. Anyone remember Thundercats and Space Ghost?

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver I miss the days before social media was a big thing. Everyone would just hangout and be focused on the interactions we were currently having.

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“We tend to romanticize nostalgia and look back on our memories fondly,” Alex Wong, the marketing expert, book author and creator of “Hijack Copywriter” told Bored Panda. “This is because ‘back in the day’ seems much simpler and less chaotic than the present. We always have something to do and somewhere to be. However, when we look back on our childhood or earlier days, we ignore these challenges and focus on the more positive, simpler aspects,” he explained.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Home appliances. Old ones could be dropped out of a plane and still work well. New ones break because someone looked at it funny

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#5

Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver The sky. Light pollution has destroyed one of the most beautiful sights that humans had gazed upon for thousands of years.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also the fireflies- when I was a child we'd see lots of them at night, adorning the trees and such, but I rarely get to see them now.

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#6

Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Prices vs earnings.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not to mention savings accounts that allowed you to actually accrue savings.

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Wong, who’s in his 30s, said that for him, the good old days were in the '90s and early 2000s, before smartphones and the modern internet. “Things moved slower and you wouldn’t get dozens of emails or notifications a day,” he recounted. “However, my father is in his 70s so I’m sure the '90s and 2000s were a lot different for him. When he explains how his life was back in China in the '50s and '60s, it seems like a completely different world,” Wong added.

“One reason we tend to idealize the past is that we were young at the time and life seemed a lot more simple and innocent,” the marketing expert argues. “We were full of hope and aspirations. Over time, we tend to become more cynical and pessimistic.”

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver The environment.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So true. Things like fast fashion, built in obsolescence, more disposable income etc have a lot to answer for (not just them obviously but...)

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Being a kid…I don’t think kids today get to have as much freedom and fun as previous generations did

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yea, this! I remember the days when we played outside all day long but when the street lights came on in the evening then you knew it was time to go home.

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#9

Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Airports.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holidays in general. Most beautiful places have become so overcrowded. I remember when there was actually space to move in Venice and the Eiffel tower wasn't terrrorism proofed.

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Another problem is that our memory is quite selective and we tend to romanticize things while leaving out a lot of details. “We focus on the positive aspects while ignoring or downplaying the negative issues. I remember the good times I would get cards and comics with my dad but tend to forget that my parents were going through a rough divorce during that time. It’s easier to not think about it.”

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Certain dog breeds. Imagine, pugs used to have a nose they could breath through and eyes that didn't get infected every time they almost bulged out of their heads...
Same with shitzu's. And imagine English bulldogs that didn't collapse in exhaustion by even hearing the word walkies

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#11

Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver The weather.

I remember playing outside every morning during summer vacation.

This summer, even 5 minutes spent sitting in the early morning sunlight that came in through the window was enough to give me headaches.

I live in south India- and no matter what climate change deniers say, it’s been getting steadily hotter year after year in my part of the world.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is much hotter now. Moreover, the sun does much more damage now than it used to and droughts are now an annual thing in New England. But the thing that let us know how much hotter it is overall is the fact that we now get *tornados* in Massachusetts in places like Concord and Revere. Until this century, the cooling effect of the ocean kept tornados at bay around here.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Weird to say, but inconvenience and boredom. I kinda miss being like, “whelp, there’s nothing on TV, I’m gonna go walk the neighborhood and knock on my friends doors”.

I primarily text and talk to friends on the phone now, it seems like an event to actually meet up. Even friends who are less than a mile away.

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When it comes to demonizing the present, Wong believes that most people struggle with this. “We are never truly living in the present. We are either ruminating on the past or worrying about the future. As a result, we are never living in the moment. How can we be grateful for what we have when we are constantly complaining about things?” he wonders.

Wong is conscious of that and that’s why he starts off each day by asking himself for 3 things that he is grateful for. “This helps to remind myself that I am lucky for what I have and to be grateful. Because there are lots of people in the world, such as those in war zones or third-world countries, who are in much worse situations,” he told Bored Panda.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver People's attention spans.

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#15

Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Flying in general.

More seat space, meals included (and a choice of meals), actual metal utensils, luggage included, no need to get to the airport 2 hours before your flight...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahh the days before they thought your shoes and coke were bombs.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The days before people had actually made their shoes and coke into bombs...

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Jo Morris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except for smoking being allowed on flights. The term "non-smoking section" was a total misnomer, as smoke knew no bounds and drifted throughout the whole cabin.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Came here to say this. I can't believe I'm actually old enough to have experienced this, cause it seems so insane.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But what when ever someone brings this up they seem to forget that tickets were much more expensive

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was a lot more expensive though. And you'd get off the plane smelling like cigarettes, regardless of where you were sitting

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could just pack a bag and show up at the airport. It was almost like going to the store. Walk in, buy a ticket, get on the plane. No ID, no lines, no security and all the amenities mentioned above. Sales were incredible. You and three or four friends on the spur of the moment could leave snowy cold weather and spend the weekend exploring a national park in the desert for about 100 bucks each.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember flying home from boarding school on a plane called, I think, a Comet or Caravelle . It had seating that faced each other.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all of us have flown all that much. I was 27 when I took my first plane ride, and my ears refused to pop for 2 days.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, I did my transatlantic flying in the 70s, when the 747 jumbo jet began. I flew Air Transat or Wardair most of the time, lots of room to sit and move, great meals with real utensils. Smoking was allowed (I was a smoker then). Let's face it, 8 hours without a cigarette for an addicted smoker (and ALL smokers are addicted), is very difficult. But I found the air filtration system to be rather good. It wasn't perfect, obviously, but better than normal. Also, the airport experience! You were treated like a traveller, not a criminal when you showed up. Your baggage was treated like a suitcase, not a potential bomb. I travelled a lot in those days, and then a year after 9/11, I flew to San Francisco and vowed never to set foot in an airport again. And I haven't.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But in real dollars flying was really expensive... especially before deregulation in the early eighties. Cheap flights did force airlines to find ways increase revenue and load levels

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

true. But flights also cost between three and ten times as much...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah I miss the old days when it comes to airplanes and flying

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been lucky enough to often travel as an UM. I was the king of the plane everytime: boarded first, saluted by pilots and inflight crew, able to come into the pilot cabin to watch all those buttons, given plenty of candies, drinks and goodies ( like scale plane for instance) etc....Didn't take a plane between 1999 and 2017, felt very disapointed by new standards....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to LOVE to fly!! It was such a fun adventure as a kid. Now it's nothing but stress.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, you were allowed to smoke in the olden days... so that's definitely not better

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

more space for every passenger only meant more wasted fuel per passenger

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When asked what things, according to Wong, were better in the past, the first thing that came to his mind was food. “Before industrialization, when everything was mass-produced, the quality of food seemed to be better. It was less processed and not pumped full of antibiotics or sprayed with pesticides.” These days, when Wong goes grocery shopping, he said he is very careful with what he buys. “When I check the list of ingredients, most of them I have no idea what they are.”

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Another huge thing we don’t see much these days is privacy. Wong argues that although technology has made life much easier, it has come at a cost: our privacy. “Large corporations, such as FB, are constantly trying to find ways to gather more data on us so they can use it to make more money. It’s gotten to the point where we have to be careful with what we put online since we have no idea who will see it and how it will be used,” he explained.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Christmas…. I don’t know how to explain it. We didn’t have much money so it wasn’t because of the presents. We actually used to wrap our own toys and give them to each other for Christmas. But there was always just this feeling that I can’t explain. Sometimes when I watch the 90’s Christmas movies I can feel it again for a moment, but then it’s gone. It’s just the happiest, most peaceful feeling. It just felt like magic.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe it changed because you grew up. Just like kids enjoy their birthdays more than most adults

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Being a kid without technology.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You built stuff! You turned sticks into swashbuckling foils! You drew and painted! You made up songs and stories and poems! You explored nature with your friends! You read actual books! You used your imagination! (Hmm. I should start doing all that again now!)

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Fast Food. No, it has not always sucked a*s.

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Social media has also changed beyond recognition. “Related to technology, social media has only been around for the past 15-20 years or so. Before the internet, the only way to keep in touch with others was by phone and snail mail. And if you wanted to know what was happening, you would have to turn on the news,” Wong said.

However, studies have shown that social media affects our mental health and increases our anxiety, depression, and isolation, the marketing expert claims. “We are always comparing ourselves to others, seeing how amazing their lives are, even though the life they are presenting to us may not be reality.”

“That’s why I avoid social media whenever possible and disable all of my news feeds. The only time I do use social media is for my business, and I make sure to limit the amount of time I have,” Wong said.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Cost of living

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Privacy

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Manners and respect.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if it's only superficial, good manners make life much more pleasant. Celebrating a@#-holiness, for example "that's part of the charm of New Yorkers", I just don't understand.

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“Related to social media is the news. I remember watching the news once a day in the evening at 6 pm to catch up on the daily events. Or reading a newspaper to see what is happening. Now it seems like there is breaking news every moment and you can’t keep up. MSM news channels, such as CNN, are especially guilty of this with a news ticker at the bottom,” Wong told Bored Panda.

“What’s worse, they tend to only report on negative events, such as murders, killings, scandals, etc. which makes the world feel like a terrible place,” he added.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Freetime... life was more slowly and you had more time for yourself and your hobbies.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I miss this the most and it makes me hate life. Work, work, work so you can survive then get home too tired to do anything you want to do that gives you happiness. It's pointless.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Video games.

I literally still have my original N64 and controller. It still goes strong. You just turn the game on and play it. No 60 GB downloads. No loading screens. No ads. No updates. No pay to play.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to disagree. Yes pay to play is a horrid blight. But overall video games have become so much more than squishing goombas. Its incredible how immersive and social some games have become. Not to mention the graphics.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver I didn't experience it personally, just second hand, but I believe working.. you had set hours and then no one could reach you after. It irritates me sometimes how normal it is to still reply to messages or send emails during off time and weekends or vacations.


I wonder what would happen sometimes if I just fully ignored my phone and shut it off the moment I'm off but it would really just be more stressful, and besides you can save yourself some later effort by tackling things right away. But in the past, everyone was off at the same times, everyone was out of reach, so it's not like you'd come back tomorrow to 50 emails and messages either. It was just over when it's over.

My parents and their friends seemed to have so much uninterrupted time.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree so much with this one. And Covid has made things worse on this behalf. I think WFH rules will be the new problems unions will have to deal with - at least in those socialist countries where unions exist /s

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The marketing expert argues that even though humans will always have their groups and differences, he feels like society has never been more divided. “Both social media and the 24/7 news cycle have only made this worse where we are presented with preselected snippets of news that conform to a specific worldview.”

According to Wong, many issues are complex and require a nuanced approach. “Whether someone is left or right, conservative or progressive, or somewhere in the middle, we should be able to sit down and have a calm rational discussion. However, I don’t think that is possible in today’s climate.”

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Fruit and corn. They have been bred to be sweeter and harder for transport, and have lost much of the subtle fruit/corn flavor they used to have.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also imported vegetables. that we already have growing all over the country. Costco sells carrots that come from Guatemala...they've awful and tasteless! Why Guatamala?! Why not fresh from Ontario or BC...my friend didnt even realize these were from Guatemala...they looked 'off' so I grabbed the package to see what the hell was.up with thse carrots. I had one bite..blech. Why Costco, why?!..so many local farmers..

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver When you could write letters and not have to reply for days at a time to now we feel obliged to keep in 24/7 contact with people.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't feel obliged to do that, they should realize who they're talking to and adjust their expectations. :P

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Housing prices

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It should not cost 1000 dollars a month to live in a shoebox of an apartment, especially if you're never living there because you're out making the money to afford it.

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There are few people who haven’t felt the burden of living costs in the past years. Wong explained that even before the high inflation that is happening, living costs have soared over the years.

“This is especially true for houses. These days, it’s not uncommon to still be living with your parents in your 30s as you try to save up for a house. Unless you earn a high wage, have your parents help you, and borrow a ton of money from the bank, owning a home is becoming increasingly difficult. If you have to pay off your mortgage for 30 years just to 'own' your home, I don’t really consider that to be living,” he said.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver A job had a clear purpose.

So much useless "Pseudo-work" done today compared to back in the day

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Internet. It was new, more friendly and funny

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There were so many fun sites. And web rings! Those would take you from site to site on a particular subject so you could find others that shared your hobbies and likes.

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The last thing Wong said has become a challenge these days has to do with tuition. “College tuition rates have also soared over the years. Decades ago, going to college was a lot more affordable. Even if you include inflation, it shouldn’t cost tens of thousands of dollars to go to college to get a piece of paper that may or may not help you find a well-paying job. What’s worse, you are stuck with a ton of student loans that you have to pay back now,” he concluded.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Insects, more than 40% of total have disappeared over the past decades.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! People don't realize how terrible this is. Insects are at the bottom of the food chain. No bugs, means no birds, flowers, wildlife, etc! Stop replacing native plants with lawns and invasives

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Shopping Malls

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before Simon bought all the malls and made them cookie-cutter nonsense, all the malls in eastern MA (USA) had their own style and personalities. It made going to the mall much more fun.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Gas prices.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, as a kid I do remember pulling up at a gas station hearing the bell, a guy came out, pumped the see-through pump, started filling up the tank, checked the tire pressure, washed the front windshield but, strangely enough, I can't remember how much the gas was in those days, my wife remembers $ 0.25 a gallon but this was in the 50's she said.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver The future

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Growing up in the 80’s after watching Red Dawn, I thought we’d all be living in a nuclear wasteland or the Russians would invade us.

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Someone Wonders "What Was Actually Better In The Past?", And 35 People Deliver Smart phones too, Reddit is the only social media I use and still I stare at this f**king thing 5 hours a day. I know I’m addicted to it and I’d love to punt it but unfortunately it’s also my phone, my map, my camera, my tape measure, my dictaphone, my Walkman etc. etc.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shame really. I like real maps, I like my books and I look forward to a film or to series, watched on tv. I understand how addictive the smart phones can be but I think some people are moving towards just phones again like the Nokia.

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