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Originally Posted by gprsh924

Yup, there were no problems back then

Yep, teenage girls never got pregnant when they were unmarried.

Women and minorities were treated with equality.

There was no such thing as date rape, we all know she was just playing hard to get and really wanted it.

People didn't die of diseases and injuries that are now cured or easily treated.

You didn't have to watch your step if you were gay because you'd be ostracized at best if it was found out.

If you were black you didn't have to watch your step around whitey because you might get lynched or killed for doing something wrong.

Information was readily available on just about any subject at just about any time.

Printed material was easily accessible for everyone and there was no censorship.

Children weren't working in factories and other industry in abysmal conditions from the age of 5 and 6 so their family could survive.

Yep, the golden age.

I'm not saying that there weren't lots of things about days past that were better than things now. But memories often seem to focus on the best and forget the worst. Just like recent memory seems to focus on the bad and not on the good. A lot of the stuff that does exist today is AMAZING.

As much as I often think this, I'm pretty sure that we haven't invented stupidity. I think that due to media and the Internet it's just more obvious now. I'm sure lots of folks did stupid crap back in the day.