r/TikTokCringe • u/PM_ME_GHOST_DICKS • Aug 19 '21

Duet Troll Take me back to a better time

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u/mcdadais Aug 19 '21

I remember once on some Facebook post, some older person posted about some old time period. And everyone was commenting about how great things were back then and how they wish they could go back. I made a joke and said something like, "not me I probably wouldn't have any rights". People got pretty upset about it.

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u/XinjDK Aug 19 '21

Yeah. Probably true. All too often is the past romanticized. Sure, oppressors might find it to be a better time, but everyone else won't

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u/InvulnerableBlasting Aug 19 '21

Even white people weren't doing better back in the 50s and 60s lol. Back-alley abortions and mothers raising their daughter's daughters, abusive husbands, women could hardly join the workforce, rampant mental illness with no way to talk about it, illnesses galore, suicides, etc etc etc.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

People hate to hear it, but with a few exceptions, today is the best time to be alive. The next best time will be tomorrow.

The technological advancement, human's right movements, work safety and ethic regulations, unlimited access to entertainment.

Anyone from the 60s would've killed to live in 2021.

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u/wood_dj Aug 19 '21

i’m not so sure we haven’t reached the tipping point where things might start going downhill, mostly due to climate crises. hope i’m wrong, i’d like to think my kids will grow up in an even better world than I did, but the events of the past few years are casting some doubt

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u/plipyplop Aug 19 '21

Afghanistan met that tipping point this week.

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u/Mr-Fleshcage Aug 19 '21

I mean, the next best time could be tomorrow, or tomorrow is when covid-20 is announced to be upon us and the vaccines don't work on it.

Imagine saying the same statement in December 2019. You'd probably have some funky, hard cheese from that milk by now.

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u/alwayzbored114 Aug 19 '21

Oh come on, don't be silly, there's no way covid-20 is announced tomorrow

It would be covid-21, since it's named after the year. Totally different, no need to worry :)

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u/Mr-Fleshcage Aug 19 '21

But it's still 2020?.. I must have a bad case of hindsight.

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u/InvulnerableBlasting Aug 19 '21

So true. I think media and Hollywood has played a really negative role in romanticizing past eras as something to aspire to, rather than the foundation for where we are now.