In what ways have you noticed society and the culture has changed over the years?
I don't meant the obvious things like pop culture, celebrities, and fashion, but more in terms of behaviors and attitudes?
How are people acting differently?
What I observed:
I'm a 90s kid and one thing I notice now in the US is the stark change in the attitude towards drugs. I remember the DARE campaign and how my health teacher would warn us about the dangers of smoking weed, but now it seems smoking weed is almost as normal as drinking, and in some ways, more accepted than alcohol. It's such a contrast compared to how when I was a kid, weed was seen as one of the worst things you can do, but now everybody and their mom, including conservatives, snacks on edibles. The stigma against other drugs also seemeto be less of a thing too.
On the other hand people rarely smoke cigarettes anymore, albeit vaping has changed that trend a bit. Most younger folk think smoking is gross. I only know a handful of people who smoke cigs.
There are definitely less Christians than I remember. Pretty much everybody I knew as a kid was a christian in some form another but now a lot of younger people are atheist and I come into more contact with people of other religions like Muslims and new age spirituality.
Being gay is a lot more accepted too now. Gay kids would get bullied when I was going to school, parents would be afraid that their son is gay, I was told being gay would land me in hell, etc. Noone seems to bat an eye anymore if you're gay.
At the same time, people seem to be making a bigger deal about race than before. I remember growing up with the idea that America was a diverse place where everybody was equal. Your race didn't matter, but now it seems to matter a lot. It seems to make it's way into so many things now, which is annoying and not what I expected. I always assumed people would care less about race as society progressed but it has gone the opposite direction.
Food has become more diverse. Asian food especially seems to be more common than I remember. When I was in college I would have to drive over other towns to find a close to authentic Korean or Indian place.
Younger people now don't seem to have the same sense of etiquette. Things like holding doors open for strangers or saying "excuse me" don't seem be as common.
I don't meant the obvious things like pop culture, celebrities, and fashion, but more in terms of behaviors and attitudes?
How are people acting differently?
What I observed:
I'm a 90s kid and one thing I notice now in the US is the stark change in the attitude towards drugs. I remember the DARE campaign and how my health teacher would warn us about the dangers of smoking weed, but now it seems smoking weed is almost as normal as drinking, and in some ways, more accepted than alcohol. It's such a contrast compared to how when I was a kid, weed was seen as one of the worst things you can do, but now everybody and their mom, including conservatives, snacks on edibles. The stigma against other drugs also seemeto be less of a thing too.
On the other hand people rarely smoke cigarettes anymore, albeit vaping has changed that trend a bit. Most younger folk think smoking is gross. I only know a handful of people who smoke cigs.
There are definitely less Christians than I remember. Pretty much everybody I knew as a kid was a christian in some form another but now a lot of younger people are atheist and I come into more contact with people of other religions like Muslims and new age spirituality.
Being gay is a lot more accepted too now. Gay kids would get bullied when I was going to school, parents would be afraid that their son is gay, I was told being gay would land me in hell, etc. Noone seems to bat an eye anymore if you're gay.
At the same time, people seem to be making a bigger deal about race than before. I remember growing up with the idea that America was a diverse place where everybody was equal. Your race didn't matter, but now it seems to matter a lot. It seems to make it's way into so many things now, which is annoying and not what I expected. I always assumed people would care less about race as society progressed but it has gone the opposite direction.
Food has become more diverse. Asian food especially seems to be more common than I remember. When I was in college I would have to drive over other towns to find a close to authentic Korean or Indian place.
Younger people now don't seem to have the same sense of etiquette. Things like holding doors open for strangers or saying "excuse me" don't seem be as common.
