Social How has society changed?

[Osculater]

People here in America have become more rude and inconsiderate. People aren't getting married and having kids nearly as much. Porn addiction is astronomical. Depression is high. People are on more medication. Everything is more expensive. National credit card debt is now over 1 Trillion. Millennials hardly own any houses. Racial tensions are now arguably worse than in the 90s. Young men who aren't considered attractive have all retreated to video games, losing all hope in the dating apps

My life is good, but from where I'm standing I'm pretty sure westren civilization is collapsing.

Adios, bro

 

[Osculater]

Technology and religion (namely Christianity) being less of a focus/ guide in the Millenial generation. Religion (especially Christianity in America) is making a "comeback" so to speak with Gen Z . In 15 20 years as a result things will likely be more conservative in nature. Folks underestimate how much influence religion has on society . In America It's starting to shift towards religion now after beginning the shift away from in the 70s/80s/90s.


Imo you want to see how society is as a whole look to how religious people are ..

As a believing Christian I am happy with the recent change of direction in US in regards to Christianity and hope it lasts.

From reading and watching videos online it seems there are more people converting to Catholicism

 

[Osculater]

It was @Slobodan, he is broke now.

I didn't know @Slobodan was black?

 

[Swamps]

Too many fat people and blue Haired weirdos that have little girly arms.

 

[Conrad Veidt]

It was @Slobodan, he is broke now.

You ran out of money…

 

[Streeter]

From reading and watching videos online it seems there are more people converting to Catholicism

Non denominational and Pentecostal as well. Imo if anything is growing fastest its the non denominational thats growing fastest . Catholic tho likely is up there if for nothing else an American Pope. CCM is getting really big thats driving the Nondenominational an Pentecostal increases. Imo

 

[Osculater]

Non denominational and Pentecostal as well. Imo if anything is growing fastest its the non denominational thats growing fastest . Catholic tho likely is up there if for nothing else an American Pope. CCM is getting really big thats driving the Nondenominational an Pentecostal increases. Imo

Shia Labeouf is now Catholic LOL

 

[Spam On Rye]

I noticed that every time I go to buy shorts that they're all really really short now.

 

[Gene Tunney]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Society is still preoccupied with trifling surface-level intelligence...consumption, politics, bread and games.

Our sciences and religions haven't gotten to the bottom of the most important questions.

No matter what clothes we wear and what styles are impressed upon us by marketing machines, how much more are we beyond stomachs looking for dinner?

But societies of the future have unlimited potential.

 

[GSP_37]

Too dumb as fuck and proud of it and easily manipulated by the most retarded lies.

 

[Osculater]

Too dumb as fuck and proud of it and easily manipulated by the most retarded lies.

 

[Stoic1]

I'm flossing like mad with those dental picks right now.

Got a cleaning on the 2nd and I am not gonna get dental shamed by some dental tech. She is going to get in there and see literal blood clots if not outright bleeding from the gums.

"Do you floss?"

"I floss til I bleed. Every night. Try to put that flouride on my teeth and there is going to be a homicide."

 

[ezikel315]

People here in America have become more rude and inconsiderate. People aren't getting married and having kids nearly as much. Porn addiction is astronomical. Depression is high. People are on more medication. Everything is more expensive. National credit card debt is now over 1 Trillion. Millennials hardly own any houses. Racial tensions are now arguably worse than in the 90s. Young men who aren't considered attractive have all retreated to video games, losing all hope in the dating apps

My life is good, but from where I'm standing I'm pretty sure westren civilization is collapsing.

Good point on depression. I remember being hesitant to get therapy even in the early 2000s because of the stigma and I was one of the rare few people that I knew of who was getting therapy. Now everybody has a therapist and is on some kind of medication.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

People were funnier back then.

 

[Contempt]

I grew up in the 80's, so I basically feel like I'm living on a different planet at this point. What life was like in the 80's:

1.) High-trust society - doors unlocked till dark; kids out playing till dark
2.) Drugs were bad
3.) Everyone still knew what a man was, and what a woman was
4.) The mentally deranged were kept hidden at home or put in an institution somewhere, not allowed to shoot up schools
5.) Racism was virtually non-existent, nobody talked about it; Arnold was a guest star on Knight Rider, he didn't replace Knight Rider
6.) People were fit, women were hot, and obesity was rare
7.) Music, cinema, and television were at high-water marks and your kids could watch Disney without getting groomed
8.) People were civil and got handled in the rare cases they weren't
9.) Urban legends were awesome and not easily dispelled by some asswipe who pretended to be an expert after a 2-second google search
10.) Knowledge was deep though not necessarily wide (people now have a wide breadth of knowledge that is extremely shallow)
11.) Women still had big, beautiful bushes
12.) The president was so loved and respected he won 49 states (and that will never, ever happen again)

That's off the top of my head.

Certainly a whole lot of truth in this. Sad for what we've lost

 

[Contempt]

They were all black dudes

 

[fingercuffs]

If we're talking about the US, we were far happier when I moved here 11 years ago.

 

[Contempt]

Good point on depression. I remember being hesitant to get therapy even in the early 2000s because of the stigma and I was one of the rare few people that I knew of who was getting therapy. Now everybody has a therapist and is on some kind of medication.

Speaking of... so many people seem to be on SSRI's and other psych meds these days.

When there's a massive profit motive to just fill people full of happy pills, it's just begging for abuse...

 

[Contempt]

If we're talking about the US, we were far happier when I moved here 11 years ago.

Back before social media drove everyone nuts... ahh the good old days.

 

[lweiberg]

I grew up in the 80's, so I basically feel like I'm living on a different planet at this point. What life was like in the 80's:

1.) High-trust society - doors unlocked till dark; kids out playing till dark
2.) Drugs were bad
3.) Everyone still knew what a man was, and what a woman was
4.) The mentally deranged were kept hidden at home or put in an institution somewhere, not allowed to shoot up schools
5.) Racism was virtually non-existent, nobody talked about it; Arnold was a guest star on Knight Rider, he didn't replace Knight Rider
6.) People were fit, women were hot, and obesity was rare
7.) Music, cinema, and television were at high-water marks and your kids could watch Disney without getting groomed
8.) People were civil and got handled in the rare cases they weren't
9.) Urban legends were awesome and not easily dispelled by some asswipe who pretended to be an expert after a 2-second google search
10.) Knowledge was deep though not necessarily wide (people now have a wide breadth of knowledge that is extremely shallow)
11.) Women still had big, beautiful bushes
12.) The president was so loved and respected he won 49 states (and that will never, ever happen again)

That's off the top of my head.