Subj : Re: BBS People
To : Dream Master
From : ryan
Date : Tue Feb 09 2021 11:46 am
DM> I am a child of the 80s and early 90s. We would get into fist fights
DM> for the stupidest things. I was almost a parent at 16. If you got
DM> hurt, I'd usually laugh. Racism was all over my family and God forbid
DM> if you were gay or trans. Bullying, well, we tried to not bully but we
DM> did anyway.
This sums up my childhood to a T.
You know, I was watching the old early 90s Kid N Play film (which was really
for kids) called "House Party" and it's crazy to see how commonplace
homophobia was. Like, the punchline of every single insult was to suggest
someone else was gay. Insanity.
DM> Looking back, I really wonder how our generation survived. Maybe that
Yeah, I'm with you. I'm really interested to read a history book in 50 years
and get a hot take from an actual researcher or historian because I can't
wrap my head around it. We were a bunch of assholes.
DM> What did we do different with our children? Or, maybe I should write
DM> that as, "What did I do right with my children?" We taught our children
DM> to listen, to care, to love, and to laugh. They may be stuck on their
DM> phones all day but they are a hell of a lot better than we were at that
DM> age. I am hopeful that my children will continue to grow up to be
DM> amazing members of society.
I think it's probably a lot of this but on the whole, society changed because
of technology. And as much as we want to be mad that kids are stuck in their
phones all day, we should acknowledge that there are some benefits :)
