I kind of hate the time I was born

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I still like some modern TV/movies/music today, but I'm not going to ignore that a lot of bad things are becoming the norm in today's society or already have, and a lot of things are still dysfunctional. I'm 26, I sometimes really do wish I was born before the 80s, the 50s and 60s in particular had a more prosperous economy and it was easier to function as an adult back then, even if you were high-functioning on the spectrum.

I don't want to hear arguing about the bad stuff that may have happened back in that era. Everyone has a different experience and set of circumstances. I personally have concluded that balancing it all out, I appreciate if I lived back then because society was a lot simpler. Now, human usefulness and labor is becoming obsolete in my own lifetime. My own political and culture views on some issues also became more radical. Some people may even consider the 80s and 90s "backwards" or evil. Yes, I'd dare say that some rules and standards back decades ago were a little excessive and conservative, but guess what? Harassing or silencing people for still expressing views that are perceived as conservative is bad too.

I still don't want anyone to say "those days were backwards and conservative" or something like "you're viewpoint is stupid", that's for other threads. I felt a little hasty putting this together. I was going to post other stuff but I'll save that for later instead.

I think my grandparents had a much easier time starting out. Jobs were much easier to come by and marriage was considered normal. You didn't need a college degree to get a decent job and rent was much cheaper. Had I been born when my grandparents were born, I would have been married and starting a family by my 21st birthday. I am 25 and still single and living at home because people would rather hook up instead of getting married. Today's society is way too liberal and full of political correctness.

Yeah there is a lot of bad stuff going on these days. I keep to myself because I find people to be too stressful to hang out with now. I dont know what people used to be like. Maybe it was better. I think civilization is collapsing.

Frankly, things were much worse in the early 20th century than they are now. Much worse.

Every era had it's good points and bad points. I think that a big difference is that communications have improved so much that we are inundated, so we are swamped by bad news.
That being said, my mother was a divorcee back in the 60's ( through no fault of her own). Not only did she have to deal with the stigma, but the only jobs available to her were nursing or working as a clerk.
All in all, I'll take our current era.

I think the present is much better. Overall, there’s a greater appreciation for diversity - even neurodiversity.

Woman have a lot more rights and options.

Special education programs in schools are a lot better. And there’s a lot more support for individuals with disabilities. My son’s school has an “Autism Awareness and Acceptance” week.

There’s just a lot more knowledge and understanding than in the “good ole days.”

If I lived farther back in time, I wouldn’t have a service dog.

Also, the clothes looked much less comfortable.

Even in the 1960s, women used to almost always wear girdles, for example....

Yes, every era has it's good and bad points, but I still don't like the bad stuff today. I don't really know what I can say anymore.

I don't like the "bad stuff," either.

It's worse for everybody-----because we're living it right now.

But....an objective assessment and research would lead us to conclude that the 2010's are not nearly as bad as the 1910's were.

What's wrong with liking the older ways of doing things? For example, one of the things that makes me kind of sad is that radio and television used to be feasible as local mom & pop businesses. Now, there is too much concentration of few large companies in a lot of industries. Yeah, I mean people can have Netflix and upload videos on YouTube now, but it's not the same. I only became an adult after the world has changed. I just long to experience it again at my age now, to the smallest minute detail.

Just mentioning that. I already said that I'm not changing my opinion much about the state of civilization.

I’m a nostalgic guy myself....

I tend to like old television shows much more than "modern" shows.

Saying this, the 1980s was probably the worst decades for sitcoms.