Nixonator
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That was a horrible year, not fully understanding what was going on as a young albion fan.
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Is this the best time to be alive?
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That was a horrible year, not fully understanding what was going on as a young albion fan.
Megazone
On his last warning
I reckon the year 3036 is going to be pretty decent.
I'm sure things will get better. You never know, we might even live like the Babylonians again.
PS everything of now is better, nothing beats the present time. The future and the past, are basically states of mind. Now is the only thing that you can touch, see, experience etc. The now is the only time which truly exists. The past is still now. We never finished a period or era. We just changed in the now.
I'm sure things will get better. You never know, we might even live like the Babylonians again.
PS everything of now is better, nothing beats the present time. The future and the past, are basically states of mind. Now is the only thing that you can touch, see, experience etc. The now is the only time which truly exists. The past is still now. We never finished a period or era. We just changed in the now.
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You mean for a Brit, a westerner, a Syrian?
For us Brits, yes.
Well if we don't have another world war, or natural disaster etc, yes, of course. People will live longer still (and I don't just mean the old, I mean less people will die young), technology will continue to advance etc.
You are still gonna die someday. It is about quality of life, and the baby boomers have probably had the best compromise possible.
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
But it's ok for you to slag of past generations because you haven't got what they had?
Just concentrate on what you DO have rather than what you haven't, you might find life a whole lot better!
drew
Drew
Apart from the internet, surely there have been plenty of times in the past when the other criteria have applied (mostly more than the 71 years you refer to).
Technology has always been improving lives right from discovering fire and the invention of the wheel. Life expectancy has probably always been going up. The only thing that is really different is the internet and that has a host of pros and cons. People have access to far more information yet many seem to ignore this and only use the trivial benefits it brings.
drew
Drew
He may be looking at the internet through rose tinted specs due to the improvement it brought to his sex life!!!!!
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
undoubtedly the 60's the whole of them
not very technical but lots of fun and good mates
not very technical but lots of fun and good mates
The Birdman
New member
I think life getting better in UK however the world is been an unhappy place in many parts no respect for others who are not of the same group religion nation or tribe party.
How ever win the championship and cheer up all the Albion fans and TB
How ever win the championship and cheer up all the Albion fans and TB
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
'Fewer' people, not 'less' people. I thought you were the resident pedant?
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1966... we WON the World CupThat was a good time to be alive (which I was!!!) View attachment 79910View attachment 79910View attachment 79910View attachment 79910
and then three years later man landed on the moon!
I agree and don't forget all those mini skirts being worn.
Surely the Sixties was close to heaven.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
I yearn for the days before speed cameras and online credit checks.
And of having 2 post deliveries per day.
And of having 2 post deliveries per day.
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Not Andy Naylor
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From Peter Ward's debut at Hereford until about two minutes from the end of extra time in the 1983 FA Cup Final. Everything went downhill after that.
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Being aged 63, I think now is the worst time to be alive in my lifetime. There may not have been a world war for 71 years, but there is plenty of conflict going on in the world right now. And the technology means we are all well aware of it - Syria in our living rooms every night.
And there is far too much hate around at the moment - Trump vs Clinton, Trump vs everybody else, Remain vs Brexit, the rise of far-right politics, growing racism, increasing homelessness and rough sleeping, record "business" for food banks.
And it's getting worse day by day. On a personal basis, I am OK at the moment. On a world-wide basis, forget it.
JCL666
absurdism
- Sep 23, 2011
- 2,190
It sounds harsh but ignorance = bliss
I'd suggest that before social media or even the proliferation of TV channels we were all a lot more unaware of what was happening throughout the world, or even on our own doorstep. It also meant that commerce didn't intrude as much. Kids definitely experience a lot of pressure through things like social media and the lack of privacy doesn't seem great to me.
It's great that in the modern age we have access to so much more, from medical advances to travel opportunities and the connectivity provided by technology has loads of advantages. However it's definitely easier to be angry/grumpy/pissed off/aggrieved/upset/frustrated etc with the state of affairs in the modern world and that's down to tech.
I'd suggest that before social media or even the proliferation of TV channels we were all a lot more unaware of what was happening throughout the world, or even on our own doorstep. It also meant that commerce didn't intrude as much. Kids definitely experience a lot of pressure through things like social media and the lack of privacy doesn't seem great to me.
It's great that in the modern age we have access to so much more, from medical advances to travel opportunities and the connectivity provided by technology has loads of advantages. However it's definitely easier to be angry/grumpy/pissed off/aggrieved/upset/frustrated etc with the state of affairs in the modern world and that's down to tech.
nicko31
Well-known member
Until 1997 and its been up up up ever since. More people watch the Albion every home game than any time in our history
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,897
It was OK up til about 2006. Since then there has been a continual slide in quality of life I think. The current generation are predicted to be the first to be financially worse off than their predecessors.
A teacher friend in Brighton has told me that her school is seriously considering moving to a four day week as their funding is drying up... Apparently WSCC are looking on in interest as they have a funding crisis too.
A teacher friend in Brighton has told me that her school is seriously considering moving to a four day week as their funding is drying up... Apparently WSCC are looking on in interest as they have a funding crisis too.
spring hall convert
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Let's hope not.
Braggfan
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded
- May 12, 2014
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“Best” is a relative term.
With the world knowledge that we have via the access to the internet, you could say it’s the best time to be alive, you could ALSO say it’s the most apathetic, most self motivated, most self centred time to be alive. Terrible things have always happened in society, but now we’re supposedly more civilised, better educated and yet we (I mean collectively I’m not pointing a finger at individuals) stand by and let them happen even though we have the means to stop them.
- More people in the world have access to a mobile phone than clean drinking water.
- 1% of the world’s population own more than the other 99%.
- Treatable diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia kill 2 million children a year because they’re too poor to get treatment.
- A quarter of humans live with out electricity.
- The world food programme estimates that hunger is the number one cause of death, killing more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
The truth is none of these things should surprise anyone, I’m sure you’ve heard all of those things before. Some people choose to not to believe them, and some choose to ignore them. Very few actually choose to do anything about it.
In this time that we live, it’s very easy to learn about the world around us, but sadly it’s far easier not to give a damn about it.
With the world knowledge that we have via the access to the internet, you could say it’s the best time to be alive, you could ALSO say it’s the most apathetic, most self motivated, most self centred time to be alive. Terrible things have always happened in society, but now we’re supposedly more civilised, better educated and yet we (I mean collectively I’m not pointing a finger at individuals) stand by and let them happen even though we have the means to stop them.
- More people in the world have access to a mobile phone than clean drinking water.
- 1% of the world’s population own more than the other 99%.
- Treatable diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia kill 2 million children a year because they’re too poor to get treatment.
- A quarter of humans live with out electricity.
- The world food programme estimates that hunger is the number one cause of death, killing more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
The truth is none of these things should surprise anyone, I’m sure you’ve heard all of those things before. Some people choose to not to believe them, and some choose to ignore them. Very few actually choose to do anything about it.
In this time that we live, it’s very easy to learn about the world around us, but sadly it’s far easier not to give a damn about it.
You've been to Orlando enough times that you've probably ridden Carousel of Progress at least once. Each of those four scenes is, essentially, people saying "It can't get any better than this" and then you move forward and it has.
In fact, here are the closing words to one of those scenes: "Well, as I was saying, considering all the conveniences we now have, I'd say that we're really on easy street these days. It just can't get any better!"