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Does anyone truly think times are better now than 30 years ago? (US) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I really never have believed times improved, and i am almost positive things will only get worse.

30 years ago we had a future to look to, the unshittified internet, great music, affordable land/housing, affordable durable cars, people actually interacted in real life, no social media trash. Now, we have billionaires and LLMs. I don't see how anyone can possibly think times are better or going to improve.

Yes, everyone will say "civil rights improved" and yes thats maybe the only thing that has changed, however it's getting taken away every day again so I don't think you can even use that point anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Yes, the ozone hole is healing, we have less lead in the environment coming from leaded fuel, cars in general have become more fuel efficient, there are plenty of things that are way better now, than 30 years ago.

There is great music being made here in 2025, though the general music taste has stagnated for a long time.

Medical procedures have absolutely got better, as has tech in general, in 1995 we used CRT monitors with our computers, we used ball mice that constantly needed to be cleaned.

This is just some of the things that have improved.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you. It's hard to see what's better sometimes but I have definitely benefited from a surgery that was "dark ages" 30 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, currently there is so much negativity on the news that it is easy to forget the good stuff that does happen.

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