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01-16-2022, 08:17 PM | #1 |
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The 1980's to the present day is the same amount of time as 1940 was to 1980
1980 is exactly 40 years ago. That means 1980 to the present day is the same amount of time as the year 1940 was to 1980.
Now imagine being around in 1940 during World War II and still being around in the 80's. Now our generation has been around from roughly the same timespan to the present day. We're now as old as our grandparents were during the 80's. WTF |
01-16-2022, 08:23 PM | #2 | |
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The 1940s doesn't seem that far away even today. There are a ton of photos/videos from that era, and many people still alive who lived during that time (Albeit only those who were children then are still alive now).
The World War 2 era feels like living history, since those times still shape the world to this day.
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01-16-2022, 08:29 PM | #3 |
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You're terrible at math.
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01-16-2022, 08:39 PM | #4 |
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Yes, Cybercubed, that is how time works....
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01-16-2022, 10:49 PM | #5 |
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Yep, my grandma was 40 when I was born, and I'm 40 now. Sounds about right.
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01-17-2022, 03:44 AM | #6 |
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01-17-2022, 05:03 AM | #7 | |
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The world came together, guided by Western democracy. Wars between countries became history. There were still some civil wars but at the end, they had to stop fighting, as no sides were backed up by the major powers of the Cold War as they once had been. By early 2014 (Crimea Crisis), we see extreme nationalism growing especially in Eastern Europe. The international ingegration process is falling apart. Meanwhile, the PR China is developing its social credit system (Thank you, Corona for at least postponing it) and attempting to become a new superpower. World War II memories are returning again, and it is not fun. Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 01-17-2022 at 05:35 AM. |
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01-17-2022, 09:52 AM | #8 |
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01-17-2022, 10:31 AM | #9 |
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People don't say "exactly" when rounding.
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01-17-2022, 10:38 AM | #10 |
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Are you diagnosed with OCD? Wondering because you seem slightly obsessed with time and age.
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01-17-2022, 11:49 AM | #11 |
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If not OCD, I'm sure Cubed has.... something.
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01-17-2022, 04:49 PM | #13 |
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And it only gets worse from here.
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01-17-2022, 06:03 PM | #14 |
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01-17-2022, 07:19 PM | #15 |
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Except for those of us born some years after 1980 and/or had or have grandparents born some years before 1940.
Except in some places where people are married and having their first child at around 20, which I've seen a number of around me. |
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01-17-2022, 09:46 PM | #17 | |
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Once I realized there was a whole younger generation of teenagers and early 20 year olds about a decade or more younger than me, I knew I was officially no longer "young and hip." |
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01-18-2022, 04:17 PM | #18 |
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I dunno where she heard it, but my mom likes to say any day you live past 75 is a miracle. Having just turned 41 last month, I'm hoping to live to be atleast 80.
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05-15-2022, 02:28 PM | #19 |
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Well, time and our perception of it is a funny thing indeed.
I feel like any year before 2007 or so belongs to a very distant galaxy. The years of 2007-2009 are very old for me but don't feel like they belong to a past life if mine like the years before that do. 2010 and beyond? That's when I began loisng track of time. I guess by the time I was 16-17 when I started to grow up and my adult personality was beginning to form into what I am today. Before that I still felt like a kid. Which probably explains why anything before 11th grade belongs to a completely different era for me. |
05-15-2022, 04:28 PM | #20 |
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People generally lose track of time when they become adults and school/college is over because then nothing really changes besides if you start a family. You just go to various jobs and well...everything is the same.
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