We've seen the best of society ...

[KatherineSwynford1403]

Quote from a family member out for a family lunch yesterday. It's his 65th birthday on Wednesday and we had quite the day out yesterday. At this lunch he said the above, remarking on how much better it was growing up in the 60s and 70s, progress isn't always for the best, he's sick of people zipping around on scooters and skateboards, the streets are a mess/filthy, spiceheads, it's all got worse over the years, kids running about in pubs and restaurants and shops and not parented properly (he told us a story about getting a smacked backside for having a tantrum when he wasn't allowed a cowboy outfit in the post office in 1963), police did their job properly, nobody dresses up to go out anymore many people look slovenly, want instant gratification, are lazy, you really had to work for a degree in the 70s, on and on it went.

It did my head in but today I have started thinking did he have (a fraction of a) point at all?

If a toddler has a tantrum, it is ignored, and forgotten about by teatime, they'll have another the next day. And the next, and the next - ad infinitum.

I am not condoning violence against children, but I bet the person who wanted the cowboy outfit learned his lesson from that one incident, and never had a tantrum like that ever again.

Well, till now.

Some things are better, some are worse imo. Too many cars on the road now, everyone looks the same, we aren’t allowed our own SOH, SM isn’t good, too materialistic, less manners, less unique people about, too many dickheads about, too many offended, too many feral kids, too many greedy councils, too much messing with our food & many more things.

But, medical science has improved massively & women are treated much better which is a big massive plus for me.