To wonder what opinions we have now that will be really unpopular in 40/50 years

[bumbleymummy]

Not a TAAT but triggered by a thread about some elderly people having opinions that we find quite shocking and offensive now.

What opinions do you think we have that will have our grandchildren and great grandchildren gasping and pearl clutching? :)

Breeding animals for pets to have characteristics desirable to humans.

'That leaving childbearing until your late thirties / early forties is a good thing.'

Definitely not. If anything older first time parents will become more and more common.

'Unsurprisingly, this thread is now full of people predicting that history will vindicate their hobby horses particular topics of interest.'

Absolutely. A lot of wishful thinking around their own areas of interest.

I agree Mitzy. I also think we will be 'younger for longer'.

people will look back in disgust about how we allowed disabled people to be treated so badly by the government I hope so.

That was in response to your comment about older parents.

Interesting about older parents as it inevitably links into the affordability of healthcare issue/what the taxpayer is willing to pay for.

Like others, I predict that healthcare will become more privatised, so fertility treatments -while likely to become more effective - will still be costly and will still be somewhat avoidable if people have kids younger. So I think it will be much more polarised, those who can afford £££ will have kids older, most though will have to have kids younger.

I think marriage contracts will be available for a predetermined length of time, e.g. 20 years while children are brought up. Because lengthening age means that people won't want to commit to 80 years.

I think there will be more lonely singles as people to continue to hide behind machines rather than meet and interact in person.

I think people will look back in dismay that so many people denied climate change and that politicians were so impotent to enable major changes necessary to prevent it.

I think people will wonder why we didn't have more children to support all the pensioners sticking around until they are 100.

Has anyone else seen Sleeper (60 times like me).
Maybe in 100 yrs we'll all think direct contact sex is icky, disease ridden, dangerous, ridiculous.

Well that would sort out the contraception lljkk! :)

people will look back in disgust about how we allowed disabled people to be treated so badly by the government I think this will all but a footnote in history, in the face of all the shit that is likely to happen.

that makes it worse

Drugs will be legal
Governments and TPTB favour toxicated addicted people who can't get thier shit together and recognise the mechanisms which oppress and control them

Sane sober educated free thinkers are too hard to fool

Intoxicated!

I think marriage contracts will be available for a predetermined length of time, e.g. 20 years while children are brought up. Because lengthening age means that people won't want to commit to 80 years.

Yes to this. I've been saying for years that a marriage should have a contract of some sort to give a guide to behaviour, responsibilities etc and that it should be reviewed every ten years.

Just reminded me (i work in health services) that while our lifespan is increasing, our 'health' span isn't due mainly to obesity-related illnesses such as diabetes type 2, also link to many cancers, heart disease etc. This trend is also likely to see a plateau/fall in increased longevity (depending on which predictions you believe). So actually we would need to plan around this, our kids living shorter lives than us, on average, our generation dying at a younger age than our parents. This will then affect number of years in retirement, healthy or otherwise and the could actually shorten the current average length of marriage.

Muddled message- note to self, don't MN multitask while working!
What I meant was we may have increased longevity but more years sick/disabled. Or if some estimates are to be believed, we may actually live shorter lives than our parents if long-term conditions and their predicted death rates really kick in! Depends on whether as a society we continue eating and sitting ourselves to death, partly...

Shopping as a leisure pastime. Waste of time. How much stuff does anyone actually need before it becomes clutter? In a few years we will have LOADS of hoarding houses to sort out.

Drinking coffee in a café whilst on a laptop for hours on end. What happened to having your mates round for drinks?

Kids and mobile phones.
Kids and computers.
Kids and social media.

Selling off play areas. Yet telling us it's our fault our kids don't get exercise. I have a trampoline, bikes, tennis stuff but without the space to use said items, what do you suggest?

Building one bed/two bed flats, not family houses.
Not building enough social housing.
The degradation of family life
Too much emphasis on gender/fluidity/sexuality. Just be yourself and stop trying to put a label on it. Stop it with the "fluidity" which sounds like you are just sitting on the fence to be honest.

Shopping as a leisure pastime. Waste of time. How much stuff does anyone actually need before it becomes clutter? In a few years we will have LOADS of hoarding houses to sort out.

Drinking coffee in a café whilst on a laptop for hours on end. What happened to having your mates round for drinks?

Kids and mobile phones.
Kids and computers.
Kids and social media.

Selling off play areas. Yet telling us it's our fault our kids don't get exercise. I have a trampoline, bikes, tennis stuff but without the space to use said items, what do you suggest?

Building one bed/two bed flats, not family houses.
Not building enough social housing.
The degradation of family life
Too much emphasis on gender/fluidity/sexuality. Just be yourself and stop trying to put a label on it. Stop it with the "fluidity" which sounds like you are just sitting on the fence to be honest.

And why did people buy into a massive social media site designed by a person with aspergers? Ironic, much?

I speak as a person with Aspergers, btw.

I think many of you are still thinking with 2016 heads.

Remember the Britain of 1966. Many homes still had outdoor toilets, more than 90 percent of women were virgins on their wedding night, and half the world was under the communist yoke.

My predictions are ...

• that we didn't eat insects.

• that we believed transnational governmental structures could function properly.

• that people commuted long distances in a car to work or shop.

• that we didn't focus on the nutritional content of food stuffs in terms of vitamin and mineral load.

• that many people traveled to countries that are no-go zones in 2066, and that people never traveled to the 2066 fashionable holiday destinations, such as, say, Kazakhstan.

• that we used cash and coins as money.

• that educational institutions did not teach basic self-sustainability.

• that people had the room in their homes for a dining table, a big TV, a washing machine and space for children to play.

more than 90 percent of women claimed they were virgins on their wedding night