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15. No doubt that this is the same half (here) who thinks that

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2025, 08:57 AM

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everything in the past was better, easier, more honest. The ones who think they themselves would have ventured west for gold, become cattle barons, or rich savvy businessmen. Of course, like everyone else in the world, they would have had their own horse, their own house, and a family that dutifully catered to their every whim. You know, all those good old conservative values that don't exist anymore. (and never did)

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Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds [View all] highplainsdem Monday OP

I share their feelings even while I am admittedly addicted to internet (not social media) hlthe2b Monday #1

I agree with you JBTaurus83 Monday #4

I'm glad I got to experience life before the internet Skittles Monday #2

Same here. I first got online a few years before the World Wide Web existed. But I'm so glad I had highplainsdem Monday #6

same Skittles Tuesday #9

Same. The older I get, the more grateful I am for that. I can't even imagine what it would be like growing up with it, Karasu Monday #7

The internet is fine, social media is the problem Deminpenn Tuesday #14

the first time I saw "unfriended" Skittles Tuesday #17

I became a teen in 1990 NickB79 Thursday #20

"...46% said they would rather be young in a world without the internet altogether." LudwigPastorius Monday #3

Life was easier kimbutgar Monday #5

It was a better world in a great many ways. Hell, the Internet before social media wasn't half-bad, either. At least not Karasu Monday #8

UK? BaronChocula Tuesday #10

This is young people so they probably didn't vote during that election JI7 Tuesday #11

Would it help if they learned some self-control? Oopsie Daisy Tuesday #12

all social media did was weaponize the bullies. nt Javaman Tuesday #13

No doubt that this is the same half (here) who thinks that taxi Tuesday #15

These kids have only seen the left over husk of what was once the internet. Oneironaut Tuesday #16

" they would rather be young in a world without the internet" speak easy Tuesday #18

I'm a Boomer that grew up without Internet PCB66 Thursday #19