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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Hendrixian on September 28, 2023, 09:54:15 PM
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Given that the average getbigger is 45 years old, what are your thoughts on this?
I'm only 32, but I remember the internet being waaay more fun when I was a teenager, nowadays nothing seems new or interesting.
On the other hand, buying stuff online is very easy and convenient, we can easily search for better prices and so on.
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Women were much better in the 70s and 80s
Society as a whole was much better in the 80s, no carburnings, constant gangrapes, masslooting, killings
Media is shit today, everything has to be Woke, LBTQ+ and Divershitty is fed on us constantly, mixed race couples in commercials etc
Schools were better in the 70s and 80s, today the kids are fed this propaganda
Buying Stuff is much easier today
Tech and Computers/Consoles are much better today
Compare an Atari game from the 70s to a High End PC game today
Life in general was better in the 70s/80s
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Women were much better in the 70s and 80s
Society as a whole was much better in the 80s, no carburnings, constant gangrapes, masslooting, killings
Media is shit today, everything has to be Woke, LBTQ+ and Divershitty is fed on us constantly, mixed race couples in commercials etc
Schools were better in the 70s and 80s, today the kids are fed this propaganda
Buying Stuff is much easier today
Tech and Computers/Consoles are much better today
Compare an Atari game from the 70s to a High End PC game today
Life in general was better in the 70s/80s
^^^^^THIS..........plus a whole lot more.
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The metal music scene.
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Music in general. Car aesthetics. Pro bodybuilding. Respect and decency, honor. Home cook food.
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Access is so much easier now thanks primarily to technological advancement
Which on the whole is good and better
But such ready access and instant gratification of 'wants' (as opposed to needs) has left in its wake a deficit in the less immediately apparent but equally rewarding aspects that came with these wants being harder to access in times past: the anticipation, the time and effort required to track something down or attain something desirable etc: in short, appreciation. In addition, due to the endless supply of wants at our finger tips, we often no longer take the time to properly enjoy things when they do come our way, its just on to the next short term dopamine hit
Also, Alyssa Milano was a lot better when she was younger than she is now
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Ill take the 70's and 80's any fucking day of the week, what fantastic times those were!
Today just sucks, and bad...
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-Life has gotten way worse on average for Westeners.
-Data availability/mobility has increased/improved dramatically.
-Hifi equipment has gotten worse unless one spends a lot of dough - speakers have improved but every speaker seems to be geared towards tiny tits.
(Old high end gear is now affordable though.)
-Guitars have gotten worse(B.C. Rich on suicide watch hopefully) but guitar amps have vastly improved.
-Food quality & selection has gotten better but way more expensive.
-Bodybuilding and body culture has taken a nosedive.
-Computing has improved but the spirit is gone... underground is most likely better than ever though.
-Weapons have gotten way more deadly.
-Movies & effects have gotten way worse for the most part.
-Most classic getbig posters have retired.
In short - it's become a rich man's world... anything goes if you got the dimes.
For the average western workcel everything has been neutered/watered down.
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Society has gotten worst.
Medicine has gotten better.
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Technology today shits all over what we had growing up.
Other than that not much else.
Agree about Social Media. Unless you have something to market on the internet, there’s really no point in having a presence.
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Society has gotten worst.
Medicine has gotten better.
And yet American lifespan continues to fall :'(
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And yet American lifespan continues to fall :'(
Obesity
People have too much access to high calorie low nutrition food and not enough motivation and discipline.
Definitely fewer fat slobs back in the day.
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Access is so much easier now thanks primarily to technological advancement
Which on the whole is good and better
But such ready access and instant gratification of 'wants' (as opposed to needs) has left in its wake a deficit in the less immediately apparent but equally rewarding aspects that came with these wants being harder to access in times past: the anticipation, the time and effort required to track something down or attain something desirable etc: in short, appreciation. In addition, due to the endless supply of wants at our finger tips, we often no longer take the time to properly enjoy things when they do come our way, its just on to the next short term dopamine hit
Also, Alyssa Milano was a lot better when she was younger than she is now
Yes, information is so easy to obtain that we don't search for it.
-Life has gotten way worse on average for Westeners.
-Data availability/mobility has increased/improved dramatically.
-Hifi equipment has gotten worse unless one spends a lot of dough - speakers have improved but every speaker seems to be geared towards tiny tits.
(Old high end gear is now affordable though.)
-Guitars have gotten worse(B.C. Rich on suicide watch hopefully) but guitar amps have vastly improved.
-Food quality & selection has gotten better but way more expensive.
-Bodybuilding and body culture has taken a nosedive.
-Computing has improved but the spirit is gone... underground is most likely better than ever though.
-Weapons have gotten way more deadly.
-Movies & effects have gotten way worse for the most part.
-Most classic getbig posters have retired.
In short - it's become a rich man's world... anything goes if you got the dimes.
For the average western workcel everything has been neutered/watered down.
Care to elaborate about guitars? You mean overall quality drop or prices?
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Obesity
People have too much access to high calorie low nutrition food and not enough motivation and discipline.
Definitely fewer fat slobs back in the day.
It’s certainly a factor but the fall in life expectancy is only seen in the past couple years. Before then, Americans were happily getting fatter and living longer
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Technology and social media, cell phones etc of course is incredible compared to past but is also responsible for the demise of society as a whole. The 'information super highway' has been used to confuse more than clarify and has turned everyone into a narcissist. Impossible to have a conversation because no one has patience or the maturity to handle any contrary opinions.
Music, bodybuilding, boxing and cinema were all waaaaay better in the 70's and 80's hell even the 90's for that matter.
Cars were better in some ways but technology has improved autombiles in other ways such as luxury, gas mileage etc. But most cars today look like plastic blobs of shit. If you want to increase sales of e cars then design them to look like 69 chargers, mustangs, 68 camaros, 76 firebird, chevelles, challengers etc....fuck, I'd buy one today.
All entertainment is pushing woke bullshit and worse is social engineering through incrementalism. There's nothing inherently wrong with diversity and inclusion but ffs be realistic about it and address actual problems in individual communities and drop the double standard applied to everything through identity politics. It's so fucked up watching each generation being brainwashed little by little. It seems we're headed for something along the lines of 1984 or worse. We are watching the demise of great cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Seattle, San Francisco Minneapolis and Portland in real-time. It's no longer 'gonna happen' or 'happening' (both terms imply there's time to change or reverse the damage) it's already happened.
Pretty much: everything sucks now except for a few small creature comforts. People suck, especially younger generations and women. Music, movies, celebrities, news personalities and politicians all suck now.
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Women were much better in the 70s and 80s
Society as a whole was much better in the 80s, no carburnings, constant gangrapes, masslooting, killings
Media is shit today, everything has to be Woke, LBTQ+ and Divershitty is fed on us constantly, mixed race couples in commercials etc
Schools were better in the 70s and 80s, today the kids are fed this propaganda
Buying Stuff is much easier today
Tech and Computers/Consoles are much better today
Compare an Atari game from the 70s to a High End PC game today
Life in general was better in the 70s/80s
Well said!
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I think the answer to both sides of the questions is: porn.
Interestingly its both better and worse and it has something to do with the nature of desire and availability.
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It’s certainly a factor but the fall in life expectancy is only seen in the past couple years. Before then, Americans were happily getting fatter and living longer
You’re just starting to see the effects of it now as the first generation of Fat fucks is getting old. Obesity doesn’t kill you in a day but over many years.
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Culture in general weather music, movies, fashion, and there was always new slang terms.
We’re stuck with most everything from the 90’s now.
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Obesity
People have too much access to high calorie low nutrition food and not enough motivation and discipline.
(http://Definitely fewer fat slobs back in the day.)
go and watch outdoor concerts from the 70s , Wood stock and the like, almost no fat people at all.
6 mins in
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Judith Light was a lot better when she was younger than she is now.
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Yes, information is so easy to obtain that we don't search for it.
Care to elaborate about guitars? You mean overall quality drop or prices?
Quality drop regarding necks(not every single one of course) and custom shop prices being too high - especially B.C. Rich.
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The Walking Dead before Shane was killed off
Yellowstone before Beth got really annoying
The Simpsons before season 9 or 10
Chick-Fil-A before diversity hirings and washing the feet of dindus
Ron Desantis before he ran for President
Bodybuilding
Music
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I'm 36 but I like my history.
Before cars, cities were built to be beautiful, just go anywhere in Europe/Boston and it is nice.
Trains and rail cars were sweet as well.
Up until tv came about, radio was basically like modern day podcasts, real cool shit go on youtube if you're curious.
Until the 90s, flight attendants use to be hot
Until 73 or so cool shit was happening in space
Between 65 and 83ish, guitar based music dominated society.
Jazz before 65 was a total beast, it was amazing.
Until the late 90s you had a ton of tv, and it was scheduled. No randomly binging shows, you had a set schedule and everyone else was on it. Everyone was watching xfiles at 7pm on a thursday etc. You could have an actual watercooler conservation, without having to figure out if you're even on the same episode. Like your entertainment was based on an actual schedule, instead of everyone randomly doing their own thing, dates and time of day really mattered, people had normal work hours, and you didn't talk to people outside of your timezone.
Renting VHS was awesome for more or less the same reason, you had to go out with friends date/wife/friends/kids pick what you were gonna watch. It was a part of movie night, now movie night means you try to find something on a streaming service, instead of being social you watch it by yourself and half to time you give up half way through.
Until 97ish, popular movies weren't CGI borefests, almost all the top box office movies featured real stories, you couldn't just overwhelm the audience of 20 minutes of cgi.
From 06ish-14 we had the golden age of online streaming, shows like game breaking bad were actually good, you had good stories and there wasn't a ton of wokeshit. HBO/Showcase etc would reliably release 3-5 shows that were based, like Sopranos/Boardwalk Empire/Oz/The wire/The Shield etc.
For 1990 to 2008ish, we had tons of white immigrants from Eastern Europe coming over, they were cool hard working people who were well educated, since 08ish they've become old fucks, poorly educated folks who were completed ruined by independence, or alternatively have become as pro socialism/EU as their grandparents.
Until 95ish Christian/Family values were still normal, you assumed someone was christian or at least supported the values, instead of now where you hope people actually have any values at all.
Before the internet the world was a mysterious place. You couldn't just google something, you actually had to find a book on a topic and hope it actually included the depth of knowledge you were looking for. Atlernatively watch a really cool show on tv or actually visit the place.
Before 2006ish smart phones weren't a thing, people weren't socially retarded and were capable of small talk.
Before 1995ish, being intelligent self educating yourself by reading would pay off as you'd actually have real value in the workplace.
EDIT: Science fiction was way better. Things actually had to be thoughtful. From 77 to 91 there was just endless great epic sci fis being made including star wars/alien(s)/80s trek/terminator/predator
Flip sides
Legal edible weed is amazing
You don't need social skills to get laid you just need to be tall good looking etc
Watching sports is awesome because you don't have to watch live, way better film angles etc.
You can learn anything for free.
Psychology is way better understood and you can do a whole lot with a bit of knowledge.
We now have a solid understanding of how to do proper HRT.
Joe Rogan and his types are tearing it up, bringing mandom to entirely other levels.
There's hot East Asian Chicks everywhere.
Middle Eastern folk are finally learning to bathe
You can make/record your own music with a computer for cheap.
You can immerse yourself with any culture online.
You can watch movies/tv from virtually any era with ease.
Massive flat screen TV are dirt cheap
VR tech is amazing
The Russians have stopped blue balling us, we can actually hate them again without liberals calling us Xenophobic/paranoid.
China is about to die/fuck off.
If you can code, you have unlimited career options.
You can work from home with ease.
People actually care about fitness(even if there's a mountain of obesity) it's a normal thing for people to keep fit without having to be an athlete/age is no longer an acceptable excuse etc.
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go and watch outdoor concerts from the 70s , Wood stock and the like, almost no fat people at all.
6 mins in
Ironically I was thinking about that vid when I posted. It’s almost as known for the lack of fat fvcks in the crowd as it is for the performance.
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go and watch outdoor concerts from the 70s , Wood stock and the like, almost no fat people at all.
6 mins in
In fairness if you were a 40 year old at a syknard concert you were considered a creep. Now anyone can see a concert and not worry about being old.
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Concerts were better years ago.
Much, much cheaper.
It was about the music not elaborate dancing, with autotune.
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It was much better to be a kid decades ago.
No helicopter parenting, no super-organized youth sports.
Kids had freedom. There were other kids available to play with, not playdates.
No childcare because your mother had to work.
Kids weren't all on psycho drugs or had allergies to everything.
Autism was unheard of.
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It was much better to be a kid decades ago.
No helicopter parenting, no super-organized youth sports.
Kids had freedom. There were other kids available to play with, not playdates.
No childcare because your mother had to work.
Kids weren't all on psycho drugs or had allergies to everything.
Autism was unheard of.
.....and kids actually went outside and played! :(
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.....and kids actually went outside and played! :(
Truth.
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Everything thing sucks now comparatively and I mean everything.
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As Gladys Knight says "these will be the good old days for the next generation"
If thats true then fucks sake they have some real shit coming
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Who are todays guitar "gods"...........can anyone actually play great guitar as if they were one with the instrument?
I mean we had Hendrix,Page,Rhodes,Satriani,Clapton,Santana,Johnny Winter,Beck,Eddie Van Halen,etc. etc......Christ I`ll even throw Roy Clark in there......not into Metal really so don`t know too many of the guys who play.
I`ll wait.
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&t=19s these videos sum it up best. the 60's was the best compared to the crap that goes on now.
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;D
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In fairness if you were a 40 year old at a syknard concert you were considered a creep. Now anyone can see a concert and not worry about being old.
Always preferred Lynyrd Skynyrd over syknard.
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Who are todays guitar "gods"...........can anyone actually play great guitar as if they were one with the instrument?
I mean we had Hendrix,Page,Rhodes,Satriani,Clapton,Santana,Johnny Winter,Beck,Eddie Van Halen,etc. etc......Christ I`ll even throw Roy Clark in there......not into Metal really so don`t know too many of the guys who play.
I`ll wait.
You have 14 year olds on YouTube cranking out Blackmore solos but you don’t have them doing anything original that’s good.
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You have 14 year olds on YouTube cranking out Blackmore solos but you don’t have them doing anything original that’s good.
this girl was incredible
mXHgliA&start_radio=1&rv=rV6SmY04WdE
shes been MIA for 7 years
Shes back in a band
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Boomer prog rock always makes me feel a bit oh idk just kinda
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You have 14 year olds on YouTube cranking out Blackmore solos but you don’t have them doing anything original that’s good.
True,I have seen some of these child prodigys,(sp)....mostly playing blues guitar,and damn good I might add, but are there any actual hard rock bands anymore?
I don`t listen to todays shit music so I may be wrong.
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this girl was incredible
mXHgliA&start_radio=1&rv=rV6SmY04WdE
shes been MIA for 7 years
Shes back in a band
Fantastic player.
That said it seems like songwriting and technical playing are two completely separate skills. Rare to see someone with both.