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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
https://twitter.com/TraderUnicorn/st...48769517670407
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Imagine you were born in 1900.
When you're 14 World War I begins and ends at 18 years old with 22 million dead.
Shortly after, a global pandemic Flu called 'Spanish' ", kills 50 million people.
You come out alive and free
You are 20 years old.
Then, at 29, you survive the global economic crisis that started with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange, causing deflation, Unemployment, and Hunger.
At 33, the nazis come to power.
You turn 39 when World War II starts and ends at 45 During the Holocaust (Holocaust), 6 million Jews die.
There will be over 60 million deaths in total.
When you're 52, the Korean War begins.
At age 64, the Vietnam War begins and ends at age 75
A person born in 1985 thinks his grandparents have no idea how difficult life is, but they have survived several wars and disasters.
A person born in 1995 and now 25 years old thinks it's the end of the world when his Amazon package takes over three days to arrive or when he doesn't get more than 15 likes for their photo posted on Facebook or Instagram. ....
In 2020, many of us live comfortably, have access to different sources of home entertainment, and often have more than we need.
None of this existed before.
But we survived far more disastrous circumstances and never lost the joy of living.
Perspective is everything
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So Happy New Year and be thankful that TV can be the friendliest home town, if you decide to make it be that after surviving through the events in your life, and who others have not.
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I've had the same thought. Soo many things I wish I was mature enough to have asked before they passed away. My great grandmother was over 100 when she passed. There is nothing as amusing for a 13 year old than a dirty joke from a 100 year old.
In her life time, she came to America on a sailing ship. The cheap rooms in the bow of the ship-it rocks the most. By the time she passed men had walked on the moon.
WE-I remember needing to go to the library to look things up a computer was huge. With punch cards. We did not have enough money to buy one but a TV had a tiny screen. Gadgets? They sold a magnifying lens for the TV.
The doctor would come to your house. He could see how you were living-how well you were eating. How clean your home was. His charge was $5.00.
Yup, all has changed. Self responsibility for many it is totally nuts to them.