Comparing 2018 and 1918...Are we happier?

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There is a lot of speculation on the reason so many died and why it affected otherwise young adults instead of the typical very young and elderly. It didn’t appear to be a especially aggressive strain, but a combination of circumstances (malnourishment, overcrowded hospitals, decreased availability of physicians and medical staff, and poor hygiene) promoted bacterial superinfection that killed most of the victim. If you ever see a picture of medical personnel wearing masks, note that only their mouths were covered.
 
JamalChristophr said:
I agree with most of what you say, but men’s viewing of pornography has exploded since the dawn of the internet. I think statistics would be quite disturbing that would bear this out.
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Prostitution used to be a much more normal and accepted part of life.
 
Hmmm…maybe better than look for a more action packed flowing experience then. 🙂 Thanks.
 
I’m not qualified to say whether the people in 2018 are happier than the people in 1918 were, or vice versa. However, I will say that I would not trade places with them. No heckin’ way.

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Xantippe said:
This is not a complete fix, but I did point out to kid that were it not for WWII, probably none of us in our family would exist–where our ancestors were and who they met and married was largely driven by the war.
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Same here. My granma and grandpa had never met in france without the war. My father had never tooked a step into germany, too.
 
Some of the Drexels were Catholic and some Protestant. But it was a big clan.

I’ve never heard the phrase half-Philadelphian 😆😆😆
 
I coined it. Sometimes my very hybrid accent needs qualifying. 😆😆

Catholic German Philadelphian marries Baptist Scot/Welsh Virginian.

It occasionally demands explanation. 😆😆😆
 
Xantippe said:
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phil19034:
I would love to have lived back in 1918 IF I WAS SUPER RICH.
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Dentistry.
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LOL - true. Almost all of my grandparents have false teeth and did as long as I knew them.

(3 of 4 are still alive today - my grandfather is 96, and my grandmothers are both around 87)
 
And days of only outdoor plumbing, no indoor heating or air conditioning or electricity. And of course no recorded music. OK, I admit the Black Plague is worse…but not by much.
 
Imma ask my 103 year old patient and get back to y’all
 
1918 the Edison phonograph was available. Various areas had electric power, but it wasn’t until 1925 that half the homes had power.

Ice box anyone?
 
Yes, we humans as a whole are happier. More civil liberties, better medicine, better quality of life.
 
JamalChristophr said:
I wonder sometimes, too, if we might be better off spiritually 100 years ago before mass media, the information age, and communication came along.
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Spiritually we were certainly better off 100 years ago. The so-called “progress” that was made over the past century has brought extreme levels of comfort, convenience, and access to information, but comfort, convenience, and endless information do not aid spirituality – they impede it, by making man weak and distracted.

Much though modern man hates to admit it, it is an austere, simple life with some occasional hardship, that aids spirituality. Modern man’s life is neither austere nor simple, and he experiences little or no hardship in the original sense of that term. He experiences anxiety, stress, confusion, and depression – and he may think those are hardship. But they are of a different nature, for they do not enhance his spirituality: they stand in its way.

Nevertheless, authentic spirituality is still possible, and a committed, sincere practitioner can still find his/her way. But the obstacles are much greater now than they were a century ago.
 
That’s true. I was responding to a post about wishing to return to the year 1347.
 
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