sMar 14

Haha yes society is great

https://piefed.world/c/lemmyshitpost/p/955539/haha-yes-society-is-great

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Is there a time besides maybe the 2010s where people had more disposable income ? What 3rd spaces did we have decades ago that we do not now ?

We have surrendered the future to religious extremists which is pretty depressing

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Show threadflaminglegMar 15
in the 1990s we would gather in giant rooms full of people smoking cigarettes, and we would put small metal discs into machines so we could yell at people for sucking at video games in person and it was a kind of church for many
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We have arcades still ?
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Is there a time besides maybe the 2010s where people had more disposable income ?

Yeah, bud.

It was called 1940-2007.

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What 3rd spaces did we have decades ago that we do not now ?

It’s not necessarily that they’re entirely gone, but there’s fewer of them, and they may not be as accessible. Off the top of my head, a few examples might be things like:

  • Public libraries
  • Social clubs/Youth clubs
  • Open spaces
  • Skate parks/outdoor gyms

Some communities are managing to hang on to their third spaces, or even create new ones, but it seems to be very uneven.