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Cake day: June 2nd, 2023
  • Mothra@mander.xyztoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•People born in the 1900s, what was life like back then?
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    8 days ago

    Books and CDs/casettes were much more important and impressive. Kind of like magical in a way. You can say they still are, but imo it’s not the same. Back then you had to buy them or risk forever losing that piece of media. You liked two songs but you got the whole CD anyway, you got that book just in case and if you were into collecting images you would buy loads, on stuff you didn’t even care about, just because the photos were interesting.

    Video rental places had an energy similar to a candy shop. You wanted to taste all of them.

    In a way all those media now feel maybe valuable, collectible, but not really essential. They aren’t as special anymore. I think it’s easy to imagine what it was like but if you didn’t live through it you wouldn’t fully get it, it’s like explaining doing drugs or giving birth, one of those things that you can easily understand logically but only when you experience it you grasp the concept entirely. Crazy to think that probably most things from our cultural past are exactly like that and no matter how much we study them we will never truly understand them.

  • Mothra@mander.xyztoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•When other countries say Americans are loud, what does this mean?
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    11 days ago

    It’s very hard to explain. I’m not American but I’ve migrated to Australia. What you will find is a culture that is probably much more polite and considerate of others than American culture, and also, the culture here doesn’t appreciate individuality much. I’m painting this with broad generalizations so of course this will differ from person to person, but generally, this is my assessment.

    Individuality isn’t overtly shunned, people will tell you to be you, but subconsciously you will find the real attitude is that people who stand out are also set apart, semi ostracized. It takes loads of charisma to stand out in a positive light here. This is the land of the tall poppy syndrome. Difficult to put in words, I would bet money you won’t notice upon your arrival, you’d be like “nah man that mothra dude on lemmy was talking shit, people here are super friendly” and then after a year or two you’ll see the pattern. It’s very subtle but very much there.

  • Mothra@mander.xyztoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Everyone in the world now has the same values and morals you do; how does the world change?
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    11 days ago

    AI usage is reduced to nearly zero, it’s now mostly a niche tool used only in specialized fields probably for research. No LLM girlfriend apps or book authors. No more visual slop. People may still use it occasionally but won’t take everything at face value.

    Cars would be smaller. More buttons less screens. You truly own what you purchase, and that also goes for any electronics and software. Software with subscription models practically disappear. Fast food chains either increase their food quality or disappear too. They would still shrink no matter what.

    Rent would become heavily regulated, and reduced. You would see an increase in work from home too, and more flexibility with people’s schedules.

    I don’t know about the “bad morals and habits”. Been thinking but can’t come around many. I guess you would see a lot less sports, but I’m not sure if that’s good or bad. Maybe people become more isolated and shut in? But also if they’re now sharing more interests maybe that’s not the case.