Current Events > am i wrong for remembering the early 2010s as a time of optimism

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was i just veeery out of the loop

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you're not wrong, it was a significant time of cultural and technological progress.

there was the looming fear of backsliding into the recession, a lot of people were repeating that despite the economic explosion that happened

Now everyone has a chip on their shoulder

berlyman101 posted...

you're not wrong, it was a significant time of cultural and technological progress.

yeah, it's jarring to me to compare where we're at now versus where i thought we'd be now

that was when I was optimistic about Facebook and Twitter
my family bought computing tablets for the first time
I was getting into television streaming services like Netflix
the video game Langrisser 1 and 2 released, which I was excited about

No, the great recession was still strongly felt. If you want optimism, check out the 90s.

There hasn't been an ounce of optimism to be found since 9/11

I was going to say I remember there was a recession happening still from a year ago or two in the USA but I dunno that didn't effect me at all. My job while starting to feel meaningless at the mall wasn't stressful at all yet and I was still optimistic enough for the future.