What century do you wish you were born in?
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Their lives were much shittier than ours
That's surely debatable
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I would actually like to be born today. Assuming I look exactly the same, by the time I start balding it would be 2037. There will likely be more hairloss treatments and maybe transplants will include stem cell procedures. Going bald will eventually be a sign of low class and poverty. Which would actually stigmatize it more but I wouldn't care if I knew that there was hope.
No offence, but I doubt you’d last a week in the 18th century. Working hard 16 hours a day, no medication to cure any illnesses, no running water, electricity, Internet, Etc all the luxuries that you probably posses right now and a society that Sometimes handed out brutal methods of execution like it was no big deal. But I guess that’s worth the trade just so that “less hairloss is seen in the population”. Again no offence, but the amount of things people today take for granted is unbelievable. EDIT: just saw all the other posts Gunnnersup has made, i shouldn’t have replied.
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Born in the 50s-60s is ideal in the west. So having your prime in 70s-80s
comfortable enough, but better culture, more family values, better women, more likelihood of purposeful jobs, better subcultures, less technology, just enough economic pressure so you make sth of yourself etc
just lol if you think we have it better than our parents just because it got more comfortable. In exchange our lived realities have become completely comodified by technology and capital. It will even be more brutal for future generations
comfortable enough, but better culture, more family values, better women, more likelihood of purposeful jobs, better subcultures, less technology, just enough economic pressure so you make sth of yourself etc
just lol if you think we have it better than our parents just because it got more comfortable. In exchange our lived realities have become completely comodified by technology and capital. It will even be more brutal for future generations
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If someone is ignorant yeah
People are more open about depression and there's more awareness when it comes to mental health, which is a good thing, that's all
Of course back then racism sexism antisemitism homophobia rape pedophilia and so on were much more accepted as well
People were less educated and informed, and trapped in their own little world
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Transportation and health care were shitty lol
Music, entertainment
Just about every aspect of life got better
Music, entertainment
Just about every aspect of life got better
18th century? Perhaps if you were male an rich, and even then, you would not have had good medical care.
As a woman? No anticonception, giving birth to 8 children or more, dying during childbirth, etc. Being working class and being exploited. No thanks.
And no dishwasher!!!
As a woman? No anticonception, giving birth to 8 children or more, dying during childbirth, etc. Being working class and being exploited. No thanks.
And no dishwasher!!!
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Imagine how much a minor issue like a wisdom tooth could deteriorate anyone's life back then lol
Teeth would have been a nightmare: you lose one in an accident, you have a gap for the rest of your life. Tooth ache? The tooth is pulled in a painful way.
Wisdom teeth impaction is a modern issue caused by messed up diets and wrong breathing habits as a child. So it wouldn't be a big issue
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Yep now let's apply this logic to every other minor and situation of life lol
We have it way better now we should be grateful
The point is to move humanity forward not go backwards
Imagine transportation in 3021. You could match on a dating app with literally anyone from the other side of the world and then meet in like 30 minutes. With such a large dating pool, no one would ever be lonely.
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Yeah, provided they find the cure for baldness too
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Back then there weren't any means at all to fight hair loss at all, so why would you choose the 18th century?
Also, is it proven that hair loss is more common now than before? I've read of people back in the early 20th century freaking out and claiming that baldness is now more common than ever lol.
Also, is it proven that hair loss is more common now than before? I've read of people back in the early 20th century freaking out and claiming that baldness is now more common than ever lol.
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We have no cure and I was literally bald at one point (not anymore). When the pandemic started and people started using Tinder globally I tried it as well and realized the potential. During those few days I had hundreds of matches and great conversations with amazing ladies from all over the world. But at the end because we're still pretty behind technologically compared to what the future holds, I couldn't do anything about it. Someone like me would never struggle with dating in a more futuristic world.