Glad I was born when I was (long time ago)
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I would not want to be starting my life now!. There are plenty of technological improvements since that time, certainly, though I don't think any of them have actually made people any happier. But things in general terms are just getting worse and worse.
Life itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
Life itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
singlecoil said:
I would not want to be starting my life now!. There are plenty of technological improvements since that time, certainly, though I don't think any of them have actually made people any happier. But things in general terms are just getting worse and worse.
Life itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
It is the lot of the old to assume that some "golden era" is over.Life itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
What they are really referring to is their own "golden era".
singlecoil said:
I would not want to be starting my life now!. There are plenty of technological improvements since that time, certainly, though I don't think any of them have actually made people any happier. But things in general terms are just getting worse and worse.
Life itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
Or to put it another wayLife itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
I wish I was born now. People have more opportunity and more moeny than they have ever had in history. Technology has come on in leaps and bounds and our children will be able to achieve things we never conceived were possible. Will never worry about poverty as we used to know it.
THe job market for intelligent hard working British people is possibly stronger than its ever been.
The world is thier oyster.
Everyone thinks that the time they currently live in is crap; and when they are older and the world has changed they see the past through rose-tinted specs.
This could be because the world is getting steadily crapper, but more likely because of nostalgia, although some changes are progress, some not.
This could be because the world is getting steadily crapper, but more likely because of nostalgia, although some changes are progress, some not.
blindswelledrat said:
singlecoil said:
I would not want to be starting my life now!. There are plenty of technological improvements since that time, certainly, though I don't think any of them have actually made people any happier. But things in general terms are just getting worse and worse.
Life itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
Or to put it another wayLife itself is becoming tougher,there are just too many people chasing a diminishing share of resources. There is virtually nothing you can do that can't be done cheaper by someone in China or India, and if there is, then that won't help when everyone else has lost their jobs and can't afford to pay you for whatever it is that you do that can't be outsourced.
When one considers the world economical situation as well, then I would have to say I don't remember a time when things looked more dire than they do now. Is now or the foreseeable future a good time to start a life? No.
I wish I was born now. People have more opportunity and more moeny than they have ever had in history. Technology has come on in leaps and bounds and our children will be able to achieve things we never conceived were possible. Will never worry about poverty as we used to know it.
THe job market for intelligent hard working British people is possibly stronger than its ever been.
The world is thier oyster.
singlecoil said:
It's good to see some optimism, but are the last two sentences meant ironically? I'm quite sure there are a great many people currently desperately seeking work, including some recent Lloyds bank employees (whose ranks are soon to be increased) who would disagree with the face value meaning.
Nope.As sorry as I feel for all of them, 4000 jobs make no difference whatsoever to the entire country. Neither do anecdotes from teh Daily Mail about someone called Jim who has been out of work for 6 years because our labour market is too full of Poles.
THread after thread is bemoaning how many immigrants come here and take our jobs. Millions of them.
I would suggest that in 90% of cases the emplyer would prefer an British person of equal calibre to the immigrant they employed.
In the old days people went down the pub and talked face to face and drank beer costing 50p.
Nowadays people spend evenings as a datastream of one form or another and drink some energy drink costing 3 times as much.
No rose tinted glasses needed there! :-)
Look at the number of people here who have 100 million posts, they don't even have time to drive their cars anymore.
Andy
Nowadays people spend evenings as a datastream of one form or another and drink some energy drink costing 3 times as much.
No rose tinted glasses needed there! :-)
Look at the number of people here who have 100 million posts, they don't even have time to drive their cars anymore.
Andy
blindswelledrat said:
singlecoil said:
It's good to see some optimism, but are the last two sentences meant ironically? I'm quite sure there are a great many people currently desperately seeking work, including some recent Lloyds bank employees (whose ranks are soon to be increased) who would disagree with the face value meaning.
Nope.As sorry as I feel for all of them, 4000 jobs make no difference whatsoever to the entire country. Neither do anecdotes from teh Daily Mail about someone called Jim who has been out of work for 6 years because our labour market is too full of Poles.
THread after thread is bemoaning how many immigrants come here and take our jobs. Millions of them.
I would suggest that in 90% of cases the emplyer would prefer an British person of equal calibre to the immigrant they employed.
The same people who sit in their council slum moaning about immigrants taking the jobs can't be bothered moving within this country for work, let alone internationally.
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