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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 53 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

A few head injuries wouldn’t separate you from the leaded gasoline poisoned brains of the masses.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 62 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Coming of age in the 1970s was peak Selection Bias.

Either Vietnam got you or the poisoned air and water got you or AIDS got you or traffic fatalities got you or poverty got you or you lived just long enough to tell your kids and grandkids that things were better when you were young.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

It’s why a good chunk of older folks tend to be on the wealthier side. The poors get forgotten and don’t get to live as long to tell stories about how it really was.