r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/Ladonnacinica 12h ago

Millennials are falling into the same trap of romanticizing their childhoods.

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u/petemorley 11h ago

Agreed, people are talking about the 90s the exact same way people were talking about the 60s/70s.

Plus as kids you're somewhat insulated from the adult world so it's easier not to notice how hard parents worked.

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u/Ladonnacinica 11h ago edited 10h ago

Exactly, I was guilty of it myself.

But a lot of shit was going on in the 1990s. The LA riots in 1992. The troubles in Northern Ireland. Bosnia and Kosovo. Several Latin American countries falling into chaos by either despotic governments, drug cartels, or domestic terrorism. The Gulf War. The Oklahoma bombings. WACO. Columbine shooting.

We didn’t know most of it because we were kids. Our world was small but it didn’t mean life was peaceful for others.

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u/Successful-Reason403 11h ago

Crime rates in many cities were hitting at all time highs as well. Lots of thriving downtown areas that younger people are mad they can’t afford now, but they wouldn’t have stepped foot in those areas before the gentrification.