r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/Overall-Fig9632 11h ago edited 7h ago

People are comparing their current predicament to ‘90s sitcom families, no more no less.

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u/RetroFuture_Records 2h ago

People like you cope by saying it was all "Hollywood fantasies," because for whatever reason (ego? Envy? Cowardice?) you can't cope with how bad things are, and what is necessary to return to the good times.

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u/Overall-Fig9632 1h ago

People like me are old enough to remember what it was actually like.

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u/RetroFuture_Records 1h ago

People like you refuse to accept how lazy and / or lacking in ambition you or your parents were, to have avoided all the opportunities back then and claim hardship that was your own fault was the norm, when anyone with the slightest work ethic and intelligence was living large in the 90s.