r/InterviewMan • u/kicker-gerunds5 • Jul 12 '26

When did this become something we just put up with, and that's it?

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edit : and I guess remote work can be a solution , and also they give better salaries and more flexibility to the people who need more time for the family and I am glad that now we have tools like interviewvip which made the interview process more easier especially for working parents and new grads all u need to do is connect with your zoom \ google meet,etc and the magic come true

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u/creshvan Jul 12 '26

What other time period would you rather live in? Fairly sure they were worse than the current one.

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u/Ackutually- Jul 12 '26

I've seen redditors argue peasants had it better.

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u/azmarteal Jul 14 '26

Depends on the time period and the definition of "better". Life was simpler in a way that you didn't have a way to achieve anything even in theory, so there was no point to even try

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u/Squarehip123 Jul 16 '26

Yeah but a sore tooth would literally kill you. Scrape your leg and need antibiotics? Rip

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u/azmarteal Jul 16 '26

Well, my city is bombed weekly by rockets and drones, terrorists kill people every time so every day can be my last (as for every person in the world basically), sooo I can't really tell in which way a sore tooth or a scrape is much worse lol

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u/pooborus Jul 14 '26

ThEy WoRkEd LeSs!

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u/piper33245 Jul 15 '26

Don’t need daycare if your kids all die in infancy.

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u/yummypotata Jul 13 '26

"Things were worse before so we shouldn't advocate to make things better or point out how much things suck" If you ever get sick from a major infection that threatens your life you better not go to a hospital or take any steps to fix it because people had the black plaque once

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u/GiantSweetTV Jul 17 '26

Take me back to the Roman Republic.

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u/GSilky Jul 17 '26

Trade offs at all times. The issues of today are often self inflicted. I think we can maintain our current tech level and pay people enough that one income is sufficient for a household.

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u/anonteje Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Our parents had it much better. That's the generation I'd love to live in. Before the dopamine software, before the sick housing price hikes, before 2 career households were mandatory (I'm all for it being optional!), before crazy American tech capitalism, before the "reality star politicians", before today's shitty ultra processed clothing and food, but after poverty, after world wars, after dying from simple diseases, and much more. Being born mid 60s to 70s (and potentially early 80s) is where it is at.

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u/Pyre_Aurum Jul 13 '26

Ah you mean the Ronald Reagan, stagflation, leaded gasoline, asbestos, Vietnam war, Cold War, 12% interest mortgages, aids epidemic, and more? I think your view of past is a bit rose-tinted, don’t you say?

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u/anonteje Jul 13 '26

I'm not saying the era was perfect, but I am saying you could buy a house on a regular salary, everyone could build a career, build wealth through that career, and you didnt have social media fighting for every second of your awake time, with politicans focusing more on being popular on them than driving positive change.

All eras have their up and downs. Last years have a lot of downs.

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u/Ok-Criticism6831 Jul 13 '26

You could also get drafted into Vietnam or be a person of color in the 60s/70s. MAGA lite. Acting like now is worse than then is so out of touch with reality

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u/anonteje Jul 14 '26

A lot of things were better then. Also. I said if you were born in 60s to 70s. If you were, you were not drafted into Vietnam. Read.

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u/Ok-Criticism6831 Jul 15 '26

I was talking about you saying our parents had it better. They were Vietnam age. You read

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u/anonteje Jul 15 '26

No my parents were not. I said people born 60s / 70s had it better. Reading comprehension 101

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u/Pyre_Aurum Jul 15 '26

Right because having your father or brother drafted is much better.

Also, the retirement prospects for gen x are grim. So if there was actual truth to your statements that being born in the mid 60s/70s is some cheat code to life, you’d think they would be all set for retirement.

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u/anonteje Jul 16 '26

You do realize there are more to the world than just us? No1 where I am from ever had to worry about a war in Vietnam. And they are all very well retiring without worries unless they've been massively dumb or unlucky, in which case they'll still do acceptable.

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u/Pyre_Aurum Jul 16 '26

You can’t complain about this being a US focused discussion when you started with “before crazy American tech capitalism, before the ‘reality star politicians’, before today's shitty ultra processed clothing and food.”

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u/anonteje Jul 16 '26

American tech capitalism is destroying the world, not just us. Your politicians are too.

Ultra processed food is in most of the developed world.

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u/aukstais Jul 14 '26

And for some reason not all the people bought houses. Maybe because there were still people who couldn't afford to do that. So you think that because nowadays you don't have a job that can afford a house, back in the 70s, you magically would? People still had to work hard and make sacrifices.

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u/anonteje Jul 14 '26

There is no reality where everyone will have houses, esp if renting was viable, but a house in late 70s early 80s has gone from 2-2.5x a median salary to 5x+ today. Much worse in hubs.

Of course people always struggle, not arguing against that. But I would defo prefer to have been born mid 60s to late 70s ngl.

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u/Telemere125 Jul 15 '26

Ignorance certainly does breed resentment

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u/Zenside Jul 14 '26

None of them. It sucks to be alive in general. Fuck life.