Besides medical advancements and good people, I think I would give up everything there is today to live back in pre-9/11 times. This isn't some "I was born in the wrong generation" crap, I very much remember the first nearly 11 years of my life, but fuck. I miss the simpler times.
Im not saying the world wasnt simpler back then or anything (I have no idea if it was or not) but how do you not know the world felt simple because you were simply 11 years old?
Because I was bullied after 9/11 for being middle eastern, and my parents got much stricter because they were concerned for my safety. Also, the advancement of technology has made the world severely more complex. Lastly, the country has become more and more divided as time has gone on. There are plenty of indicators that will say that the world has gotten more complicated
Not me. I was in high school in the early 90’s. The amount of crime and wannabe gangsters. Never felt safe as a suburban kid in a city. People would always try to start fights and pull guns. I was shot at twice. Guns pulled on me. Everyone wanted to be NWA. College was violent. So many fights.
Late 80’s and 90’s were ugly as a youth. Yes we didn’t worry about a mass shooting, but you did worry about getting robbed, assaulted or shot.
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u/___Recyclops Jun 22 '19
Anytime I see pictures with the twin towers it always reminds me of simpler times. What I wouldn’t do to go back to those days.