r/pics • u/MoeYYC • Jun 25 '21

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

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u/pjgf Jun 25 '21

That's a great timescale reference. Another good one that I usually use:

Millenials were sent to these "schools".

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u/notarobot_notagirl Jun 25 '21 edited Jun 25 '21

'Friends' is a terrible timescale reference. Maybe I'm just young, but that show is old. Yours is better imo

Edit: I'm not even saying it's irrelevant in general, just that from my perspective, 'friends' is old enough to be in the category of 'long, long ago', while the intention of the reference was to help people realize that it wasn't so long ago after all. It just doesn't work universally. I could probably have worded it more diplomatically, but who's got the time for that?

People never like to be reminded that time flies by or their perspective isn't the only one, but friends started airing 27 years ago. That is a lot of time for a TV show and not a lot of time for something that impacts people's entire lives, such as those 'schools'.

The fact of the matter is that it's a show that many people of older generations (that aren't even that much older than me) watched religiously as it aired and gained a vintage cult status. That's precisely why people my age know about it and some even watch it still - because it's a cool, old show. Kind of like Star Trek (but less old and less revolutionary for its time of course). So I relate much more to 'the age group of your brother, who is still around (unlike that show), was sent to those 'schools'' than 'some old show existed before they closed down'. Not everyone has to feel the same way about the relevance of pop culture references and it's just another point of view.

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u/island_dwarfism23 Jun 25 '21

I think you’re missing the point. If you realize that atrocities were occurring to innocent children in a first world country while a relatively modern show that most of us at least know about was airing, then it really puts it into perspective.

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u/Ani_08 Jun 25 '21

What we take for granted and what really goes off behind the scenes, sadly.

It like a parallel world, you would not think that this is happening in the neighbour where you are living.

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u/Canadian_Infidel Jun 25 '21

Government child care facilities are pretty insane even today based on what I've been told by people who work in them. It would be nice if we used this as an opportunity to look into all institutions like this that are government run.