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[โ€“] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

9/11. Everything was acceptable until then. Not great, but not horrible.

[โ€“] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "acceptable". People accepted a lot more?

[โ€“] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

As in it was fine. Presently everything is less than fine.

[โ€“] cashmaggot@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Is this South Park (was this South Park!?) - or is this legit. Because 9/11 really did change everything. Between that and the shooters shortly after I was out. But tbh, Islamophobia raised through the roof at that time and I am not sure it ever went back down. We also lost any sense of security, seemingly for the rest of our lives. But I also think cheap consumer electronics really changed things on the whole. As I do not see anyone outside of the occasional "outdoorsperson" living particularly healthy lives. Even when they're living healthy lifestyles. Perhaps on account of some combination of higher population, but lesser third-spaces too. Eh!