every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live.

[hypostase@bsd.network]

@Daojoan I think you had me at ”inventing apps”

[earthtoneone@mstdn.social]

@Daojoan Prior generations were just muddling their way through, willy nilly. We're so much more advanced!! /s

[archivescribe@mastodon.social]

@SeanPLynch @HakeemG @Daojoan Of course!

[ggmcbg@mstdn.plus]

@Daojoan

They go to jobs of responsibility over the lives of others to earn money to subscribe to those apps to remind them they are also human and used to be capable.

[tijn@dosgame.club]

@MxVerda @Daojoan Well, I'm hardly an expert, but I imagine the lack of pollution in the environment and people getting copious amounts of exercise meant they were, in general, really quite healthy.

Of course it was a much tougher world, with fewer guarantees, more danger etc. But from what I understand the fact it took more effort to stay alive is exactly what made people be more capable.

[jlapoutre@mastodon.online]

@Daojoan was strongly reminded about this when watching the clumsy maneuvering of the #Artemis2 astronauts in their Orion capsule. Way more comfortable but technologically not any better than the original from more than 50 years ago

[the_roman@fnordon.de]

@Daojoan Looks like nearly each comment here approves your assumption

[starstorm_x1@floofy.tech]

@Daojoan I'm kind of the opposite: I keep calling myself stupid and a horrible person, even though there are people worse than I am. It's just that 1: I'm honest about it, and 2: maybe the whole "you're the opposite of what you say" could be true for me

[deepmud@mas.to]

@HakeemG just fyi, it tasted funny

[mercg@mindly.social]

@Daojoan

Generation Golgafrinchan