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lemmy.world

Sometimes I lie in bed and think, did the last five years even happen?

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Tbf most people I know, regardless of age, agree that Covid and lockdown broke something in our perception of time. Nothing has felt quite real chronologically since then.

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lemmy.today

Well well well... it isn't the start of younger Millennials and older Gen Z feeling the way I did when 2003 was no longer "a couple years ago."

Welcome to the party, kids. Hope you brought snacks.

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did you know? time is a measure of progress. if you want time to stop, all you have to do is to stop progress.

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piefed.ca

S***, f***, c***, a**....WT*? Why no worky?

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sht, pss, fck, cnt, ccksckr, mthrfckr, and tts

What the fork? Why can’t I say fork?

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lemmy.world

Part of it happened on those old days before COVD... When believe it or not, people already existed and did things.

Part of it happened on those days since the COVID emergency ended. Believe it or not, it wasn't earlier this year.

Almost all of it happened before the US has gone crazy in Trump part 2. Believe it or not, it wasn't 30 years ago.

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people already existed and did things

This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

-- Douglas Adams on the Universe being created

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The most important movie for comparison is Austin Powers, because that's a movie where a 30-year time shift is relevant to the plot. Going from 1997 to 1967 should be as much of a culture shock as going from 1997 to 2027.

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I think it's crazy that his life seems forever ago, but if he was still alive today, he'd be 91 which is well within the realms of possibility.

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You reached the end