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Discomfort with modern technology shapes Gen Z's desire to live in the past (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The 1970s are just as unrelatable to me as the 1930s. It’s all just “the before times” to me.

Also I think GenZers have no idea how bad everything smelled back then, due to the pervasive smoking in public and in everyone’s houses. I know this because public smoking lasted well into the 90s and I remember when it started going away.

I have a friend who is nostalgic for those times before he was born, and even claims to want to take up smoking, though he hasn’t had the guts to actually try. Really strange. I find smoking totally repulsive.