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Periodic anti-nostalgia thread. What are you happy is gone or is less present in the world? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Here’s a bit of a personal list:

Undeniably the food scene in the US has changed for the better. Sometimes almost to an overcorrection (protein-slop and all). It’s great that so many different cuisines are easy to name and find even in more traditional rural parts of the country. Organic food isn’t seen as a weird hippie thing but an investment you make for your health.
A lot less smoking in the world. I say this as early gen Z but I never grew up in a time when smoking was seen as cool when I was a teenager. My uncle even quit and that was good to see.
It may not seem like it sometimes, but the one consolation prize of YouTube is I can theoretically be a content creator and never need to worry about the bottleneck that is getting chosen out of millions of people in Hollywood. I could theoretically just stay in the midwest and learn to livestream or make an anime discussion channel and produce content without needing a massive studio or working in Hollywood. Of course, it’s still almost impossible to get paid for it, but still.
More and more people are aware of cars not being the best way to get around which has sparked interest in walkable cities. Problem is, there’s too much demand and too little supply but seeing car culture be questioned is a great first start.

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd kind of forgotten it, but the absolute obsession with thinness that we had in the 00's. If you think it's bad now, just know it was much much much worse. Apart from all the pop-culture stuff, I remember having several days in school dedicated to knowing about how evil and bad fatness was. It was a common talking point in other classes as well. Cooking class had our teacher obsessively focusing on "healthy" (not actually healthy, just low-fat) dishes.

Sports isn't seen as much of a thing one must participate in caring about, though that might also just be me moving out of hicksville.

Less "haha you are gay and it's bad" or at least it's not as much on the radar of the kids I've worked with, so that's nice.

Fashion is better. That one is subjective, but I am not wistful for neither skinny nor JNCO jeans.

Weed isn't perceived as the devils' lettuce anymore.

More people have distrust in the government and cops.

Board games are something most people understand is fun now. I don't have to yell at my parents about BANG! not being the same and Monopoly and please just give it a chance, won't you? Anymore

People are less gross about women.

Being a commie isn't something that makes you sound like an 80 year old boomer.

Less orientalism.

Vegan/vegetarian options when eating out is more common.

The epic bacon fad is gone.