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People often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems? (feddit.uk)

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[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

you can look at old 8mm documentaries from the 1960s

[-] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago

Do they exude a certain positive attitude highlighting the good things from civilization or do you mean that putting them in contrast to the world of today things are good?

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

i mean things generally sucked back then too

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