My oldest grandparent (not great-grandparent, regular one) was born in the 1800s, so I'm not too generationally distant from when people were suffering from childhood diseases. And they were grateful for their modern prevention. That generational connection was lost, and here we are. - ThreadSky

brendonme.bsky.social • 1 day ago

My oldest grandparent (not great-grandparent, regular one) was born in the 1800s, so I'm not too generationally distant from when people were suffering from childhood diseases.

And they were grateful for their modern prevention. That generational connection was lost, and here we are.

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I’m of the mind that conspiracism is a symptom of decadence and when reality inevitably begins to puncture the aura of invincibility that comes from living in a prosperous modern society, the conspiracism will fade fast

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brendonme.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm not that old.

Maybe medium old. Midlife crisis old.

brendonme.bsky.social•1 day ago

My soul is old, my posting habits are young.

aaronkraemer.bsky.social•1 day ago

My grandfather had a severe case of polio as a child in the 1950s and walked with a limp from it to the day he died. He would be livid to see where we are now.

alans9.bsky.social•1 day ago

We really didn't have widespread access to antibiotics until WW2, and vaccines became available about then as well, with most current vaccines finally sorted out in the 70s.

I had a great-aunt with an arm paralyzed from polio.

edwardpaynephoto.com•1 day ago

GenXer here with a grandparent born in 1910. I don't know when the break happened but it did. Baffles the heck out of me.

vortexjeff.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Similar ages here. I think my parents knew their stories more and made sure that I was vaccinated

brendonme.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe I just listened to them talk and tell their stories. A lot of kids zone out

Or they just wanted those hard strawberry candies and then left to play

edwardpaynephoto.com•1 day ago

Yes sir, and what I wouldn't give to hear their thoughts on changes today. Miss their voices.

sterling-a.bsky.social•1 day ago

My Grandad almost died of polio as a kid, he wore leg braces for life and was in a motorchair most of the time well before I was born. He would be absolutely livid about all this if he were still around

brendonme.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep. Collective forgetfulness

history then goes to rhyming, etc

carrieinfbx.bsky.social•5 hours ago

My father had smallpox and polio. My mom became a PT because of polio. You are right that we are not far removed from all of this, and in the blink of an eye it is back again.

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