Login | Sign Up
TechSideline

All Hokie, All the Time. Period. Presented by First Bank & Trust Company

The Lounge
◀ ▶
Tafkam Hokie
Joined: 10/07/1999
Posts: 40,227
Likes: 21,984
Tafkam Hokie
Founder Subscriber

Yeah, by any objective measure, living in the US is WAY safer now vs.

forty years ago. We just didn't have the constant barrage of negative information that we literally carry in our pocket then that we do now.
Posted: 09/05/2025 at 08:56 AM ET
(In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie)

Thread Replies (16)

Full Thread →
How did the ultimate free-range kids of Gen X and early Gen Y
Tafkam Hokie • 09/04/25 05:01 PM ET
Probably because those parents remember what they did as kids during that
89HOKIE • 09/05/25 06:13 AM ET
Many years ago while at Freshman
skautdog • 09/04/25 10:47 PM ET
"My parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio."
KCHokie2 • 09/04/25 10:04 PM ET
The world is much more negative/evil than decades ago**
astrohokie • 09/04/25 08:20 PM ET
Is it?
vthokieq • 09/05/25 08:13 AM ET
This. We're just more connected than we were decades ago
Beerman • 09/05/25 12:00 PM ET
I think it IS much more negative insofar as the negative information gets
Late 80s Hokie • 09/05/25 08:36 AM ET
1000% this... As example...
Burruss Writer • 09/05/25 10:27 AM ET
Yeah, by any objective measure, living in the US is WAY safer now vs. ◄
Tafkam Hokie • 09/05/25 08:56 AM ET
I think it's because the world is so different from the one we grew up in..
MP4VT2004 • 09/04/25 07:58 PM ET
i’ve seen the same happen with free-range chickens. they henpeck kids **
squarerootofone • 09/04/25 06:32 PM ET
When I was around 12, I decided to never have kids. When I met TSO,
PhotoHokieNC • 09/04/25 06:06 PM ET
Oh boy**
turkeywinghokie • 09/04/25 06:17 PM ET
Parents have become wildly protective and seeing goblins in every corner.
ColoVT82 • 09/04/25 05:50 PM ET
(not math)**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/04/25 06:07 PM ET
^^^whistling awfully close to the graveyard^^^ **
Burruss Writer • 09/05/25 10:32 AM ET