Here's a post to get you thinking.
Let's go back in time, before...
- cell phones, video games & computers replaced real life.
- people forgot how to look someone in their eyes.
- dependence on texts and emojis for expressing human emotion.
- dating apps trained people to treat others like fungible inventory.
- using your "corporate-stored" fingerprint or face to log into your devices.
- people forgot how to write by hand.
- the media and Internet controlled weak-minded masses.
- credit cards taught people how to spend money they don't have.
- living off Mommy and Daddy's money was acceptable (see above).
- quantity over quality.
- guilty before proven innocent.
- Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
- mumble rap and auto-tune.
- hand sanitizer and germaphobes.
- throwing pharmaceutical pills and drugs at everything.
- nature became an inconvenience.
- aging became our greatest fear.
- chemicals flooded our air, water and lands.
- GMOs ruined our food supply.
- processed foods filled with chemicals and artificial ingredients.
- birth defects swelled.
- cancer became a household name.
- helping others was inconvenient.
- people forgot how to earn something vs expect it.
- people became fucking lazy.
Or, when...
- it was ok for kids to play in the dirt and get a few scrapes.
- bugs were cool.
- people knew how to talk on the phone.
- people took the long way home.
- people knew how to get around without an app or car service.
- smart eating and exercise wasn't something special.
- natural medicine was respected and administered.
- infidelity wasn't an option.
- vows were kept and marriages lasted.
- people could express themselves in a healthy fashion.
- people had a backbone for what they believed in.
- independence and self-sufficiency was the way of life.
- people were proud to work hard and serve their country.
- companies cared about their employees.
- people created and built with their bare hands.
- people fixed and repurposed things instead of tossing them.
- people knew how to listen and understand.
- common courtesy and chivalry was normal.
- people had patience and a real attention span.
- people saw the value of building and maintaining friendships.
- people knew how to care about others and themselves.
- foul language led to a bar of soap in your mouth.
- accountability and good faith mattered.
- honesty, honor, and integrity meant everything.
- loyalty and respect meant something.
- family came first.
- our elders were celebrated.
- people knew how to love...
But, what do I know...
...Oh yeah, and before a few greedy profiteering bid-bot owners plagued Steem.
The irony is that most of these are manageable and can be reversed if we make the effort. Will you rise above it, or go with the flow?
Any to add?
Time to go out and find recycled packages to ship some recycled electronics, and save more household items to sell.
Moments ago, I just sold a stroller I recently found on the curbs for $220 cash, so that's good positive reinforcement for me trying to doing things the old fashioned way. Your turn!
Thanks for reading,
@steemmatt
That's an Old Fashioned if you could use the hint.