It's one of those times where talking about training can be set aside and just observe the world around you and take in things to make not just an opinion but an idea of what you see and how you absorb it. This is a time in history where not only things change constantly but people learning different ideals of how they've adapted or get sucked into trends and information that can be either confusing, buy into it or have such a horrifying view that their way is the path to realism or just reality.
Trends come and go all the time and by the time they're a hit, they're gone within a snap or later. Society comes and go from every culture and not everyone sticks with that society or areas where as a whole, it is destroyed or revamped. I mean come on, do you really want a society where women have no say in anything important or segregation? There was a time when that happened and in some areas in the world and in the U.S still happens. In every generation, there's always a group of people that want to stick with the previous and think their generation was the best when in reality, every generation had its flaws, corruption, degenerates and many other things. Change is constant and many fear it like the plague.
Some of the old timers like the Baby Boomers or even Gen X have this notion that their generation was the best because jobs were easier to come by, the music was better, families were more wholesome and you could get away with certain things that can't be done today because of social media or the internet for that matter. Baby Boomers dealt with segregation, the Vietnam War, the hippie era, disco, the rapid outcry of protesting in the south and the fact that for even generations before, being a non-straight person male or female (even trans which did exist) would end up one of three ways: Being shunned from family, got you killed if you were found out or scrutinized because it "brought on an apocalypse to end the population."
Gen X (Those born between about 67-79) had its fair share of flaws like the era of crack cocaine in areas like LA, Detroit & New York, Aids, the only shows that had any form of women being the true star other than looking like a hot piece of tail like Cagney & Lacy, Wonder Woman and a couple others and the early stages of steroids in sports. They had great music, better understanding of being outside until it was too damn dark and fighting violently to earn respect. Like any other generation, it was just different but those who came before always felt like a future generation was weaker and progressed with shitty intentions.
The world today has plenty of flaws and a different outlook on how to treat people especially kids plus the ideals of how people express themselves in a much bigger platform than ever before. As a born millennial, I can understand certain aspects and at that dad age, it is hard at times to see what kids and society do to themselves on a daily basis. I grew up in liberal California where diversity was everywhere, LGBTQ+ was normal to see and people taking the "open minded" mentality a little too seriously and created flaws of their own. I've seen old classmates on the streets, friends dying due to drugs or abuse in the home, economies go up and down and dealt with people that make you want to knock their ass out but overall, yes there ae bad places and bad people but there are also beautiful places with good people that are loving and caring and would give you the shirt off your back. You just need to learn where to find them, some never do and some find them just in time.
When it comes to those who are LGTBQ+, we may not be able to 100% change our DNA but the reality is, they all strive to be human and more of themselves. Some of them are assholes like anyone else and some are a little out there in the head but many more are good people who want to be accepted as a person whether they have surgery to change their physical exterior or not or to love someone in a consenting formality. There are those out there that actually believe that anyone who decides to become a man or a woman or screws around with the same sex will depopulate and destroy society; that statement is irrelevant for many reasons and the biggest one is this: 7 and 1/2 Billion people in the world, over 350 million in the U.S alone. The population is more overkill than the reasoning to depopulate. When it comes to kids, it's a very different story and everyone has opinions whether good or bad but the point is, kids can be very vulnerable and easily manipulated and I'm not talking about whether they choose to end up with a same sex or trans person, I'm talking about being just as easily manipulated to hate and to be conditioned to believe it is so wrong it destroys people.
There are many reasons why social media and the internet today is toxic as hell and can make people do things that even the devil itself go "ok that's fucked up" but there are just as many reasons why it can be good to have: To reach out to someone for help, to stand up for others when you can't be there in person, to inspire people to do something that can make big changes in their life. To find a place where people have similar backgrounds and can talk to each other. To express yourself creatively and share your fears and triumphs. When there's one toxic person who just rips people to shreds, there are many others who would do the exact opposite and be encouraging and be in awe of you. There's always going to be very positive or very negative outcomes of Social Media and it's not going away any time soon.
When it comes to the food industry, it has made many points to destroy people's health and due to cheaper foods that have chemicals no average person can pronounce, we have a higher rate of being more gullible to accept those foods as food itself to survive but not everyone is able to buy the best foods and not because of being lazy or their job or because of welfare, it's because a lot of it is designed that way and to diminish the fact that food with less than 5 ingredients that the average person can read costs a person's paycheck if they truly wanted the balanced approach. The average middle class family with around 2-4 kids won't always be able to afford food that balances out a full budget, it is possible and there are tweaks and tricks but it also takes a mindset and where you are that can make that work. It is important to eat as good whole foods as possible but it can be nearly impossible when certain "studies" tell people that eggs can cause heart attacks or meat being recalled so many times because of mad cow or salmonella or whatever diseases an animal obtained, hell vegetables have been recalled like Spinach and lettuce due to poor upkeep and dirtied up when they're shipped out and put onto shelves. Be careful but also be mindful of what you eat and reading the labels.
Like I said, society comes and goes, increase in demand goes up and down everyday (mostly up) and we're about as divided as you can get. We worship things that have almost nothing to do with us, we have people protesting about things that don't have a whole lot of logical sense and we bitch about things so badly that we forget that a lot of time its just finding something to bitch about that has nothing to do with you or yours personally. People whine about people not working enough, men aren't really men anymore and that just about every person under the age of 30 these days don't have a clue on what real struggle is. Struggles are real and some people go to great lengths to hide them well whether they're young or old, some people do bitch about jobs but there are others out there who do want to work hard and make a living but many can't tell the difference and end up hiring those who hate the job more than those who need it and willing to bust their ass.
In this crazy and messed up world, do your best to find the good in it. Have an outlook that outweighs the bad shit and power through the chaos as best as you can with a mindset that proves that it is possible to have a great life even when things can go wrong. Life is not meant to be easy, but it can interesting and amazingly awesome if you know and observe where to look.
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