Is modern life rubbish? Was it better in the 1970,s before everything went BEEP and stressed you out.?

Answer 1

I agree with prevous answers. In some ways it seems a much more innocent age and it was healthier. Most mothers cooked food from scratch, anyone who lived off convenience food was seen as "common". Sweets were a rare treat, we didn't guzzle half the sugar we do now. And we spent a lot more time outside if it was fair weather, or reading or playing games if it was raining, which meant our social skills were better.

On the minus side, there were not so many technical gizmos to help you if you were disabled. Attitudes towards the disabled and those of a different race, culture or sexuality were terrible. And even if we'd had video games or 24 hour TV we couldn't have played them much because of all the damn power cuts.

It's all relative.

Answer 2

every time period in history had it's issues that stressed people out. Having things like the Interweb and other tech gadgets etc just mean those things come at you a WHOLE lot faster.

Also though back then (pre public acceptance and use of the Internet) the world was a much bigger place, and a lot of countries etc were able to be "exclusive" from the other nations. Now with simultaneous email contact etc...the world is shrinking and not quite as "private" as it was prior to the mid-90s.

Back then too though the working hard was celebrated and more of a reality. kids/people today are pathetic workers and employees always holding their hand out looking for freebies..and just wanting to get by and NOT actually accomplish something/work for a living..


Any easier? No...especially not the '70's, it was a time frought w/ Oil Scares, and White House scandal (water gate), and economic woes. Wow..history DOES repeat itself.. :D

Answer 3

I think life may have been a lot more stressful in the past when things went sssSSShhhhshHHHH BOOOOOOMMM!!! and people were screaming out in pain with diseases that we now have under control. Thinking about it, BEEP isn't such a bad noise is it? We will always get stressed about things because humans possess the flight or fight response and we will always find some way of exercising it.

Answer 4

Modern life is very poor.

I want to go back to the days when footballers were hard men and wore long shorts and people walked real fast.

I'd wear a bunnet and spend all day smoking and drinking, cause in those days it was right healthy to do so. I'd also get up to loads of 'capers' and say 'larks' quite a bit.

Answer 5

Having lived through the 70's I can tell you that there were sufficient sources of stress then to balance the beeping ones we have now.

Answer 6

for god sake don't let the 70's fashion come back! it was really bad. ok so kids could play in the street til it got dark you had more than 1 best friend. For the Parents though it was tough Strikes high unemployment 3day working weeks due to no power for the country. there are pro's and con's for each decade. personally the 80's was great!

Answer 7

I have the answer on my Blog which I posted a few days ago
http://lawyerswives.blogspot.com/2007/03/born-from-1930-1970.html

Answer 8

The horn on my chopper went beep in the 70's.
In fact all electric bike horns made that awful tinny beep sound

Answer 9

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.



Politicians promised to liberate us from the old dead hand of bureaucracy, but they have created an evermore controlling system of social management, driven by targets and numbers. Governments committed to freedom of choice have presided over a rise in inequality and a dramatic collapse in social mobility. And abroad, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the attempt to enforce freedom has led to bloody mayhem and the rise of an authoritarian anti-democratic Islamism. This, in turn, has helped inspire terrorist attacks in Britain. In response, the Government has dismantled long-standing laws designed to protect our freedom.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/noise/?id=trap

Answer 10

The 70s' were also stressful. I don't believe any era is more stressful than any other just because of technology. Technology has made everything easier.