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submitted 1 month ago by dandelion to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

been thinking about all the little moments tucked away in my memories that are a world unknowable to those younger than me, so consider this an opportunity to reminisce over old times, but also to ask those about the times you did not live through.

I guess my question for those older than me is: before computers, how did you learn to do something?

Did access to knowledge change your life, was a constraint lifted when you no longer depended on having found the right books or people to learn tips on how to cook a new dish, or how to fix a plumbing problem, or how to plant a garden?

Was life more simple, did you have fewer problems to solve without technology in your life, or did technology make life easier?

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[-] dandelion 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I find it hard to believe you genuinely are just asking whether the older generation knows they have to be involved politically ... the question is practically a paradigm example of a rhetorical question - designed to put them in a corner and suggesting what you think they should see as true.

Regardless, whether you recognize the hostility and pressure in your question - I still would prefer you not bring it up here, if you read my post, this thread is not about politics but about understanding times before yours.

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2025
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