Comments by "Im Caj" (@KratostheThird) on "Fads" channel.

  1.  @taiji1478  Yes they did, but again, we have to note that that ideal was Hollywood giving audiences what they wanted. Leave it to Beaver showcased Beaver growing up, facing his share of troubles, and at times, relying on his mom and older brother for help. My father is over 70 years old and I drove through his old neighborhood fairly recently. It was old buildings placed there after World War II. None of the houses are extravagant, and they are rather small compared to modern day middle class homes. My dad grew up fairly poor, but family photographs dating back to the 1950s - 1960s reveal a modest family. Old Hollywood had actors who were religious, modest, and genuinely cared about family. My grandparents were the same. I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s. The world was entirely different from the one ‘Gidget’ portrayed. But…. there was still a sense of innocence for the kids. In retrospect, Florence Henderson of The Brady Bunch would of probably told you that family is important. She was already a very experienced and competent actress by the time the show premiered. Today, there is absolutely nothing for Gen Z to look up to. The reason I copied a portion of your comment and added notable events in 20th Century American pop culture history is because it’s all true. Their legacy is ranting on Discord, listening to worthless YouTube channels that are political pundits and drama, and simping on Tinder because real dating is dead. Men are females. Females are men. Seriously just look at some women on TikTok, who are all Gen Z people who look like they can trash some weak beta male. They were brainwashed, and the men were told they are nothing. These men never saw Leave it to Beaver, they never saw The Brady Bunch. Their idols are useless influencers like MrBeast who keep telling them that spending money is good. What happened to modesty? What happened to being happy for what you have? What happened to setting realistic goals? Gen Z either doesn’t care about any of those things, or they just don’t know. Andy Griffith to these kids is a fantasy. They never watched him, they never saw a minute of the Andy Griffith Show, they will never know why him and Don Knotts were such beloved performers. The constant meddling of the elite, the push for high fructose corn syrup, and making the decision around 30 years ago to park your children in front of TVs, VCRs and video game consoles has done a significant amount of damage. I will say to you that I was there when parents started parking kids in front of VCRs and video games. That actually happened in the late 80’s, because Nintendo at the time was massively popular with the NES. Super Mario Bros 3 sold over 18 million copies. We were cultivating a culture of shut ins, the popular term being nerds. This only got worse with the internet, and when social media went mainstream in the mid - late 2000’s, things starting falling off a cliff.
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  2.  @taiji1478  Great comment from you as well. I realize we’re likely a generation apart, but unlike my other comments I’ll keep this a bit short. I am a lifetime video gamer in fact. But I was never truly parked in front of the TV, I had to earn it. I was exposed to 80’s arcades, and the NES, despite the bad things I’ve said about it, was a big deal. Unfortunately America has been sold on the junk food phenomenon for over 30 years. McDonalds is leading the charge. As someone who ate there last month I can tell you that you are eating literal plastic. Perhaps that has always been the case, but as someone who watched those old 80’s/90’s era McDonalds TV commercials, something happened. The food tasted better, yes tasted better, 30 years ago. They seriously messed up the food. Every prominent fast food place is like this now. Gen Z has already eaten at all the fast food joints. They are fat and stupid. Why then, are they so stupid and fearful? I can tell you right now that if you transported Gen Z back in time to the 90’s highschool American environment, Gen Z would be a laughing stock. Even the nerds would make fun of them. I was a nerd in the 90’s too, but I still possessed more masculinity and courage than these Gen Z individuals. This is why I cried when Betty White passed away, who was one month shy of age 100. Because we will never see a woman like her again. The modesty, the longevity, the passion, the ability all seems lost on these Gen Z kids. Funny that you mention cigarette packs. Those older guys received lung cancer in their 50s and 60s. But they were still more durable. They were still more dependent. They were still actual men. Gen Z men at the tender age of 20 are already suicidal, depressed, angry and lost. There is no future for them.
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  3. You're literally describing an I Love Lucy, Leave it To Beaver existence. People need to remember that those old 1950's shows were entertainment, not reality. Lucy herself had a lot of drama with her husband Desi during the show's run, leading to their divorce in 1960. What I will say, is despite reality being much more grim than those innocent 1950s - 1960s shows, America was much more free. And it shows when I look at old family photos. Thru the 1980s and 1990s, America was still relatively healthy, despite our leaders making critical mistakes which only evolved into worse messes in the decades that followed. Yes kids, you missed out. You missed out on Elvis Presley's 1st guest appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. You missed out on Little House on the Prairie teaching TV audiences that families were important. You missed out on Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show entertaining guests and offering witty humor relevant to the then current day of politics and news. You missed out on the Apple Computer when it came out in 1984. You missed out when internet was beginning to be available on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 computers. You missed out when video games made the switch from 2-D to 3-D, with games like Super Mario 64 revolutionizing the industry. Everything sucks now. Everything America once stood for that was good is gone. The UK went from a cultural powerhouse in the 1960s - 1980s to a dystopian mess with hoards of Indian and African immigrants flooding the country. Gen Z men look like females, I'm not kidding. We used to produce actual men. Look at Sean Connery. Look at men athletes from decades past. Not only did they look older and more durable, they were more mature. Their legacy is spending 10,000 hours on Runescape, killing countless kills on Fortnite, and spending time being simps on Tinder and OF, chasing women they're never going to meet in real life. How's that for a legacy?
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