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Do I just know the wrong people or have things changed this much?
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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 603113" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I understand what you are saying and I can see how it would appear that those kind of 'nice guys' have vanished. I grew up the same time you did and I recall those people and those times. Today, there is so much more stress and fear and chaos in our world, people react differently to that level of stress and I think as a result, those easier, more simple lifestyles are for all intents and purposes, over. I don't think it's the people who have changed so much as the people's responses to new data, new fears, new stresses that just didn't exist then....terrorism, unethical political shenanigans, religious wars, polarized viewpoints, negative biased news reports constantly bombarding us, economic upheavals, natural disasters and war stories in our faces daily......................our collective stress levels are off the charts..............and then those more vulnerable, easy going, nice guy images are buried under fear........ and folks act differently when they are afraid. Just my two cents. Personally, I've made an effort to place myself in environments which have much less stress and unrest.......... as a result, I meet more of those 'nice guys' of yesteryear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 603113, member: 13542"] I understand what you are saying and I can see how it would appear that those kind of 'nice guys' have vanished. I grew up the same time you did and I recall those people and those times. Today, there is so much more stress and fear and chaos in our world, people react differently to that level of stress and I think as a result, those easier, more simple lifestyles are for all intents and purposes, over. I don't think it's the people who have changed so much as the people's responses to new data, new fears, new stresses that just didn't exist then....terrorism, unethical political shenanigans, religious wars, polarized viewpoints, negative biased news reports constantly bombarding us, economic upheavals, natural disasters and war stories in our faces daily......................our collective stress levels are off the charts..............and then those more vulnerable, easy going, nice guy images are buried under fear........ and folks act differently when they are afraid. Just my two cents. Personally, I've made an effort to place myself in environments which have much less stress and unrest.......... as a result, I meet more of those 'nice guys' of yesteryear. [/QUOTE]
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