Not to mention if you lived in Eastern Europe you witnessed multiple famines and genocides.

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Oct 22, 2024
5:29:47am

durandal Rampant AI

Not to mention if you lived in Eastern Europe you witnessed multiple famines and genocides.

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durandal

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The “Greatest Generation” gets a lot of attention, but spare a thought for the

Japan Coug

Oct 21, 11:26pm

That was definitely a "hard times create strong men" timeframe

machete

Oct 21, 11:31pm

I feel like that this period also contributed to the decline of religiosity in

Japan Coug

Oct 21, 11:46pm

Fascinating to see how the Church drew so many converts in

gopman

8:07am

Reminds me of what me grandparents went through. To not take the freedom I

Ode to Hoy

Oct 21, 11:51pm

Many people definitely thought that Jesus was coming back any second during that

Undefeated

12:01am

have you seen the movie gladiator? Now those were some hard times 🙂

franklyvulgar

1:00am

Who thumbs downed this? LOL. Some Gen Z'r: "do you relize my generation had to endure flip phones in my first few years?

Crazy Joe Davola

3:47am

Not to mention if you lived in Eastern Europe you witnessed multiple famines and genocides.

durandal

5:29am

And if you were Russian add a civil war

CasualFan

6:17am

Yes, in Russia it was even worse. Besides their bloody civil war, there were

Japan Coug

7:47am

And those famines, especially in Ukraine, were not by accident, they were intentionally caused by Stalin's regime.

durandal

7:55am

We did live through 20 years of the Global War on Terrorism - longest US War

jrifkin48

6:22am

Africa usually gets overlooked in this stuff but many people there have been

Undefeated

8:14am

True, and Southeast Asia had a brutal stretch from the ‘40s through the ‘70s (or

Japan Coug

8:17am

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