FelixCress@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAre we living in a golden age of stupidity?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down14
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minus-squarebassomitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI’d agree the US peaked in the 90s. 2008 really fucked us for almost a decade, though. Economy had essentially recovered by 2014/2015sh until COVID. I’m almost 40, so most of my adult life has been plagued by crisis after crisis.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoQuite my last tech support job in 2007, hated it, ready to move up. Didn’t score another IT role for 7 years, hated the job I was in.
I’d agree the US peaked in the 90s. 2008 really fucked us for almost a decade, though. Economy had essentially recovered by 2014/2015sh until COVID. I’m almost 40, so most of my adult life has been plagued by crisis after crisis.
Quite my last tech support job in 2007, hated it, ready to move up. Didn’t score another IT role for 7 years, hated the job I was in.