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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starman" data-source="post: 5661832" data-attributes="member: 7663">Which sounds like what every generation EVER says. "Everything used to be so much better."Look, I've been known to have similar thoughts along similar lines, but the fact is that everything goes in cycles and we humans seem to have some sort of hard-wired tendency to view the past through rose-colored glasses. I think part of this is due to the fact that we only really remember the good stuff and quickly forget about the bad. Take something like film. Most movie aficionados regard the 70s as one of the greatest periods of film. And it was! But there was also a lot of drivel that came out, too. But you along with most other people don't remember it. Why should we? It wasn't worth remembering. But we remember the great stuff. We remember the recent bad stuff, though, because it's so recent. In twenty years will you remember the drek? I would say not. You can do the same thing with comics, books, music, or whatever sort of art form you like. Like I said, it seems to be a natural tendency amongst  our species, but one I think that we should work to overcome. Thinking this way does not do us any good.</blockquote>