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We can all be sure that as society evolves, many things that seem normal today will be cringeworthy to people in the future, whether it’s our fashion, politics, civility, or how we treat the environment.If we look back just 30 years ago, same-sex marriage was illegal, people routinely smoked in bars and restaurants and it was fashionable to wear platform sneakers. So, when we look back on the world of 2024, there are bound to be many things that we’ll be embarrassed about in 30 years, especially when we are forced to live with the repercussions of the decisions we make today. On a lighter note, we’ll all also have clouds full of photos of ourselves wearing hairstyles and clothes that look utterly ridiculous in hindsight.We asked the Upworthy community to share their thoughts by asking a big question on Facebook: "What's something that's accepted now that we'll be embarrassed about in the future?" Our readers responded with funny takes on current fashion and concerns about technology use and how we treat our fellow human beings. Here are 21 things we accept today that we’ll probably be embarrassed about in the future.More than a few current fashion trends will look silly in the coming years."Yoga pants. I love them to death, but I can easily see them as the parachute pants of tomorrow." — Deborah"Barn doors in your house." — Joyce"Tattoos all over the body." — Vicki"People wearing socks and sandals." — Jeremy"Wearing pajamas in public." — Ivy"Huge, over-sized false eyelashes." — Patricia Hopefully, people in the future will be more considerate when using technology than we are today."Walking around with your eyes locked on your phone. Or eating at a table with 4 people looking at their phone. One day, we will either fall off a cliff or realize life is what is happening off the screen." — Elise."Texting in the presence of another person." — KateWe can also hope that in the near future, we will be able to solve many of today’s pressing public policy issues so that the next generation will live happier and healthier lives."Lack of healthcare for everyone." — Sharon"Making the planet unlivable for human beings." — Karen"Spending hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer's money to build a sports arena for a billionaire. Then charging the taxpayers outrageous amounts to attend events there." — Stacy"How the US is systematically clawing back women's rights to decide what they do with their bodies. It's beyond shameful." — Jason."Allowing guns everywhere." — Amy"That we drive fossil fuel-powered vehicles." — HeidiSome people are concerned about the way students and their parents behave in modern-day America. "Parents trying to run schools: yelling at teachers for their child’s poor performance, yelling at principals when their child gets in trouble, book banning based on an individual’s religious ideologies, etc." — Beth."Entitled children talking back to their parents and teachers." — Connie"Cry rooms at universities where students can go and work out their anxiety and cry and be upset if their professor uses words that are too difficult for them. Universities are institutes of higher learning, not institutes of babysitting. That will be an embarrassment in the future, as it is an embarrassment to me and many others now." — DellaIn 30 years, we may be embarrassed to look back on the level of general civility in 2024."Panic buying of toilet paper during the pandemic." — Tony"Ageism. It’s everywhere, all the time, and no one seems to mind. No one is defined by the amount of time they’ve spent on the planet but it’s used as an identity and as a weapon (ask any teenager, 40-year-old woman, or retiree…). I can only hope that one day it will be a source of embarrassment that we were all so dismissive and judgmental." — Rosy."Human beings living on the street." — Andrea"Torturous killing of animals for food." — MaeWhile this list may seem like a litany of complaints people have about living in the modern world, it should give people hope. If we’ve overcome past embarrassments, today’s can be fixed as well.

Baby boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964) have been taking a lot of heat over the past few years from younger generations who think that their me-first mentality helped create a world where the climate is getting warmer, the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and people born in the ‘40s and ‘50s still rule the modern workplace.Boomers are also super frustrating because many can’t figure out modern technology, and the younger folks have to explain it until they are blue in the face. Of course, these are all generational stereotypes that many baby boomers would reject. But they will probably stand up and cheer when they read a list of tweets inspired by X user @FvreignLL, who asked, “What is the most boomer complaint you have?” The post was embraced by younger people and received over 123 million views.What’s the most boomer complaint you have?— Lori Harvey Distant Cousin MEL ?? (@FvreignLL) June 5, 2024 Even though boomers are in the hot seat these days, just about everyone can agree that they’re right about many things that get under younger people’s skin, too. One of the recurring themes of the post was that people can’t stand the fact that we are overly dependent on technology, and often, instead of making things more accessible, it makes them more frustrating.Here are 15 of the best ‘boomer complaints’ that younger people have, too.People had a lot of thoughts on the state of customer service in 2024.When i call for technical support please direct me to the RIGHT number the first time ?? I hate being transferred to 5 different departments who have no idea how to help me & calling back 3 times while being placed on hold for 20+ minutes until i find the correct person ??— Lori Harvey Distant Cousin MEL ?? (@FvreignLL) June 7, 2024 Tipping culture has gotten out of hand— Julian Godgiven (@JulianGodgiven) June 7, 2024 They also can’t stand the idea that technology has complicated things unnecessarily. I don’t want to use a QR code to see a menu or store hours , give me a paper menu ?— Lori Harvey Distant Cousin MEL ?? (@FvreignLL) June 7, 2024 We need to stop trying to turn cars into glorified computers. I'm begging.— Sloshin' Squid (@PinkInkling23) June 6, 2024 I don't want an app or create an account to order something or access information from your company website. If you make me do that I'll just buy from somewhere else— The Gentlemen's Outlaw (@TG_Outlaw) June 8, 2024 Phones need their headphones jack back— Fatine ✨️ (@FatineArji) June 6, 2024 Technology has also made people super annoying. What's the point in paying $13 for a movie and scrolling through your phone in the theater the whole time?Put your phone away during the movie.— Brendon Marotta (@bdmarotta) June 8, 2024 We’ve also created a world that isn’t exactly kid-friendly.There is nowhere for kids to hangout these days. Movies are too expensive, malls aren't as accessible, not enough parks, etc.— King Kinvar (@KingKinvar) June 6, 2024 And, what happened to adults?Adults shouldn’t dress like children. Jordans, Yeezys, “slides”, etc.— Teacher in RI (@teacherinRI) June 9, 2024 Whatever happened to paying for something once and then owning it? Or being able to own physical media so that you don’t have to pay every time you watch your favorite movie?I wanna go back to blue-rays and DVDs and actually own the content I like. Fk streaming, yes to physical media!— Octokraken (@Octokraken1) June 8, 2024 Why does everything good require a subscription??— simeon-sanai (@Naiknelofar788) June 15, 2024 Also, when did we all decide that almost every chip has to be kettle-cooked and made for people with cobalt teeth? Enjoying a snack shouldn't result in a $5,000 dental bill.potato chips are too expensive and too hard these days— Azealia Banks Apologist (no sin? cast a stone) (@celleblossom) June 6, 2024 Remember when coffee was a quarter? Boomers do. These days, it's common to spend $6 or $7 on a cup of Joe.I remember when coffee wasn’t the cost of a meal.— Patrick M. Lockwood (@DoctorLockwood) June 7, 2024 Most importantly, young people also have a real problem with you standing on their finely manicured lawn.Seriously, get off my lawn.— Catman (@Catboy02) June 8, 2024 This guy was right all along. pic.twitter.com/O14RrSYCKB— silentry (Silent-Tree) (@SilentRy_) June 15, 2024 This rundown shouldn't just lead one to believe that boomers are the cranky generation. When their time comes, Gen Xers, millennials and Gen Z will be right behind them, complaining about "kids these days" and why things were so much better "in my day." But hopefully, they'll be a bit better at using technology.

The tremendous suffering that we are seeing all over the world right now is only just the beginning.  As I have documented repeatedly, we are in the midst of the worst global food crisis in modern history, and we haven’t seen this many countries engaged in military conflict since World War II.  In other words, this is a time of famine, and it is a time of war.  This represents a major problem for those that believe that humans are intrinsically good and that humanity is moving into a new golden era of peace and prosperity.  If humans are intrinsically good, why is there so much evil all around us?  Of course the truth is that the evil that we see all around is the product of the evil in human hearts.  Humanity is the reason why there is so much war, so much famine, so much greed, so much corruption, and so much suffering. While billionaires in the western world live the high life, vast hordes of people on the other side of the planet are literally starving to death. In Sudan, right now more than 25 million people “are facing high levels of acute food insecurity”… In addition to the threat of violence, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported that 25.6 million people in Sudan are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, and 8.5 million people are facing emergency food shortages. The IPC also warned about the risk of famine across 14 areas, impacting residents and refugees in areas like Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan. There have been some nightmarish famines in Sudan before, but this is the worst. The CEO of World Vision, Edgar Sandoval, says that people in Sudan are literally fighting over anthills because it is the only source of food available in some cases… Sandoval also met another mother and her son, who weighed only 26 pounds. He said his heart broke as the mother wept, telling Sandoval that people in her community are fighting each other over anthills because they’re so hungry. She said they’ll eat the millets stored there by the ants. “And they’re fighting for that as the only source of food,” Sandoval said. “I think that speaks to the level of desperation that the Sudanese people are facing. It’s the situation that children and moms in particular are facing.” Can you imagine what it would be like to be that hungry? And can you imagine what it would be like to watch your own children beg for food? It is being reported that 730,000 children in Sudan are at “imminent risk of dying”… In June, the United Nations Children’s Fund announced that nearly 9 million children in Sudan face acute food insecurity and access to safe drinking water. More than 3,800 children have been killed since the fighting escalated in April 2023, and almost 4 million children under the age of 5 are suffering from acute malnutrition, with 730,000 projected to be at an “imminent risk of dying.” When I try to explain what is happening in Sudan to clueless people here in the western world, they look at me like I am from outer space. Many of them have never heard about the hordes of people starving on the other side of the planet because the mainstream media is absolutely obsessed with talking about Donald Trump and Joe Biden. But this is really happening. As I discussed in a previous article, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is warning that over 2.5 million people could starve to death in Darfur and Kordofan alone by the end of September… The Ethiopian famine killed a million people between 1983 and 1985, according to UN estimates. Thomas-Greenfield said that in a worst-case scenario, a famine in Sudan could become even more lethal. “We’ve seen mortality projections estimating that in excess of 2.5 million people, about 15% of the population in Darfur and Kordofan – the hardest hit regions – could die by the end of September,” the ambassador said. “This is the largest humanitarian crisis on the face of the planet. And yet, somehow, it threatens to get worse,” she added. Meanwhile, military conflicts all over the world just continue to intensify. The Russians continue to gain ground in several areas of eastern Ukraine, and this is making a number of Ukraine’s neighbors very nervous. In fact, the head of the Polish military just stated that his forces need to prepare for “full-scale conflict”… Poland needs to prepare its soldiers for all-out conflict, its armed forces chief of staff said on Wednesday, as the country boosts the number of troops on its border with Russia and Belarus. Poland’s relations with Russia and its ally Belarus have deteriorated sharply since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, starting a war that is still being fought. “Today, we need to prepare our forces for full-scale conflict, not an asymmetric-type conflict,” army chief of staff General Wieslaw Kukula told a press conference. Of course Poland is a member of NATO, and so if Poland ends up fighting Russia we will be fighting Russia too. This week, Chinese forces are engaged in very alarming military exercises that are taking place just miles from the Polish border… Belarus and China kicked off 11-day joint military training exercises Monday, Belarus’ defense ministry said – with activities taking place just miles from the border of Poland, a NATO and European Union member. The joint anti-terrorist training “Attacking Falcon” exercises in Belarus would see military personnel from both countries “act together” as one unit in certain stages, Maj. Gen. Vadim Denisenko of the Belarusian military said in a Telegram post. I think that Chinese forces are there to ward off a potential invasion of Belarus. Ukraine has been building up large numbers of troops and vast quantities of equipment near the border with Belarus for quite some time, and there had been fears that Ukraine may try to do something really stupid.  In fact, officials in Belarus were so concerned that they were publicly warning that they would use tactical nuclear weapons if they were invaded. Meanwhile, NATO has started delivering F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine… NATO allies on Wednesday announced they had started transferring F-16 jets to Ukraine and stepped up promises to Kyiv on eventual membership in the alliance at a 75th anniversary summit clouded by political uncertainties in the United States. In response, Russia has been bombing the daylights out of the airfields where those F-16 fighter jets were supposed to be based. I really wish that leaders on both sides would sit down and try to find a peaceful way out of this mess. But that isn’t going to happen. In the Middle East, western powers are desperately trying to avert a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah… Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group have been exchanging near-daily fire along the Israel-Lebanon border since Oct. 8. The US and France are attempting to broker a diplomatic solution that would end the fighting. Should those negotiations fail, Israeli officials anticipate a full-blown war with the Iran-backed militia. Sadly, I am entirely convinced that such a full-blown war could be just months away. This war in the Middle East is still only in the early stages, and the utter carnage that we will eventually witness will shock the entire world. We really are living in a time of “wars and rumors of wars”, and famines will intensify as global conflict spreads. So no, a new golden era of peace and prosperity is not on the way. Instead, our future will be filled with war, famine and a tremendous amount of pain. Michael’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com. About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s  books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today. 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