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[Pblakeney]

Can’t comment on the “fun” of the 80s, I had a mortgage and children by then, “fun” was a distant memory 😂

No idea who Sam is, I have never watched Cheers (I assume it is a TV program?)

The 80s* were a great time for "fun". Up until Aids. Even then there was a prevailing attitude of "It won't happen to me".

*I suspect a lot is just whichever era suited your prime. Prime being old enough to know what you are doing (not just physically) while still young enough to be free.

 

[BoldonLad]

The 80s* were a great time for "fun". Up until Aids. Even then there was a prevailing attitude of "It won't happen to me".

*I suspect a lot is just whichever era suited your prime. Prime being old enough to know what you are doing (not just physically) while still young enough to be free.

True, and, perceptions of “fun” change as one matures(?).

 

[Ian H]

The 80s* were a great time for "fun". Up until Aids. Even then there was a prevailing attitude of "It won't happen to me".

*I suspect a lot is just whichever era suited your prime. Prime being old enough to know what you are doing (not just physically) while still young enough to be free.

What about when you're old enough to be free (again)? Often just before the second childhood.

 

[Pblakeney]

What about when you're old enough to be free (again)? Often just before the second childhood.

In general terms, less energy/fitness and (both) partners are a good few years older and saggier.
There will be exceptions.

 

[Beebo]

Wow, why has no-one ever thought of this before in London?

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Well, apart from:

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It would ruin the views down the river and create relatively little extra living space.
There must be loads of better, cheaper alternatives.

 

[briantrumpet]

"interesting"... should we be deporting UK-born citizens? 😉

 

[Pross]

What about when you're old enough to be free (again)? Often just before the second childhood.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(23)00256-8/fulltext

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

The counter argument to this is that in the 60s there wasn't much to do "except" shagging. Kids of today have hundreds of channels of TV, supercomputers in their pockets, home made content on tiktok and youtube etc etc. I'm sure some are still shagging but as you say - birth control and stigma have both changed massively.

The argument of the paper is that with the rise in smartphone use, the youth have found other things to do...

I suspect a large part of it does relate to this. Certainly in my teenage years (the 90's) us youngsters still spent all of our time socialising which obviously meant there was far greater opportunity for physical interaction in all forms. I suspect a lot of younger people today spend their time at home scrolling on phones rather than actually being in the physical presence of other people.

It is certainly noticeable how few young parents (under the age of 20) I see now. When I was in my teens and 20's, teenage moms were a fairly common occurrence. There were at least four (from memory) in my year at school who had kids by the age of 16.

 

[Pross]

"interesting"... should we be deporting UK-born citizens? 😉


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Isn't that just proof that "they're coming here taking our job"?

 

[First Aspect]

"interesting"... should we be deporting UK-born citizens? 😉


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Clearly They are taking Our jobs.

 

[briantrumpet]

Clearly They are taking Our jobs.

© Pross

 

[AndyRM]

In that case it must be tattoos. Or fake tan. One of the two.

I can confirm that tattoos and pregnancy may correlate.

Fertility increases if you get inked by a biker with a fag hanging out his mouth.

 

[AuroraSaab]

"interesting"... should we be deporting UK-born citizens? 😉


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What's the source of the graph? If it includes those who are retired then obviously the UK born population will have higher rates of 'unemployment'. The EU 27 countries only had the opportunity to come to the UK from 1993. Most of them will still be of working age whereas UK retired cohort will be counted as unemployed.

 

[Pblakeney]

Isn't that just proof that "they're coming here taking our job"?

A counterpoint.
They are not "your jobs" if you don't take them up in the first place.

 

[briantrumpet]

Someone pointing out that Microsoft and others might have worked out that there might be quite a lot of resistance to AI popping up all over the place from how desperately we all turned off that stupid paperclip.