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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

(22,410 posts)

3. Why, how ever did you survive?

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 12:00 PM

12 hrs ago

My Grandfather said that he had seen flight progress from the Wright Brothers (when he was a teenager) to Apollo 11, Skylab and the Space Shuttle Columbia.

He witnessed the automobile go from a curiosity, to a (perceived) necessity.

He saw the smallpox vaccine, the polio vaccine, antibiotics…

Honestly, the scientific & technological advances I’ve witnessed just don’t seem to measure up.

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What happens when environmental change outpaces life's ability to adapt? [View all] OKIsItJustMe 20 hrs ago OP

I guess... 2naSalit 19 hrs ago #1

I'm just glad I got to experience life before the internet, Reagan, Walmart, etc Skittles 18 hrs ago #2

Why, how ever did you survive? OKIsItJustMe 12 hrs ago #3

I hear you Skittles 8 hrs ago #4