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Tfw in Brave New World they got unlimited drugs and consequence-free sex while we're stuck with jingoism and Puritanism.
tfw when what people imagined to be a dystopia in 1930s starts to look pretty good compared to what we actually got
This but for all the GenX ennui media from the 90s. The job from office space looks like a goddamn dream these days
Same with stuff like Simpsons, where the idea of a single income family owning a house and having kids is unthinkable today.
It really does throw a monkey wrench in the Grand Narrative of Historical Progress.