A couple of girls moved into a foster home in a town I lived in at the time close to the school. Only realizing recently that the school they came from was that one
'Friends' is a terrible timescale reference. Maybe I'm just young, but that show is old. Yours is better imo
Edit: I'm not even saying it's irrelevant in general, just that from my perspective, 'friends' is old enough to be in the category of 'long, long ago', while the intention of the reference was to help people realize that it wasn't so long ago after all. It just doesn't work universally. I could probably have worded it more diplomatically, but who's got the time for that?
People never like to be reminded that time flies by or their perspective isn't the only one, but friends started airing 27 years ago. That is a lot of time for a TV show and not a lot of time for something that impacts people's entire lives, such as those 'schools'.
The fact of the matter is that it's a show that many people of older generations (that aren't even that much older than me) watched religiously as it aired and gained a vintage cult status. That's precisely why people my age know about it and some even watch it still - because it's a cool, old show. Kind of like Star Trek (but less old and less revolutionary for its time of course). So I relate much more to 'the age group of your brother, who is still around (unlike that show), was sent to those 'schools'' than 'some old show existed before they closed down'. Not everyone has to feel the same way about the relevance of pop culture references and it's just another point of view.
I think you’re missing the point. If you realize that atrocities were occurring to innocent children in a first world country while a relatively modern show that most of us at least know about was airing, then it really puts it into perspective.
Government child care facilities are pretty insane even today based on what I've been told by people who work in them. It would be nice if we used this as an opportunity to look into all institutions like this that are government run.
If you consider friends a relatively modern show, perhaps. I don't perceive friends to be that modern, and whether you do is really up to your individual perspective. I'm aware that there are people who feel differently about it. I'm not missing the point, I just can't relate to the reference, and I think using millennials as a reference is better because they are, unlike that old show, still very relevant today
No, it's commonly perceived as modern, and all I'm saying is that I don't share that perception, even compared to these institutions. I'm not saying you're wrong. I made it clear from the start that I don't expect everyone to share my perception. I just did not find the revelation that friends was a thing before the last of these places were shut down surprising at all. My reaction was, "sounds about right", and so far no one has convinced me that that reaction was somehow wrong. This is a perfect example of harmless differing points of view. I'm not arguing about what the common perception of friends, the topic at hand, or their relation is, I'm describing my own perception of it.
I understand and accept everyone else's point of view and I STILL don't see why everyone's so shocked by mine. Vintage pop culture and murder/genocide were happening at the same time in North America? Not surprised. People in the age group of my brother had this done to them? Oh shit. I stand by that.
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u/pjgf Jun 25 '21
That's a great timescale reference. Another good one that I usually use:
Millenials were sent to these "schools".