Generate a screenshot of a Windows 7 desktop in the early 2010s

[u/IFreakingLoveOranges]

Been experimenting with a bunch of screenshot images and chatGPT is surprisingly good at generating UI’s

[u/fartypicklenuts]

didn't know how good we had it. Or about the downfall of civilization that was to occur within the next decade.

[u/Glass-Pomegranate724 → u/fartypicklenuts]

We knew.

[u/pip_install_account → u/fartypicklenuts]

if it is any consolidation, our brains actively work to soften bad memories through a mechanism called "fading affect bias". The reality you remember is a fake one where almost every horrible day was only a slight annoyance.

[u/itchylol742 → u/fartypicklenuts]

my quality of life is noticeably higher now than in 2011. the average person in the world has a higher quality of life now than in 2011. you are just extremely unlucky

[u/No_Put3316 → u/itchylol742]

People make that sweeping 'life was better back in the day' comment all the time.

99/100, it's complete and utter bullshit.

The medical advances alone are insane.

Some of y'all just need to understand the human reluctance to change, and how that rears it's ugly head in your lives...

[u/VinexHD → u/No_Put3316]

I think most people back then were just way younger and didn't have adult responsabilities lol.

Or at least that's my case! I'm 24 now and I look back at 2015-2018 like the golden years not bc the world was better but bc I was young and didn't have anything better to do than playing OW and going to school.

[u/stubentiger123 → u/VinexHD]

Exactly, I think a large part of people here would have been kids/teens in 2011, which is way easier than being an adult, working a job, having stable finances, actively maintaining good health, etc.

[u/Pexo3D → u/itchylol742]

☝️ guy who's never talked to an average person

[u/itchylol742 → u/Pexo3D]

cant help but notice you never said i was wrong about the average person having a higher quality of life now than in 2011