You ever think about how old people have no idea what โsurvivor biasโ is, and take full credit for being excellent out of things where they lucked out?
โBack in my day we didnโt have any of these childhood protective things, we were smart enough not to do stupid shit on our own!โ Except your little neighbour, who got the funniest idea at the age of seven, and got his skull pierced when he slipped?
โBack in my day nobody got divorced, we stuck together and fixed our problems!โ What about your cousin, who was slowly killed by her husband because she had nowhere to escape him?
โBack in my day nobody had โmental problemsโ, we didnโt whine, we just toughed it out and endured life!โ Hey remember that guy you used to work with, who seemed really friendly and normal, and then suddenly hanged himself โfor no reasonโ?
โBack in my day we didnโt have any of this โgayโ or โtransgenderโ thing.โ You did, but your family cut all ties with her before you were born.
ย You kinda start seeing it in everything they think, if you start looking for it.
โWhen we were kids nobody whined about car seats or bike helmets. We didnโt use them, and we all survived!โ
Yeah, except for the ones who didnโt.
