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While I can't speak for anyone else on this forum ,I know that in the 19th C I would most likely have been a slave for the almost the first 2/3rds of that century and probably a poor sharecropper like my great great grandfather in the latter third of that century instead of the successful restaurntuer that I am today.And I'm willing to hazard a guess that not only would my wife not be a surgeon who is allowed to vote,but we probably wouldn't have been allowed to marry each other back then because I'm a dark skinned creole and she's a cajun.
So at least for me and my wife we are definately better off in this century than in prior ones.
People who think of asking questions like these should first ask themselves what was the 19th century like before asking that kind of question.
I think we can unilaterally agree that the 19th century was pretty ****ty for almost everyone in it.
What are you,a spelling nazi?So I mispelled a word,get over it.What does spelling have to do with being able to cook and run a restuarant?You can't be a successful restaurntuer if you can't even spell it correctly.
I used to be a successful karpentur.
I doubt there are very many religious people who think porn is more important than antibiotics, vaccines, mass communication, universal literacy, automobiles, and 80-year lifespans.
OK, so let me clarify with a clip of Robert Zemeckis' 1997 film "Contact" which many of you probably remember.
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We are better off, of course, but, the "uber" wealthy may be less "better off".
Too bad.
Two posters state that they are less "better off".
As I say, we need a better people.
Being a decent human being is more important.You can't be a successful restaurntuer if you can't even spell it correctly. Come on, now, yes, spelling is important, but.
I used to be a successful karpentur.
You can't be a successful restaurntuer if you can't even spell it correctly.
I used to be a successful karpentur.
Are we better off in the 21-th century compared to 19-th century, what do you think?
The movie is an infuriating demonstration of the anti-social self-indulgence that really motivates the Trekkies extraterrestrial fixation. The government wastes billions just to award Jodie Foster with a fantasy interview with her deceased father.OK, so let me clarify with a clip of Robert Zemeckis' 1997 film "Contact" which many of you probably remember.
I had some serious medical issues after I was born that required some innovation in how doctors deal with immune issues (I was never told the specific details). I wouldn't be alive in the 19[SUP]th[/SUP] century.
On the contrary, people like Edison, Lincoln, and Carnegie could rise in class with their formal education ending at 3d Grade. You started at the bottom and worked your way up, learning on the job or through self-education. People like Lincoln, who was an excellent lawyer, weren't forced to not earn a living until they were 25, which is required of law students today.Yeah, I guess it does have to do with what side of the tracks you live.
I was unable to find the full etymology, but from my knowledge of Latin, I can guess that restaurant comes from a participle like "restoring" so "restauranteur" would be like saying "restoringer" instead of restorer. Or "debatinger" instead of debater.I'm generally not a spelling Nazi. I promise. I just think that not knowing how to spell what you are is akin to misspelling your own name. It's not just a word anymore, it's your essence. Construction workers aren't typically known for English language skills, so we would tell the apprentices that you needed to be able to spell carpenter to be one.
If I was a restaurateur. I would definitely learn how to spell that word. And yeah, I just stuck an 'n' in there and spell-check made me select the correct spelling.
But hey, I'm not one.
The movie is an infuriating demonstration of the anti-social self-indulgence that really motivates the Trekkies extraterrestrial fixation. The government wastes billions just to award Jodie Foster with a fantasy interview with her deceased father.
On the contrary, people like Edison, Lincoln, and Carnegie could rise in class with their formal education ending at 3d Grade. You started at the bottom and worked your way up, learning on the job or through self-education. People like Lincoln, who was an excellent lawyer, weren't forced to not earn a living until they were 25, which is required of law students today.
I voted "I can't make up my mind," because in some ways we are better off (lifestyle conveniences, medical advances, etc.) and in other ways we are worse off (overpopulated, overly complex, living more out of balance with our ecosystems than ever, more financially leveraged and fates all interconnected, we have nuclear weapons pointed at one another, etc.).
So while day-to-day life in the immediate sense is much better, our long-term stability outlook is shaky to say the least.
Can't really say.
The government wastes billions just to award Jodie Foster with a fantasy interview with her deceased father.
Are we better off in the 21-th century compared to 19-th century, what do you think?
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