Do you feel it too? Why is everything getting worse?

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024

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  • @markw2640
    @markw2640 8 дней назад +42

    The 80s 90s were not perfect but a simpler time I'm getting old now and I really do feel sorry for the young, what me and my friends got up to then to now heart breaking

  • @annanicholson6925
    @annanicholson6925 3 дня назад +3

    I hear ya, man! My 2 adult children are back living with us because there is NOTHING they can afford out there. Rental property is outrageous. I don't know what the answer is, but this situation (and many others) are not sustainable.

  • @MattEdwards1
    @MattEdwards1 7 дней назад +17

    You are absolutely correct. I don't think these problems are accidental either. Every way in which an individual, family and community can be harmed is being harmed systematically and relentlessly.

    • @Snakebloke
      @Snakebloke 7 дней назад

      Emergent phenomena. Look at the fall of Rome and we're experiencing much the same thing. We've had it too good for too long and we've voted ourselves into this mess by demanding socialist policies, and turning people like Enoch into pariahs.

  • @veesimmons2464
    @veesimmons2464 7 дней назад +9

    I am sixty, and even though life is very hard I sure am grateful that I am NOT in my thirties or younger. I don't think I'd survive all the trials and tribulations they are faced with all the time. My life is private. I can walk away from social media and my cell phone. No, thanks!

  • @noken11
    @noken11 7 дней назад +11

    Life is always changing and not always for the best. Keep your life simple, enjoy nature and ride out the storm.

    • @Snakebloke
      @Snakebloke 7 дней назад +1

      _"You can't change the weather; but, you can control your sails."_
      🌩️ ⛵ 🌩️

  • @bingbong7316
    @bingbong7316 7 дней назад +4

    Deep breath, stop, live in the present moment a little. You feel ok. This is power.

  • @peterbrown5340
    @peterbrown5340 8 дней назад +16

    Well said

  • @rainbowcupcakeish
    @rainbowcupcakeish 7 дней назад +13

    Thank you so much for making this. Me and my partner are in our 20s and we constantly talk about this stuff, especially the growing feeling that things are getting worse or that “something” must happen to change things. We don’t see a future here. To hear you talk about the exact same things was really affirming. Also this style of commentary video really suits you. Please do more because you sound very switched on. ❤️

    • @SortOfInteresting
      @SortOfInteresting  7 дней назад +4

      Thanks! I have some very clear examples of things getting worse in my mind from my own life. Twice I have moved off boats and onto a normal private rental on dry land over the last decade, and now I know for a fact that it would be far more expensive to do so, compared to the wage increases over the years, plus the amount of suitable properties available to rent have dwindled into the 0-5 region on right move on more than one occasion, I don’t have a direct comparison for that number but I know it used to a genuine choice of places! I certainly didn’t have to attend an open day with dozens of other viewers for a single place in a small market town either!

  • @3lfaromeo
    @3lfaromeo 4 дня назад +1

    Hey SOI, loving the photos lately (I honestly feel you capture the ideal canal life (that being beautiful solitude) better than anybody). My 2 cents: yes, it seems everything is getting worse - but every generation has probably felt that way! (we're of similar age). I believe this just means we need to take agency more than ever in our lives, and focus on what we believe is important and meaningful, and disregard the nonsense, noise, hustle/bustle, and cheap thrills (never mind the bollocks? I'm from North America). We're getting on, after all, and we're maturing, even though we've got a good grip on our inner child - and that's good! Perspective is reality and this is our life! It's ours to live as we like, in person, in real time, doing what we love, with those we love.

  • @iainbaker2742
    @iainbaker2742 8 дней назад +13

    Yep im feeling it, tho im somewhat older than you..... thinking of selling up and moving to Portugal. Dont feel terribly optimistic for the uk

    • @cj6273
      @cj6273 8 дней назад +7

      Uk is 100% finished

    • @rogermellie8068
      @rogermellie8068 7 дней назад

      Lisbon and Porto have been swamped with illegal immigrants and remember the economic hardships they went through? All of Europe is done.

  • @trevmacc
    @trevmacc 7 дней назад +4

    i glad i bought my house 10 years ago as it could not afford to rent,i can just about manage to live a comfy life in it ,i could not aford to sell and move now

  • @shaun30-3-mg9zs
    @shaun30-3-mg9zs 8 дней назад +12

    Wise words there my mate, take care

  • @mvashton
    @mvashton 7 дней назад +14

    We are presently living in a dystopia.

  • @sianwarwick633
    @sianwarwick633 6 дней назад +1

    You're right. I doubt one of my brothers kids will ever leave home. Over 20, an apprentice engineer, still not out of the house. A younger brother left at 16 and has set up house with his long-term girlfriend. The council in my area ripped out the food plants i put into a neglected community planter, at the cost of 25£ put in annuals, ripped out whatever plants people had put in themselves over the decade. And paid a contractor to do the work, at a cost of thousands. Waste of money

  • @doctoronishispsychosislab1474
    @doctoronishispsychosislab1474 7 дней назад +5

    Everything is connected and in 2024 for ever 1 person having a good time, there are 10 suffering

  • @andrewpoloni4197
    @andrewpoloni4197 8 дней назад +10

    You know Dan, I don't typically expect social commentary when I come to your channel, but I think you might do more of those because I think your take is entirely spot-on! A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from your stateside viewers!

  • @raymondmuench3266
    @raymondmuench3266 6 дней назад +1

    I never had to stop listening to one of your videos, and must hasten to add I enjoyed this one, too. That said, I cut it off shortly before the end because it forced me to question how I, part of the older generation, could have done something to stop the downhill trundle from supporting the common good into the welter of solipsism, self-promotion, and feigned outrage which teems in the world. It doesn’t need to be this way.

  • @terenceseymour-tf8rptassie725
    @terenceseymour-tf8rptassie725 7 дней назад +2

    I try to avoid saying " things were like that in my day as my days are still continuing" .
    Your words are something to reflect on .

  • @leeallen8840
    @leeallen8840 7 дней назад +3

    A brilliant post.

  • @martinn6564
    @martinn6564 7 дней назад +4

    Lovely stunning walk Dan. Everything is getting worse... I'm not sure why and I'm in my early 60s... The one step forwards, two steps back saying appears to be real... The staggering increase in very rich people appears to mirror the decline of western society though... Curious.

  • @richardlongmore9301
    @richardlongmore9301 7 дней назад +2

    I agree with everything you said. Me and my father was having the same conversation today
    There was a reason the baby boomers had loads of kids and no one is having kids today
    In the 60s 70s80s housing was affordable with one income and your wife would run the house and look after the kids
    The minute it started taking two wages to run the house and your wife had to go to work to who was going to have the kids ?
    And now with 0 hours contracts and no real stable work it’s even harder.
    My 50 year old friend is renting a flat and the landlord wanted 3 months rent as a deposit and five years checkable work history.

  • @JohnyLondon
    @JohnyLondon 7 дней назад +1

    I wonder how it was that we (as a country) used to be able to afford free dentists, free university (plus grant!), ease of seeing Dr / hospital, cheap housing, affordable utilities yet nowadays it has all gone and we are kept occupied by small colourful boxes that make a noise - glass beads for the natives. Real life being swapped for virtual.

  • @jpaulrice
    @jpaulrice 7 дней назад +2

    From Florida. You have hit the nail on the head. I'll give you an example of apartment (flat) rental management and how I believe it works to maximize profit. Some say it is just a matter of supply and demand. I say it's collusion nearing exploitation. It seems that complexes here in my area are all connected on the network to monitor "inventory" and as the less apartments become available, the higher the rental prices. "Equity" companies. Even large areas now have homes built just for rental.
    I am in my early 80s, I don't know how young people are going to make it. It's going to get worse, yes? Yes. The silver lining was that beautiful video.

  • @jackhooper3927
    @jackhooper3927 7 дней назад +2

    Every time I come ashore, I see it: things have changed; stuff has happened. Sometimes it is obvious; sometimes subtle. For a reality check, I avoid cities, villages. For me. they are illusions-Man's attempt to improve a kind of life. A walk in the woods, a stroll at the beach, time at sea all give perspective on what is true and that which is not real. It can take courage to sort it all out. Good luck!

  • @prestoncrewnarrowboaters8619
    @prestoncrewnarrowboaters8619 7 дней назад +2

    Dan the world has become something that many don't want to accept, when a few are so wealthy they can literally fun everyone to have a good life but they don't. When so much junk is about on line, I myself find the peace of the waterways even when there's problems, far less stressful. Take care

  • @Marizeye
    @Marizeye 7 дней назад +2

    Totally agree with you on the internet, even though I use it too much.

  • @YorkshirePirate
    @YorkshirePirate 7 дней назад +2

    I agree with you Dan. Right now I don't see a future for Britain, but I feel that I should stay and try and change that, rather than emigrating to a country that may be a decade or two behind that same curve. This is a global problem that we can't keep running away from. I'm torn between the easy and the hard option.

  • @kevinrowlands6753
    @kevinrowlands6753 8 дней назад +10

    Things are worse in the sixties you phoned a ambulance you knew it would come now you have to be lucky

    • @SortOfInteresting
      @SortOfInteresting  8 дней назад +4

      Yes, I’m not sure if you have seen the video about when my other half fainted and fractured her eye socket etc… but we had just such an occasion, at first she couldn’t even sit up while remaining conscious, and couldn’t move an inch on her own because of neck pain, so I phoned an ambulance but in the two hours that passed she recovered enough to get her about 60 feet way to the car instead. If she hadn’t have recovered who knows how long it would have been. Somebody was waiting 7 hours in a local supernarket, on the floor covered in blankets. Very sad times.

    • @Stillbusy105
      @Stillbusy105 4 дня назад

      A recent medical emergency show had a motorcyclist lying on the wet road for around 6 hours before the policeman drove him to the hospital himself!

  • @Grenadier_1656
    @Grenadier_1656 7 дней назад +1

    Well said there mate.

  • @A-Nobody
    @A-Nobody 7 дней назад +4

    Eloquent spoken words, that we're all increasingly thinking. Sadly it is all getting worse and we're all controlled into being poorer...

  • @robshorts
    @robshorts 7 дней назад +1

    I agree, and while it's been decades in the making, it's all started to come to a head over the last 5 years or so. I also was someone who embraced and loved technology and felt that it had a big part to play in enhancing lives, even work in the industry but it's now going to far. AI and automation is finding it's way into areas that it has no business being in and is becoming increasingly intrusive, controlling and taking over in a bad way.

  • @anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204
    @anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 8 дней назад +5

    great vlog on channel keep up the great vlog thanks lee

  • @alangoffin3599
    @alangoffin3599 7 дней назад

    Hi Dan can I ask what size boat your next one will be and layout. Or what would be your dream boat and design Another question also is Oswestry a good place to consider moving to these days for buying a house ? Finally with regards to Sam’s recent health scare which is the main nhs hospital that serves the area. My reason for asking is that we caravan a few times a year near Chirk and just love the area especially the canal and may consider either a boat or moving house best wishes to you both and for Sam’s recovery

  • @merlinsview
    @merlinsview 7 дней назад +2

    I feel like we've got so much more now than 20 years ago. More stuff, more comfort, more entertainment. But at the same time seem to be increasingly lacking the essentials. I feel like it's not a matter of the amount of stuff overall, but a matter of distribution and priorities. And sometimes a lack of collective willingness to make trade-offs and invest at the right places.

  • @edmundblackaddercoc8522
    @edmundblackaddercoc8522 7 дней назад +3

    Started withen evèryone got hooked to mobile phones, and corn internet.

  • @Ukedc259
    @Ukedc259 7 дней назад +1

    Unregulated capitalism + social media polarization = worse times.

  • @cjyoung7372
    @cjyoung7372 7 дней назад

    Some of these issues are real but I still think that a lot of it is perception when you look at all of human history you realize that today was the best day ever and will only be betterd by tomorrow that said why is housing stupidity expensive?

  • @robkemp091983
    @robkemp091983 7 дней назад +2

    Everyone feels the same , other than your hardline labour voters who have blinkers over there eyes, you have a government who has an unofficial open border policy which welcomes mass migration at the same time refuses to regenerate old housing or build new, it is totally unsustainable.

  • @johnwynne-qx6br
    @johnwynne-qx6br 7 дней назад

    Greed and profits lack of awareness of others but oneself ect. 👍

  • @Snakebloke
    @Snakebloke 7 дней назад

    Ive been saying this for a few years and finally those around me have begun to realise it too. I was just ahead of the curve. Frankly, as a society, weve had it - collectively if not individually - too good, for too long. We're weak, and that's why we've voted for Demagogues. Our currency is being debased at an enormous rate, £90,000,000,000 a year minimum, in national debt service, and the solition to those in power, is to support mass import of people who will supposedly help alleviate this kssue, but who instead are a nrt financial burden and often cause societal upheval with sectarian politics, due to cultural values that are a world apart from ours. I don't hate, I'm just concerned, and i get accused of all sorts of heinous things for raising those concerns.
    The people levelling those accusations are the ones angry at me shouting "iceberg ahead!" Because it interrupts their peace and quiet...
    I'm preparing a life oat for my family and I'll continue shouting iceberg until the impact is imminent...at which point I'll row away and pray for those onboard. 🙏😢

  • @greengoblindave
    @greengoblindave 7 дней назад

    There are. Lot of things happening. I could meet up and have dinner. And we would be talking all day…

  • @mindfulmunchkin1215
    @mindfulmunchkin1215 7 дней назад

    Tomorrow the birds will still sing and the sun will shine.

  • @ripvanwinkle3509
    @ripvanwinkle3509 7 дней назад +2

    Successive malevolent governments are doing their best to ruin a wonderful country and the way of life we could all enjoy. Imagine having our tax money well managed and spent on the country, its people and its facilities. How great would Britain be. Still.... narrowboats eh! Aren't they great! :)

  • @bigtoe333333
    @bigtoe333333 7 дней назад +2

    One one hand I can understand you not wanting to have bitter political arguments in the comments.
    But for me personally, you can't ask the question of why this country has come to feel so crappy and so negative (which it clearly has over the last 15 years), without looking at what was done by the people who were in charge.
    How can we clearly discuss why people feel negative, whilst ignoring the fact that over 10% of our entire population are suffering for month after month on waiting lists? And the ruin of the NHS is just one example.
    It feels like you want to have a discussion about why a cake tastes bad, but saying that we can't discuss the ingredients.
    Why would you even try to rule out politics from this kind of question?
    Is it because your own political beliefs make it uncomfortable for you to examine the real world changes in this country caused by politicians over the last 15 years?

  • @puppets.and.muppets
    @puppets.and.muppets 7 дней назад

    at least your house price is up 300% since you bought it.

  • @northwalescoast7911
    @northwalescoast7911 6 дней назад

  • @TheHonestPeanut
    @TheHonestPeanut 7 дней назад +6

    That's late stage capitalism for you.

  • @YorkshireHeathen
    @YorkshireHeathen 7 дней назад +1

    Hear Hear

  • @birchna
    @birchna День назад +1

    turn those notifications off, leave the phone at home, go for a good walk in the woods, appreciate what you have and live in the now...

    • @SortOfInteresting
      @SortOfInteresting  День назад +1

      As much as I agree with this, and earlier in the year I posted a video after an experiment of completely removing social media, but that unfortunately won’t make housing appear or reverse the damage of the last few years excessive inflation.

    • @birchna
      @birchna День назад +1

      @@SortOfInteresting Fair, because you are entirely right that taking a social media break is the best, simplest thing any one of us can do... but on the finance side i don't really have the answers... because i'm not sure any of us do!

    • @SortOfInteresting
      @SortOfInteresting  День назад +1

      @birchna yes strange and unpredictable times are coming. For the first time ever I am glad I was born when I was not any later.
      I had a childhood almost entirely internet free and got to live “properly” just before phones and social media really did a number on society!

  • @polygraphpolygraphovich9589
    @polygraphpolygraphovich9589 7 дней назад +2

    UK's headed to the toilet but things are getting pretty good here in America

  • @colin125gwr
    @colin125gwr 5 дней назад

    !

  • @Christopher-l8z
    @Christopher-l8z 7 дней назад

    Psalm 9:17
    1 Corinthians 15:1-4
    Matthew 27:22-26
    King James Bible.
    Did you also reject the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ?

  • @lottytaylor572
    @lottytaylor572 7 дней назад +1

    The Great Reset … klauss & his psychotic WEF

  • @rogerfroud300
    @rogerfroud300 8 дней назад +2

    I disagree. Every generation looks back to the good old days, and young generations somehow buy into the fact that things were easier for those who came before. However, the reality is it's not worse it's just different. Young people these days mostly have warmth, food, internet, phones and everything those pieces of tech give you. It's easy to compare yourself with everyone else and conclude that most people are doing better than you. That's simply not the case. Nobody has ever achieved anything through feeling sorry for themselves and giving up. Bloody minded determination to reach a goal can overcome even the most extreme hurdles. Unfortunately, having an easy upbringing makes us lazy, and it's easy to expect things to just happen because we feel we're owed it.
    The world is still a wonderful and amazing place, despite everything. You have a wonderful gift of communication, and it's clear that people warm to your personality. You have a lot going for you, more than many. Make the most of it, and enjoy the moments of success. Remember, your life is only a series of moments like this one. Don't waste them, they will run out all too soon.

    • @rodneyhull9764
      @rodneyhull9764 8 дней назад

      codswallop mate,the working class youth are f....d.

    • @SortOfInteresting
      @SortOfInteresting  8 дней назад +24

      I agree with a lot of what you say, a huge amount in fact, but I know myself that it would be harder now to do what I’ve done in the last decade if I had to do it now.
      Just the disparity in cost increase versus income increase alone would make that the case. (I’m not even saying it’s not a short term blip as the world sorts itself out after some “disruption” around 2020-21)
      If you look at the statistics on house prices vs wage inflation over the last few decades it also shows a significant disparity.
      Even on a basic “human need” level young people today are having less “intimacy” than ever as online temptation is playing havoc with our feeble human minds!
      The biggest thing to me that sounds the alarm (and I’m totally open to any number of causes for this) is the ever increasing number of lonely desperate men who are deciding to “check out”
      Sorry for having to use “RUclips friendly” terms here, the last few years there have been a shocking amount of people “going over” the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, so many in fact there are now multiple Samaritans placards placed on the approach either side.
      Like I say the causes are probably varied and too complex for RUclips, but it certainly doesn’t paint a positive picture of the last decade or so.