Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now
by curiousgal on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:44PM
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Having grown up in a Third World country makes almost every issue people around me complain about nontrivial. But that doesn't mean that they are. Just because others had/have it harder doesn't make those issues any less valid.
Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now
by vishnugupta on Saturday August 14, 2021 @04:00PM
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> ...doesn't make those issues any less valid.
Certainly, the issues are indeed valid for them and nothing to be scoffed at.
What is fascinating about India of my growing up years was that most of the scarcity was artificial, mostly due to government regulations and policies. So money didn't speed up things in a big way. But all that has changed unrecognisably now. Now, if one has money there's almost nothing that can't be gotten.
Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now
by u801e on Saturday August 14, 2021 @01:39PM
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> when I see someone rant for 2 month wait period for a car I silently laugh.
Things improve, so people's expectations change. People from generations ago could "silently laugh" at someone complaining about a missed flight and a long layover when they had to travel by sea instead of air.
In India I tagged along with my father when he applied for a physical phone connection when I was in class 8. By the time the application made it through the bureaucratic labyrinthine and all sorts of hurdles I was in class 10.
So now a days when I see someone rant for 2 month wait period for a car I silently laugh. The current generation though is growing up getting conditioned to instant gratification.
Listening to my favourite song for me, while growing up, meant convincing my father to give me money, walking to a cassette store, wading through their catalogue and finally get it. So for me waiting comes naturally. In a way for my generation (and earlier) waiting is second nature. Wait in line for movie tickets, at bank counter, ration stores, just to name a few.