A decade later, a decade lost

Re:A decade later, a decade lost by llm_trw on Friday February 14, 2025 @11:13PM (#43055842)

Just remember than not a century ago the average family would bury half their kids.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by yard2010 on Friday February 14, 2025 @11:25PM (#43055890)

You never look on the same river because each time you look there's different water flowing.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by TomK32 on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:38AM (#43056660)

and even 100 years ago was so much better than 200 years ago https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041693/united-states-al...

Let's hope the impact of RFK Jr on US health and vaccination of children won't be too big.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by anal_reactor on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:50AM (#43056703)

Yes, exactly my thought. The graveyard in my dad's hometown has a huge section just for small kids, because life in the country was tough, and that was normal.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by arrowsmith on Saturday February 15, 2025 @05:35AM (#43057506)

I remember once walking through a graveyard and seeing three names on a single headstone - three children, siblings who had all died on the same day. Below their names was a simple caption: "All gone".

I have no idea what the story is or how those children died, but I think about that headstone all the time, especially now I have a child of my own. So much grief, pain and tragedy conveyed so succinctly. I'm clenching my gut right now just thinking about it as I type.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by macintux on Saturday February 15, 2025 @11:53AM (#43059986)

Tangential, and I am reluctant to share this in an important thread about loss and grief, but an occasional hobby of mine is finding an interesting headstone during my travels and researching the story.

- https://opposite-lock.com/topic/28187/memorial-mysteries

- https://opposite-lock.com/topic/4273/the-milhon-brothers-sub...

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by djeastm on Saturday February 15, 2025 @06:45AM (#43057820)

I remember reading that the upper classes didn't even name their children until they were a few years old and had gotten past the crucial disease stage.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by arrowsmith on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:45AM (#43058099)

Why only the upper classes?

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by cma on Sunday February 16, 2025 @01:55PM (#43070544)

I dont know if what he said is true, but passing on full first/middle name lineage was more common in the upper classes and that might have affected it.

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