Codex nowadays is more like
what it always was, a mirror; not the only mirror, just one among many. And ultimately, they'd all point you to the same conclusions if you were so inclined:
i) a worldwide decline in everything cultural/intellectual
ii) lower and lower economic standards for the vast majority of people that could, maybe, had once been called middle class
iii) standards changinging due to the influx of an increasing number of people that are shaped from the above two, entirely due to their age of birth, naught their own fault. Only it is now them that get to define our world.
Cultivation, of the spirit or self, is very relapsed in younger generations. No longer needed. Though i am sure many would argue differently; all them pixels later, surely they are a better person; surely.
You add to that the strifes of an ever tougher economy to make do with, hell, just look around. And as to age? ie the norms and conditions within which the younger ones have grown up?
See how they can't even express themselves without linking or mentioning something from that vast umbrella of virtual nothingness we call 'social media'. From "posts" (of randoms), to "tweets" (of randoms), to "memes", to "pics", etc. Hell, i've seen smilies and memes in business email and documents, never mind in forums.
See how this forum (presuming you lurked for a sufficient number of years prior to actually joining) has changed, ever since the brofist was deemed insufficient; all those retards that press buttans now? They once had to type. A major one for me.
See how often the TLDR is used. Even here. RPGs right? Attention? Patience? RTFM? My ass, lolol, too long didn't read.
And see how, predominantly non-woke notwithstanding, how said non-woke (real smart and aware likes, innit bruh) members talk, act and link (memes, pics, et al.); yeap, just like their woke counterparts. Same culture.
I could go on, but .. you get the idea
It's just
much better here than most other places, thank God. Can one honestly expect more? People all over, conditions more or less the same. I wouldn't complain personally.
Can't be helped. Embrace evolution luj1.
May i interest you in some good quality alternatives? Over here, my shop's round the corner.
/miltiades