"Doing well" is just a subjective feeling compared to the past and compared to others around you.
Everyone here and everyone I know is doing unimaginably well compared to the year 1350.
Yemen is in the news. Their GDP per capita is $618 USD a year. Everyone I know is doing unimaginably well compared to that.
By and large we are a society with the mentality of spoiled children after decades of huge economic growth and no inflation. We got very use to the price of goods and services staying the same while getting better year after year as if it would always be that way.
I just seen the other day how a movie ticket use to cost $5 in 1972. That is $37 in 2023 adjusted for inflation.
Our lives are so great it is just hard to be impressed by anything.
I have been into powerlifting since the 90s. I think it is a convenient myth that form prevents injury. "Form" is just something that everyone thinks they do well and everyone else does poorly.
It is ultimately a trade off. I don't know any long term powerlifter who doesn't have a ton of injury.
Ultimately, it isn't a good idea to load your spine with 400lbs+ over long periods of time. There is no mystery what is going to happen here regardless of "form".
I went to my first party in 1994. This type of conversation has always been a constant.
I remember people at that time complaining that it was bullshit the DJ wasn't behind a curtain like the good ol days. Even being able to see the DJ made the party too much like a rock concert and "it was ruining the scene"
There was a whole era of conversation like this that was against spinning compact discs and cdjs. A real DJ spins vinyl. CDs sound too cold and sterile and they are "ruining the scene".
When people started spinning mp3s? lol, that was apocalyptic and totally "ruining the scene".
20 years from now there will be something new "ruining the scene" unlike the good old days when people put a lot of effort into their outfit and crafted videos to post on tiktok to try to promote "the scene".