Is society full of wimps?

A few weeks ago I was watching documentaries about the winters of 1947 and 1962-3.  There they had real snow for months.  People just got on with life.  They didn't panic because there was a forecast and stay at home.

Did they just get on with life? Are we sure no one was hurt or injured or anything like that?

Robert124 said:

They didn't panic because there was a forecast and stay at home.

They didn't have social media back then. How would we know that they didn't panic?

Did they just get on with life? Are we sure no one was hurt or injured or anything like that?

Robert124 said:

They didn't panic because there was a forecast and stay at home.

They didn't have social media back then. How would we know that they didn't panic?

HMO said:

They didn't have social media back then. How would we know that they didn't panic?

or more like.... how did they know to panic without social media telling them to?

As good as diaries

I remember very deep snow in the sixties.  

On the really rare occasion it closed our school we were if anything disappointed... Not least after having had to pick my way though snowdrifts some 2 miles or so... 

Things & people were definitely more reslient and made less drama about all sorts of things back then..

First hand testimony any good?

How would we know what they were saying face-to-face though?

Whereas for social media, we potentially have records.

Yes, we have records of newspapers, TV, and radio shows but that's kind of a curated selection of views.

Maybe diaries would be useful. But I doubt people would write about something as inconsequential as a snow closure in their diary.

We had 3 TV channels, newspapers, the radio, telephones....and people actually spoke to each other in the street and in shops.  I think we did OK for communication before "social media" came on the scene to be honest......arguably much, much better in many respects !