The Google Ngram Viewer is a brilliant tool for conducting research in Western social dynamics. For more information on how it works please go here. I often use it to gain an understanding of certain social trends and how they evolved over time. Its main limitation is that it only extends to 2008 - I'm not sure if the project concludes there or if there is a delay in mapping more content.
Without further ado I am presenting a few examples which IMO are pretty eye opening for anyone having swallowed the red pill. I encourage you all to post more examples and offer possible interpretations.
Talk of happiness seems to have gone down steadily since the 1880s. I'm not sure if that is because people are happier now, if it's less of a priority in literature, or if people are less happy. That was actually the most surprising one.
Do I really have to comment on this one?
Either modern men have developed an exponential thirst for rape, it's being disclosed more often, or (and that's my vote) men have always raped at roughly the same percentage but women are using it to demonize men's sexuality. Note that the curve starts growing rapidly after around 1968. Not a big surprise there.
The word homosexual was barely ever mentioned before the roaring twenties and has since steadily pushing higher. That of course had to do in part with the fact that homosexuality was frowned upon in society. But the continued growth since the 1960s does suggest a change in social dynamics, in particular given that the percentage of homosexuality in the general population has remained fairly constant at around 8% (plus minus depending on country).
Clearly I'm in the wrong business.
I hate to break it to you guys but looks like our ancestors were more corrupt than we are today. In any case corruption is a constant in human affairs - you will see similar graphs when searching under greed, deceit, or fear.
Betrayal however is a buyer's market. Don't. Trust. Anyone.
I'll tack on more here as I find them.
Without further ado I am presenting a few examples which IMO are pretty eye opening for anyone having swallowed the red pill. I encourage you all to post more examples and offer possible interpretations.
Talk of happiness seems to have gone down steadily since the 1880s. I'm not sure if that is because people are happier now, if it's less of a priority in literature, or if people are less happy. That was actually the most surprising one.
Do I really have to comment on this one?
Either modern men have developed an exponential thirst for rape, it's being disclosed more often, or (and that's my vote) men have always raped at roughly the same percentage but women are using it to demonize men's sexuality. Note that the curve starts growing rapidly after around 1968. Not a big surprise there.
The word homosexual was barely ever mentioned before the roaring twenties and has since steadily pushing higher. That of course had to do in part with the fact that homosexuality was frowned upon in society. But the continued growth since the 1960s does suggest a change in social dynamics, in particular given that the percentage of homosexuality in the general population has remained fairly constant at around 8% (plus minus depending on country).
Clearly I'm in the wrong business.
I hate to break it to you guys but looks like our ancestors were more corrupt than we are today. In any case corruption is a constant in human affairs - you will see similar graphs when searching under greed, deceit, or fear.
Betrayal however is a buyer's market. Don't. Trust. Anyone.
I'll tack on more here as I find them.
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"The sheep pretend the wolf will never come, but the sheepdog lives for that day."
– Lt. Col. Dave Grossman