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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Great Barrier Reef[/quote]

Was awesome and spectacular just 30 years ago - so glad I traveled then. Now, people are just looking to make lists of places they have been. Of course, the trips then lose most, if not all meaning - and the earth and it’s resources are depleted quicker with each airplane ride. People are not that smart. [/quote]

People now travel for the same exact reasons that you did 30 years ago. Sorry some of us were 8 when it was "so meaningful"[/quote]

Maybe your attitude reflects why once truly spectacular destinations are quite literally deteriorating and disappearing. You don’t deserve a damn thing. [/quote]

OK so we are both being snarky arses. I'll own it. But let's be serious for a moment. Do you honestly think that people who are in their 30s and 40s today are just all a monolithic, vapid  IG addicted hoarde? Is that American specific or does it extend to other nations? It seems like 30 years ago, the late 80s, was filled with all kinds of unsavory tropes as well. Democratization of travel is not a bad thing. Yes, some things are forever changed and ruined by humanity. But we did that as a whole, not to be blamed on people who are "late to the game" because of when they were born and just ruining everything instead of being this mythical, perfect traveller from 30 years ago.[/quote]

Alas, perhaps it is Instagram that ruined traveling, but the behavior of people on planes these days is abhorrent, to start. In short, people tend to think they are better than they are - which makes me think they are not, by default. [/quote]

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