I’m in a couple of Melbourne history Facebook groups, where someone will post a historical tidbit. Someone else will post a comment adding to the history, whether they read it somewhere, or actually lived it. One example is how radio licences were a thing back when radio was new in Australia, one scheme being listeners having to pay a subscription to a particular radio station – that didn’t last long.
There’s always one boomer saying “Well I lived in Melbourne in the 1960s and I have no recollection of that ever happening”, insinuating that the information is completely wrong, because they personally did not experience it.
I love how these boomers always think that they are the main character. And I love correcting them – “The scheme was abolished in 1923 Karen, well before your personal recollections of the 1960s”.
