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03-29-2007, 09:19 AM | #16 | |
“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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03-29-2007, 09:37 AM | #17 |
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03-29-2007, 10:19 AM | #18 |
Makes some feel uncomfortable
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Ha Ha - you said "you". Oh no! So did I! I I I . That feels better...
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03-29-2007, 10:24 AM | #19 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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I really don't think the difference between the generations is so vast....it might feel like it; but our parents felt the same way about the gulf between them and us (Remember all that Generation X stuff? Disaffected youth, Panic on the Streets of London etc etc.) This is what every generation does.....it grows up and looks on in horror at the kids coming up behind it. You are right I think about the level of choice......kids get way more choices now, they are bombarded by it. But just as having limited choices had a positive effect on some kids, and having absolute choice has a negative effect on some; the reverse is also true. There were kids who reached adulthood and were unable or unprepared for a world in which choices had to be made....there are children now who grow up and know exactly how to navigate their choice filled world to best effect. |
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03-29-2007, 10:30 AM | #20 | |
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Think of the kids on Pop Idol who think if they break down and cry and tell Simon how much they want it, it will suddenly make them good enough to go through. They give a vox pop saying stubbornly, "He's wrong, he doesn't know how much I want it, it's my dream" but they haven't had any lessons, don't sing in a band, aren't looking to start their own, haven't ever sung in a choir etc etc. Lazy, lazy losers who think a "dream"makes up for hard work. Ah, maybe you're right. Maybe when I was the same age as the whiners I simply believed them
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03-29-2007, 10:40 AM | #21 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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03-29-2007, 10:50 AM | #22 |
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It's not always a specific generation. You wouldn't believe the range of people who come in and say "my lenses scratched. How did that happen". Well, your lenses didn't "scratch", they don't spontaneously scratch, you fucking scratched them, you moron. And how did they scratch? How the hell should I know - I'm not with you 24/7.
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03-29-2007, 10:50 AM | #23 | |
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On the tv stuff......y'can't reach generational conclusions from that *grins* they have people deliberately whipping those kids up to believe they really are good. Winding em up like little toys then setting them off in front of the cameras. They especially choose a bunch of talentless hopefuls and make them believe they're better than they are....Freak show tv, made to order. |
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03-29-2007, 11:05 AM | #24 |
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No, I agree with you there - it's just the only example I can give that you will also be aware of. I also hear them at the bus stop, in the shops (on their mobile in the queue) etc etc. I'm not damning a whole generation, honestly. I suppose it's just that the whiny ones are the ones you hear because they are the loudest and most self righteous.
That one I give you
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03-29-2007, 11:10 AM | #25 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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03-29-2007, 06:03 PM | #26 |
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I didn't whine. I knew that would be the straw that broke my ass.
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03-29-2007, 06:22 PM | #27 |
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I never had to whine. I was the youngest and the only boy.
I got spoiled more than milk in a lactose intollerant household.
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03-29-2007, 10:01 PM | #28 |
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i agree with rage. i'm more likely to be called arrogant than anything. but it's not my fault that i'm better than you are. i don't even exercise.
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04-01-2007, 07:34 PM | #29 | |
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I definitely see this generation of young adults as fairly self centered. Or, maybe I should say that their culture is much less considerate. I take community college classes, for example, and the library is filled with blasting ear buds and loud conversation. It seems like parents today are afraid to tell their kids that they're doing something wrong. The wife and I were sitting next to a fish tank at dinner one night. A little girl of perhaps 7 scooted between our table and the tank, nudging our table aside. The mother just stood there and had a conversation with her about fish. I say, loving and jovial chastisement when your kid makes a mistake. Loving and firm disapproval when they disrespect someone else. --Joe
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04-01-2007, 07:53 PM | #30 |
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I don't think that much changes in the levels of narcisism in each generation, but I think there are trends as to how cool it is to flaunt it. Today's trend/advertising slogan is "I'm worth it so I'll damn well show it"; "Have it your way". A generation ago it was "Only I know how good I am" (Brits of the right age will recall the Flake chocolate bar eaten in the bath ignoring the phone ad -private narcisism).
As Dana says (paraphrasing) teenagers always know best and always whine. And thank goodness, because if they didn't have that confidence that they were right and hard done by, they'd never make it through those awful years.
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