I’m sure I’ll see you hanging out there.
I’m sorry to disappoint, but you aren’t my type. I’m very married and very non-interested in people of a certain maturity level. I hope that doesn’t stop you from going and meeting someone else though.
You sure seem interested in me.
Lol so we’re breeding generations of kids who are being forced into adulthood early yet lower the possible consequences (ie, learning moment’s) by allowing them on parental insurance until they’re 26.
GJ murica. Nailed it.
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Again, if you’d socialize more by getting out of the basement once in a while, you might be able to read interactions with other humans a little better. You might learn to handle rejection more easily too.
You just can’t help yourself.
Lol, sure, if you think they’re being forced into adulthood earlier. My personal opinion is that it’s the exact opposite.
I imagine this is one of those agree to disagree moments, though…
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Yeah probably.
Random question, do you have kids? If so, ages?
Ya, I have two (2 and 5mon).
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There are compounding issues. The casualizing of sex and violence and the removal of responsibility and consequence. Kids are exposed to sex and violence with the internet, movies, games while simultaneously insulating them from the responsibilities of those actions. So it’s both. Adult actions and content with infantile responsibility. It’s a bad combination.
But again, school dances aren’t a factor, even if they get in the way of 5 different language lessons.
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Sure. I don’t disagree. I’m just not convinced they’re forced into adulthood earlier more so now than in prior generations.
Agreed for the most part.
I’d agree in the context of elementary school dances. My brother in law’s brother was bragging to him about getting laid after last year’s dance. He’s currently in 7th grade.
You spoke to it in the casualizing of sex. If you haven’t lost your virginity by the time you’re in Jr High, you’re somehow a loser these days.
Not to sound zeb’y, but wait until they grow up a bit. I swear every year that goes by I’m asking myself how the hell my daughter is already doing X
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The irony of DD and Zecarlo’s exchange is incredible, considering the topic.
This is exactly what I was getting at above. The adult situations are present but the maturity and responsibility are absent.
That’s because both responsibility and adulthood were present. Kids were held responsible for their actions, or lack of.
Imo being forced into adulthood =! Being responsible for said adulthood.
Ultimately it’s reinforcing bad behaviors by removing the downside of fuckups, so it’s probably 6 of one half dozen of the other
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My personal opinion is that the whole kids aren’t held responsible line is a bit overblown. Sorta like how Millennial’s are “lazy” or “entitled”.
Younger generations face different challenges than we did and my generation faces different challenges than my parent’s generation. So on and so forth.
Assuming ‘=!’ Is does not equal, I think we agree. Thus my distinction between adult situations and responasability.
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I agree this is way overblown. Daniel Khaneman coined this Availability Heuristic.
This actually appears, to me, as quite evident based upon the SJW movement. Additionally, examples such as parents receiving criminal punishment in lieu of child criminal offenses, and the inability for educators to confront students who act out, etc.
Again, though, how much of this is really overblown? I’ve never met a real dyed in the wool social justice warrior and I live in the People’s Republic of Maryland. Ya, I see the occasional quasi-SJW meme on Facebook, but nothing in real life.
However, if you watch say Fox News (not implying that’s a bad thing necessarily or that you do or don’t) you’d think SJW were running loose on the streets causing mayhem. Of course, the opposite is true as well.
Honestly, I just think we, as in people in general, struggle mightily when it comes to perspective.
This isn’t new, though.
Pierce v. Society of Sisters,
268 U.S. 510 (1925):
I think you basically made my point. Which is, we think a lot of things about X generation or “these damn kids”, but is it really true or are we just projecting? I think, as a society, we project a lot.
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I think the internet makes a lot of this stuff appear to be much worse than it really is. Or more apparent anyway. For what that’s worth.
The 24hr news cycle that’s loose on facts, but quick on submission doesn’t help either.
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