The Youth of Today...

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I am speaking in generalizations here but, here is what I see in the youth of today:

ENTITLEMENT-the youth of today believe that it is their right to do what they want, when they want, without regard for others. They don’t think they need to work hard to get it, wait their turn, or work under people to learn skills. They think their parents and others owe them whatever they want, with no regard for respect, earning their salt, or any ethics in general.

LACK OF DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT-they couldn’t care less if they do their best, or if they ever do anything at all. There are also no consequences to this apathy, especially at school, so their behavior is reinforced on a daily basis.

LACK OF ATTACHMENT TO OTHER HUMANS-the youth of today float in and out of everything, quit jobs/teams/activities without giving notice or thought to how it affects others. They have never had to face another and ask him/her on a date and feel a chance of rejection, instead they text message 40 people who they “met” on the internet and the first response is their date for Friday night…going with that they are incredibly casual about forming any attachment to this person as they know they can discard and replace them with the greatest of ease. If you doubt their lack of attachment to other humans…try taking away their phone, or telling them they can’t text message while at work…they are addicted to the device and the ease of saying anything to anyone via text that they would NEVER say to their face. Many kids would rather be confined to the house without being able to see others than lose their cell phone…I can’t imagine choosing a phone over freedom to go do things and be with friends.

Any other opinions?

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Life’s to short to focus on the negative.

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It’s about time another one of these threads rolled around.

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[quote]ActionJackson wrote:
I am speaking in generalizations here but, here is what I see in the youth of today:

ENTITLEMENT-the youth of today believe that it is their right to do what they want, when they want, without regard for others. They don’t think they need to work hard to get it, wait their turn, or work under people to learn skills. They think their parents and others owe them whatever they want, with no regard for respect, earning their salt, or any ethics in general.

LACK OF DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT-they couldn’t care less if they do their best, or if they ever do anything at all. There are also no consequences to this apathy, especially at school, so their behavior is reinforced on a daily basis.

LACK OF ATTACHMENT TO OTHER HUMANS-the youth of today float in and out of everything, quit jobs/teams/activities without giving notice or thought to how it affects others. They have never had to face another and ask him/her on a date and feel a chance of rejection, instead they text message 40 people who they “met” on the internet and the first response is their date for Friday night…going with that they are incredibly casual about forming any attachment to this person as they know they can discard and replace them with the greatest of ease. If you doubt their lack of attachment to other humans…try taking away their phone, or telling them they can’t text message while at work…they are addicted to the device and the ease of saying anything to anyone via text that they would NEVER say to their face. Many kids would rather be confined to the house without being able to see others than lose their cell phone…I can’t imagine choosing a phone over freedom to go do things and be with friends.

Any other opinions? [/quote]

COOL STORY BRA.

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DEM DAMN KIDS… get a job.

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I think I remember my parents saying pretty much the same thing when I was young…

I’d also venture to say that their parents had said the same thing, also.

The main constant is the advancement in technology. It has it’s benefits and it’s drawbacks. No generation is better than the other.

The young people will think that they have the answers, while the old people will forget that they were young once.

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whatever, makes it easier for me to succeed.

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Those statements, to a lesser degree, definitely describe many of my peers (early 20’s).

People seem to feel that they’re more attached through shit like texting, facebook, twitter, whatever the hell.

From my perspective it distances folks more than it brings them together and creates an artificial sense of closeness.

My 2 cents.

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[quote]imhungry wrote:

The main constant is the advancement in technology. It has it’s benefits and it’s drawbacks. No generation is better than the other.
[/quote]

I dunno if this was serious or not… but to me this, [and to a lesser extent economic and demographic factors] pretty much determines the differences in the way people act/seem from generation to generation.

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ll give my response (19 years old) in pieces

[quote]ActionJackson wrote:
I am speaking in generalizations here but, here is what I see in the youth of today:

ENTITLEMENT-the youth of today believe that it is their right to do what they want, when they want, without regard for others. They don’t think they need to work hard to get it, wait their turn, or work under people to learn skills. They think their parents and others owe them whatever they want, with no regard for respect, earning their salt, or any ethics in general.[quote]

I definitely agree with this, ,many people I know are just retarded

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LACK OF DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT-they couldn’t care less if they do their best, or if they ever do anything at all. There are also no consequences to this apathy, especially at school, so their behavior is reinforced on a daily basis.

[quote]
Achievement is now only relevant to world of warcraft, call of duty and number of myspace/facebook friends.

[quote]
LACK OF ATTACHMENT TO OTHER HUMANS-the youth of today float in and out of everything, quit jobs/teams/activities without giving notice or thought to how it affects others. They have never had to face another and ask him/her on a date and feel a chance of rejection, instead they text message 40 people who they “met” on the internet and the first response is their date for Friday night…going with that they are incredibly casual about forming any attachment to this person as they know they can discard and replace them with the greatest of ease. If you doubt their lack of attachment to other humans…try taking away their phone, or telling them they can’t text message while at work…they are addicted to the device and the ease of saying anything to anyone via text that they would NEVER say to their face. Many kids would rather be confined to the house without being able to see others than lose their cell phone…I can’t imagine choosing a phone over freedom to go do things and be with friends.

Any other opinions? [/quote]

I definitely do a lot of texting, about 3500 messages a month (about 1oo a day) but not a lot compared to many people and I absolutely agree it is much less stressful to have difficult conversations (I dont ask girls out over aim,text,etc only face to face.) but when I try to have conversations or even talk about conversations Ive already had with a person they close up and basically refuse to talk.

I never do stupid shit that really made my parents ground me and Ive never had my phone taken away.

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[quote]LarryDavid wrote:

[quote]imhungry wrote:

The main constant is the advancement in technology. It has it’s benefits and it’s drawbacks. No generation is better than the other.
[/quote]

I dunno if this was serious or not… but to me this, [and to a lesser extent economic and demographic factors] pretty much determines the differences in the way people act/seem from generation to generation. [/quote]

It was serious, and I agree with you.

My point being that I honestly don’t think that any one generation being better than any other.

Many of the young guys on this site(including you, LD) are pretty damn intelligent and i’m constantly impressed with what many have to say on just about any subject on here.

With the exception of anal sex… You guys just don’t understand that.

Oh, and fucking women on the first date.

That’s all I have for now.

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[quote]imhungry wrote:

Many of the young guys on this site(including you, LD) are pretty damn intelligent and i’m constantly impressed with what many have to say on just about any subject on here.
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Thanks, I appreciate that.

And OP, here’s a thread where it was discussed a bit more:

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[quote]LarryDavid wrote:

[quote]imhungry wrote:

Many of the young guys on this site(including you, LD) are pretty damn intelligent and i’m constantly impressed with what many have to say on just about any subject on here.
[/quote]

Thanks, I appreciate that.[/quote]

Eh, I disagree.

I thought you were smarter back when you had Shakira for an avatar.

(crosses fingers)

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[quote]anonym wrote:

[quote]LarryDavid wrote:

[quote]imhungry wrote:

Many of the young guys on this site(including you, LD) are pretty damn intelligent and i’m constantly impressed with what many have to say on just about any subject on here.
[/quote]

Thanks, I appreciate that.[/quote]

Eh, I disagree.

I thought you were smarter back when you had Shakira for an avatar.

(crosses fingers)[/quote]

haha

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[quote]LarryDavid wrote:

[quote]anonym wrote:

[quote]LarryDavid wrote:

[quote]imhungry wrote:

Many of the young guys on this site(including you, LD) are pretty damn intelligent and i’m constantly impressed with what many have to say on just about any subject on here.
[/quote]

Thanks, I appreciate that.[/quote]

Eh, I disagree.

I thought you were smarter back when you had Shakira for an avatar.

(crosses fingers)[/quote]

haha[/quote]

You think this is all a joke…seriously, bring her back

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Perhaps you are over generalizing? Have you ever been to another country? How are the youth there?

I think it’s mostly how people were raised and the customs they were brought up with.

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First of all I just want to say, I agree that LD needs to change his avatar.

[quote]ActionJackson wrote:
I am speaking in generalizations here but, here is what I see in the youth of today:

ENTITLEMENT-the youth of today believe that it is their right to do what they want, when they want, without regard for others. They don’t think they need to work hard to get it, wait their turn, or work under people to learn skills. They think their parents and others owe them whatever they want, with no regard for respect, earning their salt, or any ethics in general.
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No one asked to be born. We are rudely forced into a world we don’t understand, where the more you understand, the less you “know”. On this basis I think as children we are entitled to some damn attention and answers. As I’ve matured I have begun to learn a lot about what it takes to be happy and for me that was losing that sense of entitlement, or indeed a lot of my sense of expectation. I expect very little from most others and so am rarely disappointed by their shortcomings. Others I know expect a lot from others and complain (and stress out) endlessly. I think that sense of entitlement fades as we mature and become less naive about the world.

Why should anyone give a shit what they achieve in school? If they are doing “enough” then that makes sense to me. I am all for achievment, but in something that you want to do. I admit some people seem to have no drive at all, but many simply couldn’t give a shit about the educational system. If the job you want requires a degree then you should strive to do well in that degree, so that you can get that job. Being thrown into random studies and being told to do well, I can see how many people simply don’t bother.

Some of us are just misanthropes :slight_smile: I don’t really agree with most of this, young people are actually humans and capable of feeling empathy. Some people have a lot of ‘mates’ but very few friends, but I don’t think that sums up the generation. In fact, I know people in their 50’s who are like this.

I’m not a lazy arsehole (well actually…), but I can see why people are the way they are and that makes it a lot harder to get mad at them for it. Hell, by starting this thread you think you’re entitled to a world where young people are nice and polite and listen to what older, more experienced people have to say :slight_smile:

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Larry David, this can easily be you. Bring Shakira back or I make that phone call.

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[quote]optheta wrote:

[quote]ActionJackson wrote:
I am speaking in generalizations here but, here is what I see in the youth of today:

ENTITLEMENT-the youth of today believe that it is their right to do what they want, when they want, without regard for others. They don’t think they need to work hard to get it, wait their turn, or work under people to learn skills. They think their parents and others owe them whatever they want, with no regard for respect, earning their salt, or any ethics in general.

LACK OF DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT-they couldn’t care less if they do their best, or if they ever do anything at all. There are also no consequences to this apathy, especially at school, so their behavior is reinforced on a daily basis.

LACK OF ATTACHMENT TO OTHER HUMANS-the youth of today float in and out of everything, quit jobs/teams/activities without giving notice or thought to how it affects others.

They have never had to face another and ask him/her on a date and feel a chance of rejection, instead they text message 40 people who they “met” on the internet and the first response is their date for Friday night…going with that they are incredibly casual about forming any attachment to this person as they know they can discard and replace them with the greatest of ease.

If you doubt their lack of attachment to other humans…try taking away their phone, or telling them they can’t text message while at work…they are addicted to the device and the ease of saying anything to anyone via text that they would NEVER say to their face.

Many kids would rather be confined to the house without being able to see others than lose their cell phone…I can’t imagine choosing a phone over freedom to go do things and be with friends.

Any other opinions? [/quote]

COOL STORY BRA.
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Entitlement- I agree and disagree. We can all name 20 people we don’t like because they are ignorant or because of their attitude. No matter what ae you are there are people like this, not only teens.

Lack of desire for achievment- your twlling me when you were a teen you didn’t slack off a bit and expected some things. That’s a part of growing up and learning and becoming mature. And as for consequences…I know when I don’t do my homework I have to sit in study hall and suffer. Its brutal.

Be at school for 8 hours and not see me close buddies all day for more than ten minutes. Weak. Kids get disciplined. But I agree some kids do dumb shit and end up with no consequences and its horse shit but whatever. What can you do about it?

This garbage about cell phones is no better than you anting on your computer, go out and tell all your buddies about this…and I’ve never known anyone to just randomly text one person let alone 40 to go on a date. That my friend is bullshit. Kids text and do whatever but I can name 10 business people I know who rely on their phones texting and emailing too.

Say what you just said to the entire teen populations face and see what happens. You’ll just get chirped. I think you should shy away from worrying about other peoples habits and focus on your own, people do things we don’t like all the time. Live with it. Can’t change it. I’m 17 years old by the way and this kind of pissed me off.