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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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What a beautiful answer!
Comparison between two "Generations" ....... Everyone must read ????
A youngster asked his father: "How did you people live before with-
No access to technology
No internet
No computers
No dramas
No TVs
No air con
No mobile phones?"
His Dad replied:
"Just like how your generation lives today with -
No compassion
No honor
No respect
No character
No shame
No modesty
No time planning
No sports
No reading"
"We, the people that were born between 1940-1980 are the blessed ones. Our life is a living proof:
?? While playing and riding bicycles, we never wore helmets.
?? After school, we played until dusk. We rarely watched TV.
?? We played with real friends, not internet friends.
?? If we ever felt thirsty, we drank tap water not bottled water.
?? We never got ill although we used to share the same glass of juice with four friends.
?? We never gained weight although we used to eat a lot of crap everyday.
?? Nothing happened to our feet despite roaming bare-feet.
?? our mother and father never used any supplements to keep us healthy.
?? We used to create our own toys and play with them.
?? Our parents were not rich. They gave us love, not worldly materials.
?? We never had cellphones, DVDs, play station, XBox, personal computers, internet chat - but we had real friends.
?? We visited our friends' homes uninvited and enjoyed food with them.
?? unlike your world, we had relatives who lived close by so family time and ties were enjoyed together.
?? We may have been in black and white photos but you will find colourful memories in those photos.
?? We are a unique and, the most understanding generation, because *we are the last generation who listened to their parents*.
*Also , the first who have had to listen to their children.*
and we are the ones who are still smarter and helping you now to use the technology that never existed while we were your age!!!
We are a *LIMITED* edition!
So you better -
Enjoy us.
Learn from us.
Treasure us.
Before we disappear from Earth and your lives." |
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So many questions, not enough time.
1) Aren't we all limited, one-time-only editions? If not, I want my identical other stripped for spares, please.
2) What about people born before 1940, like my Dad? Were they just little shits?
3) Wasn't it a bit shit being born between 1940-1945, cos of the War n stuff?
4) Wasn't it a bit shit being born from 1945-1954 cos of ongoing rationing?
5) What was the cut off for the post 1980 people becoming little shits? Was it a kinda instant thing at 00:00 on 01/01/1981? Or more gradual?
6) Who gave birth to and brought up the post-1980 generation? Do they not have some responsibility for spawning little shits like me?
7) Wasn't it Socrates who wrote something (probably on a wax tablet) about youths being tyrants and stuff? Maybe he doesn't count because it was pre-1940 (of the AD variety)?
8) I have more questions but my youthful brain is too distracted so I'll come back later. Probably  |
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That's just complete bollocks.
Firstly, more than a little one-sided. I mean, I can think of a few things that my generation may have done badly.
Secondly, I pity whoever wrote this shite that they habe clearly never met a decent child (in theor eyes, at least). No honour? Respect? Character? Clearly never met my kids.
Incidentally, all these dreadful kids were raised by my generation. So, if the two lists are correct, perhaps we need to discuss why we're such shit parents!
No shame? Good!
No modesty. This is a swinger's site, right?
Lists like this have been shared since the days of Plato. Maybe it just shows that the older generation of historically good nostalgic whingers? |
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From Socrates (c.470–399 BC)
"Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I think it's ironic that somebody posted this on social media almost certainly from their phone.  "
Couldn't post it in a newspaper no one reads them it's just a bit of fun it was posted on the internet today |
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"I think it's ironic that somebody posted this on social media almost certainly from their phone.
Couldn't post it in a newspaper no one reads them it's just a bit of fun it was posted on the internet today "
It has been doing the rounds on social media for years along with others that were obviously written by someone who didn't live it. |
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What utter shite. Proof that some from the older generation like to group people together (I’m aware of the irony here!) rather than trying to understand individuals.
From the same idea that gives us racism and other things we should be evolving away from  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As someone as a mum to young adults I find this post ridiculous, clearly never been around todays young people.
FYI whenever I’ve been racially abused, it’s not been the younger generations doing it. |
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"As someone as a mum to young adults I find this post ridiculous, clearly never been around todays young people.
FYI whenever I’ve been racially abused, it’s not been the younger generations doing it. "
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By *atty70Man
over a year ago
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After serving 24 years in the military I find the original post insulting to the young service men and women born in the 80s and 90s and serving this country not to mention nurses, doctors, emergency services and everyone working hard to get through, as a member of “that golden era” I can tell the poster your full of S**t!! |
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You do realise op that this wasn't actually written by the older generation and it has never been an actual conversation?
It's a selection of clickbait soundbites from a social media contributor who had run out of inspirational memes to write |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You do realise op that this wasn't actually written by the older generation and it has never been an actual conversation?
It's a selection of clickbait soundbites from a social media contributor who had run out of inspirational memes to write "
Influence on a massive scale daily. We all are being formed in one way or another.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The use of two particular words give a clue to the original source.
Blessed
Cellphone
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Until I see this I didn't put it together but as correctly pointed out it was wrote by an American, and let's face it the majority of them voted for trump to be president |
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Yeah, not like we had our own problems in the early 2000’s caused by the greed of your generation. Which led to our generation being stiffed buying a home.
Biggest pile of utter wank I’ve ever read. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What a total crock of shit.
They say the truth hurts."
It doesn't hurt, it's just a little embarrassing that people look at something like this and think, yep, this is good. |
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"Who writes this stuff?
'We are a unique and most understanding generation' .
This after completely dismissing the youth of today 
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Blessed is the vital word.
Obviously written by someone in a God Fearing county who believes this is gospel. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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All this generational divide claptrap is boring. Just because the older generation did not have certain things it doesn't make them somehow superior in the way they coped with life. Utter nonesense |
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"Who writes this stuff?
'We are a unique and most understanding generation' .
This after completely dismissing the youth of today
Blessed is the vital word.
Obviously written by someone in a God Fearing county who believes this is gospel. "
I think a few people in this country might write similar. I see it creeping in on the discussions about energy prices. Replies starting with 'I don't know how you'd manage' and go on to list the arctic conditions they grew up in while claiming that anyone under 40
heats their home to 25°, has all the windows open and only wears shorts and tee shirts all winter.
Mind you a lot of younger people are equally dismissive of the older generation so it balances out in the end. |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
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"The use of two particular words give a clue to the original source.
Blessed
Cellphone
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I now feel aggrieved that my "cellphone" hasn't been blessed.
Should I blame the yoof or the old people? |
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"The use of two particular words give a clue to the original source.
Blessed
Cellphone
I now feel aggrieved that my "cellphone" hasn't been blessed.
Should I blame the yoof or the old people?"
Blame the pope, he should have blessed it |
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"All this generational divide claptrap is boring. Just because the older generation did not have certain things it doesn't make them somehow superior in the way they coped with life. Utter nonesense "
Correct. Also just because younger generations have certain inventions doesn't make them superior to anyone in the way they cope with life. |
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"Yeah, not like we had our own problems in the early 2000’s caused by the greed of your generation. Which led to our generation being stiffed buying a home.
Biggest pile of utter wank I’ve ever read. "
This is a perfect example of how to divide people.
Do you actually believe that the generation before you are the REASON it is so difficult for you to buy a home now ?
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" Also just because younger generations have certain inventions doesn't make them superior to anyone in the way they cope with life. "
The piece says that people born between 1940 and 1980 have to help young people with technology. Totally inaccurate |
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By (user no longer on site)
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" Also just because younger generations have certain inventions doesn't make them superior to anyone in the way they cope with life.
The piece says that people born between 1940 and 1980 have to help young people with technology. Totally inaccurate"
Agree - My 14yo runs rings around most adults! |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"The use of two particular words give a clue to the original source.
Blessed
Cellphone
I now feel aggrieved that my "cellphone" hasn't been blessed.
Should I blame the yoof or the old people?
Blame the pope, he should have blessed it"
That old fecker. I'm going to write a sternly worded email. |
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"Who writes this stuff?
'We are a unique and most understanding generation' .
This after completely dismissing the youth of today
Blessed is the vital word.
Obviously written by someone in a God Fearing county who believes this is gospel. "
Did the Gospels talk about the use of technology and computers?! I missed that bit |
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It's a blooper in any case........ it says .....
"How did you people live before......
The reply is .........
"Just like how your generation lives today with -
No compassion
No honor
No respect
No character
No shame
No modesty
No time planning
No sports
No reading"
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Help younger people with technology?!
Ok OP. Can you do me a favour and spend 3 hours on the phone to my Nan trying to explain to her how to retune a TV? She’ll keep hanging up on you after an hour despite you telling her that you’re calling from your mobile and it doesn’t matter if you go over an hour?
Then can you come back and tell us we have no compassion and kindness.
Im never getting that time back
For reference she was born in 1942 so really she should be helping me if you could please let her know. |
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"Help younger people with technology?!
Ok OP. Can you do me a favour and spend 3 hours on the phone to my Nan trying to explain to her how to retune a TV? She’ll keep hanging up on you after an hour despite you telling her that you’re calling from your mobile and it doesn’t matter if you go over an hour?
Then can you come back and tell us we have no compassion and kindness.
Im never getting that time back
For reference she was born in 1942 so really she should be helping me if you could please let her know. "
See, I thought my Dad's issues with tech were simply because he was born in 1939, so not covered by the original post, but now, I'm not so sure
(I am an expert in the distance resolution of problems relating to Samsung smartphones, ancient computers and also hearing aids x2. And I have plenty of patience ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Help younger people with technology?!
Ok OP. Can you do me a favour and spend 3 hours on the phone to my Nan trying to explain to her how to retune a TV? She’ll keep hanging up on you after an hour despite you telling her that you’re calling from your mobile and it doesn’t matter if you go over an hour?
Then can you come back and tell us we have no compassion and kindness.
Im never getting that time back
For reference she was born in 1942 so really she should be helping me if you could please let her know. "
I've always been happy to be on "help mum out with tech" duty, but the past few years I've realised that she's started relying on me to fix everything too much and doesn't even try to learn how to do it herself. These are problems that could be solved by just a few minutes of critical thinking and reading what it says on the screen, which is what I try to explain, and then it turns into a huge row.
I don't mind helping, I just would rather she try herself before asking me. Her reply is usually "I didn't grow up with this stuff" but she was using computers for her job well before I was born! Younger people didn't grow up learning how to do this stuff either; we use things called Google and our eyes. |
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Nobody has the time or interest to read about the issues I've had with first my mum then my dad with their tech. Suffice it to say my mum used ring and tell me
" something came up on my television (computer screen) and it won't work"
"Ok what did it say?"
"I don't know woo woo woo something"
"Right, is it still there?"
"No"
Then my dad is convinced he has an 'aura' that prevents his computer from working properly.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders |
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders"
Should we trust you on the sunscreen too? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders
Should we trust you on the sunscreen too? "
Absobloodylutely  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders"
Politicians were noble! |
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders
Politicians were noble! "
I think you're too young to remember where this came from |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders
Politicians were noble!
I think you're too young to remember where this came from "
Ahhh was this a reference to something that went completely over my head?  |
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders
Politicians were noble!
I think you're too young to remember where this came from
Ahhh was this a reference to something that went completely over my head? "
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders
Politicians were noble!
I think you're too young to remember where this came from
Ahhh was this a reference to something that went completely over my head? "
Why are you so young? Fork sake Foolhardy. Fork sake. |
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"Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders
Should we trust you on the sunscreen too? "
DO NOT READ BEAUTY MAGAZINES THEY WILL ONLY MAKE YOU FEEL UGLY! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This is the sort of stupid stuff you find on social media. People with too much time on their hands, making up things to try and get noticed, copied and pasted; or shared, by others to try and get them noticed. In this instance, it's worked because here we are, commenting on it.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What a beautiful answer!
Comparison between two "Generations" ....... Everyone must read ????
A youngster asked his father: "How did you people live before with-
No access to technology
No internet
No computers
No dramas
No TVs
No air con
No mobile phones?"
His Dad replied:
"Just like how your generation lives today with -
No compassion
No honor
No respect
No character
No shame
No modesty
No time planning
No sports
No reading"
"We, the people that were born between 1940-1980 are the blessed ones. Our life is a living proof:
?? While playing and riding bicycles, we never wore helmets.
?? After school, we played until dusk. We rarely watched TV.
?? We played with real friends, not internet friends.
?? If we ever felt thirsty, we drank tap water not bottled water.
?? We never got ill although we used to share the same glass of juice with four friends.
?? We never gained weight although we used to eat a lot of crap everyday.
?? Nothing happened to our feet despite roaming bare-feet.
?? our mother and father never used any supplements to keep us healthy.
?? We used to create our own toys and play with them.
?? Our parents were not rich. They gave us love, not worldly materials.
?? We never had cellphones, DVDs, play station, XBox, personal computers, internet chat - but we had real friends.
?? We visited our friends' homes uninvited and enjoyed food with them.
?? unlike your world, we had relatives who lived close by so family time and ties were enjoyed together.
?? We may have been in black and white photos but you will find colourful memories in those photos.
?? We are a unique and, the most understanding generation, because *we are the last generation who listened to their parents*.
*Also , the first who have had to listen to their children.*
and we are the ones who are still smarter and helping you now to use the technology that never existed while we were your age!!!
We are a *LIMITED* edition!
So you better -
Enjoy us.
Learn from us.
Treasure us.
Before we disappear from Earth and your lives.""
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