Have people nowadays not know the age old adages anymore?

[rareboy]

Well, yes, but look at the OP. What did I say right before the parentheses?

One of the houses we sold recently, it sat there for a couple months with no offers. And then all of a sudden we got several offers on the same day. My Realtor called me and said when it rains, it pours!

Did I think she was referring to the weather or did I know right away what she was referring to?

It's part of the reason why some of these adages have remained popular and are so powerful through the ages. They can refer to something mundane that everybody knows (rain, sunlight, etc.) or they can mean something else much deeper.

Always remember that a stitch in time saves nine.

 

[Dominus]

Always remember that a stitch in time saves nine.

Back in the early 2000s, I was still in high-school. One day we had an assembly to watch a motivational video made by a group of college students. It was called Today Not Tomorrow or T&T. That video stuck out to me to this day because it was very powerful.

 

[Cormac135]

No aggression. I'm talking about answering your question BEFORE you challenged me to answer it. I'm talking about you repeating what I said AFTER I said it. I'm talking about you bringing nonsense into the question which has nothing whatsoever to do with your own question.

It's YOUR game. Not mine. And I'm not playing it. You do this virtually every time and not just to me. No more 'benefit of the doubt'. There is only one reason why you play this game. Only one.

Thank you, i thought i was the only one to notice.

 

[Dominus]

Back in the early 2000s, I was still in high-school. One day we had an assembly to watch a motivational video made by a group of college students. It was called Today Not Tomorrow or T&T. That video stuck out to me to this day because it was very powerful.

Should have been TNT. Damn auto-correct.

Anyway, the video was a motivational thing about doing things today, not put it off to later.

 

[NotHardUp1]

And some of them only 'worked' back then.

These days a baby would have to be smaller than the drain for it to be able to be thrown out with the bathwater.

True, but I can assure you people still buy baby baths today. Most people don't trust a hard sink with a slippery baby. https://www.amazon.com/slp/baby-baths-for-newborns/u2toromx2fnuvs9

The original adage though was based on letting sunlight in to literally disinfect...it kills mould and bacteria both with UV and drying out damp places.

It was then used as a metaphor for politics.

This. And I'm guessing it originated in the 18th or 19th century with Consumption (TB), but it may be much older.

I've dealt with the intelligence challenged. Good luck getting thru to them LOL.

On the other hand, Trump followers tend to be more conservative and change averse, so one would think they might be bastions of prosaic adages, like mountain folk often are.

Also, who'd argue with a Trump supporter? What is to be gained?

On the original question, I think there is less intergenerational communication of wisdom, which I think was traditionally a grandparent to grandchild role. The disciplinary role of a parent often results in them not being so much of a teacher, but kids often listen to their grandparents because the kids' defenses are not up. There are less extended families now that careers are more mobile.

There is also less traditional literature taught in public schools than there was a few generations ago, so literary references are less traditional in modern short stories and novels. Modernity there has helped break with the past, for better and worse.

 

[dpnice]

I keep reading the title hoping that it will metamorphose into correct English.

 

[cityboy-stl]

And regarding the Dunning Kruger effect, there are several age old adages that describe this. One of them is the problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. Another is a wise man learns more from a fool than a fool can learn from a wise man. Pretty much every culture has some kind of age old adage describing the Dunning Kruger effect. Only in modern time do we actually have a name for it.

Trump followers.

I've dealt with the intelligence challenged. Good luck getting thru to them LOL.

See, I was right.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect May Help Explain Trump's Support

A new study suggests some people grossly overestimate their political knowledge.

These findings are fascinating but also troubling. How do you combat ignorance when the ignorant believe themselves to be knowledgeable?