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"The Younger Generation...blah, blah, blah..."

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Hello, all :wave:

I was discussing something with a woman the other day, she was probably in her 60s. She was discussing the work that had been done to our town's downtown garden park, next to our town's library. She talked about how her and some others had cut the grass and did other things to the park. I'll be the first to admit >> the park looks a lot nicer than before they had done anything to it.

It was at the end of the conversation that she took what I felt was a cheap shot at my type (the under 35 crowd) with "The younger generation doesn't seem interested in things like that." (meaning gardening)

Oh how we humans LOVE to pigeonhole. I know there are some older members here at JUB, so help me out on this if you would be so kind, please and thank you. It seems to me that there is a deep-seeded discriminatory attitude amonst most (not all) of the 55-and-older crowd that basically says anyone under 35 is a lazy, no-good carouser, just because -- to be honest -- we mostly aren't all that interested the things that they (the 55-plus crowd) are interested in. The spirit I get from old folks who feels this way is that the fact that we don't share the same interests as they do makes us (the under-35s) bad people.

Both young and old are welcome to weigh in on this. Fellow under-35ers, do you feel the same spirit from the older people you regularly come in contact with? The older members of JUB >> How do you feel about today's "younger generation", what are your thoughts on this?

I look forward to lively debate and discussion on this, and thank you to all who post comments.
Have a good day! ..| :D
 
Agreed, Nom. Sometimes the set-up is so perfect, you don't need the punchline.

Lex
 
The "younger" generation is not bad. Each generation at one time was the "younger" generation and all too often the "older" generation forgets this. I hear people my age (49) talking about how their parents had them do this, do that blah blah blah, to which I say bullshit. it is a human tendency to "rose color" the younger years after a while to make it seem that your generation was THE GENERATION who was most, should I say, compliant? This may have gone off a bit but I just had a brain lock.
 
Well, from a personal perspective (being more than twice your age), I have noticed throughout my lifetime, that more younger people are now inclined to carve graffiti into park benches and vandalize whatever can be vandalized rather than to plant pansies and mow lawns in local parks.

But that's just a personal observation.

There seems to be very little respect these days, and I honestly believe that very few 'younger' people even know what it means.
 
gsdx said:
Well, from a personal perspective (being more than twice your age), I have noticed throughout my lifetime, that more younger people are now inclined to carve graffiti into park benches and vandalize whatever can be vandalized rather than to plant pansies and mow lawns in local parks.

But that's just a personal observation.

There seems to be very little respect these days, and I honestly believe that very few 'younger' people even know what it means.
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I think it's a small per centage as it has always been gsdx, but as population grows so does that percentage. I do agree however to the respect part, whereas those of us babyboomers and those before us, tended to automatically give respect to older persons, authority figures and property, now there is what I see as a demand that all respect be earned by all generations. I see it, I hear it where a younger person will tell an older person that the older person needs to respect the younger person before it is returned. just my 2 cents.
 
gabriel1 said:
I think it's a small per centage as it has always been gsdx, but as population grows so does that percentage. I do agree however to the respect part, whereas those of us babyboomers and those before us, tended to automatically give respect to older persons, authority figures and property, now there is what I see as a demand that all respect be earned by all generations. I see it, I hear it where a younger person will tell an older person that the older person needs to respect the younger person before it is returned. just my 2 cents.
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Well said. I realize that there are a large number of young people who do act that way and, coming from a fellow young person, that attitude needs to stop NOW. Some rules I personally engage in:

Treat people the way you want to be treated. Period. If you don't want someone to do/say it to you, don't do/say it.

Say "yes/no, sir/ma'am" to everyone, young or old. Some people have a problem with this when it is said to them, because it makes them feel old. That's too bad, I still think it needs to be said to EVERYONE without fail.

Give more than you take. Help people when you see them in need, just because you can, and because it's the right thing to do.

Aretha said it best: R. E. S. P. E. C. T. ..| :cool:
 
>>>I don't get it, Lex

I'll just highlight two phrases - two sentence apart.

"...there is a deep-seeded discriminatory attitude amonst most (not all) of the 55-and-older crowd..."

"Oh how we humans LOVE to pigeonhole."

Lex
 
jdcnow-

This poor woman would have a coronary if she stepped foot into today's middle and high schools, given the degree of apathy and proclivity for destruction/violence today's youth has. As a teacher, I see it everyday in my students... and I'm not even gonna start on the cultural differences.

mikey
-beginning to realize the world IS going to hell in a handbasket...
 
G-Lexington said:
>>>I don't get it, Lex

I'll just highlight two phrases - two sentence apart.

"...there is a deep-seeded discriminatory attitude amonst most (not all) of the 55-and-older crowd..."

"Oh how we humans LOVE to pigeonhole."

Lex
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!oops! !oops! !oops! !oops! !oops! !oops! !oops! !oops! !oops!

I did not even realize that I did that. I am so so sorry. I was so incredibly wrong to word it like that, and I apologize for it.
And thank you for telling me what it was.
 
gabriel1 said:
I don't think so. the babyboomer generation is 1946-1964. I was born in 1957(!)
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Things have changed since I was a kid. I was born in '51 and I was right on the edge of no-longer being a Boomer. When did they extend it to '64?
 
Under 35 is the time to carouse and sow wild oats! You can garden later. As you get older your values change and sometime us old folks forget that... Please be patient. If we all take the time to talk and try to be nonjudgmental, we can learn a lot from each other.
 
The joke here is that it seems to be part of the genetic code to complain about the younger generation. The older generation was also apathetic, carved things into desks and benches, and had no respect for the older generations when they were the "younger generation" themselves. Those complaints have been around since at least Aristotle...and I have no problem thinking that at least some of those complaining about the young today noted that in their time as well...Heh.

Apparently the memory is the first thing to go...:p

RG
 
>>>I did not even realize that I did that. I am so so sorry. I was so incredibly wrong to word it like that, and I apologize for it.

You don't have to apologize, really. It's just that putting those two sentences so close together rather effectively negated any strength your argument had.

I'll agree that yes, generally, the older generation looks down at the younger one and thinks it's doing it all wrong. But then again, the younger generation generally looks up at the older one and wonders why they can't "get with the program", and tends not to think they have anything to offer. And, generally, both are wrong. :)

Lex
 
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