Are kids today really that dumb?
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Thrill_KillZ — 9 years ago(September 27, 2016 06:56 AM)
Do you actually live in a bubble?
Nah it's not that I live in a bubble man, it was more or less a request for validation on what I already believe this millenial generation to consist of.
Makes you wonder who's to blame for their overall retardative state that so many of em seem to be in. Is it bad parenting from Gen-X? Nah doubt it, I think it has a sh!tload to do with the internet and social media, it's warping their minds and stopping them from developing the proper social and interpersonal skills that make people "human". I think they lack empathy severely and that has a ton to do with the violent disconnect that seems to be occurring more and more often.
I wasn't sure exactly what kind of responses I would get from the thread and was trying to not totally attack and go after an entire generation and lumping them all together, but from the responses people don't seem to mind at all,lol.
It's funny that no kids around that age have replied to anyone and talk some smack about grouping everyone in or even bother to try to defend themselves as a generation. Maybe it's viewed as a straight up lost cause. -
Kay_Rock — 9 years ago(September 27, 2016 12:08 PM)
Kids really are that dumb. They always have been. The only reason we don't realize we were that dumb is because of the Dunning Kruger effect.
Cause and effect don't really form in the brain until around age 25. After that we're a bit more wise, or "street smart" (although IQ is generally a constant), but because conscious memory is linear, our self-perception projects our more mature awareness onto our childhood memories.
So, yeah. Dumb. Kids are dumb.
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letitiadionne — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 11:20 AM)
Kids really are that dumb. They always have been. The only reason we don't realize we were that dumb is because of the Dunning Kruger effect.
Cause and effect don't really form in the brain until around age 25. After that we're a bit more wise, or "street smart" (although IQ is generally a constant), but because conscious memory is linear, our self-perception projects our more mature awareness onto our childhood memories.
So, yeah. Dumb. Kids are dumb.
Kids are dumb, but as another poster stated, these two were almost sociopathic. I think it's safe to say that most normal people- even teens- know better than to try to scare an old man for weeks on end, tormenting him even when it's clear he's losing it. -
CarlCarlson — 9 years ago(October 25, 2016 09:46 PM)
Perhaps that some kids can be manipulated into doing stupid unconscionable things by their friends. I believe a lot of "jackass" accidents ("Here, hang on to the hood while we drive around town and I'll film") happen that way.
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Thrill_KillZ — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 07:21 AM)
After heading to the family's house for Thanksgiving I've totally lost all hope for the future generations and society in general. Being an NFL fan I was all about watching the football games as its always been tradition, but when I sat down in the living room to watch with around 8-9 other people in the room it was so quiet you could hear a f'ing pin drop, every single one of them with phone in hand completely "interfaced" with it, just like mindless drones. I was like wtf??????!!!!!!???? Why even bother showing the hell up? The whole thing felt like a Black Mirror episode, society is at the beginning of the end. Sooo damn glad I grew up when I did, but even still at 38 a lot of people my age and older are just as bad as the millenials with things like social network/cell addiction,
almost as bad
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I could go on, but it would all just end up a moot point, the damage is done, no going back, only forward down the technological rabbit hole.
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bonsai-superstar — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 05:06 PM)
Thrill_KillZ is right! Better that people watch other, healthy people do strenuous physical activity while themselves mindlessly sit in a chair after having stuffed themselves to the breaking point with unhealthy food than
actually communicate with other people via technology
! Kids these days and their "communication" - It's like like wtf??????!!!!!!???? -
Thrill_KillZ — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 02:14 PM)
Interesting try at sarcasm, but.
Better that people watch other, healthy people do strenuous physical activity while themselves mindlessly sit in a chair
Watching a big game on Thanksgiving day is very long held tradition shared by tens of millions of families across the country. It used to be a great device to ease relations and inspire conversation amongst family members even if all the people present weren't necessarily NFL fans. I'm assuming you were a fetus or very young during the 90's so this is probably something among many others you were unaware of in the pre 2005 digital, cell, social network storm.
sit in a chair after having stuffed themselves to the breaking point with unhealthy food
Well this, I really have no idea what your point is here, is your family all severely obese people that cook nothing but high calorie fried everything loaded with saturated fat and have third and fourth servings? I mean sure people tend to eat a little more than usual due to the wide selection of entrees, but stuffed to the breaking point with unhealthy food doesn't describe my family.
than actually communicate with other people via technology!
Right, why on Earth would people want to talk to each other, especially when they haven't seen each other in months and during that time new babies have been born, new relationships, new moves, new jobs ect.. when Candy Crush Saga is there waiting on your smartphone! Like who the hell has time for that real life stuff when angry birds and facebook has 10 new notifications waiting!!
Kids these days and their "communication" - It's like like wtf??????!!!!!!????
Yea, you said it. That I agree with, just in an entirely different context than you intended.
Please do not take my little diatribe personal, I was just having a bit of fun in presenting my viewpoint and your post just happened to perfectly inspire me to expand upon it, no offense intended. -
bonsai-superstar — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 06:17 PM)
No offense taken. Again, your post was not very convincing, so no offense could really be be taken.
Watching a big game on Thanksgiving day is very long held tradition shared by tens of millions of families across the country.
My point was that watching other people exercise while yourself doing nothing is nothing to be admired. Whether it is a "very long held tradition" or not is immaterial. Can you understand this simple concept?
stuffed to the breaking point with unhealthy food doesn't describe my family.
? No-one said it did. Did you actually read my response?
Right, why on Earth would people want to talk to each other, especially when they haven't seen each other in months and during that time new babies have been born, new relationships, new moves, new jobs ect.. when Candy Crush Saga is there waiting on your smartphone! Like who the hell has time for that real life stuff when angry birds and facebook has 10 new notifications waiting!!
Uh, again, you failed to read (or comprehend) what was written. YOU suggested passively watching mindless sports was better than communication. Communication via technology is still communication. I am arguing in favor of communication (via technology or in person) NOT communicating and hypocritically watching mindless sports.