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Your generation sucks but it is not your fault. As you well know, because my generation taught you that. But this will not be another old man ranting about the kids on his lawn thread. In this thread I will assign blame to certain individuals for why you and your entire generation suck.
1st we go with Lyndon Johnson & Richard Nixon- their jab cross combination of lying about Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, added with the not their fault because they didn't want to get shot assassination combination of 2 Kennedys and MLK, pretty much ruined the belief that politicians had control, let alone your best interests at heart. The deaths of those 3 coupled with the media exposing the corruption they used to hide in simpler times, lead to a massive amount cynicism about politics.
Cynicism is the devil's sugar, it makes you feel good for a short while but leads to catastrophic problems because you don't try to change shit, you just let it fester with the "Oh well I'll probably get hit by a bus anyway" approach to life. This has slowly lead to an acceptance of political behavior and scandals that now make watergate look like a sissy tickle fight BUT those leaders stay in place and remain popular. Hell it took a miracle to get George Santos out and that guy was a fricking psycho.
2nd I blame Howard Stern- Much as I loved his show, Howard taught us a few really bad lessons. One do stupid crazy shit and we will celebrate you. Two never apologize. Three kicking people that are down in the case of celebrities and people caught up in scandals can be massively profitable. Four have no shame about talking about shit that should remain private. Now I watch people film themselves doing stupid dangerous criminal shit and posting it. not apologizing or having shame when caught for doing said shit. Celebrating other people's misery instead of trying to help them. And trying to monetize all of the above. If you listen to him now, you can hear that he realizes he did damage and is trying to absolve himself or seek absolution from others.
3rd the movie Wall Street & various rappers of the mid 80's. These two things promoted the Greed is Good, I got mine and fuck you if you need help, Get rich or die trying. approach to life that has blossomed into internet "influencers" getting paid millions to pose with fancy cars, a fuck you duck lips your beneath me mug and Richard Mille watches, as if this should be your only goals in life and zillions of followers believe that hollow shit.
I've met two major "influencers" and a ton of want to be "fluers" and the two I dealt with are two of the biggest pieces of shit I've ever know......So yeah, the 1970's hippies were wrong with that whole we don't have to work thing, but their goal of a peaceful loving society was better than the media corporate bullshit buy buy buy he who dies with the most toys consumerism pushed forth during crack and cocaine's run as our favorite drugs. listen to Imagine by Lenon, it is all in there except the lines Imagine we all work hard, and pay for all our needs......if he had added that, our world might be so very much better.
4th- This one is a little more nebulous but I'm going to go with Paris Hilton or maybe Jessica Simpson or it could be Anna Nicole Smith. Who I'm really searching for here, is the first "Scandalebrity" Maybe I'm being misogynistic but I feel it has to be a woman because both genders of your generation suck and one of these, or some other talentless woman who I'm forgetting taught an awful lot of young girls that to dress slutty, have lots of money, show little to know sign of intelligence, and get caught up in scandals was the ticket to success. We should've been teach Y'all to be like Lisa Simpson not Jessica, but we taught you sex tapes and vapidity = fame and Voila I got something called the Kardashians.
5th- I'm going to go with OJ. OJ taught us that fame allows you to get away with murder and the ensuing trial degraded our belief in both the justice system and the police.
6th- Steve Jobs- Gotta love what he did for us but even with his brilliance, I don't think he conceptualized giving every tween a camera and video recorder in their pocket would lead to the levels of absolute self absorption that leads to people walking off cliffs and getting hit by trains trying to take a picture of themselves to get more likes on Insta-Tok. you generation has its their heads stuck up their apps and no that is not a misspelling.
So I'm curious who Y'all blame for your generation being the worst ever on the planet? But remember it is not your fault, nothing ever is or ever will be.
Special thanks to Ben Folds Five, (@no fat chicks for his post in the job quitting thread that reminded me of the song All you can eat) suicidal tendecies, John Lenon and 50 Cent)
1st we go with Lyndon Johnson & Richard Nixon- their jab cross combination of lying about Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, added with the not their fault because they didn't want to get shot assassination combination of 2 Kennedys and MLK, pretty much ruined the belief that politicians had control, let alone your best interests at heart. The deaths of those 3 coupled with the media exposing the corruption they used to hide in simpler times, lead to a massive amount cynicism about politics.
Cynicism is the devil's sugar, it makes you feel good for a short while but leads to catastrophic problems because you don't try to change shit, you just let it fester with the "Oh well I'll probably get hit by a bus anyway" approach to life. This has slowly lead to an acceptance of political behavior and scandals that now make watergate look like a sissy tickle fight BUT those leaders stay in place and remain popular. Hell it took a miracle to get George Santos out and that guy was a fricking psycho.
2nd I blame Howard Stern- Much as I loved his show, Howard taught us a few really bad lessons. One do stupid crazy shit and we will celebrate you. Two never apologize. Three kicking people that are down in the case of celebrities and people caught up in scandals can be massively profitable. Four have no shame about talking about shit that should remain private. Now I watch people film themselves doing stupid dangerous criminal shit and posting it. not apologizing or having shame when caught for doing said shit. Celebrating other people's misery instead of trying to help them. And trying to monetize all of the above. If you listen to him now, you can hear that he realizes he did damage and is trying to absolve himself or seek absolution from others.
3rd the movie Wall Street & various rappers of the mid 80's. These two things promoted the Greed is Good, I got mine and fuck you if you need help, Get rich or die trying. approach to life that has blossomed into internet "influencers" getting paid millions to pose with fancy cars, a fuck you duck lips your beneath me mug and Richard Mille watches, as if this should be your only goals in life and zillions of followers believe that hollow shit.
I've met two major "influencers" and a ton of want to be "fluers" and the two I dealt with are two of the biggest pieces of shit I've ever know......So yeah, the 1970's hippies were wrong with that whole we don't have to work thing, but their goal of a peaceful loving society was better than the media corporate bullshit buy buy buy he who dies with the most toys consumerism pushed forth during crack and cocaine's run as our favorite drugs. listen to Imagine by Lenon, it is all in there except the lines Imagine we all work hard, and pay for all our needs......if he had added that, our world might be so very much better.
4th- This one is a little more nebulous but I'm going to go with Paris Hilton or maybe Jessica Simpson or it could be Anna Nicole Smith. Who I'm really searching for here, is the first "Scandalebrity" Maybe I'm being misogynistic but I feel it has to be a woman because both genders of your generation suck and one of these, or some other talentless woman who I'm forgetting taught an awful lot of young girls that to dress slutty, have lots of money, show little to know sign of intelligence, and get caught up in scandals was the ticket to success. We should've been teach Y'all to be like Lisa Simpson not Jessica, but we taught you sex tapes and vapidity = fame and Voila I got something called the Kardashians.
5th- I'm going to go with OJ. OJ taught us that fame allows you to get away with murder and the ensuing trial degraded our belief in both the justice system and the police.
6th- Steve Jobs- Gotta love what he did for us but even with his brilliance, I don't think he conceptualized giving every tween a camera and video recorder in their pocket would lead to the levels of absolute self absorption that leads to people walking off cliffs and getting hit by trains trying to take a picture of themselves to get more likes on Insta-Tok. you generation has its their heads stuck up their apps and no that is not a misspelling.
So I'm curious who Y'all blame for your generation being the worst ever on the planet? But remember it is not your fault, nothing ever is or ever will be.
Special thanks to Ben Folds Five, (@no fat chicks for his post in the job quitting thread that reminded me of the song All you can eat) suicidal tendecies, John Lenon and 50 Cent)
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