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0 pointsttyprintk1y ago0 comments

Something like this:

https://www.theonion.com/brain-dead-teen-only-capable-of-rol...

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yard20101y ago

At some point in time someone said it about the boomers as well

yen2231y ago

The generation before me are old and outdated

The generation after me are lazy and stupid

Only my generation is perfect.

- every generation ever

chasebank1y ago

Every generation ever used to get drunk, have sex, get in trouble, and weren’t completely depressed. This generation is different. It’s sad.

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mrbungie1y ago

That's the way of life.

Older people think younger people are stupid and reckless, and viceversa. And the younglings think they "figured it out" like no one before them. But no one ever tried to understand each other in the process. Rinse and repeat.

svnt1y ago

A generational periodicity has been proposed:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generat...

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