We’re the first generation who were given a cool letter for a name, and now all the me-too generations want in on it even though it’s already gone mainstream and therefore super uncool.
“Our youth now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders, and they love to chatter instead of exercise. Children are now tyrants not servants of their household. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
“Schools of Hellas” by Kenneth J. Freeman is an essay on the practice and theory of ancient Greek education written in the early 20th century. This scholarly work spans the period from 600 to 300 B.C., exploring various systems of education in ancient Greece, particularly in cities like Sparta and Athens.
im 40+, probably the right target for that kind of humor i guess, though i found it on the Fediverse
Haha look at these old people laughing at old people memes
checks how old I am
FUCK
chuckles in back pain
Too much chuckle, there goes that disc again.
Older millenial here.
Lately I have started to realize, we are the new boomers.
The number of my co-millenials I see complaining about Gen Z with the exact same talking points that boomers had about us is kinda ironic.
Gen X’er here…thanks for forgetting us again. We really do appreciate being left the hell alone.
We’re the first generation who were given a cool letter for a name, and now all the me-too generations want in on it even though it’s already gone mainstream and therefore super uncool.
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“Our youth now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders, and they love to chatter instead of exercise. Children are now tyrants not servants of their household. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”
Socrates, about 2400 years ago.
It’s not ironic at all.
Gen Z will complain about the next generation, and blame problems on the previous generation(s).
Why is this surprising?
Everyone thinks they’re different.
Ironic, maybe, but definitely not new. Literally as far back as we have written language, we have people complaining about the younger generations.
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
Source for the curious:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/63644/pg63644-images.html
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63644
We’re the new old farts, but the boomers were/are uniquely awful.
I predict at some point Fedibook will become the new Faceverse.
Alright grandpa time for your prune juice.