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What is it with all these "adults" telling me how Bad things are nowadays?!?!!??

I feel like I can't have any conversation with someone older than, say, 40, without them mentioning how society has been going downhill, and it is really starting to PISS ME OFF. Guess what? Despite what everyone says, it isn't!

I am SOOO tired of hearing how there's "so much more corruption, crime, filth, bla bla bla...", when the truth is, we just hear about it more. My theory is that society isn't getting worse, it's just changing, and for every bad thing that happens, there is a good thing that counters it. Besides, murder isn't anything new--what about the story of Cain and Abel (let's NOT get into religion here, tho'--this is just an example of a story)?

We as The Human Race are evolving, and are bettering ourselves. Life expectancy is going up, crime is, believe it or not, going down, and the fact that the only thing we have to worry about in our day-to-day lives is whether or not gas prices are going up should be an indicator of something! I'd rather worry about gas than World War III any day of the week. We are bringing about a Global Economy, which will unify most of the known world, and that is a Good Thing--it's really unlikely that economic partners are gonna start a war.

Do not put up with this crap! Every time someone whines about "this generation" or "society" going into the toilet, defend us! We ARE the future, we ARE the present, and we ARE doing a pretty good job of it, and WE SHOULD NOT BE ASHAMED OF IT.

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blame technology!
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Better does not mean good.
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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 26 2000,14:56 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
You're right, better does not mean good. It does, however, mean better.

After all, what would you rather have, bad or worse? I'll choose bad. Besides, despite all the complaining and all of the problems, real and imagined, most of us are doing okay.
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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 26 2000,15:51 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
It depends on what area you are in that decides whats going up or down. For example, take SE DC, people are still killing and shooting each other but noone will help investigators find murderers, thieves. etc.
On the other hand in my area the "ghetto" attitude is slowly setting in. There are more and more police on the streets and if you go out for a walk, ghetto white trash will Yo Yo Yo and yell at you most likely. I mean comon, just because you think you are "ghetto" doesnt mean anyone really cares and is scared. Last but not least in yuppie developments its fine and dandy, people only come out of their houses on the weekends and all the housewives go shopping at the mall.
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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 26 2000,21:55 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
fighting back depends on who it is saying this. my grandma says shit all the time about young people today, but ive learned to ignore it, just cause i know she doesnt know what shes talking about, and if i tried to educate her in the ways of the truth, she just wouldnt care...
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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 26 2000,23:00 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Go to school, do your damned homework, get a job, move out. I'm 17 years old and I already know that the previous sentence is the society norm.
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If you ever want to really feel the generation gap, mention dancing to your grandparents.
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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 26 2000,23:57 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
quote:
Originally posted by Jynx:
We as The Human Race are evolving, and are bettering ourselves. Life expectancy is going up, crime is, believe it or not, going down, and the fact that the only thing we have to worry about in our day-to-day lives is whether or not gas prices are going up should be an indicator of something!

I take it that you are only talking about the US since more than half the countries in the world have a few more things to worry about than gas prices. Especially since most of them don't have cars.

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ah yes, but masses are still as stupid if not worse, then they used to be.

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