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I think you might have missed the point that Mr. Stanhope was attempting to convey.

FITZZ wrote: I think you might have missed the point that Mr. Stanhope was attempting to convey.

Well the message I got out of it was this "generation sucks so I'm going to bitch about it and tell everyone how awesome it was to be me when I was a kid" despite the fact that it's still entirely plausible to find ways of entertaining yourself in this

day and age. What did you get out of it?

Cheesecat wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I think you might have missed the point that Mr. Stanhope was attempting to convey.

Well the message I got out of it was this "generation sucks so I'm going to bitch about it and tell everyone how awesome it was to be me when I was a kid" despite the fact that it's still entirely plausible to find ways of entertaining yourself in this

day and age. What did you get out of it?

Basically a commentary on shifting attitudes and perspectives...mixed with observations on a society more willing to embrace complacency and mediocrity.

FITZZ wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I think you might have missed the point that Mr. Stanhope was attempting to convey.

Well the message I got out of it was this "generation sucks so I'm going to bitch about it and tell everyone how awesome it was to be me when I was a kid" despite the fact that it's still entirely plausible to find ways of entertaining yourself in this

day and age. What did you get out of it?

Basically a commentary on shifting attitudes and perspectives...mixed with observations on a society more willing to embrace complacency and mediocrity.

Doug Stanhope sounded more complacent when he started talking about his personal nostalgia, than the generation he tries to mock.

(edited due to grammar )

Cheesecat wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I think you might have missed the point that Mr. Stanhope was attempting to convey.

Well the message I got out of it was this "generation sucks so I'm going to bitch about it and tell everyone how awesome it was to be me when I was a kid" despite the fact that it's still entirely plausible to find ways of entertaining yourself in this

day and age. What did you get out of it?

Basically a commentary on shifting attitudes and perspectives...mixed with observations on a society more willing to embrace complacency and mediocrity.

Doug Stanhope sounded more complacent when he started talking about his personal nostalgia, than the generation he tries to mock.

(edited due to grammar )

Perhaps so...that doesn't make his observations any less accurate...at least from a certian point of view.