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I blame iPods, video games, porn, music, TV, movies, drugs and anything fun in general for this generations douchiness.

I agree 110%. If you didn't grow up with a remote control in your hand, TV with only 13 channel, and Intellivision hitting the market....then your not my generation

Just to be clear which generation are we talking about here? X? Y? Z? Yes gen z is a thing, which is the current generation babies are being born into now.

I dislike my own generation (Y), I hate the current one and I'm not fond of the previous one either. Personally I think the last good generation was the GI generation. I think I was born in the wrong decade.

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
I blame warning labels and parents who won't smack their kids.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

I blame the expectation by the law that people shall not be expected to use their brains in general life.

I also blame the lack of talking about important things, like beer in space.

 LoneLictor wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
I blame warning labels and parents who won't smack their kids.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

I'm not. Warning labels have permitted too many idiots to have survived. And too many of them have never been smacked in the mouth by their parents.

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
I blame warning labels and parents who won't smack their kids.

I blame interracial relationships.


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 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:

 LoneLictor wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
I blame warning labels and parents who won't smack their kids.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

I'm not. Warning labels have permitted too many idiots to have survived. And too many of them have never been smacked in the mouth by their parents.

I expect that it is people think they have a right to not be offended.

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:

 LoneLictor wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
I blame warning labels and parents who won't smack their kids.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

I'm not. Warning labels have permitted too many idiots to have survived. And too many of them have never been smacked in the mouth by their parents.

a) If you're dumb enough to need warning labels, you aren't smart enough to read warning labels. They don't make a difference.

b) Spankings reduce IQ. It turns out you can't really fix a kid by hitting it; they don't work like cheap TVs did in the 80's.

EDIT: Also, if people are even going to pretend to have a serious conversation about this, they should first try to figure out whether or not this generation is douchey. You're putting the cart before the horse. It's like a creationist arguing with an atheist about, "why God exists". Both people are on very different pages.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I expect that it is people think they have a right to not be offended.

I suspect it's the people causing offense couldn't handle any criticism in the first place for their behavior.

I blame Fox News, mostly.

I remember school getting released early due to the Space Shuttle exploding with the teacher in it.

 LoneLictor wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:

 LoneLictor wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
I blame warning labels and parents who won't smack their kids.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

I'm not. Warning labels have permitted too many idiots to have survived. And too many of them have never been smacked in the mouth by their parents.

a) If you're dumb enough to need warning labels, you aren't smart enough to read warning labels. They don't make a difference.

Yeah we should remove all warning labels off of chemicals cause after all they're useless (according to you) and hope people remember or know which ones are harmful for your health, that's real bright.

That's a far leap that some individuals will mistake chemicals for food....though there are some people who still mix pine oil with bleach....

 Jihadin wrote:
That's a far leap that some individuals will mistake chemicals for food....though there are some people who still mix pine oil with bleach....

I'm not saying someone will confuse it for food like the fumes of a chemical could be toxic but with no warning label you might not know you should be wearing a mask while using it.

And those who can read instructions will be the survivors and natural selection will be allowed to proceed.

That be on the label but the more indepth info be on the MSDS sheet. I see where your going though. Its like the guy that still in the coma for jumping into a pool that had liquid nitrogen poured into it at a Jager party.

Struggle bears success.

Those who do not know struggle cannot handle success ( aka privilege).

 DemetriDominov wrote:
Struggle bears success.

Those who do not know struggle cannot handle success ( aka privilege).

I find inspirational quotes repulsive, they don't inspire me they just disgust me.

 LoneLictor wrote:

b) Spankings reduce IQ. It turns out you can't really fix a kid by hitting it; they don't work like cheap TVs did in the 80's.

You know it's possible give a spanking in certain situations without it being some sort of go-to everyday punishment, right?


If your approach is that you have a broken kid who needs to be fixed with some kind of disciplinary measure, it doesn't really matter what the punishment is, that whole approach strikes me as pretty messed up.

I've been belted three times by my dad. Three-four swipes per. I did not have an abusive childhood Mostly being grounded and being denied entertainment priviliages

 Hordini wrote:
whole approach strikes me

Tee hee.

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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
REM are those shiny happy people right?

Yeah, they also lost their religion. Heretics.

Its the end of the world as we know it.

But I feel fine.

Besides, I didn't START the fire.

Oh it's also the liberals who are causing this generation's douchiness they're behind everything that is bad in this world.

At no point in their lifetime were they faced with a major crisis that directly affected them. Past generations had WW2, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam. Another reason could be the flood of easy to use technology/gadgets. With Facebook, Twitter, etc. a lot is spoken but not much actually said. One for the youngest could be growing up in a nation that on a daily basis boasts about it's greatness on a higher level than before. They begin to believe that since they were born here, they too must be great.

 WarAngel wrote:
At no point in their lifetime were they faced with a major crisis that directly affected them. Past generations had WW2, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam. Another reason could be the flood of easy to use technology/gadgets. With Facebook, Twitter, etc. a lot is spoken but not much actually said. One for the youngest could be growing up in a nation that on a daily basis boasts about it's greatness on a higher level than before. They begin to believe that since they were born here, they too must be great.

um 9/11 was a major crisis i was alive for.

Lack of discipline, from the word no to the occasional smacked bum and washing mouth out with soap. Never done me any problems. Then again my sister got same treatment and turned out different.

um 9/11 was a major crisis i was alive for.

Did you participate in OIF/OEF afterwards?

 Jihadin wrote:

um 9/11 was a major crisis i was alive for.

Did you participate in OIF/OEF afterwards?

I was far too young to serve during OIF/OEF, however a great deal of my peers are actively pursuing military careers. About 1/2 of my extended group of friends are planning to serve in the military within the next few years, with half of that number (about 6~8, myself included) enrolled in service academies or officer training programs.

The problem is not that the generation is wholly bad, the problem is that people typically only see the bad parts of it because the people who have the reserve time and effort to publicly make asses out of themselves usually do.

 Jihadin wrote:

um 9/11 was a major crisis i was alive for.

Did you participate in OIF/OEF afterwards?

No i did not(I was nine, I have considered a military career, but i decided it isnt for me)
What he was saying that my generation did not have a major crisis, while I am contesting that we indeed did face a major crisis. Not everyone in vietnam or WW2 took part in the fighting, so by that logic those where dueces aswell.

Yet you stated 9/11. Ask a dead serious question. Do you appreciate what you do in life or do you take it for granted with all the perks.