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submitted 10 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The adults used to make the same complaints when I was a kid. Some things never change.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So shows get dumber with each generation?

[–] BluesF@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago

No, you probably don't remember the crappy ones from when you were a kid, but they were there. Survivorship bias.

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Go ask highschool teachers what they think of the current generation.

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Go ask highschool teachers in 1990 what they thought. It's the same shit every generation.

[–] starman2112@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

"But the kids today are so much more violent!"

Nah, you just see kids being normal amounts of violent because they have cameras on them 24/7

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For fun, I went through some old newspapers and really, nothing ever changes. Here's one from 1959:

It even has the theme of "most generations think the younger generation is out of hand, but we're really right this time." So it has always been.