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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, June 04, 2014, 03:46:21 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

June 04, 2014, 03:46:21 PM
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

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June 04, 2014, 03:49:03 PM
Yoinkie-doinkie.

Junkenstein

#2
June 04, 2014, 04:52:35 PM
It's pretty much been like that forever. It's just much, much more noticeable now because they're laughing in your face while doing it.

Not the quiet snicker that they used to do either. It's the full on wheezing horse spraying spittle all over your face laugh.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

The Good Reverend Roger

#3
June 04, 2014, 05:03:25 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 04, 2014, 04:52:35 PM
It's pretty much been like that forever. It's just much, much more noticeable now because they're laughing in your face while doing it.

Not the quiet snicker that they used to do either. It's the full on wheezing horse spraying spittle all over your face laugh.

Dunno.  I see a lot of people "rebelling", these days. 
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Junkenstein

#4
June 04, 2014, 05:19:14 PM
I suggest they are also more noticeable for the exact opposite reason.

Reckon the ratio has changed much over the years? I'd guess so, but probably be depressed about how much.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

The Good Reverend Roger

#5
June 04, 2014, 05:26:11 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 04, 2014, 05:19:14 PM
I suggest they are also more noticeable for the exact opposite reason.

Reckon the ratio has changed much over the years? I'd guess so, but probably be depressed about how much.

In the generation below mine?  Or maybe say "in people born after 1990"?  I'd say the difference is enormous.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

P3nT4gR4m

#6
June 04, 2014, 05:36:18 PM
I'm getting that, quite strongly too. I had to consciously start looking for it, tho. Brain was stuck in a - back in my day - loop.

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#7
June 05, 2014, 05:43:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 04, 2014, 03:46:21 PM


Yep. That's pretty much what I've noticed. I feel like we might be the first generation ever to say, "Kids these days! So much better than we were at that age".
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#8
June 05, 2014, 05:45:11 AM
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 04, 2014, 04:52:35 PM
It's pretty much been like that forever. It's just much, much more noticeable now because they're laughing in your face while doing it.

Not the quiet snicker that they used to do either. It's the full on wheezing horse spraying spittle all over your face laugh.

Wait, aren't you our age? When I was a kid the people I knew who were my age were self-absorbed, apathetic, socially oblivious assholes who didn't give a fuck about other people.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#9
June 05, 2014, 05:48:57 AM
I started noticing it before my kids got to middle-school - kids, even young ones, driving social change, looking out for other people, fighting injustice. Teenagers these days are more concerned with social issues, more involved in community activism. My ten-year-old and her friends raised almost $200 for the animal shelter. Kids wanting less STUFF, and more connection with their community. Things were not like this in the 80's, for sure.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Junkenstein

#10
June 05, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
My perspective is probably somewhat off here, as it usually is with matters of children. I don't have any or really interact with anyone below 25 or so on a regular basis.

From what I've seen / can recall there was always a minority of decent kids doing shit for charity and such, so if that's on the rise in general then I'm not upset to hear it. I'm just concious that it's easier to communicate about this kind of stuff now so fundraisers for X get much more attention and reach many more people than they would have in previous decades. Modern tech has certainly made it a lot easier to either help or be a dick to people, that's for sure.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

P3nT4gR4m

#11
June 05, 2014, 10:38:34 AM
You could argue about the causes of this trend til the cows come home and there'd prolly be a bit of truth in all sides but what does the cause matter when the trend looks this positive.

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
Not actually a meat product.
Ass-Kicking & Foot-Stomping Ancient Master of SHIT FUCK FUCK FUCK
Awful and Bent Behemothic Results of Last Night's Painful Squat.
High Altitude Haggis-Filled Sex Bucket From Beyond Time and Space.
Internet Monkey Person of Filthy and Immoral Pygmy-Porn Wart Contagion
Octomom Auxillary Heat Exchanger Repairman
walking the fine line line between genius and batshit fucking crazy

"computation is a pattern in the spacetime arrangement of particles, and it's not the particles but the pattern that really matters! Matter doesn't matter." -- Max Tegmark

The Good Reverend Roger

#12
June 05, 2014, 02:05:45 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 05, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
My perspective is probably somewhat off here, as it usually is with matters of children. I don't have any or really interact with anyone below 25 or so on a regular basis.

They're different, this time around.  At least the majority are.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#13
June 05, 2014, 02:06:33 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 05, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
Modern tech has certainly made it a lot easier to either help or be a dick to people, that's for sure.

But whore are the trolls?  You and I.   :lulz:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#14
June 05, 2014, 02:11:31 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 05, 2014, 02:05:45 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 05, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
My perspective is probably somewhat off here, as it usually is with matters of children. I don't have any or really interact with anyone below 25 or so on a regular basis.

They're different, this time around.  At least the majority are.

Exhibit A: An Awesome Senior Prank.
http://jezebel.com/seniors-at-santa-barbara-high-school-pulled-the-best-se-1586204429

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