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Sometimes I worry that our descendants many centuries from now will refer to this period of history as, "The Moronic Age."
by ryandvm 11y ago
Sometimes I worry that our descendants many centuries from now will refer to this period of history as, "The Moronic Age."
- MicroBerto 11y agoQuiet down and watch this Kardashians episode.
- theOnliest 11y agohttp://www.xkcd.com/1601/ http://www.xkcd.com/1601/
- ChristianBundy 11y agoPlaying the curmudgeonly "kids these days" character is a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it.
- ACow_Adonis 11y agoIts also a beautiful thought terminating cliche that, whether designed to or not, shuts down introspection into a current society/time. I get it, Socrates complained about the youth of today, that doesn't mean that there aren't societies that really need someone to point out the failings of the current zeitgeist, or that we aren't creating a culture based around consumerist banalities. Societies before us didn't have mass-market advertising, industrialisation, instant communication devices, etc. Pointing out the inanity of our tech scene and commercial activities, is i think, not only accurate in its assessment, but I think a much needed cultural critique...