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Ah the misguided enthusiasm of youth. You'll grow up, don't worry. It will amaze you how much smarter your "boomer" parents get as you get older.

by jki275 7y ago

vzidex 7y ago
> Ah the misguided enthusiasm of youth. OK boomer. My dad has fond memories of the socialist regime he grew up under, and my mom has worked incredibly hard to provide for our family given the difficulties she's faced in life. Just because you ended up jaded and subscribed to the garbage system which we have to participate in doesn't mean my generation will too.
- jki275 7y ago
  Not a "boomer". Misguided as usual. As you grow up, you will, as I said, realize how much smarter all those people you dismiss actually were than you believed. The world is a complex place. The "old people are dumb and we should throw out everything they built" mantra is a silly trivialization of reality, one that every generation believes fervently as children, and one that the intelligent ones reject when they find out what the world is really like. You haven't gotten there yet. Don't worry.
  - kaesar14 7y ago
    That doesn't mean that the system as it exists is good. The system as it exists isn't perfect. Maybe listening to those coming at it with a fresh perspective gleaned from youth would benefit society a bit.
    - jki275 7y ago
      Well of course not -- if you find the perfect society, don't join it, you might screw it up! Same goes for me of course, none of us are perfect!
dang 7y ago
This crosses into personal attack. Please don't do that, regardless of what someone else posted. I'm sure you meant it in an avuncular way, but that doesn't translate so well on the internet. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jki275 7y ago
  No, that's not a personal attack. "Ok Boomer" is personal attack in a lot of places, but I guess not here... It's banter, it's common on the internet, it's been common on the internet for decades.
  - dang 7y ago
    I've chided the other commenter for dropping the "Ok boomer" trope here. It's definitely not ok.

Ah the misguided enthusiasm of youth. You'll grow up, don't worry. It will amaze you how much smarter your "boomer" parents get as you get older.

by jki275 7y ago

Ah the misguided enthusiasm of youth. You'll grow up, don't worry. It will amaze you how much smarter your "boomer" parents get as you get older.

vzidex 7y ago

> Ah the misguided enthusiasm of youth. OK boomer. My dad has fond memories of the socialist regime he grew up under, and my mom has worked incredibly hard to provide for our family given the difficulties she's faced in life. Just because you ended up jaded and subscribed to the garbage system which we have to participate in doesn't mean my generation will too.

jki275 7y ago
Not a "boomer". Misguided as usual. As you grow up, you will, as I said, realize how much smarter all those people you dismiss actually were than you believed. The world is a complex place. The "old people are dumb and we should throw out everything they built" mantra is a silly trivialization of reality, one that every generation believes fervently as children, and one that the intelligent ones reject when they find out what the world is really like. You haven't gotten there yet. Don't worry.
- kaesar14 7y ago
  That doesn't mean that the system as it exists is good. The system as it exists isn't perfect. Maybe listening to those coming at it with a fresh perspective gleaned from youth would benefit society a bit.
  - jki275 7y ago
    Well of course not -- if you find the perfect society, don't join it, you might screw it up! Same goes for me of course, none of us are perfect!

dang 7y ago

This crosses into personal attack. Please don't do that, regardless of what someone else posted. I'm sure you meant it in an avuncular way, but that doesn't translate so well on the internet. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

jki275 7y ago
No, that's not a personal attack. "Ok Boomer" is personal attack in a lot of places, but I guess not here... It's banter, it's common on the internet, it's been common on the internet for decades.
- dang 7y ago
  I've chided the other commenter for dropping the "Ok boomer" trope here. It's definitely not ok.