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I’d just reply with ‘sneed’ but this isn’t Reddit. My more thought out counter would be that every generation since the boomers had this said about them to my

I’d just reply with ‘sneed’ but this isn’t Reddit. My more thought out counter would be that every generation since the boomers had this said about them to my knowledge. Even before the concept of ‘western civilization’ existed, you probably had older gens saying this about the youth of the British empire or whatever.

etchalon 4y ago
"They have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things - and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning - all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything - they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else." ~ Aristotle
JonathanMerklin 4y ago
(I love the "sneed" lampshading.) This isn't Reddit indeed but if you want that to change on your browser and to turn your "probably" into an "undoubtedly", this post titled "The more things change, the more they stay the same: A collection of complaints about the youth throughout history" is one of the top posts of all-time on /r/history : https://old.reddit.com/r/history/comments/7btv14/the_more_things_change_the_more_they_stay_the/ https://old.reddit.com/r/history/comments/7btv14/the_more_th...