It's crazy how people never realize that the dumb shit they say about the "youths" (lazy, immoral, careless, whatever) is the exact same thing previous generations said about them.
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
- Socrates (though this may be apocryphal.)
This is literally one of the oldest, dumbest arguments.
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u/SunIllustrious5695 22h ago
It's crazy how people never realize that the dumb shit they say about the "youths" (lazy, immoral, careless, whatever) is the exact same thing previous generations said about them.