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The Greatest War
12 years ago
So after completing my motorcycle class today, an utterly enjoyable experience of fucking up on a rather weak bike in 95 degree weather, I arrived home and had a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. This is probably my favorite candy by far, and I'm not really sure why. I think it's just because chocolate and peanut butter go together so well.
In any case, since many of my classmates were half-bald schmucks suffering from midlife crises and trying to reclaim some of the youthful vigor that I so entirely embody, they jumped at the opportunity to insult my generation by complaining about our habits of texting while driving, and other such things that old farts like to project onto us. Myself, I am not convinced that younger people text/talk while driving more than older people, but in the back of my mind, I was always thinking, "Well, at least we're less homophobic and racist than you bigots."
I spend a lot of time cruelly mocking and criticizing, well, everyone, but the fact is that I'm very proud of my generation for utterly changing the way homosexuality is treated in this country. Twenty years ago it was taboo, ten years ago gay marriage was taboo, and now, if you oppose gay marriage, you're either an asshole or a social conservative, and even the most conservative of conservatives takes steps to differentiate his own traditionalist views from plain bigotry.
This is not because forty plus people have suddenly had an en masse change of heart, it's because younger people have rejected the pathetic, backwards, stupid, and absurd things that their parents and elders have taught them in favor of a more reasonable and open worldview. True, young people today make mistakes (and, I am told, this is sometimes what young people are known for) but at least we're less violent, racist, homophobic, drunk, and stupid.
For this, I salute my fellow not-yet-bald-and-wrinkly peers.
Hails!
Hails!
Hails!
In any case, since many of my classmates were half-bald schmucks suffering from midlife crises and trying to reclaim some of the youthful vigor that I so entirely embody, they jumped at the opportunity to insult my generation by complaining about our habits of texting while driving, and other such things that old farts like to project onto us. Myself, I am not convinced that younger people text/talk while driving more than older people, but in the back of my mind, I was always thinking, "Well, at least we're less homophobic and racist than you bigots."
I spend a lot of time cruelly mocking and criticizing, well, everyone, but the fact is that I'm very proud of my generation for utterly changing the way homosexuality is treated in this country. Twenty years ago it was taboo, ten years ago gay marriage was taboo, and now, if you oppose gay marriage, you're either an asshole or a social conservative, and even the most conservative of conservatives takes steps to differentiate his own traditionalist views from plain bigotry.
This is not because forty plus people have suddenly had an en masse change of heart, it's because younger people have rejected the pathetic, backwards, stupid, and absurd things that their parents and elders have taught them in favor of a more reasonable and open worldview. True, young people today make mistakes (and, I am told, this is sometimes what young people are known for) but at least we're less violent, racist, homophobic, drunk, and stupid.
For this, I salute my fellow not-yet-bald-and-wrinkly peers.
Hails!
Hails!
Hails!
