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9 years ago
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So... I just got done reading the most bullshit article I've ever read about "parents these days".
I really can't believe what I read.
They said, and I quote, "When did adults start caring whether or not their kids were safe, happy, or popular" and then "We all love our kids, and we want to see them happy and fulfilled." both in the same article.
They also say, and I again quote, "You develop common sense by making mistakes and learning from them. It’s a skill best acquired in a setting where it’s safe to fail, and is only mastered by actually doing things for yourself." I'm sorry, but "...and we had crossed two major highways on bicycles with semi-flat tires to get there." is NOT a setting where it's safe to fail. That's a setting where if you fail, you're probably dead. "In fact, that’s why some people had children. We were free labor." does not sound like a parent who loves their child (or even gives a single fuck about them, to be honest). Aw damn, they got hit by a car on their flat-tire bike ride across a major highway. Well shit, gotta pop out another one otherwise the lawn's not gonna get mowed when I want it to.
And oh, this gem, too. "Our kids don’t know a damn thing about delayed gratification." Don't you give me that. I was actually gifted a very expensive tablet once upon time by my parents, something that, in this person's eyes, I should've earned with money from a job but did not, and not a day goes by that I don't think about how lucky I am to have it. I use it for art, a hobby I absolutely love, and everytime I even pick that thing up to draw a masterpiece with it, I think "Where would my art be without the parent who actually gave this to me for my birthday?" I've earned the money it took to pay for it in the commissioned art I've made with the damn thing, so don't you tell me today's youth isn't grateful in the long run for things they might be given now. That's some A+ quality garbage coming out'a the writer's fingers to type all that, lemme tell you. And I get it, there're definitely some spoiled kids out there, but there were spoiled rich kids even in this person's day, too. They just didn't happen to be one of them.
There's also this, "The real beauty of it is that none of these kids are going to score a job straight out of college that will allow them to pay for the necessities of life, ... so guess who’s going to be getting the phone call when they can’t make rent? Yep, we are." And "most of them head off to college without a clue what it’s like to look for a job, apply for it, interview and show up on time, as scheduled." Well wait a second here. It talks earlier about doing everything on their own rather than relying on mommy and daddy, but if mommy and daddy don't teach you shit, I guess you did it for the first time on your own without their help? If kids these days don't know how to apply for a job, it's 'cause either mommy and daddy didn't teach them or because, well, YOU DON'T GET TAUGHT ANY FUCKING LIFE SKILLS IN HIGH SCHOOL. Change my education system, and maybe I'll be more prepared. Or maybe you as a parent should do your fucking job. Or is your job just popping out free laborers and "double bolting the door in order to keep us out of the house" as it says in the article? And really, do not get be started on the economy all of the kids, teens, and recent adults of mine and the next generations are being brought into because let me tell you, my friend, it is a HUNDRED TIMES DIFFERENT, IN A BAD WAY, than the generation of the current "back in my day"-ers. I mean the economy where it's impossible to actually pay for college, even WITH a high school job, without the assistance of PARENTS HELPING THEIR CHILDREN BE SUCCESSFUL or ridiculous student loans that'll take 30+ years to pay off after college with the jobs you parents apparently didn't teach us to apply for because we're supposed to be so independent already.
Well you know what? FUCK YOU. Fuck you right up the ass because I've had it! I've had it, and I am SO tired of hearing how it was so much better in your day. Guess what? IT WAS better, especially financially. You had it a lot fucking easier than the youth of today does. So don't you tell me about how you "don’t recall anyone being worried about my workload being stressful — or my mental health, in general." because I'm sure you didn't HAVE to stress about how bad your student loans are gonna be, about how little openings in your career field there're gonna be when you graduate in order to pay off those loans. Maybe you're so bitter about today's youth because nobody did care about your mental health and probably should've. You sound like your parents never loved you, and that really fucking sucks. Thankfully, mine actually do. So take your bitter, unloved, mentally damaged self out of here until you're ready to admit you probably could've used some love from your fucked up parents, too, instead of being locked out of your house to fend for yourself when not being used as their house maid and landscaping service. Maybe if you did, you wouldn't be writing the things you've written against kids of this generation who clearly have parents who actually do care about their children succeeding and want them to be happy. Did you ever think that parents these days treat their kids this way because maybe, deep down, they hated how they were treated by their parents as free laborers? And sure, maybe they're not always right in getting them the most expensive things whenever asked for, but actually, not that many parents do that even still. Only the ones who can afford it. Technology is taking over instead of cheap toys for entertainment, and if you don't raise your kids on this technology, they are going to fail in this future. It's not that unreasonable for a child to have a cellphone with which they can at least call you if they get kidnapped or threatened or someshit. If your parents had the technologies of this day, you'd've been given a cellphone and other nice things, too, because they're a means of keeping people safe, and they're this day's mode of entertainment.
Get with the times. Otherwise you belong in the garbage with all the rest of the old shit that can't transcend time and change. Your opinions are outdated and are no longer useful nor relevant to this society.
And for those who'd like to read the article, well HERE IT IS, BREATHE IN THIS CARCINOGENIC BULLSHIT: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rhond.....50.html?te=Ozy
I really can't believe what I read.
They said, and I quote, "When did adults start caring whether or not their kids were safe, happy, or popular" and then "We all love our kids, and we want to see them happy and fulfilled." both in the same article.
They also say, and I again quote, "You develop common sense by making mistakes and learning from them. It’s a skill best acquired in a setting where it’s safe to fail, and is only mastered by actually doing things for yourself." I'm sorry, but "...and we had crossed two major highways on bicycles with semi-flat tires to get there." is NOT a setting where it's safe to fail. That's a setting where if you fail, you're probably dead. "In fact, that’s why some people had children. We were free labor." does not sound like a parent who loves their child (or even gives a single fuck about them, to be honest). Aw damn, they got hit by a car on their flat-tire bike ride across a major highway. Well shit, gotta pop out another one otherwise the lawn's not gonna get mowed when I want it to.
And oh, this gem, too. "Our kids don’t know a damn thing about delayed gratification." Don't you give me that. I was actually gifted a very expensive tablet once upon time by my parents, something that, in this person's eyes, I should've earned with money from a job but did not, and not a day goes by that I don't think about how lucky I am to have it. I use it for art, a hobby I absolutely love, and everytime I even pick that thing up to draw a masterpiece with it, I think "Where would my art be without the parent who actually gave this to me for my birthday?" I've earned the money it took to pay for it in the commissioned art I've made with the damn thing, so don't you tell me today's youth isn't grateful in the long run for things they might be given now. That's some A+ quality garbage coming out'a the writer's fingers to type all that, lemme tell you. And I get it, there're definitely some spoiled kids out there, but there were spoiled rich kids even in this person's day, too. They just didn't happen to be one of them.
There's also this, "The real beauty of it is that none of these kids are going to score a job straight out of college that will allow them to pay for the necessities of life, ... so guess who’s going to be getting the phone call when they can’t make rent? Yep, we are." And "most of them head off to college without a clue what it’s like to look for a job, apply for it, interview and show up on time, as scheduled." Well wait a second here. It talks earlier about doing everything on their own rather than relying on mommy and daddy, but if mommy and daddy don't teach you shit, I guess you did it for the first time on your own without their help? If kids these days don't know how to apply for a job, it's 'cause either mommy and daddy didn't teach them or because, well, YOU DON'T GET TAUGHT ANY FUCKING LIFE SKILLS IN HIGH SCHOOL. Change my education system, and maybe I'll be more prepared. Or maybe you as a parent should do your fucking job. Or is your job just popping out free laborers and "double bolting the door in order to keep us out of the house" as it says in the article? And really, do not get be started on the economy all of the kids, teens, and recent adults of mine and the next generations are being brought into because let me tell you, my friend, it is a HUNDRED TIMES DIFFERENT, IN A BAD WAY, than the generation of the current "back in my day"-ers. I mean the economy where it's impossible to actually pay for college, even WITH a high school job, without the assistance of PARENTS HELPING THEIR CHILDREN BE SUCCESSFUL or ridiculous student loans that'll take 30+ years to pay off after college with the jobs you parents apparently didn't teach us to apply for because we're supposed to be so independent already.
Well you know what? FUCK YOU. Fuck you right up the ass because I've had it! I've had it, and I am SO tired of hearing how it was so much better in your day. Guess what? IT WAS better, especially financially. You had it a lot fucking easier than the youth of today does. So don't you tell me about how you "don’t recall anyone being worried about my workload being stressful — or my mental health, in general." because I'm sure you didn't HAVE to stress about how bad your student loans are gonna be, about how little openings in your career field there're gonna be when you graduate in order to pay off those loans. Maybe you're so bitter about today's youth because nobody did care about your mental health and probably should've. You sound like your parents never loved you, and that really fucking sucks. Thankfully, mine actually do. So take your bitter, unloved, mentally damaged self out of here until you're ready to admit you probably could've used some love from your fucked up parents, too, instead of being locked out of your house to fend for yourself when not being used as their house maid and landscaping service. Maybe if you did, you wouldn't be writing the things you've written against kids of this generation who clearly have parents who actually do care about their children succeeding and want them to be happy. Did you ever think that parents these days treat their kids this way because maybe, deep down, they hated how they were treated by their parents as free laborers? And sure, maybe they're not always right in getting them the most expensive things whenever asked for, but actually, not that many parents do that even still. Only the ones who can afford it. Technology is taking over instead of cheap toys for entertainment, and if you don't raise your kids on this technology, they are going to fail in this future. It's not that unreasonable for a child to have a cellphone with which they can at least call you if they get kidnapped or threatened or someshit. If your parents had the technologies of this day, you'd've been given a cellphone and other nice things, too, because they're a means of keeping people safe, and they're this day's mode of entertainment.
Get with the times. Otherwise you belong in the garbage with all the rest of the old shit that can't transcend time and change. Your opinions are outdated and are no longer useful nor relevant to this society.
And for those who'd like to read the article, well HERE IT IS, BREATHE IN THIS CARCINOGENIC BULLSHIT: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rhond.....50.html?te=Ozy
Llucieve
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But I had to walk through blizzards and fight dragons to get to school back in my day!
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That actually sounds pretty rad though pffffff
