Within 5/10 years of me, I can think of a ton of people who:
1. Gave up good jobs for really.trivial reasons, when they weren't working (And some still aren't)
2. Break off marriages for the stupidest of reasons. Say, because the wife nagged them over spending a night together, instead of playing video games (I sincerely wish I was making that up.
3. If a relative is in need, can be counted on to ship you off to a home at best. And then wash their hands of you.
The older generations had their problems, but at least the golden oldies and older boomers did right by their families, and could roll with the punch's. A lot of the younger one's (e.g. mine) really do seem like "man/woman children" by comparison.
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Nah, totally justified criticism. I expected that going into this.
Still think I'm totally, completely right about it. I just can't see many people spending 60+ years together anymore, especially if things turn south. Much less going the extra mile caring for their ailing folks, looking after their worthless kids, just rolling with the significant others nagging and all the crap at work, giving up vacation time, just dealing with what life throws at you without being a total dick about it..
Everyone's entitled now, everyone thinks they're the star of their own little show, and everyone talks about how bad everyone else is, yet would never put themselves out on someone else's behalf, ever.
And yeah, that's a broad brush I'm painting with, and yeah there's plenty of other examples to say different.
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Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
In a world of rapidly changing technology and social norms, and a very near future beset with all the advantages and challenges that extended life, AI, and automation brings, it might be worth considering if the norms of the past humans are worthy of preserving in a world of upgraded humans. A "lifetime" of marriage used to mean 60 years if you were extremely fortunate. Now it's expected. Soon it won't be considered a lifetime. Long-lived humans with exceptional health aren't as likely to value "lifelong" pairings if "lifelong" is measured in centuries. Or millennia. Boredom and passe will still be a thing.
Also, all of recorded history features an older generation complaining about their successors, and retrophiles in rose-tinted glasses bemoaning a fading, superior past. It's a very old cliche.
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Last edited by Lord Lucien on Jan 10th, 2019 at 02:26 AM
Re: At the risk of sounding like a curmeduggeon...
You are only about the 9 billionth person or so in human history to think that.
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You make great points and I think the same of millennials. They just suck.
Too many SJWs. Too many stupid "liberal" beliefs about relationships. And think that we need a hefty hefty "work-life" balance which basically means letting them take off work on a Wednesday because they got drunk Tuesday and have a hangover and want to sleep all day.
I don't like millenials, in general. Just a shitty generation.
Re: At the risk of sounding like a curmeduggeon...
For #2 I think this has to do with people who get married way too soon. If you're ending a marriage for silly reasons you were never ready for it in the first place. A couple should at least live together for a few years before they decide to get married.
As for relatives, that depends on the situation. Sometimes a relative might need care you just can't give. Though I think if you have room in your home and have the money to take care of them...doing so is preferable to a nursing home.
I'd honestly rather die than be placed in a nursing home.
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