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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 0:49:18 GMT -5
On the plus side, kids these days are less racist, less homophobic and less willing to jump into war just because they're told to. There's good and bad with everything. If you hadn't mentioned it before, this post alone would be proof that you don't live in America.
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Post by dooz on Dec 19, 2014 0:55:10 GMT -5
"SHOW KIDS STUFF THEY WEREN'T ALIVE FOR," laugh at the kids because HOW CAN'T THEY KNOW WHAT I KNOW, despite not having any reason to, feel judgmental because THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I KNOW, and KIDS THESE DAYS JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. Refuse to look at our previous generation and see the similarities, continue cognitive dissonance.
Fine Bros are my guilty pleasure.
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Post by akumajobelmont on Dec 19, 2014 1:16:19 GMT -5
On the plus side, kids these days are less racist, less homophobic and less willing to jump into war just because they're told to. There's good and bad with everything. If you hadn't mentioned it before, this post alone would be proof that you don't live in America. Yeah, I kinda thought that after I posted, haha!
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Post by X-pert74 on Dec 19, 2014 2:49:29 GMT -5
I think one's perspective on that probably has to do, to an extent, with what specific area of which country you live in. Personally, living in southern California, the vast majority of people I interact with are really accepting and supportive of others, regardless of their background or identity or presentation. When I came out publicly as female, for example, virtually everyone I know was cool with me. This would probably not be true in several other parts of the US, unfortunately. Which specific area you live in will probably have an effect on how likely the people around you are to be accepting of people different from them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 2:54:18 GMT -5
All of the Midwest. Probably all of the South. At a guess, I'd say it's the Pacific Northwest, California, and major metropolitan areas that are more liberal in those regards.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Dec 19, 2014 7:28:40 GMT -5
We'll never understand each other. That being said, the snowflake/cupcake kids today are entitled little retards and society is going to go to shit. Well, moreso. On the plus side, kids these days are less racist, less homophobic and less willing to jump into war just because they're told to. There's good and bad with everything. I'm not sure that I agree; our society/media has definitely changed in how it portrays racial issues and sexual orientation. But in the case of racism I think we've actually moved backwards if Ferguson is any indication. As for homophobia, there's been more public acceptance but I wouldn't say much more than in the 1980s outside of gay marriage being allowed - but in that case, and with the fluctuating laws it's gonna be a while until that's the norm. I'd cite Xbox Live for both of these topics but it might be a bit heavy-handed . As for the war thing, we had people like that back in the 60's, and they're the hippie shitworms that spat on and threw piss and shit at the guys that did go off to war. At least their kids/the current liberal scumbags aren't doing that these days, so I guess we have some progress there. I think one's perspective on that probably has to do, to an extent, with what specific area of which country you live in. Personally, living in southern California, the vast majority of people I interact with are really accepting and supportive of others, regardless of their background or identity or presentation. When I came out publicly as female, for example, virtually everyone I know was cool with me. This would probably not be true in several other parts of the US, unfortunately. Which specific area you live in will probably have an effect on how likely the people around you are to be accepting of people different from them. I agree. Although I grew up in a pretty liberal area, and I think that contributed to my distaste for their hypocritical bullshit. At least conservatives are open and honest about being hateful instead of trying to put on a mask of moral superiority.
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Post by Échalote on Dec 19, 2014 7:51:02 GMT -5
"SHOW KIDS STUFF THEY WEREN'T ALIVE FOR," laugh at the kids because HOW CAN'T THEY KNOW WHAT I KNOW, despite not having any reason to, feel judgmental because THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I KNOW, and KIDS THESE DAYS JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. Refuse to look at our previous generation and see the similarities, continue cognitive dissonance. Fine Bros are my guilty pleasure.
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Post by Garamoth on Dec 19, 2014 9:26:44 GMT -5
Wow, that video was... effective.
Are the nineties cool again yet? Grunge and ska still aren't back. I think things are still eighties-ish.
Anyway, I'm amazed how "kids these days" are actually dressed pretty much the same way from when I was a kid. It's all gaudy fluo-colored crap, old-school hip-hop apparel, heck even Ninja Turtles t-shirts, except they're wearing it "ironically" as a throwback to a decade they weren't even alive in.
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Post by Ike on Dec 19, 2014 10:28:35 GMT -5
I think one's perspective on that probably has to do, to an extent, with what specific area of which country you live in. Personally, living in southern California, the vast majority of people I interact with are really accepting and supportive of others, regardless of their background or identity or presentation. When I came out publicly as female, for example, virtually everyone I know was cool with me. This would probably not be true in several other parts of the US, unfortunately. Which specific area you live in will probably have an effect on how likely the people around you are to be accepting of people different from them. I grew up in the midwest, lived in the south for a few years, and now I'm in Colorado. The differences between those places are all pretty extreme. The south is more open and vocal (and straight up hateful) about people being different or having different interests. If you're there, the idea that you don't listen to country is nearly impossible for them to process. "I don't like country" translates into "Oh, you don't like this specific artist. What country DO you listen to?" etc. The midwest is similar but not as loud about it, most people just express passive-aggressive 'concern' if you 'act out' in any way and there's a palpable aura of menace from the people around you, but you're not likely to get outwardly harassed about it. However, if you grew up in the black hole that is the Iowa-Illinois-Indiana-Minnesota-Michigan area anywhere outside of Chicago or Indianapolis, chances are you grew up so culture-starved that the idea of being different from anybody else probably never occurred to you and isn't much of a danger. Places like the one I grew up in are so isolated from the rest of the world that the population is amazingly homogeneous - if you don't get out by 21 or so, you're basically damned to marry your high school sweetheart, who will gradually expand (literally) into the typical Midwestern Mom and your own pasty white beer gut will settle in as your 2.5 children grow up to do the same. If you're lucky, at least one of them will get the fuck out and become some simulacrum of an interesting person. Even the conservatives in Colorado are largely pretty tolerant, probably because they're surrounded by hippies. Goddamn nearly everybody has tattoos, even older people, and every 3rd person has some weird vibrant hair color and people are totally unafraid to express divergent opinions. It's great. Also, weed. Anyway, I'm amazed how "kids these days" are actually dressed pretty much the same way from when I was a kid. It's all gaudy fluo-colored crap, old-school hip-hop apparel, heck even Ninja Turtles t-shirts, except they're wearing it "ironically" as a throwback to a decade they weren't even alive in. I think this is why people are so caught up on the "REMEMBER THE 90S?!!" shit. We're so inundated in a culture of irony that a lot of us don't even know what it's like to feel any kind of truly sincere emotion for anything. There's some level of detachment from everything, combined with the natural human inability to effectively process reality, that creates this powerful nostalgia for "the old days" when really "the old days" wasn't even that long ago. It's just that Nickelodeon, SNES games and Fun Dipz are the last time any of us can remember genuinely giving a shit about something.
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Post by dooz on Dec 19, 2014 12:17:40 GMT -5
Wow, that video was... effective. Are the nineties cool again yet? Grunge and ska still aren't back. I think things are still eighties-ish. Anyway, I'm amazed how "kids these days" are actually dressed pretty much the same way from when I was a kid. It's all gaudy fluo-colored crap, old-school hip-hop apparel, heck even Ninja Turtles t-shirts, except they're wearing it "ironically" as a throwback to a decade they weren't even alive in. Actually, the 90's did have a comeback for a bit, in fashion and culture, in the younger generation. That fad seems to be waning, these days, though. Every generation seems to have that fad.
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Post by Elvin Atombender on Dec 19, 2014 14:32:49 GMT -5
I haven't watched the video (I'm sick of the react videos, the gimmick gets old super quick) but....who doesn't have a hard time with MegaMan games when you 1st play them? Most of the time these videos show the kids playing a game for the 1st time ever and usually only for a few minutes. My thoughts exactly. Also, Mega Man 1 is considerably harder than the sequels so it's understandable if you have a hard time playing it first.
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Post by llj on Dec 19, 2014 19:38:22 GMT -5
On the plus side, kids these days are less racist, less homophobic and less willing to jump into war just because they're told to. There's good and bad with everything. If you hadn't mentioned it before, this post alone would be proof that you don't live in America. Yeah, I was just gonna say...
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Post by X-pert74 on Dec 19, 2014 19:47:31 GMT -5
I love that 90s Nick cartoon.
I guess I have fond memories of the '90s, but I would never claim that everything was better in the '90s or some shit like that. On one hand I really love '90s games, but the internet was so bad back then. It did feel a little more "mysterious" (I remember trying to find out all the information I could about the Pokegods and whatnot), but the internet is so much more reliable today, both with regard to connection and with regard to actually finding useful info you need.
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Post by Bobinator on Dec 19, 2014 19:52:32 GMT -5
I like the 90's. I mean, sure, they weren't perfect, but honestly, compared to the 80's, and especially compared to how awful the 00's got. I know that sounds kind of cynical, but... seriously, fuck the 00's.
Point is, I don't see why it has to be a bad thing to think the 90's were a generally enjoyable time that put out a lot of good things, y'know?
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Post by Tarsier on Dec 19, 2014 20:05:35 GMT -5
Having most of my memories in the '00s, I feel like I should feel insulted. Also I should probably be offended about the "Iowa-Illinois-Indiana-Minnesota-Michigan black hole" thing.
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