There is a general lack of respect in society today

As a youth I would see my mom and dad at the Kitchen table, mid-morning, talking about the Obits and Want Adds. Listening to the Hog Prices and Cattle Prices. There wasn't the constant negative mouth spouting BS on the TV or Radio. I listened to DJ's on the radio in my room and Music. Mostly DJ's didn't tell the truth about much of anything. There were sort of funny Clowns. Thats where it all started though. Now it's all over the place. All suspect the end of times is near. Best Guess, Asteroid, NG eruptions, Nuke War, sickness, disease and Starvation? Sterilization and old age? But you know some stuff will still be around. I suppose the money bet goes for the Cockroaches.
 
MarkinPhx said:
I don't mean to sound like a broken record but while I was being raised to have proper manners, I do believe that the elders at that time were saying the same thing about my generation.
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I've said it before, but it's worth saying it again. Today's world simply isn't made for us. That is, us old folk. No matter how much effort you put in, at some point we get out of sync with every day life and end up saying things like, "what's going on today?!?" All of us. So I think you're correct, and I'll go a step farther and say it's the way it's meant to be. It's not the 60's and 70's any more, and it makes sense we'd be more comfortable back then. It's 2024, and much of it seems wacky to me. :D
 
Pepper said:
I was thinking the same thing while listening to a local news story about a trans athlete who wants to play on the girls team even though the boys team would accept this person. So, this person was yelling about his/her TRUTH and we must respect his/her truth despite the fact it was screwing things up for a whole lot of folks and I thought, "your TRUTH has no right to trample over everyone else." Aren't there any things an individual must give up anymore?

Social media. Makes every dope think they trump society. My BFF finds my modern reasoning astonishing, but way back when I had more energy.
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Social media, online chat, text messages, and other forms of non-face to face communications turns some otherwise mild mannered persons into bullies. It's much easier to berate someone from behind a keyboard than in person exchanges. A little bit off the mark, but I think Mike Tyson hit it the nail on the head, "Everyone has a plan till they get hit for the first time".
 
oscash said:
Warrigal: I too handed my husband's disabled sticker back to Service N.S.W.when he passed. I also asked if I could keep his Driver's Licence because it had his photo on it and the man said, "No and cut it up in front of me". I thought that was an arrogant thing to do. I walked away disgusted with tears in my eyes.
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He could have at least made a copy of it!
 
TennVet said:
Social media, online chat, text messages, and other forms of non-face to face communications turns some otherwise mild mannered persons into bullies. It's much easier to berate someone from behind a keyboard than in person exchanges. A little bit off the mark, but I think Mike Tyson hit it the nail on the head, "Everyone has a plan till they get hit for the first time".
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Similar to the Wizard of Oz hiding behind a curtain.
 
MarkinPhx said:
don't mean to sound like a broken record but while I was being raised to have proper manners, I do believe that the elders at that time were saying the same thing about my generation. Weren't those who were in their 60's and 70's back in the 1960's looking down at our generation for lacking any type of respect and manners for the norms set by their generation ?

I do remember a time in my early years when people would dress up to take a flight on a jet, attend a sporting even or go to church. By the time I reached my teen years that was starting to change. By the time the 80's rolled around it was very rare to see anyone dressed up on a flight unless it was a businessman. Those attending church started to dress more casually. I realize that this may have nothing to do with manners but it certainly was a change in what was considered a respect for society at the time.
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Exactly. I agree.

what I said before - every generation has some people complaining that things have gone down hill since back in my day

Etiquette and social norms change - eg dress standards becoming more casual - but I think most people, now as always, are kind and polite while now, as always there are some who are not.
 
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