Speaking of game shows. I was incredibly disappointed when I heard the new Squid Games Challenge doesn't have the people actually die and we can't nominate people to play.
Getting Old - Kids and Slang
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My daughter used the word "dope" several times last night. She used it correctly but I still said "Whatever Boomer" to her.
My wife just recently tried to use the slang "Rizz" but instead said "Jizz".
Hilarity ensued and I told the kids not to look up that word.
Boss is definitely back, at least it was where I graduated from last year
Are there specific places you are thinking of? But yes, I was speaking about teens as a whole
I agree, and those are all good things. But did they need to become weenies about everything at the same time? There's just this expectation that nothing should be hard, or require hard work. Just seem unmotivated, unambitious, not driven. Just waiting for stuff to happen.
IDK maybe its just me being an old coot and its my imagination.
I really think it’s because you’re old and it’s in your head. Everyone complains about younger generations. Socrates and Plato were complaining about younger generations
Edit: I just found this LA Times article which I think does a good job explaining that younger generations have pretty much always been criticized. People were criticizing “the greatest generation” when they were kids
2nd edit: the article does make political arguments later, but the initial part is good for just showing how teens have been viewed in the past
For Adults, 'Today's Youth' Are Always the Worst
Tom Brokaw's recent bestseller "The Greatest Generation" lauds the youth of the 1930s, who toiled through the Great Depression, won World War II, then supplied three decades of statesmen, can-do spirit and family stability, as "the greatest generation any society has ever produced."
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Posters were so preoccupied with whether or not they could understand teenagers, they didn't stop to think if they should.
This topic sent me down a geeky-rabbit-hole of slang history, and it’s bussin’, know what I'm sayin'?
A couple of random links.
bestlifeonline.com
people.howstuffworks.com
A couple of random links.
100 Slang Terms From the 20th Century No One Uses Anymore
You'll get a "big tickle" from this walk down memory lane.
bestlifeonline.com
181 Slang Words by Decade: From 'Scram' to 'Slaps'
Popular slang terms come and go - and sometimes come back again. Here are some of the most popular slang words of the last 100 years, decade by decade.
Some people get nostalgia for classic movies, music, or TV shows. For me, it's the internet of the 90s.
We're in a suburban KC neighborhood and my daughter goes to a 6A school. She is extremely candid about what goes on in her school. The amount of sex that happens is definitely not less. Kids are taking far more prescription drugs than you'd think, and she said there is always someone vaping in their bathrooms.
There is less drinking and driving than when I was her age, so they are definitely smarter than my generation as far as that goes. Also, their parties are much smaller due to the suburban setting, so the out-of-control alcohol abuse is more contained.
But a large number of students have a good buzz before their Friday night football games and party afterwards. I think many parents allow it just so they know where their kids are and so they can keep tabs on them.
I second this, as someone actively in high school, you would mistaken to think this stuff doesn’t happen, for me a know less about drug use but definitely a lot of vaping and drinking
The previous generation has complained about the next generation at least since the ancient Greeks:
There is nothing new under the sun.
There is nothing new under the sun.
