Is this the laziest generation?

[Absentia]

"Come on children, you're acting like children. Every generation thinks it's the end of the world."

No this is clearly the end of the world.

 

[thumpbass1]

I think this issue has been going on between parents and their teenage to young adult kids, since the earliest tribe of grownups heard their kids whine about having to go dig for edible roots, clean fish, or scrape a hide clean.

 

[Quickie]

Yes, I'm getting off your lawn now.

And take your dogs poop with you!

 

[Quickie]

Quickie strikes again with his lovable socially-conscientious musing on a possibly doomed future!!!

Yay!

(Bowing) I thank you sir!

I just post what I feel. Seem to always get some great discussion going.

 

[Unrepresented]

Impact, positively, the lives of hundreds of folk then speak to me of armchair diagnosis.

More power to you if you already are. I'm currently working too hard to take much more onto my plate.

Thinly veiled insults are beneath civil discussion. If you dislike my thoughts, then ignore them and read on in the thread. Keep the insults to yourself please.

I have an inability to ignore ironic content. Hopefully science will find a cure for it between their hard work solving teenage laziness and diagnosing selective, self-serving memories of those beyond their teenage years. We'll all be happier when that happens, it seems.

 

[TheVoiceless]

Voiceless hit the nail on the head... to an extent. I'll come back to this thread after I get my workout in

That is just how I would feel as a high school senior. Most adults I know have very little motivation to show up to work. Not because they are lazy, because the low wages and less then humane working conditions, the little to no paid time off, and watching the owners line their pockets at the expense of the worker.

I could be wrong about the child in question, but I think this paints a broader picture of the current US generation.

Then I see the youth of Egypt making extraordinary changes to their country. From what I know 60% of they're population is 30 and under.

I would be interested to hear what people thought of the youth in other countries. Right now I see our current generation as

 

[Unrepresented]

That is just how I would feel as a high school senior. Most adults I know have very little motivation to show up to work. Not because they are lazy, because the low wages and less then humane working conditions, the little to no paid time off, and watching the owners line their pockets at the expense of the worker.

I could be wrong about the child in question, but I think this paints a broader picture of the current US generation.

Then I see the youth of Egypt making extraordinary changes to their country. From what I know 60% of they're population is 30 and under.

I would be interested to hear what people thought of the youth in other countries. Right now I see our current generation as

Those extraordinary changes are coming in part from the creations of the youth of this US generation. It was Gen Y's creations and adoption of social media in this country that allowed it to flourish and impact those around the globe.

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

Every generation is the laziest generation.

 

[Funky Ghost]

More power to you if you already are. I'm currently working too hard to take much more onto my plate.

I have an inability to ignore ironic content. Hopefully science will find a cure for it between their hard work solving teenage laziness and diagnosing selective, self-serving memories of those beyond their teenage years. We'll all be happier when that happens, it seems.

Irony. It's a funny concept, that.

You speak of laziness, and of being such a hard worker, and yet find it too hard to edit your written thoughts so that they don't include insults. Yes, I can see now that you are, indeed, a fan of irony.

Well played sir.

 

[R. Laevinus]

In support of my view that this generation is pretty darn lazy, I offer this as evidence:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f34/random-question-about-tobacco-790155/

In my day, we had to go out and find somebody with sweet darkroom skills to make us fake ID's!

 

[fmoore200]

i'm 26 and work 50 hours a week, come home and make dinner and love my kids, go to bed just to do it again....

pretty lazy i am

'84 beats '85

I had a book and movie about my year..

 

[armywalaby]

I was in a situation similar to this the other day when our town blocked off streets for a six hour funeral procession for a cop that was shot while serving a warrant. I said I thought it was selfish to do that and he died at work; that it was the same as if someone who worked at the semi trailer plant on the edge of town died at work. I also stated how I thought everyone in the community was a hypocrite because any other day of their life they are talking about how the cops never do anything. I also stated that anywhere else in the country this would not have been as big a deal. I was told I had no respect and I didn't understand and If I ever wore a uniform in gov't service (which I have) I would get it and this generation this and this generation that...so I don't think anyone has it right. We evolve in our ideas as we get older as a society. However, America seems to be the only country where people expect good things to happen to them. So, I say it's more of a symptom of a nation.

 

[macaroni tony]

'84 beats '85

I had a book and movie about my year..

And the Olympics in LA! Los Angeles '84 beats NYC '84!

 

[peledog]

You can call it the 'laziest' so long as you don't compare it to your own generation. The older you get, the more likely you are to wax nostalgic about how you had to 'walk uphill in the snow to school both ways'.

The debate should be which has more impact on a generation - parents or technology?

 

[Metal Matt]

I feel each generation has to deal with burdens left over from the previous generation. Well let's just say we are handing our kids a big ball of ....

It goes beyond parenting, its a social virus that's infected our culture. Why do you think companies have no problem breaking the law? Because after paying the fines they still make a huge profit. Why do you think coaches give kids steroids? As a coach or a student its better to win the state championship then worry about the athletes health.

Why would a kid not want to be a "hard worker"? Because they watched their parents scrape by, killing themselves to make ends meet. Only to have it all go to gas, food, insane taxes ( especially in NJ ) mortgage on a house that is worth less then they are paying for.

I blame the adults, the ones who forced the collapse then made the bonuses. Take a look around and see what social lessons the current generation is being taught. Kids are smart, they don't have bosses, political parties, or beliefs that keep them in the dark about the real world. As adults we have a million reasons NOT to stick to our beliefs. Its about how can I make enough money, or keep our job, or appeal to the loudest group of donors.

What type of job could a 20 yr old get these days? After they pay out the taxes, the car loan, insurance, gas, uniform ( that some places make them pay for ), hair cuts, clothes, etc..... is it really worth the $8hr someone is offering? I would chose a tent also, sorry but blame the people ruining the country. Besides they are competing with unemployed adults and illegal immigrants.

Now that is the average kid, think of the kid who wanted to be a doctor then found out how much school costs, how many years they have to go to school to finish, then how much they will have to pay for insurance. What do you think they are thinking?

Every generation will have lazy people, but I feel that this US generation has a whole other reason not to join the rat race. They can see it from the outside in. And if they can stay out of it, I'm sure they will. What is the carrot at the end of the stick? At least my generation ( 30's ) had the whole " go to college and you will get a good job". Now look at it, does that advice still hold true today? OK Rant over..........

+1.

I'm 24 and pretty much feel the same about the current situation in our country. My generation has watched an economic crisis unfold that could have been prevented had our government actually regulated the banking industry. And on the other side of that coin, we've watched how already rich investors and bankers will do whatever they can to profit, even if it means profiting off people loosing their homes and their way of life. We're seeing what happens when corporations are allowed to support and influence politicians. It's not just the banking industry, it's the private prisons that lobby and push to keep absurd penalties in place to keep their prisons full, it's the food industry that fights against honest labeling of genetically modified food that fights to keep harmful preservatives in the food we eat. It's the pharmaceutical industry that's allowed to take part in writing laws, and who lobby extensively to keep their dangerous, side effect ridden drugs on the market.

The result of all this corporate sway over our governments regulatory bodies is that people develop health problems from the food they eat, pharma companies keep making money off that reality, banks and investors are allowed to push millions into poverty and millions more to the edge of the cliff and we have the largest prison population of any other country on the planet. Because of scams our government allowed the banks and investors to pull, the economic reality now for a lot of people my age is that people can't live out of their parents house unless they are living with 3 people per house. Forget about living on your own. A lot of people I know have jobs they hate and would like out of but can't because there is nowhere else to go. Going to school doesn't mean you get a job like we were told our whole lives... now the reality is that you get out of school and you might have a pile of loans to pay off for the next decade because that's the only way you could "afford" to go to school in the first place. The reality is current and future generations can look forward to a standard of living that is lower than their parents thanks to government corruption and corporate greed.

This is all the fault of generations before us and it'll be our fault too if we do nothing about it.

 

[5StringBlues]

The older you get, the more likely you are to wax nostalgic about how you had to 'walk uphill in the snow to school both ways'.

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[nickbass79]

If you are asking just about physical laziness...I say yes.
Technology is helping to advance our mental capacity though, IMO

I do think we will turn around and become healthy again.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

And +1 towards Matt.

 

[MatticusMania]

Are social media creating the laziest generation? - CNN.com

Well, is it? I say......yes.

I dont think its a fair comparison, to put this generation side to side with any that came before. The times are different. Previous generations didnt have to deal with the same level of bombardment from advertising, social networks, and so many distractions. And its the previous generation that put a lot these practices into place.

Good on him for choosing his own path. Why should he have to have a job? Because society says so? Just because he has a different outlook on life, doesn't mean he has the wrong one.

BS. Thats not "choosing your own path". Thats just being lazy and mooching off his mother. He doesnt want a job, thats fine, but he should find his own path to feeding himself and putting a roof over his head.


Anyways, on topic - I dont remember my dad coming home from work every day and doing much else than parking himself in front of the TV. Not all day everyy day, he worked and he worked hard. My mother didnt, well she worked hard, but maintaining the household. By the time Dad got home and rested it was time for dinner, and they'd veg for the evening. On the weekends, my dad got **** done!

As for me, I work full time, as does my wife. When we get home we make dinner, and then have to worry about household duties, going to the gym, band practices, gigs, etc. So when we have free time, we'll sit around and veg. On the weekends we do some vegging, and a whole assortmment of activities.

Is this the "laziest generation"? Perhaps, but I wouldnt know anything about that, and I'm a self admitted lazy person.

I'm extremely lazy but I don't have the narcissism and general sense of entitlement... I suppose one out of three ain't bad .

Ah, maybe thats whats up!

'84 beats '85

I had a book and movie about my year..

+1

And the Olympics in LA! Los Angeles '84 beats NYC '84!

Doublegood +1 methinks!

 

[TheVoiceless]

Right now their is a man/woman in their 60's-80's using their fortune to oppress progress to ensure their investments won't be affected by a new technology that renders their monopoly useless. This is the down fall of a greedy society.

Don't fool yourself, cars can be built today that can get 70MPG, brakes that last 200,000 miles, tires that don't blow or deflate, and cars that have built in sensors almost guaranteeing that you would not get into an accident.

Heck, we don't even have a real space program anymore, so much for dreaming about being an astronaut.

Metal Matt adds some nice fuel to the fire with for profit prisons and millionaire welfare. Civil war is coming to the US, when is the question.