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Can turn naughty
@suspended which cultural artifacts, historic events, works of art etc do you expect you'll be looking back at with nostalgia from the last 20 years when it's your turn to be old?
WYH got one of them right but I'll leave it up to you to decide which@suspended which cultural artifacts, historic events, works of art etc do you expect you'll be looking back at with nostalgia from the last 20 years when it's your turn to be old?
WYH got one of them right but I'll leave it up to you to decide which
most people prefer to communicate with faces and voices, and as data becomes too cheap to meter, things could change
its been interesting watching generational concepts appear in the uk over the last decade. i remember reading that douglas coupland book generation x when i was about 16 and not knowing what the fuck generation x was, what a generation was, was unfamiliar with this way of conceptualising people, this form of categorisation, and i don't think anyone else i was around in england knew what generation was either. 'zoomer' and 'millennial' seem to be common parlance in the uk now. with no evidence at all i can say i think its an american way of thinking that we have taken on recently. everyone always seems to be on about it.I like the fact that the older generation stick to their ways. I think it's a shame there isn't more argument between generations. As you say, each mostly learns to speak past one another, disregarding each other's view. It's become easier for young people to cut the elders out of the culture hasn't it? There isn't any dependence. Which is why you see more and more old people submitting to trendy views in order to retain relevance. Well they don't see it that way, and of course it can be genuine. But the dynamics have shifted, are shifting.
its been interesting watching generational concepts appear in the uk over the last decade. i remember reading that douglas coupland book generation x when i was about 16 and not knowing what the fuck generation x was, what a generation was, was unfamiliar with this way of conceptualising people, this form of categorisation, and i don't think anyone else i was around in england knew what generation was either. 'zoomer' and 'millennial' seem to be common parlance in the uk now. with no evidence at all i can say i think its an american way of thinking that we have taken on recently. everyone always seems to be on about it.
along with that i can remember listening to david willets, a huge berk, talking about generational conflict in about 2012. that felt like a forerunner. that kind of intergenerational conflict discourse is everywhere now. don't think hardly anyone used to think about the world in that way.
I don't find it distasteful when John Cale praises Dr. Dre or whatever but I do find it pathetic when let's say an old punk known for their dirtbag masculinity in the 80s start to talk about microaggressions.
Take some responsibility for who you are.