You know what really grinds my gears?

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've never gotten the point of complaining about generational differences.

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've never gotten the point of complaining about generational differences.

I always figured the point was to complain within your group, to gain "togetherness" with your peers


outside of that, things get weird, and maybe "weird" is too kind

[SmashMan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I always figured the point was to complain within your group, to gain "togetherness" with your peers


outside of that, things get weird, and maybe "weird" is too kind

Yeah, always seemed like a social bonding thing. Happens to every group - everyone older is out of touch, everyone younger doesn't know how good they have it, etc.

[dubcity]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

There are always gonna be people who think the world peaked when they were in high school, and it's been downhill ever since.

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

There are always gonna be people who think the world peaked when they were in high school, and it's been downhill ever since.

But, it's true!

[Hammerhunker]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've never gotten the point of complaining about generational differences.

Sunday afternoon, the wife and I watched Pretty in Pink, again. What struck me is that kids were not much different in the 80s as portrayed in that movie, than today...same conflicts, same identity issues...

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Sunday afternoon, the wife and I watched Pretty in Pink, again. What struck me is that kids were not much different in the 80s as portrayed in that movie, than today...same conflicts, same identity issues...

I identify more with 80's movies tbh, there seems to be a homely feel to a lot of the stuff like Uncle Buck and others with me.

[Jolly Roger]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

There are always gonna be people who think the world peaked when they were in high school, and it's been downhill ever since.

I graduated in 2004 when every guy looked like Guy Fieri and people were listening to either NSYNC or Limp Bizkit, so...there better not be anyone from my group who think this, lol.

I'm a Millennial but I don't really identify as one, so I laugh at Millennial jokes. I also have a good relationship with my Boomer parents, so I feel like Boomers get a bad rap.

Now these Gen Z kids, I do worry about them. The general "theme" of their generation seems to be that they're offended by everything and can't handle anything. Hopefully there are many that aren't like this because...well, life is hard sometimes. We are so far removed from when the Greatest Generation were sleeping in the same bed with their 4 siblings as kids, then going off and fighting in WWII and Korea and never complaining about anything.

[TheShizNo1]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I'm all about Gen Z challenging ****......


What I see as a teacher is underdeveloped communication skills due to just having to send a text. It's mind boggling to think the guys will never know the fear of calling a girl and her dad picking up the phone.

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[DieHardYankee26]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When it was finally your time to shine and then someone wanted to use the internet 🤦🏾*♂️, man we’ve come a long way.

[Jolly Roger]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I'm all about Gen Z challenging ****......


What I see as a teacher is underdeveloped communication skills due to just having to send a text. It's mind boggling to think the guys will never know the fear of calling a girl and her dad picking up the phone.

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Yeah I've noticed that too. Some people nowadays think you're "writing a book" if you write more than a few sentences.

Bringing back memories there lol...I remember cold calling a girl I liked in the summer because she signed my yearbook. I remember pacing around my room planning the call out all day before finally dialing.

[SmashMan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yeah I've noticed that too. Some people nowadays think you're "writing a book" if you write more than a few sentences.

Bringing back memories there lol...I remember cold calling a girl I liked in the summer because she signed my yearbook. I remember pacing around my room planning the call out all day before finally dialing.

Planning the call - 24 hours
Actual call - 30 seconds

[Jolly Roger]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Planning the call - 24 hours
Actual call - 30 seconds

I don't actually remember what I said, but it was probably something like "Hey ________, what's up? Oh yeah, this is __________, hey yeah I thought maybe you know, like, I'd just call and see what's up and stuff and, like, yeah."

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

[emoji38]

Planning the call - 24 hours
Actual call - 30 seconds

That's true for so many things. Its why I hate phone calls too. You spend X amount of minutes or hours planning out the conversation, just to not use anything you planned in the conversation, and it lasts all of 30 seconds.

Even worse when someone leaves you a message to call back.

[Caulfield]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yeah, always seemed like a social bonding thing. Happens to every group - everyone older is out of touch, everyone younger doesn't know how good they have it, etc.

youth is wasted on the young lol

I've never gotten the point of complaining about generational differences.

obvious whippersnapper is obvious