Lost respect to todays youth

[FamoFunk]

I've already lost respect for todays youth, around here anyway, none of them are polite. They're so rude, violent, and a bunch of dick head chavs.

It's so clique I know, but it's true... I do blame the parents for lack of disapline and really not giving a crap about what their 10yo is getting up to drinking and roaming the streetsat 10pm.

 

[Lilani]

If that was me..i would have shot them with a combination of a pellet and paintball guns. If they got a thrill from that, then i'd invite them in to show them my collection of various daggers and swords.

Yeah, had that been my house, my dad would have walked outside with his 9MM and given the kids to the count of 10 to get their asses back to the street. He would never fire a shot (most likely), but he'd still give them a hell of a scare.

 

[Nerdygamer89]

'The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and
love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants
of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the
room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up
dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their
teachers.'

Socrates, yes?

Anyhow, this kind of thing has always happened. People just tend to forget what they were like when they were children and thus view the past through rose colored glasses.

 

[Blaster395]

'The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and
love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants
of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the
room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up
dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their
teachers.'

Socrates, yes?

Anyhow, this kind of thing has always happened. People just tend to forget what they were like when they were children and thus view the past through rose colored glasses.

In fact, the parents were usualy even worse behaved than their kids.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

If they don't run for the hills when I cock it, I start shooting until it stops moving...

I mean come on. It's minor vandalism we're talking about here.

And if they don't run at the sound of a gun being cocked and loaded, they're probably there for more than "minor vandalism." For that matter, if anyone anywhere doesn't feel the need to not be in the immediate area of the sound of a gun being loaded and cocked, unless it's a shooting range, there's something wrong with them and/or are probably intent to harm you. If the cocking of a shotgun isn't enough to scare them off, I'm going to assume they're there to hurt me. I find that a reasonable assumption considering that it's a universal sound that translates roughly to "I'm about to blow a golfball sized hole in your chest."

 

[Hoplon]

'The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and
love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants
of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the
room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up
dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their
teachers.'

Socrates, yes?

Anyhow, this kind of thing has always happened. People just tend to forget what they were like when they were children and thus view the past through rose colored glasses.

Researching to find out who to accredit it too, found it is likely him quoting a play.

 

[The Funslinger]

I'm apart of the youth and i hate it. I hate other kids and i hate being a kid. I megaloth the children.

Yeah, this. My english class was doing a skim-reading test, which only around three of us could keep up with (myself included, I read constantly, so the whole thing was easy for me.) but the others might have been able to pick it up if it hadn't been for these two girls near the front (who I was unfortunately close to) literally talking at a higher volume than the teacher. Everyone in the class was basically saying shut the hell up, and they were acting all offended like "wow, what? why should we?" so after a couple of minutes, they started up again.

I turned to them, and said: "look, nobody here gives a damn about anything you two have to say about anything. The sound of your voices is so freaking annoying it should be banned as a war crime under the geneva convention. If you weren't so stupid, I'd think you were government agents hired to kill everyone here, and that the best way you'd found to do that was to talk and talk until we all simultaneously haemorrhaged."

 

[rockera]

well I count as "youth" as I'm 15 but I don't know what age you're talking about so I'm guessing 10-15?
Don't generalise children, A LOT of us are pricks but for the select few who actually have a brain cell in their body we don't go round smashing windows.

 

[RabbiiFrystofsk]

That actually cracked me up that they said sorry.
They sound so polite.

 

[The Lawn]

I personally blame the fact that in most towns in America there is exactly nothing for kids ages 13-20 to do.
Sure there's after school sports, but every kid in school isn't going to make the team.

I remember when I first moved to California from Germany, I found life so boring.
You couldn't go exploring the wilds because there are barely any, and if there is you run the risk of running into some sort of dangerous creature.

The little farming town I lived it that had maybe 1/16th the population this place does, had it's own miniature golf course, bowling alley, 2 arcades, a movie theater and an absolutely huge public sports arena.
Here, there are 2 night clubs, 3 theaters that all show the same stuff and only at night, and a mall.

The fact that there was nothing to do here was the reason I started getting into video games and table top gaming.
But for the same reasons, my friends brother also got into petty theft and vandalism.

TLDR: Kids do this crap, because there is literally nothing to keep them entertained.

 

[MrJKapowey]

If they don't run for the hills when I cock it, I start shooting until it stops moving...

I mean come on. It's minor vandalism we're talking about here.

And if they don't run at the sound of a gun being cocked and loaded, they're probably there for more than "minor vandalism." For that matter, if anyone anywhere doesn't feel the need to not be in the immediate area of the sound of a gun being loaded and cocked, unless it's a shooting range, there's something wrong with them and/or are probably intent to harm you. If the cocking of a shotgun isn't enough to scare them off, I'm going to assume they're there to hurt me. I find that a reasonable assumption considering that it's a universal sound that translates roughly to "I'm about to blow a golfball sized hole in your chest."

I wouldn't be scared off by the sound of a shotgun being cocked. If I wasn't doing anything to aggravate anyone (my ground state of being) then I would assume it had nothing to do with me (I'm in Britain so we don't have shotgun wielding people) - if it was fired then I would work out where the shot came from, get to dead ground and phone the police.

If I was aggravating someone then I would back off slowly or stand still and apologise. There is no reason for me to 'run for the hills'; unless you are a psychopath or a lunatic.

I would assume from what these kids are doing that they would not cause you harm on purpose - remember, it's been repeatedly done - so if I was doing it then you could not 'shoot until it stops moving'. That's murder and wouldn't be defending yourself as it appears that when the adult left the house they stopped throwing; therefore weren't attacking you, so you couldn't defend yourself as there was nothing to defend from. It would also be undue force - i.e. overreacting.

OT: I'm a member of today's youth and I don't do stuff like that - can't see why you've lost respect for me.

 

[hotacidbath]

A thread full of people under the age of 25 complaining about today's youth? Oh good lord this is funny. Kids have always pulled this kind of shit. My parents raised me very well and I was still a bit of a brat as a kid. I even have my extremely childish moments now as does my 30-year-old roommate and my friends in their late 20's and early 30's. It doesn't have a damn thing to do with today's kids and instead just has to do with kids.

 

[kinggamecat]

Man, why can't people do the simplest things like: Don't do drugs, Don't drink irresponsibly, stay away from cigarettes/tobacco/cigars, don't commit crimes and have protected sex. IS IT THAT FUCKING HARD!?

 

[Jammy2003]

Thats actually kind of funny, getting a thrill being chased. Kinda sad at the same time too.

Thrills come from Living, but unfortunately modern society is against living.

Why do you say that? I think modern society is actually too obsessed with living. Everyone HAS to have health care? Everyone HAS to have a middle class standard of living? Eveyone HAS to be cared for? How many poeple do you think would get off their asses and get a job if we took away their easy welfare check? The prospect of an inevitable slow death from starvation is a rather strong motivator. In the most basic argument of Nature vs Nurture Darwin had it right, but we killed natural selection in humans sooooooo.... here we are.

And thrills DO come from living, not from destruction. If they (the youth) can't understand that they need to be made to understand. The simpilest way you ask? Destroy the inanimate objects they "can't" live without and watch them go into tech withdraws.

"We, as humans, have one true right..... and that is to die."

Just wanna point out that, living in that sense and "Living" are two very different things. Talking as a 19 year old, I find growing up in this day and age terribly boring and depressing in that I see my life panning out as being screwed over as a kid, blamed for everything as a youth, expected to sort out last generations mess as an adult, and then screwed over when older as our pension scheme falls down the gutter as its no longer viable. Yes, everyone can live, and for some people that is enough, but personally I find that merely existing is not living at all.

 

[mikev7.0]

I'm not an out of control child. But too all you older people, Why should I show you respect ? Just because your my elder ? If you actually deserve respect then sure I will give you It but It you just expect It then your outta luck my friend.....

Respect works both ways you show me none I'm going to do the same back.

Oh and too everyone who talks about shooting kids. You guys are just as bad and I'm kinda glad I live somewhere where guns are illegal. Like most sane places.....

Your elder? Why to my knowledge we don't even attend the same church son!!

Joking aside you really respect someone just for respecting you? Interesting. I do not expect respect from anyone. If I earn it great. If not, bummer that. What I expect is a certain level of understanding and that's also what I treat people with. Compassion. True, a lot of folks say that I show them respect I suppose because to them it feels the same. I agree with other people who have posted here that respect is something I have to earn. I didn't think I did that by just giving it away. That sounds a bit weird.

I also agree that kids are going to be kids and have been that way since they invented the giggle. I also think that people are people though and you're going to always find a bunch who aren't as easily educated as they are amused. Do not make them your leader is all I ask.

 

[monstersquad]

Unlikely considering I live in the US. You know, if you bought a can of wasp spray, the ones that can spray 20 feet or so, and a lighter, you could do short bursts of flame to scare the hell out of them. XD

You might laugh, but it's actually very effective at scaring away people you don't want getting close to you. I recommend it for women that often drive along in their cars as well.

Have you ever actually done this?!?! So much could go wrong so fast. The very fact that you would suggest that some women should use this is preposterously hilarious. Thank you for genuinely making me laugh