The dumbest generation?

[niky]

Connectedness isn't dumbness.

Every generation has its challenges... there are bad things to say about the TV Generation, the Video Game Generation and even the early pre-social network Internet Generation.

But each social change has brought positive change as well.

My family is scattered over several countries and three continents. I never see some of them, and e-mail correspondence is slow and time-consuming.

I can get on Facebook, and bam! A nephew had a ball game. A cousin went on vacation. An uncle you haven't seen for years likes your post about your kids' new teeth.

Say what you like about it... yes, there are a lot of idiots on FB. But there are a lot of idiots everywhere. At least on FB, I can choose who and what I pay attention to, and I can keep in touch with more people without spending on text messages and phone calls, or sending individual e-mails.

You just have to know how to balance it. As a species, we learned to cope with the distractions of TV, video-games and the internet. Facebook is just the latest challenge. Either we grow with it or we don't. I didn't ever want to be on Friendster or Facebook, but now I see it as a way to reach out and touch people I don't have the financial capacity to go see as often as I want. ;)

[Ry_Tower]

Connectedness isn't dumbness.

Every generation has its challenges... there are bad things to say about the TV Generation, the Video Game Generation and even the early pre-social network Internet Generation.

But each social change has brought positive change as well.

My family is scattered over several countries and three continents. I never see some of them, and e-mail correspondence is slow and time-consuming.

I can get on Facebook, and bam! A nephew had a ball game. A cousin went on vacation. An uncle you haven't seen for years likes your post about your kids' new teeth.

Say what you like about it... yes, there are a lot of idiots on FB. But there are a lot of idiots everywhere. At least on FB, I can choose who and what I pay attention to, and I can keep in touch with more people without spending on text messages and phone calls, or sending individual e-mails.

You just have to know how to balance it. As a species, we learned to cope with the distractions of TV, video-games and the internet. Facebook is just the latest challenge. Either we grow with it or we don't. I didn't ever want to be on Friendster or Facebook, but now I see it as a way to reach out and touch people I don't have the financial capacity to go see as often as I want. ;)

And its cheap vs making that international phone call!

Kaya nga hindi naman ata dumb, its just some might be lazy because of it. 'Di ba may study pa nga na more and more people prefer their smartphone vs having ***! hahaha

[niky]

Survival of the fittest. When the distracted ones breed out of existence, that leaves the rest of us to take over the world... Muwahahaha!

[roninblade]

And its cheap vs making that international phone call!

Kaya nga hindi naman ata dumb, its just some might be lazy because of it. 'Di ba may study pa nga na more and more people prefer their smartphone vs having ***! hahaha

well that confirms it then, they are dumb :lol:

[Ry_Tower]

well that confirms it then, they are dumb :lol:

that's another way to look at it hehehe

[marg]

meh, you're citing just one guy out of an entire generation. being wired is what made this generation dumb in the first place - retaining information isn't really required anymore, you can just search for everything online.

Actually, you are just getting OLD. Change happens in every generation, it doesn't make them dumbest.

Today, you can search for everything online and have Billions of web pages at your disposal. Isn't that better than having to drag yourself to the library and take an hour or so to find the information that you need?

We call this the Information Age for a very good reason.

[shadow]

Actually, you are just getting OLD. Change happens in every generation, it doesn't make them dumbest.

Today, you can search for everything online and have Billions of web pages at your disposal. Isn't that better than having to drag yourself to the library and take an hour or so to find the information that you need?

what library? the only library I know is the one in my itunes.

[miso_honi]

let's not be judgmental. some people exploit your thinking they are dumb. in the end you are the dumb one. a lot of these young rappers we laugh at have more money in the bank than we do with our higher education than theirs

[roninblade]

Actually, you are just getting OLD. Change happens in every generation, it doesn't make them dumbest.

Today, you can search for everything online and have Billions of web pages at your disposal. Isn't that better than having to drag yourself to the library and take an hour or so to find the information that you need?

We call this the Information Age for a very good reason.

maybe the term dumb is dumb in this discussion. i did not say having information at the tip of your fingers is bad; my point was retention of information. lots of people today don't really store information in their head anymore besides what they need daily for immediate circle of interest (job, self, friends, family). people throw away most information they find online as soon as they have satisfied the immediate need. information has become disposable in the information age.

oh and i know that too - i am getting old

[Monseratto]

Hehehe...

Mom Sells Daughter's 'One Direction' Tickets On eBay In The Nastiest Way Possible
AARON TAUBE SEP. 20, 2013, 11:17 AM 46,582 23

An Australian mother has chosen to scar her daughter for life with what might be the nastiest eBay listing of all time

After her daughter lied to her about hanging out at an older boy's house, the eBay user "tsfe" decided to teach her a lesson by auctioning off the One Direction concert tickets she had previously purchased as a birthday gift.

The blistering, shaming message tsfe wrote in the listing was discovered by the Reddit user canusich, and it's sure to make your inner teenager want to disappear on the spot.

Here it is:

"THIS AUCTION IS FOR ALL 4 ONE DIRECTION TICKETS IN SYDNEY OCTOBER 25th. You can thank my daughters self righteous and lippy attitude for their sale. See sweety? And you thought I was bluffing. I hope the scowl on your b----- little friends faces when you tell them that your dad and i revoked the gift we were giving you all reminds you that your PARENTS are the ones that deserve love and respect more than anyone. And your silly little pack mentality of taking your parents for fools is one sadly mistaken. Anyhow. Your loss someone else's gain who deserves them! THE TICKETS ARE SEATED IN ROW O section 57. REMEMBER AUCTION IS FOR ALL 4 TICKETS and will be sent registered post.

...OH YOUR FRIENDS THOUGHT THAT A FEW PRANKS CALLS WOULD PUT ME OFF SELLING THE GIFT WE BOUGHT FOR THEM for YOUR BIRTHDAY because YOU all LIED to us about sleep overs so you could hang like little trollops at an older guys HOUSE????? Pffft!! I find it HIGHLY amusing that you girls think you invented this stuff. Tricks like this on OUR parents is how HALF of you were conceived .....And why a lot of your friends DONT have an address to send that Fathers day card to!!! I'm not your friend. I'm your MOTHER. And I am here to give you the boundaries that YOU NEED to become a functional responsible adult. You may hate me now..... But I don't care. Its my job to raise a responsible adult..not nuture bad habits in my teen age child."

Yikes. The current bid is at $395. Let's just hope some of the proceeds can be used to pay for all of the therapy everyone involved is going to need.

We reached out to the seller, but have yet to hear back.

Read more: eBay User Sells Daughter's 'One Direction' Tickets - Business Insider