Mr.Deviance, on 11 October 2011 - 03:33 PM, said:
Hell man, there was a time when I would look at emos in my country and talk with my mates about how the younger generations have degenerated really bad and how our generation is the last generation that didn't end up being defined by self hating, manipulable and genetically inferior people.
But then, less than 10 years later we've got to see the beliebers (Justin Bieber fans) that all dress like him and cut their hair in a way that resembles a helmet made out of hair.
So after this episode, how can I ever justify all that I've said about Emo people, when the next generation after them proved to be at least 10 times lamer and even more genetically broken?
I don't even dare to imagine the generation that's going to make Justin Bieber fans look cool by comparison...
I since decided to be ignore this because obviously, the world can go to shit even without me having to check it on a daily basis.
The less I get trolled by these new kid generations, the more I will get to keep my hair's density and it's color intact!
I somehow simply know that Emos and Justin Bieber fans, will certainly not make good politicians when their age will be right for that.
What I do fear however, is that I might not be lucky enough to die early, before I will be forced to see how these generations will start destroying everything and start world wars on a monthly basis just for the sake of trolling themselves in real life.
First off, if you look up the statistics, they will tell you those teenagers are our generation. The cutoff for Millienials is being born in the year 2000. That said, our cultural divide is massive between the older and the younger members.
I don't know what it's like in Russia, but you don't know anything about shitty generations. Nothing beats the American Baby Boomer generation. They are the most selfish, narcissistic, childish, stubborn, dishonest, myopic, self-aggrandizing generation ever. I've gone into one or two rants about them on here before, and I'm not writing another, but we've been having decades of steady improvement over here. I was born in 1988. I grew up under their command, and God damn do they suck. They still suck now. They are spiteful teenagers with grey hair.
Over here society has been gradually getting better for a long time now. Don't confuse teenage culture with actual intelligence and critical thinking skills. Teenagers are mostly idiots and will devour any crap that appeals to their emotions, and as a result their culture is pretty hit and miss. Teenage culture was great in the 1960's and 70's, sucked in the 80's, was great in the 90's and sucked again in the 2000's.
Teenage culture has zero bearing on how intelligent someone will be. I can tell you from life experience that Generation X'ers who grew up in the 1980's, one of the most culturally depraved decades ever, are far smarter, more rational, and are morally superior to their predecessors. Us Millenials grew up in the 2000's, which was kind of like the "Diet 80's" and I'm astounded at our moral compass and ability to sniff out bullshit from any level of authority.
I'm a staunch realist by nature. I am only optimistic because I see people for who they really are. I know that this decade will be one of the worst ever. But I totally see humanity recovering from it, and I know that people our age will be responsible for our recovery. That doesn't scare me at all because the older I get the more I realize just how open minded, intelligent, rational, and perceptive our generation really is. We aren't selfish to the point where we only care about those we immediately know. We know when we're being lied to and we aren't controlled by fear unlike our idiotic Boomer parents.
The cycle will rinse and repeat. We will grow old and we will be disliked by the youth because our generation was the final one to be birthed and raised under the old older. A somewhat ruthless society dominated by rigged governments, mega corporations, bankers and consumerism gone wild. We will inherently retain some of our "impure" traits and will be chastised for our lower intelligence and old fashioned ways.