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Do the elders laugh at the yoof
floridaman
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We here that there is some sympathy and some rumblings of disagreement but do you think some elders laugh at the young?
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Perhaps as much as I laugh at elderly incontinence.0
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We do, we do ..... we laugh because we had it tougher and moaned less,
we laugh because we didn't have facebook to make us depressed,
we laugh because cars were real cars back in the day,
we laugh because we could spell correctly,
we laugh because we could write letters,
we laugh because things happened slower,
we laugh because the young have it so easy,
we laugh because a 40" TV is considered small - when we aspired to a 24"!
We laugh because we could get drunk for £1 and
we laugh because the young will have to pay for our pensions - as we paid for our parents pensions.
Most of all we laugh because the young ask daft questions on forums like this
Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!0 -
floridaman wrote: »We here that there is some sympathy and some rumblings of disagreement but do you think some elders laugh at the young?
Probably a wry laugh at the naïvet! that leads the young to believe that they should have all the trappings of financial success without ever needing to earn it.0 -
floridaman wrote: »We here that there is some sympathy and some rumblings of disagreement but do you think some elders laugh at the young?
I would think they laugh due to the poor education system that they have inflicted on them that has lead them to struggle to understand how to spell properly. What's this "here" business you're talking about?0 -
Not so much a simple laugh at the Yoof as a self-satisfied snigger as they pull up the drawbridge behind them.“Britain- A friend to all, beholden to none”. 🇬🇧0
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Not so much a simple laugh at the Yoof as a self-satisfied snigger as they pull up the drawbridge behind them.
More likely installing a carpeted staircase to their own young."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »More likely installing a carpeted staircase to their own young.
Largely true. 40 years ago, a young person with no history of family wealth had every opportunity to accumulate wealth and security through their own efforts. Now, that privellidge is more or less reserved for those young people who already have wealth in the family. The ability for a young person to build assets and wealth purely from their own income is serverely limited in a way that it hasn't been at any point in the last 50 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .so much for progress.0 -
Largely true. 40 years ago, a young person with no history of family wealth had every opportunity to accumulate wealth and security through their own efforts. Now, that privellidge is more or less reserved for those young people who already have wealth in the family. The ability for a young person to build assets and wealth purely from their own income is serverely limited in a way that it hasn't been at any point in the last 50 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .so much for progress.
Most research shows that the UK has one of the least socially mobile populations in Europe. However, I doubt there's much evidence to support your claims that this has worsened in recent decades.0 -
The ability for a young person to build assets and wealth purely from their own income is serverely limited in a way that it hasn't been at any point in the last 50 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .so much for progress.
It is down to choice in many cases. Lots of people have wants, with less propensity to distill the real needs.
Don't dispute there have been changes such as the "need" for degrees with consequent oversupply, student debt and the growing in balance between opportunities and costs in the south rather than the north. There have also been a squeeze in mid range job opportunities.
One of the big changes for the yoof is that many enter the work place 5/10 years later. As the body clock is ticking they don't want to wait to accumulate deposits, save to buy luxuries, in such numbers or start families.
5/10 years of working , career development, affordable play and chance to save make a big difference at the start of a race."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
I've not felt laughed at, but I hold the grandchildren.
It messes with the dynamics a bit.0
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