Haha we got fucking head injuries and it was fine because we could afford to raise an entire family on one salary from the spatula factory and that only requires 67 IQ points.

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panda_abyss 60 points a year ago

A few head injuries wouldn’t separate you from the leaded gasoline poisoned brains of the masses.

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UnderpantsWeevil 68 points a year ago

Coming of age in the 1970s was peak Selection Bias.

Either Vietnam got you or the poisoned air and water got you or AIDS got you or traffic fatalities got you or poverty got you or you lived just long enough to tell your kids and grandkids that things were better when you were young.

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PalmTreeIsBestTree 6 points a year ago

It’s why a good chunk of older folks tend to be on the wealthier side. The poors get forgotten and don’t get to live as long to tell stories about how it really was.

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loweffortname 17 points a year ago

Wait! Are you telling me The Simpsons is satire?

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merc 4 points a year ago

If "we" were white, male, straight, lived in the US immediately following WWII when every other developed country's economy had been absolutely devastated, and still had a lot of the union strength and worker protections that had been put in place during the great depression.

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bss03 121 points a year ago

From 1975 to 2015 "deaths are down 92 percent among children ages 15 and under, and down 44 percent annually across all cyclists." -- https://www.bicycling.com/...

"You" personally might have survived, but about 12-13 times as many kids died from "No helmet, no fear". (At least very least, 2x as many did.)

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Glitterbomb 50 points a year ago

Ignore deaths and just do brain damage statistics. It will all start to make sense.

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explodicle 36 points a year ago

“Thus, the decline in bicyclist mortality among children might be attributable to fewer child bicycle trips rather than a result of safer road conditions,” the report reads.

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bss03 13 points a year ago

I believe the comparison was between to "good old days" and "now", so the 92% number remains valid, even if there are multiple contributing changes.

But, sure, maybe the 44% number is closer to correct.

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Reality_Suit 99 points a year ago

As I grew older, I started complaining about "the youth," as in all the ridiculous stuff I would see online. And then it hit me as the conversation began about how we all did stuff like this as kids. We just weren't publishing it online for all to see and become permanent. So I've learned even more that if someone or something isn't hurting me or anyone else, I need to shut the fuck up and mind my own god damned business.

Moral of the story: I don't care how much you don't like it. If you or anyone else is not being harmed, then shut the fuck up and mind your own god damned business.

Thank you

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fahfahfahfah 52 points a year ago

I’ve been practically melting my brain trying to reconcile the thoughts “we said dumb shit as kids” and “holy fuck if I hear the world ‘skibidi’ one more time I’m going to lose my mind”

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Gullible 25 points a year ago

I’ve just taken to explaining in detail why I think skibidi is so cool and why they’re right to use it. “Wow, you adopted a word from the internet? When I was a kid, no one had the internet besides the government. You know, the spread of information and global homogenization of vernacular is such a fascinating thing that your generation is part of…” and so on. If they can cause me agony with their verbal garbage after I ask them to chill, I can reply in kind.

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socsa 4 points a year ago

I legitimately think meme culture brain rot is actually dumber though. Think about what kind of shit you quoted as a kid and young adult. Beavis and Butthead, Office Space, Cheech and Chong, Pulp Fiction... A lot of it isn't exactly high art but it at least has the standard elements of conflict in fiction, or expresses some vague social commentary, or requires a functional attention span to comprehend a plot, or even synthesize themes.

Skibidi toilet has none of that. It has no point to make. It has no world to build. It's literally just random shapes, colors and noises on a screen. The "episodes" are only a few minutes long and even within that constraint there is nothing resembling continuity at any scale.

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djsoren19 16 points a year ago

I'm gonna hard disagree on you there, Skibidi Toilet actually has incredible worldbuilding. With practically no dialogue, there is a coherent plot that forms. It is still just an escalating war story, so not like a super in depth plot, but there's reoccuring characters, back and forths driven by technical advancement/alliances, and I think you could derive the basic "war and oppression bad" themes from it that you can get from most war stories. That's honestly pretty impressive to achieve purely visually.

It's not high art either, but the shit I was watching as a kid were youtube poops that were literally just "cartoon character says something vulgar and stupid." compared to that, Skibidi Toilet is fine. The only thing I don't understand is how Skibidi as a word got derived from it.

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Gullible 7 points a year ago

You finally managed to make me look up skibidi toilet and it feels pretty similar to transformers. I don’t care to watch more, but it didn’t seem absent of story.

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SandmanXC 7 points a year ago

The minimalist absurdism does say a lot about current society though, no?

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kautau 5 points a year ago

This is a pretty broad age range though. I definitely wasn’t quoting office space until like late high school. Are there really that many 17/18 year olds quoting skibidi toilet?

The shit I quoted when I was younger, close to the “skibidi” age was like home star runner and the like. Perhaps not quite as dumb, but still stupid as shit.

I think the algorithms are driving worse engangement, certainly, and profit driven creations are at an all time high rather than just weird shit being made. But newgrounds, addictinggames, hell, ytmnd, were all sort of brainrot

Granted I grew up with some computers in schools in elementary school, and the internet being relatively available in middle school (though things like Google and Wikipedia were just born / in their infancy)

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faythofdragons 12 points a year ago

Skibidi is hilarious in a sad kafka-esque way. I'm a millennial, and remember enjoying Scatman John as a kid, and the adults complained about it being gibberish.

Now I'm an adult and watching adults complain that Scatman John is gibberish. It's a little surreal.

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magic_smoke 6 points a year ago

Stibidi koilet

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gonzo-rand19 5 points a year ago

When I was in grade 9 we were saying dumb shit like "awesomesauce," so "skibidi" gets a pass from me.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points a year ago

that's what drugs are for i think

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ChickenLadyLovesLife 1 point a year ago

I can take "skibidi". "Chicken jockey" is what's getting me right now.

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HK65 1 point a year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDFBTdToRmw

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Tar_alcaran 11 points a year ago

I'm in the second half of my fourth decade of breathing, and I'm rather proud i made it this far before something "the kids do" being completely incomprehensible to me.

I do not understand brainrot videos. I can't wrap my head around why anyone would watch it. I am officially old now.

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frezik 3 points a year ago

I don't get Snapchat. It's the most obnoxious piece of shit app with a UI that makes untangling a plate of spaghetti look like a straightforward task. If you mistakenly open it, it will take this as an indication to spam your notifications hourly with drivel until you shut it the hell up with a shotgun. The avatar decoration bundles are obviously exploitative, preying off of kids who get bullied for being "basic". Fuck Snapchat.

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Revan343 5 points a year ago

You don't understand the disappearing naked picture app? That one seems pretty self-explanatory

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gizmonicus 8 points a year ago

I for one am really glad none of the stupid shit I said as a kid is still around. I was a complete dumbass, to the bone. If I saw a post from past me, I would be so triggered.

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NotASharkInAManSuit 6 points a year ago

B-b-b-but, they’re using different words, listening to different music, and wearing different clothes than I did! Am I just supposed to take that kind of offense lying down?! They’re not even lynching the queers no more!

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SGG 47 points a year ago

Back in my day kids played outside! Go to the park! Get some sun!

Good thing they turned the park into a parking lot for the newest CostCo/WalMart/Whatever. But why are all these kids playing on the road! I Can't even see the younger ones, why are they so short they can hide behind my oversized SUV!

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merc 3 points a year ago

Or, more commonly, the park is still there, but kids can't go and play alone. Society's expectations have changed and a kid is supposed to have a parent watching them constantly while they're outside. And, if a kid does go and play and gets injured or killed, the blame lands squarely on the neglectful parents who will now be charged with a crime.

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mathemachristian 46 points a year ago

survivorship

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TriflingToad 6 points a year ago

is this referring to the boomers surviving or teenagers getting the cops called on them?

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Inucune 1 point a year ago

Can be both

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mathemachristian 1 point a year ago

Boomers surviving (child mortality used to be higher)

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Valmond 39 points a year ago

"No fear" and then being afraid of the slightest change like just not being aggressive towards LGBT...

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HertzDentalBar 36 points a year ago

Back in my grandma's day her sister drank a bottle of something in the barn and died. Back in my grandpas day he lost all the fingers on one hand in shop class.

And I can confirm "kids these days" is the general mentality of them now, and yet the shit my grandpa did as a kid/teen would of landed him in jail or on a list today.

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rayyy 34 points a year ago

The rich love it when you pit young against old, black vs white, Muslim vs Christian, urban vs country and academics against labor.

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NotASharkInAManSuit 30 points a year ago

A lot of them didn’t. They were also murdered, raped, and kidnapped at a tragic rate.

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DeathByBigSad 26 points a year ago

"I was beaten as a kid and I 'turned out fine'" vibes

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drewaustin 21 points a year ago

Judging by the car in the background, these are not boomers, but gen-xers.

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Guru_Meditation_ 10 points a year ago

Shhhhh! We don't exist. Remember?!

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ChickenLadyLovesLife 3 points a year ago

Yeah, if we're going to assume that an entire age cohort is some sort of philosophical and political monoblock, we should at least get the cohort right.

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Alcoholicorn 5 points a year ago

Boomer is a state of mind.

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PalmTreeIsBestTree 1 point a year ago

Might as well be at this point.

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Alcoholicorn 1 point a year ago

I mean it has been since "OK Boomer" became a thing.

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jaupsinluggies 2 points a year ago

That's cos the kids posting this stuff aren't smart enough to tell the difference. For them "boomer" is just a term for anyone older than themselves and I wouldn't be surprised to see it starting being used for millennials.

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BananaIsABerry 1 point a year ago

Okay, boomer.

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ozymandias 0 points a year ago

bokay, humor

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ozymandias 0 points a year ago

the whole concept of categorizing everyone by 2 decade increments at birth is stupid….
the Boomer generation made sense as there was an event that cause a baby boom and such….
there’s no single thing that ties gen x, millennials, zoomers or whatever together….
….
i am somewhat fond of the “oregon trail” generation for everyone that remembers playing that game on computers in elementary school….
and the whole information age coming online was a big unifying event for the kids growing up in it, distinct from previous and future humans….
….
but like, “people born from 1980-2000” is absolute horseshit and just another way “the man” uses to divide and conquer us.

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FinishingDutch 20 points a year ago

The other day I was riding home from work on my bicycle. This being the Netherlands, lots of idiots are on bikes as well.

A bike passes me on the left, with one guy pedalling at a good clip. And a second dude casually standing on the rear of the bike, with his arms crossed. As if he was standing at a bus stop.

Weirdest, most dangerous shit I’ve ever seen on a bicycle. This was a busy street at rush hour no less. I was sure I’d see the guy end up on the pavement, but had to turn off before I could witness the dismount.

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ChickenLadyLovesLife 2 points a year ago

Weirdest, most dangerous shit I’ve ever seen on a bicycle.

Where I live (Philadelphia suburb) it's become common to see people (adults who should know better as well as children) riding on the wrong side of the road, against traffic. On narrow streets with high curbs and no shoulders. Around completely blind turns. Wearing noise-cancelling headphones.

They don't seem like people who want to commit suicide, and yet there they are.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 19 points a year ago

there's a lady around the corner who complains about hoodlums playing their music too loud out of their cars and blah blah blah. that's all me on my bicycle, i started when i heard her complain about children playing.

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Taleya 18 points a year ago

And yet they get all quiet and upset if you ask how many of their childhood friends are still alive

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Guidy 15 points a year ago

The only thing about me like this is that, in the last couple of years, people driving around with loud obnoxious cars pisses me off. I'd swear it didn't used to. Now, though, when the night outside my house sounds like a motherfucking speedway because some asshole a half-mile or further away is speeding in his shitbox at midnight or later, it does make me wish the cops would get him.

Then there's the assholes (there are at least two, one is a shitbox pickup the other a motorcycle) whose exhausts are so loud that when they drive past my house they set off a neighbor's car alarm. Mind you, the car alarm NEVER goes off otherwise. Until this bullshit started, I didn't even know they had a car alarm at all. The shit is just that fucking loud.

Back in my day (lol, it's true though) we had overpowered subwoofers and skinny kids were actually damaging their lungs with them. I'd still take that over this stupid "My car is loud as fuck but will never be as powerful or as fast as a fucking nazi tesla. Look at me! Look at meeeeee!" bullshit.

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Interstellar_1 2 points a year ago

Extremely loud passing noise is temporary. Lung damage is permanent. I'm not sure what I am trying to say here.

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WoodScientist 4 points a year ago

Obviously you're instructing OP to pump chlorine gas into the cabins of loud vehicles.

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Alcoholicorn 0 points a year ago

Loud bikes are a safety feature in America where theyre practically invisible to drivers.

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j4k3 12 points a year ago

Cycling market nearly collapsed entirely in peak boomer years. Coincidence?

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RupeThereItIs 6 points a year ago

Are we all just going to ignore the fact the kid pictured is clearly too young to be a boomer?

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ChickenLadyLovesLife 3 points a year ago

Could be just barely a boomer. She looks maybe 8 or 9 years old and that car in the background is early '70s. If this was 1973 and she was born in 1964, she's a boomer.

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CH3DD4R_G0BL1N 11 points a year ago

See also: the far too common news report of parents being charged with crimes for letting their children play in the yard or walk to stores.

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diptchip 6 points a year ago

It's kinda like people are hypocrites. Wouldn't pin it on a generation. "Do as I say, not as I do" I wear a helmet whenever I'm going over 15 on a scooter. Will never buy another bike.

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hanrahan 5 points a year ago

And nott so many fcukin cars on the streets

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GR4CELESS 3 points a year ago

Whoa Max Dubler mentioned! I used to ride longboards and this guy was one of the only openly gay people in the major leagues, as it were. Although I think a lot of us turned out not to be so straight or cis after all 😅

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ozymandias 1 point a year ago

skateboards are intentionally loud… softer wheels and better bearings, putting little plastic skid guards on it will make it about 4x quieter….
nobody does this.
that’s why people go nuts over skaters practicing the same trick over and over….
i used to skate and do this so i can’t get mad, but things could be more considerate and get less harassment
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(repeat for 2 hours at 10 pm)

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NoodlePoint 0 points a year ago

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jurita -2 points a year ago

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diptchip -5 points a year ago

Was at a skate park on an electric scooter when a dude with a board told me electric scooters weren't allowed there. Was thinking "MF'er, I broke about half a dozen laws on the way here, think I care about that stupid rule? When did skateboarders stop being rebels?" We were both wearing helmets. I probably almost died a couple times on the way there. lol Electric scooters are getting crazy fast.

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NotASharkInAManSuit 5 points a year ago

Don’t take an electric scooter to the skate park, it’s not a race track and you’re not doing tricks with it. There is a specific purpose for skate parks and you’re just being irresponsible and making it dangerous for the other people there.

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diptchip -1 points a year ago

You're making assumptions. I'm not doing tricks? Not with that attitude. lol I never entered the park while it was in use, and I've made a point not to. I don't know why you'd tell someone online what to do or what not to do, but I'd be a fool to believe anyone would follow my commands or that there was a logical reason to give them.

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NotASharkInAManSuit 5 points a year ago

No, you’re not doing tricks with an electric scooter in a skate park. If you’ve never entered the park with anyone else there then who are these people that are giving you shit about it and why are they wearing helmets?

You’re just being an invasive prick, point blank. It’s not me telling you what to do, it’s just basic etiquette of the park, it’s not a place for electric scooters. There’s a valid reason these people are telling you and your entitled attitude to fuck off. You’re ruining the experience and purpose of the space.

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diptchip -1 points a year ago

A person (one person) approached me. I told him "I guess I'll fuck right off then." and I left. I'm not telling anyone what to do or name calling. Call me what you will and tell me I'm wrong for not following rules, but I've ruined nothing and will continue as I damned well please and and I've hurt nobody but you. Please seek professional help if you feel victimized. I'd like to think we could be a little bit more mature, but it sounds like I could easily get you to swing on me if we were in the same room. Do you resort to name calling every time someone disagrees with you? Someones feeling a wittle emotional.

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ChickenLadyLovesLife 1 point a year ago

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