what is with people??

[jaysz2893]

In light of peoples reaction to Larry on the other tech, the general mentality of people, etc.. I was wondering what the hell has happened to some of society?

I posted this on my FB


I am sick and tired of people that don't know me or my family thinking they have me figured out. My life so far has been blessed and even when things got difficult I still made it through. The past 25+ years have been a roller coaster. I have been all over and learned so much, but I still have more to see and learn. So to the people that can't wrap their minds around how I achieved so much so far can take their jealously and negativity elsewhere. To my true friends, my loving family, and my hard working colleagues...thanks for everything. Without you I would not be who I am today.

I thought since we are a close knit group here we could expand further on where people today think they get off with the crap they try to pull. Not exactly in the context of my FB post, but in genral life... What ever happed to "walk a mile in one's shoes?" or "do unto others?" Today it seems like people are quick to put down each other, belittle someone for any reason especiaclly if it is contrary to that persons views, and I could go on. Anyone else see that as a society we seem to be slipping into some very self centered ways? Do you see that the older generation seems to be point a lot of blame on the younger of us or vice versa? I am kinda looking for some insight into what others think.

[Chris]

I see everyone the same and trust everyone until I am proven wrong. I think kids have it to easy and dont respect anything either, I myself feel that my parents were to easy on me. Your right everyone does seem to have everyone figured out and it gets old. I am guilty of it as well, but I try to keep stuff like that out of my head.

[jaysz2893]

I am starting to see people in the "how are they going to fuck me over" light now and it sucks... even worse I am right 99% of the time.. that pisses people off too. Thanks for the inpt Chris, will be intersting to see what others say. Maybe we can fix some of the worlds problems? Maybe not, but atleast we all know which cars are best!

[popo8]

I think this makes me sound like the OLD guy I knew when I was a kid.... the one that said, when I was your age.... but in all reality, the younger generation has a sense of entitlement that allows many of them to not respect others....

People do something wrong... its not their fault, its the person (ie Police) fault who caught them.

Im usually a pretty nice person until pushed... I think most everyone on here knows me well enough to know that... and even then, it takes some GOOD pushing to get me there.... And for the record, I did my best to not belittle anyone on that site, while TROLLING. I simply responded to their SHIT, with different words for SHIT.... and basked in satisfaction of watching those self entitled people get fired up because they were not getting their way.......


I think this is a great thread, and Im proud to have had a hand in it...... lol

[Camaro_94]

I enjoy being a member here. I think this is a great site and theres not a single member here i dont like. I would give the shirt off my back or help anyone here to the best of my abilities given the opportunity.

I was sitting in my psychology class last week and thought about this exact same thing. Theres a 55-60 year old lady who sits near me and all she does is bitch and moan about todays youth an how disrespectful we are (to a class filled with mainly people in their teens and early 20's), without having met a single one of us outside of class. "Todays youth is a bunch of disrespectful inorant punks who only care about themselves". Sure, that may describr a few people. I'll let thay slide, figuring its a rant, but all she does is bitch and complain because people wont bend over backwards for her... Students wont carry her books down the hall... Or "let her skip to the front of the lines".

C'mon! Seriously? Do i say "all old people cant drive" or "all old people are ignorant" based off that one old lady in my class? Nope.

Todays society was raised by their previous generations. They dont have anyone to blame but themselves. Control your damn kids and be a positive influence in their lives.

Ive always been a firm believer in the golden rule also and believe "what comes around, goes around".

Thats my rant for today. Society as a whole needs to be more responsible for their own actions and mind their own business, and if you dony have anything nice to say, keep that shit to yourself.

[jaysz2893]

Great points and insight so far. I have some stuff to add but is too long to post on the go. I think as a whole more conversation like this needs to happen.. let's keep this rolling.

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[jaysz2893]

I enjoy being a member here. I think this is a great site and theres not a single member here i dont like. I would give the shirt off my back or help anyone here to the best of my abilities given the opportunity.


Todays society was raised by their previous generations. They dont have anyone to blame but themselves. Control your damn kids and be a positive influence in their lives.

Ive always been a firm believer in the golden rule also and believe "what comes around, goes around".

Thats my rant for today. Society as a whole needs to be more responsible for their own actions and mind their own business, and if you dony have anything nice to say, keep that shit to yourself.

This is exactly what I am leading to. I have always helped others out, sometime to a fault. Yesterday I was questioned by not only somone that does not know me, but by a "friend" about my finances and my lifestlye. The "friend" I have helped financially in the past and I am still pissed off about what happened. Where the hell did we loose our way? Right after 9/11 a feeling of the opposite of all this came over the country. Does it take a tradgedy to make people stop being assholes? Were they still assholes but put on a good face for the time? I still hold doors for people and say thanks, or please, or whatever. THis was hammered into me by my family and my education. I am neither young or old (im 37) and I feel in the middle of the "war" between generations especailly where I work. No one is taken on thier word anymore. It seems that you need to prove yourself and dont dare one up someone unintentionally! They than have to one up you or piss all over you. I will admit that my life so far has been pretty unbelievable. Mainly cause of my ADHD I get into a lot of things and have tried things that some people wont or havent. I dont need to impress anyone, my life stands as a record of my accomplishments and even my screw ups. This is good therapy... LOL

[FormulaJoe]

"what comes around, goes around".

"With EVERY action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"... I definitely live my life around this standard, and it is very easy to tell when someone else does also.

I am only 18, and was raised only by my father whom I have the utmost respect for.

I work at one of the nicest country clubs in the US, and the best in MN. With that comes VERY wealthy people... And a lot of attitude from them.. I've learned that it is best just to smile and not let petty things get the best of me... Most servers I work with do not understand that, and seem to take a lot of what these people say very seriously... I've seen quite a few melt downs!! Lol..

I guess I could go on and on saying; "People my age this..." and " Older people that..." blah blah blah... But in my mind that makes me no better then these "people"... There are too many stupid people in this world to try and deal with them all, or even summarize some of them in any way... You just must let them be as they are, and be as you are....

I do like this thread. But people are people.. There's that big question of "When did people get like this?/ What happened to people now a-days" There is no when... It has been this way since the dawn of man, only there is just times when you seem to notice it more then other times..... That is when you take a nice DEEP diaphragm breath, and think of all the good things :D

[97firehawk]

You no I've been thinkin about all of this stuff and I just can't wrapp my head around it kids and people are so different today than when I was a kid it makes me grumpy maybe.one.day people will stop being so ignorent .

[Firebat]

Take a look at History. The Great Depression and WW2. After winning WW2, americans wanted to give their children a way better life than what they had during the depression. I don't completely understand how WW2 caused an economic boom. More women working in factories, more factories to build military supplies so more workers needed, etc. Or maybe the American Spirit was pushed to the edge during the depression and fought back strong to get through the depression and WW2. The point is the next generation was spoiled and the ones that weren't "spoiled" still had a better life because they didn't have to go through that crap. I assume when one gets used to one style of living they try to seek a higher standard of living and pass it on to the next generation.

I think winning WW2 is where it started if you are asking what's with people today. Eventually each generation got more luxuries and got more lazy. Also lazy could mean not caring about things which could mean being less respectful.

If you don't think the general public of today is lazy then walk into your local Walmart on a Saturday and see the general public. This time of year it seems like 10-25% of walmart shoppers are wearing pajama sweat pants and most of those are in their teens, twenties or thirties (at least at my walmart). People can't even respect themselves or have enough pride to get dressed before they go out in public. I don't remember it being like that 10 years ago.

I can't really explain what's happened in the past 10 years for people though.

I went to pick up my cousin from high school last year and when watching the kids come out, I noticed the majority of kids were overweight. I haven't seen my high school since I went there in the early 2000's but I remember just a few being overweight.

I've also seen people that were spoiled as kids that don't turn out to be slobs but don't have a clue about managing their money. They never even worked a job until they graduated college. They have great jobs but also buy a lot of new/nice things or party/travel/vacation a ton and end up living paycheck to paycheck. Its one thing to look rich/well-off and another to be rich.

I view myself in society as one who is trying to rise above the majority which is the slobs, the trashy, and the idiots. Everytime somebody does something stupid, in some very small way I end up paying for it. My health insurance is higher than it needs to be because people won't eat healthy or not use tobacco. My taxes are higher than needed because the US has the highest number of people in prisons. I make healthy decisions, usually only buy things that are a good bang for the buck, but yet get punished in some small way for everyone else's unnecessary mistakes.

[QC97Z]

Im assuming this is the "Why are cops dicks?" thread on the "other" site's lounge? If so...pretty ridiculous shit. A few of the things that libertarian/anarchist dude said actually made a bit of sense to me....which kind of freaked me out. Makes me doubt my own perceptions and beliefs...because I would never want to be an anarchist.
A few things that the "other" cops said were a bit idiotic and only supported the corruption/dickhead aspect.
I myself believe in police and the order they swear to uphold. BUT, I also think that some things are taken way too far. PoPo is right...it's in the people, NOT in the job. If you're susceptible to power trips....you'll be a dickhead cop. If you're a generally fun-loving jolly guy, you'll be a good cop (PoPo) that focuses on safety and "catchin' the bad guys", and not so much on messing with people doing minor stupid things that dont hurt anything or anyone.
Unfortunately, I believe this gap between cops' personalities/weaknesses lies in the system. Makes me think there should be a bit more intense screening during the application/interview process to try to weed out the "bad apples".