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Problems with the younger generation

pietro_21

I had a bit of a strange experience the other day it kind of reminded me of school. I'm riding my bike along a track, I slow to let two people pass.two young ish girls 18 one of whom started waving their arms about, pulling faces and making mental disability sounds at me. Although it didn't affect me much I still stop every time this happens to consider how people can be so ignorant. And how people make these judgements (to behave that way) on sight.

I've been thinking a lot about the internet lately and particularly those people who were born after it was created. I have encountered a lot of young adults around that generation, some I have spoken to seem plain rude and seem to think they know everything. I'm thinking those born in ai now will have even bigger problems and be even more complacent.

The correct terms are Digital Natives (those born after the internet was created) and AI Natives (those born after AI was born).

Maybe this sounds like I'm a bit out of touch.

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  • I think young people have always been like this to be honest, I'm just amazed they weren't face down in thier phones!

    I'm a digital dinosaur, not just because I've never got to grips with tech, but because I was born long before the internet and when you needed a room sized computer to do what a calculator can do, ah, do people still know what a calculator is, or is that another sign of my age?

    I remember when digital watches were new and calculators, transistor radio's, cassette tapes, Cd's, cash machines the lot.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I needed your opinion on this because secretly I believe we are quite alike;. I love analogue and utiliatarian things. I miss buying whole albums and not having to look at screens all the time.

  • in reply to pietro_21

    Wow, I'm amazed, I htought you didn't like me! But I'm glad you value my opinion on this.

    My friend had to buy a new telly and they're so compicated and have to have so many ports and cables, all this s supposed to make our lives easier, what was wrong with plugging in a plug and an arial. Ok I know we only had a few channels etc, but things do seem way to complicated for simple things. I just want to watch telly and not have to worry about if I've got the right screen and number of pixels etc.

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  • in reply to pietro_21

    Wow, I'm amazed, I htought you didn't like me! But I'm glad you value my opinion on this.

    My friend had to buy a new telly and they're so compicated and have to have so many ports and cables, all this s supposed to make our lives easier, what was wrong with plugging in a plug and an arial. Ok I know we only had a few channels etc, but things do seem way to complicated for simple things. I just want to watch telly and not have to worry about if I've got the right screen and number of pixels etc.

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