I think every generation has lamented the passing of its time. It doesn’t mean the future generations won’t make the most of what they have been given and then lament it in their own turn.
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No, they jump from being children to being adult children still playing video games.....
Seriously in the 50s and I think In
the 60s we were expected to be children, unless going to a wedding we dressed like children and did childish things, now kids are dressed like adults, see and hear things we didn't and are treated in a way that makes them grow up too fast.
How often do you see kids playing games outdoors, and acting like kids?
I think we gained a lot from a longer growing up time, and that current children lose out.
Stuart Moffat
Established Member
I don’t worry about being able to tie my shoelaces. I just don’t understand why anyone anyone still buys footwear that you have to tie to your feet with string in 2023!
Jacob
New Luddism. Awake and resist!
Can't go around in slippers all day!
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
I'm "working", for want of a better term, with two 25 year olds at the moment, they act like children all the time and are glued to their phones when they should be working. When they are not staring at their phones, they are standing about moaning about having to do any work.
Just like timber, slow grown is much better than fast grown .
Can you actually have a conversation with them or is all communication via text ! The creator of the teletubbies was obviously a Psychic as they could see the direction we were heading and that eventually evolution would give us inbuilt antena, no facial expressions as botox had removed those genes and the voice would just become incoherent babble.
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
It's mainly communication by grunt, although the younger does have the ability to speak.
Usually I just poke them with a rule to let them know to get out of the way. The elder has done an NVQ in something and generally acts like he's a god.
Shame he can't cut OSB mildly square tho'but.
Usually I just poke them with a rule to let them know to get out of the way. The elder has done an NVQ in something and generally acts like he's a god.
Shame he can't cut OSB mildly square tho'but.
HOJ
Established Member
Adam, we had a lad with us on a job at the old Nestle factory in Hayes, my mate sent him back to the office and told them to send us a hammer instead, as it would be more use.
Keith Cocker
Established Member
Because you look daft if you don’t perhaps?
Interesting question. Presumably you do understand what it means or you wouldn't react so rudely, so your journey through life hasn't yet taught you that other folks might have an equally valid outlook or that social media already has enough self-appointed policemen. It was just a throwaway intro to an on-topic observation and hardly deserved such a boorish response....
Keith Cocker
Established Member
Other opinions I can respect don’t take the form of “culture wars” bigoted cliches.
Interesting thought - I wonder if you know the definition of "bigot"; that statement seems to fit the bill rather well.
With all due respect, I think I'd be rather proud to hold opinions that folks like you don't respect.....
Keith Cocker
Established Member
This isn’t going anywhere. Let’s leave it.
I'll go along with that - Aquila non capit muscas..
Jacob
New Luddism. Awake and resist!
You might be pleased to know that personally I welcome comments from the un-woke. They need to join in, otherwise the poor things may never catch up / wake up!
Jester129
Established Member
Social media is a social disease that is eating it's way through society and what silly person thought of calling it "social media" because in reality it is as unsocial as it gets and needs far more control. What do humans become once you remove social interaction and the ability for face to face communication, it removes the personal aspect completely and this is so evident in day to day life. As has been said
and it is also the addictive nature where people become phone zombies and distracted from day to day life and the ability to be a useful contributor to a place of work.
Can social media be blamed for this so called woke nonsense, has it been a platform for the extreme left to spread nonsense to an audience that many of whom are vunerable and open to suggestion and are we now in a phase of self destruction, even more concerning is could this all be orchestrated by some third party for there objective.
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
Not so sure it's just the extreme left which is spouting nonsense though.
Anyway, the young chaps in question are not doing themselves any favours as they now appear on the radar of the construction manager, our site manager and the site H&S officer, so I doubt that they will be with us for much longer.
Anyway, the young chaps in question are not doing themselves any favours as they now appear on the radar of the construction manager, our site manager and the site H&S officer, so I doubt that they will be with us for much longer.
Jacob
New Luddism. Awake and resist!
It's more interesting than the un-woke nonsense.
I suppose they are vulnerable and it might be a bit of a shock to be woken up from their extreme right dreams!
