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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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/news/a20043115/kids-bike-fatalities-down-92-percent-but-theres-a-catch/

"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.)

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.

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

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.

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 😅

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.