Person Asks A Question “What Modern Trend Do You Absolutely Hate?”, And 30 People Online Deliver
It is considered that criticizing modernity is the business of boomers. Older people, for example, are well aware that in the past, films were way more interesting, friendships were stronger, the sky bluer, and in general the whole world was much better than it is now. On the other hand, the modern world could be a tad bit better than it really is.
At the end of the 20th century, many scientists believed that the new one would become the golden age of mankind - and indeed, with the rapid development of technology, medicine, and the growth of total comfort, one could really expect something like that. But in fact, we are now about as far from the "golden age" as we were a quarter of a century ago. But why?
Perhaps the problem is that modernity is full of not-so-comfortable and pleasant trends. For example, recently on the AskReddit community, someone asked the question "What modern trend do you absolutely hate?" The thread went viral, gaining nearly 26K upvotes and over 19.5K comments in just a few days. It turned out that a variety of people, both old and young, are dissatisfied with many things in the world that surrounds us now.
Bored Panda has compiled for you a selection of the most interesting and thought-provoking opinions from this viral thread. So feel free to scroll to the very end, and be sure to write what you think about it. Perhaps you are also unhappy with something that we missed, in which case we definitely have to know!
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Slamming people for things they did 30 years ago. People change. Times change.
The normalization of ignorance.
Many believe that the opinion of someone with no knowledge or background is as valid as someone who has studied and has gained expertise.
Climate change, vaccine effectiveness, etc etc etc.
Companies with Facebook pages as their "website"
GOD, I hate this. I do everything I can to NOT use Facebook. There are lots of places to get free or cheap websites. Having a Facebook page instead makes me automatically not want to do business with you.
All controls in a car being through a touch screen.
For driving safety I wanna keep my eyes on the road, and want to find controls (like window wipers, radio (OK in car audio podcast)) by touch. With a touch screen I have to look to see if I am touching the right place on screen for the control I want to frob.
Moving the HVAC controls to the screen is just dangerous. Especially the idiotic way VW have done it. My wife has a modern car and while it does have a touchscreen, primary functions can be controlled via the steering wheel buttons and the HVAC controls are dials and buttons
The abundance of people trying to be influencers/streamers, while the majority of them are about as interesting as a boil
All I know are the YouTubers, I could care less about a tiktoker or instagrammer
Blaming whole generations for everything.
I'm a millenial. My mom a boomer but is as poor as dirt, don't even own a house. My youngest cousin are gen Z. Oldest are Gen X.
None of this is our fault. We're all in this s**t together. We're all struggling.
Wasn't Gen x always forgotten, like even during their time?! I'm pretty sure that's where all the grunge, depression, and subsequent Prozac prescriptions came from... The "Latch-key kids."
Right? Hell, our own parents forgot us most of the time. Half of 'em ditched us and went on to have millenial kids with their second and third spouses.
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This. So fed up of the hatred and blaming from different sides, people are people, good and bad whatever their age. (Gen X here).
I've been trying to decide where the division point is when kid's being told their generation is lazy, stupid, etc. and become adults telling the next generation that they suck etc. I am so tired of people repeating almost word for word what was said about their generation by the generation before, with no awareness of their personal amnesia.
Generalizing generations is bogus at best, deceitful at worst. In diverse nations, any age cohort is non-homogenous. Family income, race, social status, location, and more, keep us from being honestly clumped together.
Gen X here and this is too true. We have all been living through 7.25 an hour, meager to no savings, poor or no medical insurance. Many Xers don't own a home. Many Xers take care of old parents/ aunts, uncles. To be fair many Boomers don't have much either, especially if they are POC's. They had to sit in the back of the bus, no GI bill to help buy a home, low to no educational opportunities. I just want us all to win.
I'm a Boomer and wouldn't know a conflict existed if it wasn't for the medias constant harping on it. It sells I guess and God knows America needs more agitation.
Yes, almost there, so close, but we're still working on being the absolute most hated people on earth... Thanks Russia 😐😑😔
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Generation X here, yet we, in the UK are being blamed for, and in particular order, for voting BREXIT, causing the climate change, not allowing younger generations on the property ladder, blamed for not getting the younger generations (I'm looking at you millennials..) well paid jobs, making it more difficult for them to get a car, blah blah blah, Christ, do you think we had it easy?? our generation never blamed boomers....
Yet 61% over 65 voted to leave, a massive group as well. It was primarily boomers, not Gen X with Brexit. Also boomers who are the ones with the paid for property by and large, Gen X mainly have sizable mortgages and are still watching elderly parents totter around large homes (also our adult kids are still at home and we are trying to help them save). As for the climate, how many younger people are forgoing travel, tech, using cycling/public transport instead of driving etc. All big pollutants. Recycling your rubbish is good, but insufficient. Blame isn't helping, we seriously need better solutions.
Load More Replies... I'm gen X. Saved for 25+ years to buy my own small house, which also meant moving to a different area and giving up things I enjoyed doing. Things may look easier 30 years ago but it didn't feel that way at the time.
Gen X also had seriously high interest rates on mortgages for years and years. Topped out at around 15% to 17%. I had payments in the 80s that were over £2k a month. That is around £7500 in todays money! I definitely couldn't afford that right now! Tiny property too. We needed less money for deposits back then though, and big mortgages were easy to get hold of! Those things are more difficult for young people today for certain. Life always has its challenges though. We also worried about the IRA bombs and nuclear bombs... some things change and some things never go away sadly.
Load More Replies... Oh my god, thank you! I feel like with the internet being very close to global now generations matter even less than ever. I've met some great people older and younger than me and I don't think of them in twrms of the year they were born in. They're just cool people who want to live tgeir lives.
THIS! Lumping us all together based on well, ANYthing other than who we are fails us all. BTW, Generation Jones here. The best part about it is that nobody knows about us so generation bashers don't punch our way.
I really don't understand the hate any generation gets. We are all going through life the way it is now, within our own contexts. The only thing I hate is the transition from being called a gen y to a millennial, I didn't want rebranding!
agree, sick of the boomers being blamed for everything, Gen x, Gen z, millenials... My parents and just preboomers I guess. No they did not cause the climate crisis, place the blame on the corporations and many of all ages work for.
It’s called divide and conquer. If you can get the very people you’re cheating and treating like s**t arguing with each other, you can keep on cheating them and treating them like s**t. With impunity. It’s your guess which of the one percenters are most at fault, if not all. Once we’re ALL finally wise to their tricks, and decide we’re not putting up with it anymore, it’ll break their stranglehold on our lives. Then maybe, once we’ve cleaned house, gotten rid of them and their cronies, and replaced them with people of purpose, vision, and genuine desire to serve ALL of us, some truly equitable social progress can be made.
I don't even know what age all these different letters are. How old is a Gen x? How old is a Gen z?
I’m pretty sure every generation has its altruists, assholes, benefactors, faults, shittiness, contributions, f**k ups, chill people, zealots, dumbasses, geniuses, trolls, do-gooders, criminals, activists, lazy asses, etc. What they do not have is a claim to the “best” generation. They’re all great and they all suck, so please just stop with pontificating about how people born within x and y years are better than everyone else. Newsflash - they’re not. And for f**k’s sake, stop with the constant memes. Jesus Christ, those are annoying (and stupid). Love, Generation I Don’t Give A S**t When You We’re Born
Going to have to take issue with this one. The boomers gave us the Cold War, Nixon, Kissinger, and Reagan. We (genX) took that and decided that disco, punk, and new wave were how we were going to survive the inevitable apocalypse. We gave you John Hughes movies, Ghostbusters, Blondie, Ramones, Motorhead, Bauhaus, and Siouxsie. We hoped that you (genY+) would take our legacy, cherish it, build upon it, improve upon it. And what did you do? Movie "reboots", Debbie Gibson, and Rebecca effing Black. Oh, and "The Phantom Menace". We're not blaming you, and we're not angry. We're just very very disappointed.
Nearly the entire population of an entire European country 45+ Million Americans live in the legal definition of poverty. Capitalism has evolved to keep you in that state, its infrastructure protects its hegemony and the societal manipulation of your consciousness ensures that you the victims of Capitalism will defend its continuation with your lives. Much has been attributed to Karl Marx and his so-called Marxism but his only two real worthwhile contributions were in my opinion; his push for class consciousness (basically just figure out how YOU yourself are ripped off) and how to think and then analyse that data to 'Change what you see' (dialectical materialism) this one is actually written on his grave.
It's easier for those in charge to blame someone instead of making any effort to figure out why things aren't the way they used to be.
I've been around a while, and the term "generation gap" has been something talked about for far longer than I've been alive. "Kids/Parents just don't understand!" "Kids today have no work ethic!" "The older generation is so narrow-minded!" Such is the truism of humanity, and so it will likely always be, methinks.
The fact that EVERYTHING is a f*****g ad.
Using mental health issues as an excuse for s**tty behavior, especially when it’s a self-diagnosis.
Everything being smart. I don’t need my fridge and toaster and f*****g door locks connected to the internet, especially if I have to get up to use the thing anyway.
Corporations buying single family homes and turning them into rentals.
Those stupid f*****g reaction videos where someone is pointing at another video and nodding their head or over emphasizing their facial expressions. It drives me nuts. How pathetic do you have to be
I HATE that modern news is no longer just a informational source of what is happening. It’s turned into a talk show. News networks only cast people who have loud personalities and lean VERY hard one way politically. They only cast people to make the news more popular by finding cast that make you think “I wish I could hand out with them”.
NEWS NEEDS TO BE A NEUTRAL PLACE TO GATHER INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION FOR YOURSELF. It’s not the f*****g Wendy Williams Show. We don’t care how the anchor feels about it. WE WANT FACTS AND NEUTRAL INFORMATION!
*Edit after having a lot of good conversations with y’all-* I wish the consumers of news wanted more straight forward facts and non-bias information. I know that news networks love the views, but it seems to be more entertainment than news.
Puffy fake lips
As a dental hygienist, I do oral cancer screenings and part of that is palpating the lips- augmented lips feel very different from natural lips, not in a good way. Natural lips are consistent in feel with no discernible lumps, and should be soft, elastic and slightly firm. Augmented lips actually feel like there is a hard rope running inside the length of the lip or tiny pearls deep inside when you palpate them (depending on how they're augmented). It's not pleasant to feel- I always wonder how it must feel to kiss someone with that.
"news" agencies writing articles about "all these people are saying X" when it's just a few random people on twitter, and generally the trend of amplifying fringe theories, beliefs, conspiracies, etc.
Literally anything software wise I purchase I don’t even f*****g own. If I buy a piece of software and hardware, I should be allowed to edit AND OWN it to my hearts content.
It’s my property so I should be allowed to do what I will with it
Even cars are going subscription model. BMW calls it “Functions on Demand”. If you want heated seats, you can pay for a subscription. You can subscribe from a month, a few years or unlimited. Though I’m pretty sure when someone buys that car second hand again, an unlimited subscription won’t be transferred to the new owner… they will have to buy unlimited again. Just like how Tesla has been deactivating the Ludicrous package from the previous owner so that the next person has to pay again.
Everything becoming monetized and for profit. Every hobby, every social media account, everything imaginable.
Patreon this, indigogo that...
Hustle culture is the s**ttiest, most burnout inducing mindset a person could have
You have to hustle! You're sleeping at 3am? WEAK...The Rock is up at 2am. You're having lunch at 1pm? HAHA...you're wasting time to grind. You're cooking dinner with your wife at 6pm? PATHETIC...the only grind you're doing is the pepper shaker. You're trying to get 8hrs of sleep? NO WONDER YOU'RE NOT ME...I hire people to sleep for me.
Giving out more personal info than necessary...
Every online account wants my phone number, email, gender, full name, address, marital status etc.
I want to download an app and it wants access to everything. The app can take a picture, now i want access to your complete gallery, contact list and call history.
I go to a physical store to buy a computer and they want my zip code.
I call customer service and they will record the conversation. Not even optional....
I stopped giving my email and phone numbers out to retail staff after learning Canada's Michael's rewards are non-existent. We're not collecting points nor are we able to use them. It's been a few years and staff still don't know when or if we're getting rewards for Michael's arts and crafts. But they still ask for your email address with every purchase. I just say I'm not bothering anymore. Recordings for customer service is only really for training purposes. When new hires are being trained the managers will show examples from real calls (edited to leave out the person's identity of course) and will use good and bad ones. It's also to ensure the reps are doing their job and if there's any discrepancy they have the recording to refer to. Call centres are not distributing these recordings to other 3rd party companies unless it's a client and there's a legal warrant in obtaining that recording. That's all.
**"We need to normalize [X]"** when X is something completely trivial and irrelevant, like going to the movies alone.
Whatever the *majority* of people does will be considered normal, deviations from it are what's outside the norm. If you need everything you want to do outside the norm to be "normalized", that's a you problem, not a society problem.
People don't care. Just do your thing. People *really* don't care. And if some do, they're just random strangers, so *you* shouldn't care.
People using their phone at concerts to record/take pictures. Seems like it is everyone all the time. Takes me out of the moment and sight lines are bad enough without everyone holding their phone over their head.
Apart from taking a picture of yourself or friends, when are you ever going to either watch that video or picture again? Like really? I remember recording fireworks once way back and I've literally never watched it.
Politics being someone's entire identity. I'm plenty old enough to remember being good friends with people and having no idea how they felt about political issues or for whom they voted - it just never came up.
I grew up in a very small Florida town. The poll workers would tell anyone who would listen what political party you were. Less than 10% were not Republicans. My family was part of that 10% and we were confronted by it day after day. I heard about JFK's assassination from a classmate as I was walking home. " YAY, Kennedy is dead." We were 7.
Closed mindedness to the point of foolishness and constantly wanting to right fight on social media.
Social Media umbrella and what it's doing to this and future generations.
Just off the top of my head:
* Ignorant echo chambers
* The desperation of attention or clout
* the views/follows/friends obsession
* False information
* trolling
I'm sure there is more.
* being left out of the loop with friends and basically everyone cause you’re not allowed to have social media so u just sit there when they talk about stuff you don’t understand
When people get into fights with their SO and blast it all over their socials. No one cares that Brad cheated on you… pls get a life
anti right to repair. data collection. non-open source software (although some software is getting more open)
Even when you invent something and try to make it open source to share it, some company may well try to patent it out from under you.
Everything is done for profit. You cant find amateur YouTube videos anymore. You know those 30 second-2 minute YouTube videos from 12 years ago titled “guy does…” or “dog wants..” that were in 480p and have 8 million views? Type in anything like that now. All you get is “top 10” videos made by studios that aren’t entertaining in the slightest
Monetization not creation. I have no problem making money of your content but content needs to be first. You deserve the money for good content.
Hypocritical celebs and famous people who preach about the environment or poverty when some of them are constantly using private jets or come from very wealthy backgrounds.
Question everything - another prime example of people downvoting a comment because they disagree with it. This comment was neither spam, nor hateful, nor trolling and shouldn’t be downvoted for the wrong reasons.
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pronouns. i am all for pronouns and am totally cool with them and will respect them, but you cannot get mad at someone for not addressing you right the first or second time, especially if you use very out there pronouns like some people do.
We need to shift to a genderless society. Pronouns only tell other to judge/treat us of one way or the other according to sexist stereotypes. Thats why society hate androgynous people (both in person or online without pronouns). Its because they dont know how to treat you if they dont know your gender.
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People who record themselves doing good deeds. I hate it...it is so self-serving. If you want to help some one, just help them. The whole world doesn't need to know so they can tell you how wonderful you are.
Scoffing/judging/sneering/laughing/playing ignorance towards people who either prefer or need to do things "the old fashioned way", such as calling someone on their phone without texting, or refusing to rely so heavily on the internet and technology. Which brings up another thing that's wrong. Making people pay for cards for making payments, like our city's transit Pego cards. $5 to buy the card, and then you have to load money onto the card. If you lose the card I think the replacements cost more.
OK well in a country like ours with a high crime rate, not having to carry cash is super useful. Cash is used here a LOT for crime and bribes etc are paid cash, so if they eliminated cash I'd be happy. Google "cash in transit heist south africa" if you want to see. The blow the vans up, collect the cash, and run. It's garbage. Digital payments.
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Posting every aspect of your life online then bitching when someone does not tell you what you want to hear. It's stupid and they only have themselves to blame for posting the stuff. Most people live on facebook, etc....
Sexist feminists calling out men for mansplaining, manspreading, 'The Future is Female' and all the other c**p they come up with to insult and demean men.
One of the things that makes me saddest is that it seems like people are not willing or able to have a civilized discussion anymore. So many people can only respond with quips, sneers, mockery, sarcasm, derision, scoffing, or just abuse to anything they don't agree with. People become so sensitive to any idea that differs from their own, that they take it as criticism or an attack on their beliefs, or worse, a personal attack on them as an individual. People are defensive, easily offended, and yet find it so easy to purposefully offend others. There's no civility in discourse anymore, no give and take, no reaching for common ground. Now, it's all about digging in, taking a stand, and defending our intellectual territory.
I can't keep the United States Postal Service alive on my own. Help! Write a lett
Texting instead of a phone call or not putting your fist to paper. It means writing on paper and mailing the letter.
His name is Bouche, pronounced boosh. I just ordered his starter things. Two litter boxes/scoopers, a cute little food dish, a fountain, a tunnel, a pack of chasing toys, a wand, and a climbing tree. 😸😸😸
I bet you can't tell anyone exactly what a "boomer" is because you don't know.
Load More Replies... Hypocritical celebs and famous people who preach about the environment or poverty when some of them are constantly using private jets or come from very wealthy backgrounds.
Question everything - another prime example of people downvoting a comment because they disagree with it. This comment was neither spam, nor hateful, nor trolling and shouldn’t be downvoted for the wrong reasons.
Load More Replies... pronouns. i am all for pronouns and am totally cool with them and will respect them, but you cannot get mad at someone for not addressing you right the first or second time, especially if you use very out there pronouns like some people do.
We need to shift to a genderless society. Pronouns only tell other to judge/treat us of one way or the other according to sexist stereotypes. Thats why society hate androgynous people (both in person or online without pronouns). Its because they dont know how to treat you if they dont know your gender.
Load More Replies... People who record themselves doing good deeds. I hate it...it is so self-serving. If you want to help some one, just help them. The whole world doesn't need to know so they can tell you how wonderful you are.
Scoffing/judging/sneering/laughing/playing ignorance towards people who either prefer or need to do things "the old fashioned way", such as calling someone on their phone without texting, or refusing to rely so heavily on the internet and technology. Which brings up another thing that's wrong. Making people pay for cards for making payments, like our city's transit Pego cards. $5 to buy the card, and then you have to load money onto the card. If you lose the card I think the replacements cost more.
OK well in a country like ours with a high crime rate, not having to carry cash is super useful. Cash is used here a LOT for crime and bribes etc are paid cash, so if they eliminated cash I'd be happy. Google "cash in transit heist south africa" if you want to see. The blow the vans up, collect the cash, and run. It's garbage. Digital payments.
Load More Replies... Posting every aspect of your life online then bitching when someone does not tell you what you want to hear. It's stupid and they only have themselves to blame for posting the stuff. Most people live on facebook, etc....
Sexist feminists calling out men for mansplaining, manspreading, 'The Future is Female' and all the other c**p they come up with to insult and demean men.
One of the things that makes me saddest is that it seems like people are not willing or able to have a civilized discussion anymore. So many people can only respond with quips, sneers, mockery, sarcasm, derision, scoffing, or just abuse to anything they don't agree with. People become so sensitive to any idea that differs from their own, that they take it as criticism or an attack on their beliefs, or worse, a personal attack on them as an individual. People are defensive, easily offended, and yet find it so easy to purposefully offend others. There's no civility in discourse anymore, no give and take, no reaching for common ground. Now, it's all about digging in, taking a stand, and defending our intellectual territory.
I can't keep the United States Postal Service alive on my own. Help! Write a lett
Texting instead of a phone call or not putting your fist to paper. It means writing on paper and mailing the letter.
His name is Bouche, pronounced boosh. I just ordered his starter things. Two litter boxes/scoopers, a cute little food dish, a fountain, a tunnel, a pack of chasing toys, a wand, and a climbing tree. 😸😸😸
I bet you can't tell anyone exactly what a "boomer" is because you don't know.
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