30 Older People Share Why They Don’t Understand The Younger Generation

They're doing that kid a massive disservice. He will end up paying dearly for it later in life.

As someone with ADHD I would like to say that’s not behavior that stems from ADHD, that’s behavior that stems from him being an entitled a-hole.

That’s not ADHD though - I’ve got cataclysmic ADHD, and I’m not as an a-hole; nor do I use it for an excuse. This is more, you know, lack of parenting and using your condition as an excuse. Both very bad things.

Those are the WORST kinds of parents. They're raising that monster to one day be unleashed on the rest of us. And they're the type you see on the news saying, "He's a good boy." No, Harold, he is not a good boy and you failed as a parent.

I had an ex friend(25+ years stalker) who would tell everyone he had Asperger's Syndrome, wouldnt accept its called Autism now because only poor, dumb people get that, *I'm not like you*, he'd say. Well I dont know if I am, I've only been diagnosed with BPD and no I dont use it as an excuse. I tell people: If I do something or say something or act in a way that you dislike or makes you feel uncomfortable, tell me but tell me at the time. Dont tell me six months later when you are telling the group why I'm a wacko that needs to be locked up, because I wont remember the event and will think you are just trying to wreck my life. He, on the other hand, would use it as an excuse for why apparently he is STILL after me, despite being married and having a *spare* girl for kink(it appeared to stop last year, fingers crossed), why I'm in denial of reality, because I wont sleep with him. Why Aro/Ace isnt a real thing, its just made up by girls to be difficult, etc

They need to watch the movie Temple Grandin, about that amazing autistic woman's life. She became a PhD in animal husbandry, in large part because her mother insisted that she rise above letting her autism be her defining trait.

How was your comment 8 hours ago, but the article says it was 6 hours ago? 0.o

For me it hasn't really been about the stigma. It's just the fact that a ton of people treat you differently. It's hard to explain. But just how they treat you like you're annoying or something.

I've not long been officially diagnosed with PTSD myself after a whole year of fighting to be taken seriously.

I have PTSD, officially diagnosed and I wish I didn't have it. It would mean my parents didn't put me through the trauma, and I'd actually speak to my father. I'd not have flashbacks each time I hear an ambulance or see police, I wouldn't go in worried frenzy when I notice signs in behavior in people that led up to what happened.

I totally agree. The problem is the scale between authentic & superficial validation. We all have varying needs for validation. When it’s inauthentic or or superficial we still crave it. It seems most overshare on social media is just a constant chase without ever feeling successfully validated. But maybe for some that’s enough.

Which means that without that validation some people feel that their choices/accomplishments aren't good enough. There is a part of growing up that means we have to stop caring about what other people think. Social media is the opposite of that.

Bingo. Their self worth is tied tightly to the approval social media gives them.

It’s designed that way, to engage your reward system. It’s no coincidence by any means.

Watch the Black Mirror episode Nosedive.

Some of it is cool. I can find endless pics and videos of cute cats to cheer me up immediately rather than lie down on my bed and wait for the bad mood to leave.

My neighbor thinks that she's beautiful. She posts so many head shots.

I usually see older people (50's-60's) doing this and it ticks me off! It ticks me off when anyone does it, but why do you have it on speaker? Put it up to your ear you'll hear better and hopefully not have to yell to be heard yourself!

Where I am it seems to be mostly Gen X and a specific subset of Gen Z (12th graders). Guessing it's a trend for them that'll pass? I tend to give Boomers/Silent Gens the benefit of the doubt with this since they may just be hard of hearing and some phone speakers really suck.

I see all age groups do it, looks like they're holding a pizza slice.

Not this millennial. It's ridiculous - why would anyone assume that I want to hear their conversation? Which usually has TMI, and often shared with a crowded bus. WHY??? Either use the phone as it was designed to be used, or get a headset.

Is it because at a somewhat older age you grew up with cell phones without camera, so you hold them to your ear. At a younger age you grew up with video calls, so you hold the phone in front of you?

Honestly, when it's crowded and loud, I don't really notice. The whole place is full of loud human voices; what's one more coming from a phone?

Gen Z takes the cake on that one.

I don't know a millennial from gen x or z. Yeah, I could google it (and have done so), but not interested enough in generational data to remember five minutes later.

Yeah, I've never seen anyone older than a millennial do that.

Yeah, I've never seen anyone over 30 doing it. The ones doing it look like they watched The Apprentice and decided that must be how mobile phones work.

I've never noticed that it was any particular group.

Yeah. U mean gen Z. Us millennials are in our 40s now. And deal with ptsd from fighting the war on terror since 2002...

Nah people have been doing that since cellphones became a thing. Remember those douchey business dudes with huge brick phones talking loudly in public so everyone can see how important they are...or when Bluetooth came out!

Just this week, I saw a guy holding the phone horizontally to his ear. It looked so ridiculous!

If I feel like having a little fun, I jump into the conversation too. Never got the d*ath stare yet but probably because I'm 68 and live in the South.

And stop aspiring to be an "influencer"

As the late great George Carlin said, "imagine how stupid the average person is then realize half of all people are stupider than that."

How do people think that celebrities are made? Unless you get scouted by a major company or studio, you have to be a self-starter. It sucks - social and personal validation should NOT be a commodity - but it's what society demands of anyone who wants to "rise above the muck." Each of these people is a living soul with a rich personal life, and each day for them is a hustle and grind, same as it is for us. Their struggles are symptomatic of a broader issue with corporate-capitalist society that reduces everything to the value of its economic utility. Quite frankly, I rather like some of them! And I'm not embarrassed to say that some of them are of the adult variety; sex work is work and I appreciate theirs as much as anyone else's.

It won't happen. Too many stupid people in the world

If you don't provide uncommon knowledge or information they're not worth anything. Sadly the majority view it the other way.

americans... stop fcking electing them!!!!

And disgusting.

You're not alone with this thought

And scary!

Not so much ugly, but looks predatory to me. They're not nails, they're talons.

I second that.