“Total Ignorance Of Science”: 40 Older Adults Point Out Weird Things That Are “Normal” Nowadays

The ignorance is not the problem. It's ok to be ignorant of some of the sciences. But to wilfully disregard the experts of the relative fields... That's just stupid.

100% as long as you admit there are quite a few people playing politics masquerading as "scientists"

As a scientist, I officially hate this.

Unfortunately, mainstream and social media have a habit of cherry picking parts of science to justify a political viewpoint and ignoring the whole science when it doesn't suit their agenda. Science only progresses when it is challenged constantly for new discoveries and updated information. 'Trust the science' is antithetical to actual science.

Part of the problem is the amount of b******t being passed off as science.

Not knowing the difference between loose and lose, spelling paid as payed, and should of/would of instead of should have/would have are my bug-bears. I also detest that ridiculous usage of Capitalizing All The Words in your sentence, Even If They Aren't Proper Nouns. Why Do People Do This? It Looks Messy And It's Hard To Read And Takes A Lot Longer To Type.

"Effect" and "affect". It's unbelievable how often I come across this confusion. One is a noun, the other a verb. Totally different !!!!!!

ironically, even more so with natives....

There's a difference between bad grammar (to versus too) and slang (u, lol, ur)

This post is funny because in the example "their", "there" and "they're" ARE spelled correctly and you already "started on grammar" because the their/there thing is a grammatical mistake not a spelling mistake. But yes - if English is your primary language it would be nice if folks had a grasp of it.

and for your physical safety, do not turn around in my driveway!

Get off my lawn

Great photo! What's missing from the narrative - "Yeah, you, smart-aff, wanna be "nice" to me - but you WON'T actually LISTEN if I try to tell you anything. Ha. Will you? No. So - 7 words is all you get."

REAL

Nothing to see here. Move along.

I remember 'boom boxes' on the buses in the 1980s/90s, so not a generational thing imo. There are AHs all through history.

Can we say, "rude and self-centered?"

That’s why I always have a earbud so I’m not interrupting people and I can tune said interrupters out

I just take my hearing aids out. Benefits, man.

just been to asia ...... you won't believe the number of people there that make a videocall on speaker in public with the phone at arms length away......

I don't have Facebook and have noticed that people will talk about their lives to me as if I have access to such information. So if you did not tell me directly or in a message, I have no clue you got a truck/moved or whatever.

I left FaceBook because of this.

I feel mixed about this one. If the conversation is going to be about some major life events they posted about - then knowing if the other person saw those posts tells them where to start in the explanation. But I'd probably word it differently. Like -- "Did you see my post about (my surgery / my dad passing / etc) ?"

Newsletter... the perfect word for this

Or similarly, people think liking or commenting on posts is keeping in touch.

I really don't care what your pronouns are. I will, however, address you with respect.

Indeed, no one's pronouns are written with big red letters on their forehead.

This is a distinctly western controversy. In africa we're still trying to get countries like uganda to not give death sentences. Fortunately SA (my country) has enough western elements to be less traditionalist about it. But we don't do the thing of putting pronouns after our names.

Please!! Don't assume that I'm a d**k, correct me. I may forget also, I have a s****y memory, I am not trying to be rude, I genuinely don't remember. I know someone who's pronouns have changed, I rarely interact with them but I always forget when I'm referring to them, not because I don't care, I just genuinely forget about it in the moment.

I'd rather use people's names.