“Being Able To Fix Things Yourself”: 30 Things Young People Find Odd That Used To Be Normal

Hell, I'll take a well constructed argument nowadays.

Depends on what the disagreement is about, to be fair. If, for instance, you think that certain people don't deserve the same fundamental rights as everyone else, then we really won't be able to find common ground. But if you think dachshunds make better house pets than Rottweilers, we can agree to disagree.

It's one of my pet hates, if I'm arguing/debating with someone and they get caught out but rather than accepting it say something like "we should stop this now otherwise we're going to have a falling out". Mate, I just gave you a hypothetical situation based on a point you made, just because it makes your point moot you're going to run away and sulk? Maybe consider your point of view migh possibly be wrong and concede it.

As long as it's not hateful :)

Remember when people used to give disclaimers about their beliefs? Someone would say, “I don’t think this is good for your heart, but I’m not a cardiologist.” We were upfront about our naivety and it was okay. Now it’s, “my aunt reads WebMD so she knows that vaccines change your DNA!”

Part of the problem is that so many people are righteous and are disagreeable for the simple reason they need to feel superior to others.

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YES And OBTW I want that perfectly non-symmetrical "coffee" cup...

Yea no. I have ZERO respect for anyone who thinks the original 🪿 steppers and their "ideas and policies" where anything but one the most despised and horrific things our species has ever done. There's always a line to be crossed for everything

Ironic that this gets upvoted to the top on a site where any dissenting opinion, or even correcting a fake fact, will get you downvoted into oblivion.

This feels like something most of us used to know and somehow forgot. In my late teens and early adulthood, which happens to coincide directly with the late 90’s/ early 00’s, I had many conversations with friends and acquaintances about many subjects that were always civil. Even subjects pertaining to religion and politics and even if they became more of a debate than conversation. Now, it’s hard to come by people who disagree and don’t want a shouting match or to be offended. Sucks

I love talking to people that have a different opinion than me, as long as they r intelligent about it, because it gives me more to think about. Sometimes people get change my mind, sometimes I change theirs and sometimes we agree to disagree

That depends on how the disagreement is phrased/how you react to disagreeing with something!

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Ah it's all about canceling now days. Disagree and you're now the enemy. People assume you must all believe the same thing and that being offended by something means that thing should be stopped immediately

This is something people on this website tend to forget, i mean no disrespect but im sure someone can relate

My father is 68 and *he* thinks that disagreeing with him is disrespectful

It very much depends what we're talking about. I hate when people talk about politics like it's as inconsequential as the outcome of a sportsball game, when it can have catastrophic consequences for a lot of people.

Most 'Gen Z' don't know how to string a sentence together !

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Yes and no. We can agree to disagree and still be friends/colleagues. If you tell me that Star Trek is not your cup of tea, I'll accept your opinion. I won't agree with you. Any Respect you had earned from me will have vanished, I will still be courteous to you though. Respect and courtesy are two different things.

Before cell phones, if someone didn't answer the phone we'd just say, "Oh, they're not home," and that was normal. Nowadays, I wish it was just as normal to say, "Oh, they're not answering their phone," and just leave it at that.

US: standardized test scores are tied to funding, so no time for skill development (either manual or critical thinking). Kids learn that life is only about obedience to ham-fisted metrics analysis.

Obviously not old enough to remember 'ghetto blasters' (yup, REALLY called that) These were extremely large radio cassettes with big speakers played at full volume everywhere from the 70s onwards until personal stereos became a thing. Before that it was 'portable wireless radios' These go back to the early 60s. Again, people have ALWAYS been a******s..

We NEED to bring back home economics and wood shop as required classes in high school or middle school for ALL students. This would help so many young adults get their first steps in basic life skills.

Same with concerts. I don't understand how people can't just watch a concert and enjoy it. Does anyone ever go back and watch their phone footage anyway?

Wall Street investors have been buying up housing all over the country just to make money on excessive rents and the tight housing market, which they contributed to making.

Being stood up or ditched on a date are as old as dating itself, but the RSVP was a contract that could only be violated at the peril of never receiving any future invitations

It's still very normal where I am.

Too damned many companies jumping on the product as a service bandwagon and it needs to stop. For instance, you pay (typically dearly) for a option on your new car, but you then need to pay a fee/subscription to use it? Not in this world, that's absurd.

I just respect people who don't have it. I wish I could quit it

And stop the piles of clothes going to landfill. Throwaway culture needs to cease.

I find the introvert memes tendency horrifying and relatable at the same time. Being an introvert myself I understand the struggle, but it seems to me it's getting worse and worse, triggering anxiety if you just let it be your lifestyle.

Agree knowing how to cook is a learnable skill you don’t need to be a chef.

Some people just don't want to be bothered when they're trying to go about their day.

A house used to be a home not an investment for profit. It annoys me when real estate agents talk about selling a home, it is the house not the home being sold.

All that has happened is the companies have shifted the risk from them to you. If you can get such good returns, they can too. Of course in most plans you do not contribute. Just more evidence of poor money management on their part, and how criminal underfunding is.

If anything this was worse years ago. Social media is doing us all a service by letting people know this is not acceptable. Imagine a world where no one told these a******s they were out of order. I grew up in it..

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I only use loudspeaker at home when nobody is around

Do other people not do this?

Again, it's not an abnormal thing to go and not record. Going to the gym without recording is normalised.

Again depends on country and background. Low income areas in my country have good social networks and high income areas have neighbours who barely interact and mostly hate each other.

Outside of large cities where does one find a tailor?

This is only true of individualist (ie western) culture. In Africa our community is the most important thing.

Yet again - NO! This generation are far more accepting of people's struggles with mental health, sexuality, bullying and so on..

What kills me is "punctuation is aggressive" and "ok means you're mad." WTF kids?!?

Emails and texts are too easy to ignore. I feel it takes twice as long to communicate via email.

Uhh no. I would never walk up to strangers playing a game and join them.

It was never there to begin with…