30 Examples Of What Young People Have Had Enough Of Hearing From Older People, Shared In This Online Community

I'm 65 and feel the same way. It makes me grind my teeth whenever I see those stupid "when we were kids" memes. Or people that b***h about kids not learning cursive anymore. Attention: there's no need for cursive anymore.

The most clued-out idiocy I've heard is of free-wheeling writer in his 60s who noticed that young women rejected his overtures... and complained that "Young people nowadays, are so inconsiderate." (At least Warren Beatty took rejection from a much younger waitress to mean "Time to settle down and get married, you old fool.")

"Back in my day" always has me wonder at what age that was. Things were very "good" back in my day because I was too young to understand the importance of it such as the missile crisis just to name one thing.

I agree 100%. There are also two sides to this subject. Just because I am 67, please don't treat me like I don't know anything about how modern technology works. I'm fully capable of figuring out a new phone, my laptop, smart TV, etc. Just because I am now considered a senior citizen does not mean my brain stopped working and yes, I can still learn new things.

Unfun fact: Humans are hardwired to forget trauma (or at least access those memories less frequently), so people really do have an unrealistic recollection of when they were young - only the good bits stick with you.

My Dad got a text from someone saying that I needed money from him ($2500), but definitely don't ask me to confirm it. The bank was in Honduras. (I'm in the US, my Dad UK). He sent the money like an idiot and his bank stopped the transaction on his behalf.

My SO's mum (❤️) is the absolute worst with this. 😆 We often have to tell her that Dr. Google is NOT the same as going to the doctor.

My how the tide has turned!

I really like this one

YES! The whole "participation trophy thing! We weren't giving them to ourselves!

If they're complaining about teenagers, then let me remind them that teenagers are... ahem... teenagers. (To be fair, I know mostly lovely ones - which raises the bar well above my own overwrought stupid teen years)

"Just look at all these things younger people never learned how to do, simply because we never bothered to teach them how! They're so lazy!"

I'm in total agreement. People my age complaining about "young people ". You raised them ffs. I'm immensely proud of my daughter and the way she speaks up for people and their rights.

A child is the product of his parents. What you put in, they let come out. What you don't put in, does not come out. (Gen X raised by Boomer who compains a lot about his own son who still has not accomplished anything at 40+).

What exactly DID Boomers do? The last major civil rights legislation was passed when 90% of the Boomers were too young to vote. They have, though, consistently voted for politicians who work to overturn that legislation. They only protested against the war in Vietnam because there was a draft, and they didn't want to fight. The majority of Boomers supported every American war after the draft ended. The constantly voted to reduce taxes while living off the taxes that their parents had paid. They changed "the war on drugs" from war on drug addiction to a war on drug addicts. They benefitted from a welfare state while doing their best to have welfare programs that benefitted the poor cut. I could go on, but that is enough for now.

Regarding the entitlement these people have and expecting us to just be submissive and comply because "respect your elders"-My grandmother a few years ago. "She is being so disrespectful to her elders!"(talking about me in the other room to my Mom). She literally came into our house and immediately started complaining about our furniture, saying it is awful, and that we need to get rid of it because she says so! The chair she was complaining about was my property and I liked it. It was comfy and was an older chair but served it's purpose. I simply told her that I didn't find it respectful that she was coming into our home and telling us what to do with our OWN property. She was appalled! Her face was like, "how dare she not listen to me and my advice!". She actually thought about after a while and called me apologizing later that day.

I’m 61, and really want to apologize to younger generations for my generation not fixing all the s**t that was wrong when we were young. We made it worse, because we decided money was what we wanted instead of a better world. I am so sorry we got so badly sidetracked and totally f****d up our chance. I hope you younger people have more fortitude than we did when the evil old farts start trying to tempt you away from your cause by offering you things like money and power. We took their bait, so I hope that I can warn you to be on the lookout for it and not to make the same mistake.

Every generation can be blamed for that kind of thing! We were the generation that stopped the whaling and introduced better conservation policies, we're the generation that.... we're the generation that... It is a fallacy that any one generation is responsible for the mess the world is in. No one is still alive from the industrial revolution, coal is much less-used than it ever was....

Look at the bright side. We'll all be dead in a few more years. The generations to come will be blaming your generation for everything. Nothing new under the sun.

Yes! I was in a supermarket when an elderly man (70 something) asked for one of the employees like 'Hey, where is that fat woman who works here to help me'. So rude.

Especially in customer service, older people can be so ridiculous. Someone said the customer is always right once a hundred years ago and somehow that means even when they are dead wrong, we're supposed to just bend over and go against policies or even break the law in some cases because they don't like inconvenience. Well, welcome to the world. You are not always right. And just because I'm working and want to make you happy doesn't mean you're allowed to say or do things to me or my body that you would get punched for if I wasn't actively working. You do not always get what you want and yelling isn't going to make the reasons for that magically change.. Ugh.

This! Rude people are older people 90% of the time

Welcome to trump world. It's gradually getting worse and worse. It's not how we were taught.

This!

I still don't see why it's anyone else's business what a woman chooses to do with her own life and body, ffs.

Staaaaaaaaaaay child free. You'll probably be happier (certainly wealthier) and you'll be doing the planet a favour. And cats deserve to rule the world anyway.

Fur babies count!!

It still takes a biological man to produce a kid, so I'm not sure how a man who doesn't want kids wouldn't also be 'wasting their entire purpose as a man'. Aside from that, what b******t.

Darn, I blew it as a walking incubator. However, I finally learned to imply (AKA "lie through my teeth") that I wanted kids: "Why, that's a great idea! I'm going to talk to [husband] about it."

I agree 100% that college students today are being robbed, first by the college institutions and second by the predatory loan system. I support loans for education being interest free or capped at, maybe, 2%. All of us in society are going to depend on these young people, why are we trying to either keep them out of school or bankrupt them for daring to get a higher education?

Don't go to college. Learn a trade skill. Electrician, welder, plumber, carpenter, mason....jobs that society require to keep chugging along, all of which have been operating at a deficit of MILLIONS of workers for decades. Many will pay you while you're being trained (welders start at $22/hr and can make as much as $50/hr) Several generations of kids brainwashed into thinking college was the only way forward, and it's simply not true anymore. No one saying it's not hard, but at some point someone needs to consider that they're looking past a good solution to one that doesn't exist anymore.

Now that most job applications are through hiring agencies, and after moving when 62 and looking for a job after over 10 yrs. I really got frustrated at (warning: Boomer content ahead) not being able to go and meet with a potential employer; shake their hand; look them in the eyes and ask for a job. I feel sorry for these young people...no sense of connection to those who will ultimately control their lives.