Total rudeness
I cannot believe how rude people can be on here. Having told someone that my mother had passed away, she then thought it was funny to call me a robot and find my mother. Absolutely shocking
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spjennifer · 56-60, T
A lot of courtesy and common civility seems to have fallen by the wayside. Much of it has to do with the way kids are raised now, never being told no, no winners and losers. Much of what we were taught as children prior to these newer Generations was enforced by fear and corporal punishment, "God will punish you for cursing", "wait till your Father gets home" and those things had to change but perhaps we have gone too far and become too permissive now as there never seems to be any consequences for transgressions so what incentive do they have to be courteous or even kind?
helenS · 36-40, F
@spjennifer Every generation has always complained about "kids these days".
Here's a quote from an ancient Greek source:
"The counts of the indictment are luxury, bad manners, contempt for authority, disrespect to elders, and a love for chatter in place of exercise. …
Children began to be the tyrants, not the slaves, of their households. They no longer rose from their seats when an elder entered the room; they contradicted their parents, chattered before company, gobbled up the dainties at table, and committed various offences against Hellenic tastes, such as crossing their legs. They tyrannised over the paidagogoi and schoolmasters."
Sounds familiar doesn't it? 😏
Here's a quote from an ancient Greek source:
"The counts of the indictment are luxury, bad manners, contempt for authority, disrespect to elders, and a love for chatter in place of exercise. …
Children began to be the tyrants, not the slaves, of their households. They no longer rose from their seats when an elder entered the room; they contradicted their parents, chattered before company, gobbled up the dainties at table, and committed various offences against Hellenic tastes, such as crossing their legs. They tyrannised over the paidagogoi and schoolmasters."
Sounds familiar doesn't it? 😏
spjennifer · 56-60, T
@helenS Fair point and youth have always rebelled against their elders but it's only since the 1970's where there have been almost no consequences for bad behaviour for them. This more than anything has led to a loss of common courtesy, not only in the young but the older ones who were raised in these more permissive times with little to no consequences for behaving poorly towards others.
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@spjennifer I think it’s more to do with this new discourse pushed by the very people who claim to want to protect people’s feelings. You don’t have to treat anyone else with any decency anymore because anyone you dislike is instantly a ‘troll’ and so it’s okay to mistreat them.
spjennifer · 56-60, T
@pianoplayingsteve Some of it is that but this decline in courtesy and civility towards others didn't just start to happen recently, it's been in decline since the 1960's, since they banned corporal punishment in schools and since many more families where both parents are working and the kids are being raised by daycare and television happened.