Can I just say, at the risk of sounding old, young people these days really grind my gears.
Who am I kidding? I've always been an old man in a young body; albeit this young body seems to be deteriorating at a much faster pace than what I am led to beleive is normal, but even so, kids these days just don't get it.
Now, I know that there is a point in everyone's life when the next generation stops making sense. It happened with our parents, and their parents before them... It is something that comes with age, a rite of passage if you will.
But this isn't one of those situations.
Sure, we were all kids once, and I know that if you really think about it, you can pin-point the exact moment in your life when your parents stopped pretending to understand. But times have changed, and although we as kids did our fair share of stupid shit, we did it out of a dire need for adventure, not because risking our necks would help us get one step closer to becoming vampires.
The thing that really gets under my skin though, is that these people are so deep into their own pseudo-reality that they have no idea how much they're missing out on by letting their ignorance lead them on their life path. The obsession with social networks, reality tv, and internet gaming has led a generation of youth into the fire.
Video killed the radio star, but the 21st century killed independant thought.
But what do I know? In this universe, I'm the weird one. Is that so terrible? I really shouldn't feel so bad about the way the world is shifting, after all, I know the real score.
Yes, I would rather read The Great Gatsby than the latest twilight novel, and yes, I would rather watch a documentary, or a movie with substance over the latest bowel movement from hollywood. And if this makes me an outcast, than i couldn't be happier.
Let me end by saying, this is not over; every lemming goes over the edge eventually.
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