people haven't changed the difference is now we have the internet to see people for what they really are, people have always been self absorbed and conceited the selfies of today just make it more obvious
if people are more rude that's the generation that grew up in the 70's and 80's fault for not raising their kids properly
you probably didn't notice or care back then, heck you might have been rude yourself ignorance is bliss
everybody thinks they will be a star today because the internet makes it easier to be a star, this isn't the first generation that preferred being a rich celebrity over working a regular job
if youtube, social media, and any technology of today existed 30 years ago it would've been no different than now
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Nope. People have changed. You may blame their parents for their lack of manners and rudeness but being more rude and impolite is a change. Who you blame is a separate issue. But the fact is that people are different.
I was just watching an old clip on PBS on Babe Ruth and they had a reporter standing in front of the stadium doing some commentary. It suddenly dawned on my that all the people in the background are dressed in suits and ties and women wearing ankle length dresses. And no one is clowning around and making faces and trying to get on camera.
Someone here said that every generation considers twenty years ago the good old days. Well, I was born in 1960 and lived through those years. By the time I was 8 years old I was very aware of the Vietnam war and the hippies movement. During the 1980s I never looked fondly back at the 60's and 70's. In fact, I trace all social ills to the cultural revolution of the late sixties/early seventies.
I was glad to see the 70s end and the"malaise" of the Carter administration. When Reagan came in there was a whole different mood in the country. Hope, the dawning of the new age, we were on top again.
Then the 1990s with rap and the Thug life gangsta culture that all the youth wanted to emulate. Decent girls from decent families now falling for the nigs from the inner city and the wigger wannabes both out of rebellion and excitement.
I can remember overhearing my sister and her friends in her bedroom talking about one them that just had her first kiss. She was sixteen. Laughing and making jokes about her "sweet sixteen" kiss.
First kiss at sixteen. LOL. Now it's giving your first blow job at 12 and getting finger banged in the bushes.
I don't know how old you are but I've live through these decades and have seen the changes. And if you think people today are more decent, honest, civil and considerate you just haven't been paying attention or are simply too young to know.
And with exception of electronics, they are also way, way less educated and informed. There whole life literally revolves around their cell phone.
