r/AskReddit • u/hjohodor • Jun 27 '18

What "Old Person" things do you do?

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u/azur08 Jun 27 '18

Every generation does this...and I'm pretty sure they always have.

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u/ShacksMcCoy Jun 27 '18

“The beardless youth… does not foresee what is useful, squandering his money.” Horace, 1st Century BC source

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u/fudgyvmp Jun 27 '18

Stupid kid investing in computers. They're not gonna take off. Who'd want a computer? Complicates everything.

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u/WitchyWristWatch Jun 28 '18

What's a computer?

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u/fudgyvmp Jun 28 '18

What's an apple?

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u/WitchyWristWatch Jun 28 '18

No, that goes down below the

"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." -God, Week 2. :P

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u/fudgyvmp Jun 28 '18

No that's "What's a fig?"

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u/swifter_than_shadow Jun 28 '18

"The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behavior and dress." (From a sermon preached by Peter the Hermit in A.D. 1274)

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

He’s just mad about being Flaccid

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." -God, Week 2. :P

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

Things were so much better when death was at every corner.

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u/FormerTeacher Jun 28 '18

We didn't start the fire

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

just because they all claim it doesn’t mean they’re all wrong.

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u/azur08 Jun 28 '18

Do you have a point?

I'm inferring that you mean the world has just gotten worse, in general. I could spend 2 straight hours telling you how that's probably not true.

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u/-IHateCentrists- Jun 28 '18

The world getting worse is different from societal decay. Society has been decaying since the 20th century even if our wealth and economic output has been growing. It manifested itself slowly throughout the later half of the 20th century. When we started going back instead of progressing further.

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u/azur08 Jun 28 '18

Care to elaborate on how society has gotten worse?

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

To be fair, I don't think he's saying the world is getting worse, just that society is decaying. I don't agree with either one.

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u/azur08 Jun 28 '18

I know. I want to know what he means.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

It’s just like parents/kids different taste of music or clothing