Accepting responsibility for your actions

[FROSTY:Me]

Is this just an old farts gripe session?

2. If I was going to play the stereotyping game, I would make the observation that it seems to be sport for old farts (deliberately generalised) to lament the failings of the next generation coming through.

so can you give an answer to the question disproving the theory??

[short-circuit]

How DARE you! Do you not understand irony?

Deliberate as bro

[Mom]

Is this just an old farts gripe session?

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! I am older than you, ergo I am old fart?

Defining younger generation is not easy, sometimes there are huge shifts in societal thinking in just a few short years, nothing like a generation. What is that anyway? My kids are a different generation than me, this I can work out. But say I was a young teenaged Mother when I had my babies, the generation gap between me and my kids then would be a lot less than it is currently.

I kind of understand where FROSTY is coming from, but I dont actually think it has anything to do with age. For example, I know, and call my self friend to lots of really amazingly neet people, that are young enough to be my children, as I know others old enough to be well not my parents but close. We share a values set.

Personal responsibility is not about age, it is about culture. By culture I am not talking about your race either btw, I am talking about the culture you were raised in, what defined your own values set.

I have a headache now and need a little lie down, all this deep thinking has exhausted me

[short-circuit]

so can you give an answer to the question disproving the theory??

It's a matter of finding in people what you expect to see - I can't really help you with that on KB but if you'd like to see me on a professional basis I work on a sliding scale from $120 - $70 depending on your circumstances

[short-circuit]

I am old fart?

Only if you are blowing hot stale air

[The Pastor]

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! I am older than you, ergo i am old fart?

Defining younger generation is not easy, sometimes there are huge shifts in societal thinking in just a few short years, nothing like a generation. What is that anyway? My kids are a different generation than me, this i can work out. But say i was a young teenaged mother when i had my babies, the generation gap between me and my kids then would be a lot less than it is currently.

I kind of understand where frosty is coming from, but i dont actually think it has anything to do with age. For example, i know, and call my self friend to lots of really amazingly neet people, that are young enough to be my children, as i know others old enough to be well not my parents but close. We share a values set.

Personal responsibility is not about age, it is about culture. By culture i am not talking about your race either btw, i am talking about the culture you were raised in, what defined your own values set.

I have a headache now and need a little lie down, all this deep thinking has exhausted me

thats why women shouldnt think, bad things happen

[FROSTY:Me]

It's a matter of finding in people what you expect to see -

I guess that is it in a nutshell ol bean. Ya see I expect people to be honest,I expect them to accept responsibility for their actions and yes I find it hugely dissapointing when they don't do so.
In that yes Im old fashioned and make no apologies for being that way.

[MattRSK]

I can't see where this thread is heading.

It's pretty easy to focus on the bad but seriously are you saying the generation of today is worse than any previous generation?

[jono035]

I'd guess that it is more a difference-in-perspective thing really, with the younger generation always seeming worse. In some cases you are encouraged to not take responsibility for various things (vehicle accidents etc.) though...

[1vanvan1]

Thats a major generalisation!

I worry about you "OLDER" generation sometimes.

Prime example - I have worked at a swimming pool complex as a lifeguard for a while, And the amount of parents that come in with their kids ranging from 1 - 8 years old and not even pay attention to what their kid is doing is atrocious! The rules at public swimming pools is if your kid is under 5 you MUST be within arms reach, if they are under 8 they MUST be actively supervised. You older people come in dump your kids in the water and go off and have a conversation with your friend or another random parent who is not watching their kid. The amount of times I have seen a toddler fall face first in the water, Struggle, Then grabbed by the lifeguard or a parent actually doing there job is to many to count. I have approached several parents about this and the response I always got was - "Thats what lifeguards are for" GET FUCKED! I feel like telling them. There is another 100 or so kids swimming. I am not being paid to watch YOUR kid. And if something was to happen to their kid, They wouldn't take responsibility. It would be on my head as i am supervisor. We had a couple of near misses and WE were blamed because of the PARENTS being morons and not watching their kids. And a decent amount of them were Polynesians.

This is only 1 example - And once again. Is a major generalisation. Majority of parents are alright. Just like Kids. It is the minority of teens who have no personal responsibilty.

This is the same as Asians are shit drivers. Just a big sterotype.

[Naki Rat]

......but seriously are you saying the generation of today is worse than any previous generation?

It's looking that way, and the impression on the 'computer gaming' generation in that they are increasingly living a virtual life where mistakes can apparently be corrected by rebooting/game restart is creeping into the way they live their real life.

Don't like the way the conversation is heading. Easily solved, disconnect and block access to that ex-friend. That's why texting is preferred to talking - far easier to disassociate from a virtual connection.

......I think its the way society is now (everyone tries to hold no liability for anything), they are just replicating what they see happening all over the world. Tis sad and to think they are going to be running businesses when they're older

Not so much running businesses as running the country. That's really scarey!!

[Nasty]

I love how we tar an entire generation with the say-so of one or two people ... why don't we just stone the lot of them and say that we are better without them.

[SixPackBack]

I love how we tar an entire generation with the say-so of one or two people ... why don't we just stone the lot of them and say that we are better without them.

Fooken good idea...bash 'em all and throw 'em in Noel's pool

[Naki Rat]

I love how we tar an entire generation with the say-so of one or two people ... why don't we just stone the lot of them and say that we are better without them.

Hardly one or two people. Examples are a daily occurence in the workplace, clients, customer service, attitudes to all manner of subjects on this and other forums......

Better without them?? No way! Their bad attitude makes my work ethic positively shine

[MattRSK]

What a great attitude.