I decided to try and put some effort into this and at least write weekly. I really regret the way things have gone down with this projects.
So today I will begin this habit of talking in detail about shit that just makes me fume. I have moved back to my old neighborhood, and because of that I've had my fair share of dealing with old people, which is ok, people don't choose to get old, as much as we all would love to be young forever. But, I never noticed how dumb the older generations can be, and I mean extremely dumb. Let's divide my issues with older people into topics
1.How most people over 35 I've interacted with are fucking mental
Most people are so deep in the idea that their generation is the best (there's no such thing as a best generation) that they fail to communicate and comprehend other generations. When people are around 35 they start realizing that they're not young anymore and they're heading towards their 40s. Till then they have this weird ass idea engraved on their head, they think they're so genial, so different, so quirky, so revolutionary, so much better because they had less during their childhood? Then this people start realizing that young people can also achieve things and they start getting angry, perhaps (when they were children) they weren't as successful or well informed as gen z kids are, which is okay. But these people can't accept that things change. They not only fail to accept the potential and success of younger people but they also fail to understand them.
2.Ignorance regarding technology and progress
This one is fantastic, it really grinds my gears. Whether I'm talking to my nearly 40 y/o aunt or to my grandpa who is completely unable of using any technology because he simply thought "oh, that shit is not important, nobody is ever gonna use tech so I shouldn't learn" they never fail to surprise me. I think I'll bullet-point each specific incident that makes me question what happens on people's brains
- Being overly complicated: Sometimes various family members ask me shit. Sometimes they want to know something, sometimes they don't know how to use a certain thing (reset the router, lookup some random ass info) . Instead of simply looking up on their phones what they need to know regarding anything they decide to be extra complicated, they make weird choices, and when they finally beg you to do it for you they can't stop commenting on how you're doing it wrong while they don't have any idea of what is going on. In the end of helping them plugging the HDMI cable or attaching a jpeg to their email I just ask "Hey (random person) why don't you look this up on the internet? You could learn how to do it yourself and apply that knowledge to different situations?". They never ever do this, I don't get it. They assume I just magically know all of these but then proceed to criticize me for knowing stuff?? Why are they being so complicated? Choose a stance on the topic and stick with it unless you actually change your mind instead of floating around. They think we know stuff just because we are from the "new generation", we know stuff because we have curiosity.
- Thinking that using tech is gonna kill you: Most part of old people are big ass hypocrites. I love watching Tarantino movies, not only are they very well written but they also have a fair share of violence and gore. To some of my older relatives, watching really violent movies or watching super violent sports (boxing matches, WWE, till death bullfighting matches, etc...) is totally okay. But playing a dumb FPS shooter game? No, that's gonna turn you into a school shooter, or any shooter per say. My favorite type of game is FPS games, yet I don't consider myself violent, at all. My grandma says that kids in america shoot up their school because they play cod, but all kids all over the damned world play cod and many more fps games, yet we don't see the wide spread of a school shooter culture. Old ass men beating each other to death because their soccer team rivalry? Ye know, it's just men. Boys playing fps shooter and having a general nice time? Oh boy, that's fucking cancerous and will damage the boys' minds they'll become killing machine lIkE tHe AmErIcAn KiDs!! Killing bulls good, pOlyStaTIonN aNd tHE Wii BAAAD
- Thinking the world doesn't need the internet or anything really: This one is just great, my grandma was pissed that we are"always" on our phones, back in her day they didn't have phones! And the god damned internet, it just turns kids into criminals we don't need such thing!!!! "If I can live without the internet it means we don't really need it!" Hate breaking it to you grandma but all the efficiency of the 21st century is based on the convenience of the internet. Fast news that enable the ability of warning people and preventing disasters, managing bank accounts, efficient systems that enable fast services (every major thing, from hospitals to retail).
- TV vs Online Content:Old people think that watching youtube videos is worse than watching TV. Both platforms have had good content and bad content, the difference is what you can do about it. Old people just stay there and randomly watch whatever the fuck Tv feeds them, and that includes the totally washed down biased content that ends up brain washing their brains. Because of a dumb tv show my grandma believes I will become a killer because of video games. Meanwhile, on streaming services you can choose what to watch, on youtube you can support actual talented independent artists and individuals and see them grow! My family thinks you can legally buy guns at a gunshop if you are 13 in the U.S.
- Telling foreigners to learn the country's language but refusing to learn languages like English: This one is always amazing, people get so angry at foreigner's for not speaking our language perfectly, but do they speak any other language other than their own? They fucking don't. Why do old people get worked about this? You don't speak the foreigner's languages either. They don't even speak English, so why are y'all so pissed at immigrants and foreigners lmao.
3.Generational differences throughout history
Okay, this one will be hella far fetched. Although when boomers and people prior to that were my age they already had different mindsets and ideals than their contemporary old folks' ones there was some sort of similarity? The world keeps changing, ofc, but like, the 20th century was a crazy roller coaster. The way we live and interact with the world, in a contextual way changed so much? And lots of people think that the values they were taught are the best ones, regardless of change. So they refuse to keep up? I don't really know what my point is in this one. But like, in the medieval ages as rebellious as kids could be, older people and younger people kinda endured the same shit? The good ol days looked just like the good new days? So I doubt that old people could go around saying "IN MY DAY WE GOT THE PLAGUE!!!!" Like, people hate change, and that's why they all fall into this weird hypocritical cycle. People my age complain about 6 yo's liking fortnite or Minecraft. I seriously don't get it, fucks sake our gen liked club penguin and dumb shid like FriV flash games, Nintendo dogs n cats. I think old people get dumb because they are pretentious. We need to give value to younger intellects. I love talking to everyone, I love telling my older family members my ideas, and if I ever live to be old I want to learn with people that are younger than me.
This was fucking psychotic, I might edit this post later I have no god damned clue.
