Is it normal to wish you had been born several decades before you actually were? Todays society idolizes these imbeciles from The Jersey Shore and the Kardashians. I mean these are uneducated moronic and to put it rather nicely, idiotic intellectually retarded people. They are dumbing down the kings English. They are brainwashing our youth past stupidity. I can't help but think one hundred years from now, there will be no books or philosophers with cultural sentiment. This country is despicable.
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As for language, it always has evolved and always will. The purpose of language is to facilitate communication as effectively as possible. You can look at it as dumbing down, or you can look at it as the normal process of evolving language.
Remember that the majority of people also don't like those aspects of today's society that you hate. You're not alone :) Some people idolise those people who can contribute nothing, but most of them are just kids who'll hopefully grow out of it :P
P.S. I'd also like to add that idiots have existed in every era, and always will.
If anything, I'd say the proportion of idiots in today's society is pretty low versus 50 years ago. If you've not heard of it, you should look up the Flynn effect (it relies on IQ, which I know is imperfect, but still it's pretty cool stuff). It shows that, for whatever reason, the number of idiots is dropping, which we should all celebrate with much balloons and stuff.
EDIT: I used "stuff" twice in one comment. MUST... IMPROVE... VOCABULARY...
I've heard of the Flynn effect, though I'd always assumed that had more to do with increased and improved educational standards. I don't think half a century is nearly enough time for there to be a significant evolutionary shift, so I'd wager a guess that it's more like idiots are just more functional these days. Which isn't a terrible thing either, I suppose.
All those people who use nerd as an insult, without those programming "nerds", they wouldn't be able make overemootional blogs on Facebook, without those "nerds" that love math, they wouldn't have a damn house to live in. Nobody would know how to make one. Without those biology "nerds", vaccines wouldn't exist. Without "nerds", nobody would know a thing about anything. This whole anti education thing in this generation is stupid, without education, we'd still be running around beheading people for sorcery and would still have a jury system based on divine intervention. We'd still be running around, not knowing what hell is going on, because there's nobody to prove anything right or wrong, nobody to tell you why 2+2=4 and not 5. Just like the dark ages.
Last year, I had to watch a movie version of Frankenstein (with the rest of the class), and there was one specific event I remember while watching it. There was a scene where Frankenstein is developing his creation, and an aquaintance of mine says, "Wow that guy has no life.", and I remember just being completely disgusted by this statement. As in just like "What the fuck? How is the pursuit of knowledge seen as bad?" I didn't care about the actual movie, I was just at a total lack of understanding. Didn't say anything though, I really didn't want to be annoyed by the innevitable negative attention I'd get later from others. I mean, how do people seriously not understand how means? Without it were nothing more than animals, relying on pure instinct and emotions.
For your information, Neil deGrasse Tyson is the ideal American.
Wanna know what I said?
I told him, "Well John if I had lived in the 1700s or Grecian days, I would never have known any better therefore I would have been pretty satisfied with Life. After all, you can't abhor something when you don't even realize there is something missing"
Or something like that.
Mine too! :)
But to live in the 20s you have to be born in the 1900s, no? :P
There are more people like you than you think:) I personally don't look up to or even care about the Kardashians or anyone like that.
But since people were dieing for not wearing seat belts (and because many cars didn't even fit them in the back at least) Plus people riding motorbikes usually didn't wear helmets! And .. actually there's a billion examples of safety issues, hmm we also had an outside asbestos walled toilet (an inside your home toilet seemed strange actually, in some regard it still does to me)
With the advances in science and technology, medicine and education, I'm pretty sure if I went back in time I'd be more frustrated at the ignorance and sexism and racism and even education that was taught with hard discipline. I mean what what you do if you heard the teacher belted your son or daughter with a strap? Because in the past that was normal and attending school was mandatory for children. It was not uncommon to be wacked across the knuckles for having a spelling mistake!
On top of this you had religion in the law! In the school! And it was generally seen as normal to attend church and belong to one conjugation. I mean just this alone is enough to make someone sick to the bone. Glad that rubbish now doesn't exist in school etc.
The only option for a better world is the future. As is the main intention of society development, to make things better. Personally I'd like to go to where weekly work hours are swapped. We work for 2 days and enjoy 5 away from work, with the same pay.
I also want to space travel and visit other planets and galaxies. Oh well, we are obviously still in the industry era.
I try not to pay attention to what I don't care about, and stick with what I know I like.
This probably makes me an intensely boring person to some people, but someone who's into the same things will think I’m great.
It might be harder to find the type of things you do like, and you might end up having to pay a bit more to get it, but you won't be the only one who likes it
I know you weren't. It's pointless trying to change their minds because they won't appreciate it.
I'm just glad I know “popular” (now) doesn't always mean “good”.
If things are popular it makes them easier to find -- but that also means they're easier to get rid of, too. I can't think of anyone my age who'd want my cds, but I’d have to be dying to pass them on.
So personally I ignore the part of the society I don't really care about. Just live life. :)
And plus whaat others are saying there have always been dumb people out there; nothing too new.
However, the technology of this generation is amazing! I can't believe I ever went without having an ipod or the advantages of youtube. So I wouldn't say I rather be in in a different generation. I guess there is an up and down to everything.