'our generation was the best'

Yep.

"We didn't fight a war for this..."

Actually, YOU probably didn't fight any war. That was the generation before you. Don't put words in their mouths.

Not everyone, I try not to generalise. But that's the one that gripes me the most.

I agree, I have never thought any one generation was better than another...just that they had some differences.

I do think that each generation has had to deal with different types of societal and financial issues - but there are good, bad, innovative, motivated, etc, etc, etc in every generation.  The world has change and so has how we live.  It is just a fact.  I would be much more afraid and concerned if each generation was the same and that there wasn't change.

My husband’s 90 y/I father is a draft dodger. His is not the one of the greatest generation. He did work hard but did a lot of underhanded stuff that I don’t find funny.

My father was a liar and a snake. He raised snake son. They believe that they deserve the world at their feet. They had friends that believe the same way.

I could go on....


There are outstanding people in every generation and they are the ones that make that generation great.

Yes, I agree. I'm also tired of seeing meme's or posts on Facebook from people that don't know how to use a debit card, or turn the flash off on their camera phone saying that the younger people need to learn "life skills" like how to hull a strawberry or change a tire.
Guess what.....my new car didn't even come with a spare tire (only an air inflation kit) and even if it did I would still call AAA lol.
Every generation thinks they are the greatest....I could go on forever about this topic.

Every generation has people that do this.

Oh I read comments (and why do I???) about how 'we were the best generation' blah blah blah... I feel like I just want to go in a slap them and say "are you 90 years old?  Get over it".. 

My generation was awesome but certainly not the best.. we were into material things..hahaha.. get it?? Living in a material world and I am a material girl... each generation has it's good and then has it's bad... 

I think some people say this because they are looking at things through the eyes of nostalgia. I noticed my mom doing this and remember my grandmother and great-aunt doing the same.

Who the hell made that rule!? Did their dates actually get upset because your sons opened a door? Or is this one of those generalizations that started because of some story people keep spreading?

I am a millennial. I do not know any woman who would get offended by someone opening a door.

The only "new" rule is don't rape. But it's not new; just too many idiots felt there was some leeway if their date was drunk in past generations.

All I know is past generations of women tell me women were pushed around and it was accepted, alcoholism was the norm, homosexuals had to stay hidden, racism was out in the open, perverts ran rampant, and abuse and rape was called "boys being boys" or "hazing."

I happen to like my generation.

I've no idea 'who' made that rule, but I do know it's been a discussion on this very board several times and there ARE women who take offense to such chivalrous acts.  Somehow, somewhere my sons got that memo and are hard pressed to figure out what to do and what not to do.

It makes me incredibly sad, because DH is a true gentleman and he taught his sons to be the same but for whatever  reason, they've been led to believe that is not the way to be anymore.

My dad used to go on about all the problems with my generation (tail end of the Baby Boomers) until we pointed out that murders, drug addition, political scandals, etc., have been around long before our generation. 

Each generation has their leaders & heroes, whether everyday people or world famous. We also all have our share of not so great jerks and assholes.

Big pet peeve for me.

First, I don’t know why Internet Memes about the nostalgic past have to be negative about other generations. Can’t we journey through memory lane without disparaging millennials, genZ, generation X or whatever? It seems like every meme infers that younger people are wimps or clueless or uncouth.

Second, I am really sick of people dissing the younger generations. (I don’t like people blaming everything on baby boomers either).

No generation is free from poor behavior nor does any generation have a corner on being “the best.” Times change. If you think the youngest generations are horrible, you only have yourself to blame imo.

This is what one of my 24 year friends from FB (re)posted last night. I cracked up. Yes, reading MapQuest directions was hard.  And while I was giggling at her post, I realized that my old ass had printed them out not three years ago for a trip to Florida because I didn't trust my Maps app (new to it).  

though there are broad generalizations.. there are definitely different attitudes towards things in different generations. in the 1970's, in college class.. our professor of recreation said we all need to plan to work holidays and weekends and long hours.. true to her work experiences.. we all said BS.. if we value recreational time as a profession.. we need time off too and weren't going to work 80 hours a week.. and it is true.. we as a generation value our leisure time over other stuff..

yesterday, my dh (retired) asked his ortho specialist about his retirement.. the doc is working fewer hours and looking forward to complete retirement in a few years. dh asked about who would be taking over in his area of speciality. basically, the doc said he has been having a hard time finding any docs who want to take a post doc fellowship with him (at Stanford university).. cause his speciality is about complex cases--very difficult to deal with.. often taking years to find ending solutions, etc. the docs want to specialize in something easier and less messy and something more sure of success. not to say someone is not out there to do it.. but he is finding it very hard to find people to train.

so attitudes change.. sometimes for the better, sometimes not. there are hard working and moral people in every generation. the worst trend I see today is lack of value perceived in experts and in technical knowledge and training. no education seems to be held up as good. we need to do a better job of teaching kids to think critically and to read in depth.