We're banning raves, because we don't want you having fun where we can't watch you. By the way let me tell you about Woodstock.
We're cracking down on underage drinking. It's bad for you. Yeah of course we hit up the pubs at your age it was great.
We're banning smoking, but just for you - the smoking age will go up one year every year. Oh yes of course, we used to be able to smoke inside everywhere, it was great really.
We're banning flavored vapes. We don't have any evidence they're bad for you, you just like them too much.
We're banning dodgeball during recess, someone might get hurt. Yeah we really enjoyed dodgeball too.
We're banning flirting, because it might make the girls uncomfortable.
We're locking you in your room for the next two years. Yes we know you're in no danger from the virus, but we're worried that you'll get us sick. By the way you have to take this needle if you want to leave your room again. Yes, twice. Well there will be boosters too. No, we aren't worried about side effects, that doesn't effect us at all.
We're closing the frat houses, because we don't want you having fun without our permission. Please join these officially sanctioned university clubs instead.
We're bringing in labor from the third world to work the service jobs, so you can't have a summer job.
You need to go to university to get a good job. By the way we're raising the price of tuition. Oh look we're raising it again. Don't worry there are loans. At interest.
Actually we're giving the good jobs to the foreigners we just imported, to make up for our racist past. We are very good people. No of course we aren't sacrificing anything. You just have to take one for the team.
Also, we're giving the foreigners the houses. We needed to increase real estate prices. For our pensions, you see. Sadly no, you'll probably never be able to afford one yourself. By the way don't forget to pay your taxes. Need to support those pensions somehow! Eh? No, we're giving ourselves tax breaks of course. Seniors discount you know.
Oh by the way, that one thing you still have, now that we've banned joy and kicked every ladder out from under you? That social media stuff you kids like? You guessed it! We're banning that too! Just for you though, we're still going to watch AI videos on Facebook. It's for your safety, you see. We've noticed that you're all getting rather irate, and we think it would be better for your mental health if you shut up for a while. Why don't you just go outside?
Eh? No of course we aren't going to stop Ahmed and his twelve illiterate cousins from raping your sister, that would be culturally insensitive, which would make us feel very bad, and we can't have that.
The most countercultural thing young people can do is get married, have kids, be Catholic, be loyal, and choose virtue.
It’s also the key to meaning and contentment.
This 100%.
Girl dad's are acutely aware that their relationship with their daughter will shape the standard for men in the future, and it's something women understand because it's female oriented.
No boy mom ever talks about setting a standard for their son.
Women literally cannot understand anything that isn’t directly tied to being a woman, which is why I think the whole idea of emotional intelligence and emotional maturity is often misused.
To them “emotional maturity” sounds like, “I don’t understand masculinity or what it entails, so you need to think and act more like a woman for me to understand you.”
That’s why you will see women encouraging men to be more vulnerable, emotional, and expressive….not just because it benefits the
man, but because it makes his behavior easier for them to interpret through a framework they already understand.
This is why when single women raise their sons, they encourage emotional habits more common in girls, which can lead to boys who are overly emotional or dependent…often called “mama’s boys.”
Men, on the other hand, usually understand both male and female expectations better, which is why fathers tend to guide their children more clearly.
This is why strong father-child relationships always shape kids in traditional ways: daddy’s girls grow into more feminine women, and father’s sons grow into more masculine men.
We used to live in a world where if you quit your job you could get a new one in a month or two, if you got kicked out of your rental you could find one in a few weeks, if your relationship broke down you could find someone else without too much effort.
This flexibility kept people mentally free.
Now we live in a world where if you lose your job you might be unemployed for 6-12 months, if you get kicked out of your rental you might become homeless, and if your relationship breaks down that could be it forever thanks to dating apps, feminism and culture wars.
The left calls this progress: this is the world they are happy with. Flood the country with millions of immigrants, ignore the economic consequences, and make sure only the 'correct' views (theirs) are allowed - to hell with the consequences.
For everyone else, this is no way to build a future.
If the switching costs of everything approach 'infinity' you become a slave.
You can't quit a legitimately shit job because that might be the last one you ever have.
You can't take a break because if you come back you won't find a rental.
You can't quit a toxic relationship because that might be the last one you ever have - forged during a world prior to the culture wars, and political nonsense infesting everyone's mindset and values.
People vastly underestimate how dysfunctional our entire society has become.
@DissentFu Your generation had so much more opportunity than current and future generations will ever have, and you wasted it. Nobody's fault but your own.
Actually crazy how every single major IP has been destroyed by the people put in charge of stewarding them, and all mainly for the same reason of giving the finger to fans and using them as vehicles for social messaging