The arrogance of youth

“The young man pities his elders, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. The elderly man pities the younger generation, well-knowing the trials and tribulations that lie ahead of them.” And never was it more so than with a generation bred to intitlement and doomed to suffer realism sooner than they think. Middle class, spoilt and only able to survive first world problems of cold water in the showers with massive psychiatric support. They moan continually about the elderly, who should be done away with, even though they paid for their parents education and now their offspring, as well as probably their own. It amazes me that kids do not "get" the fact that we all pay for each other via taxation. My Father paid for a massive baby boom in the 50/60s and I paid for my kids education. Its swings and round abouts. BUT, Generation X box have it far worse of course because of the huge amount of old folks gumming up the housing stock.

Its one of those Pedestrian arguments. Pedestrians and Cyclists hate Motorists and yet five minutes after they get off their bike they are motorists!

                                                                     Key Board Skill Now (ish)
I had a tiff with a kid today who said "Ohh you old buggers you always had it worse than us". Well yes we did. I was born in a slum along with two other brothers in a brass bed. We had a cold tap, no hot and shared an outside loo. People died of things back then you would have enquiry about now! I remember a time before Computers when the railways worked rather well considering it was analogue, we built lots of lovely things like Minis and Etypes and people could get a job with just the skill of their hands.

                                     Keyboard skills slightly before my time but you get the idea
Many did and brought up families without central heating and child obesity was unheard of. We didnt come down with PTSD if we were refused a tatoo and Mother didnt burst into tears if her offspring didnt have the latest Iphone before they could walk Not many of us went to "Uni" or needed to and you wouldnt be stolen and sold into child sexual serfdom if you played football in the street or went off all day picking up conkers. Indeed, I couldnt believe the generation gap in our village. One old gal and I out for a walk the other day noted how many conkers there were on the ground. "never happen in my day". she said picking up an obvious fiftty fourer.

 My Dad was no fool and I well remember him telling me that computers would bugger up the world and make us all unemployed. As a case in point the first pay as you fill petrol pumps put out of work 36000 petrol pump attendants in this country. World wide??? Even though I sit on one now and can see the good things it has brought I cannot help but hate them for the sadness they have brought. I hate them for bringing the end to a life that was simple and easier for normal people to get a simple job, plan a family and provide a simple secure future. Computers killed the Carpenter, Tool Fitter, Lath Operator and a thousand and one other trades that belonged to a happier much more forfilling time. And in that I agree with the children of today. They have little chance to have a forfilling life now. They will probably never know the thrill of making a living from the simple sweat on ones brow and the industry of ones own hands. Further, because they want so much they will never know that simple love and harmony with those around you is the best of all and costs so little. For they know the cost of everthing but the value of very little it seems.