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On 12/15/24 5:12 PM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Rich wrote:
> 
>> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:18:36 +0100, D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Children today are over protected, and this is destroying an entire
>>>>> generation.  There are always exceptions, those are what give me
>>>>> hope, but the vast majority are quite sad.
>>>>
>>>> I feel sorry when I see them being loaded into the backseat of a car
>>>> in their escape pods.  My preferred location was standing on the
>>>> passenger side floor with my hands on the solid steel dash of the
>>>> '51 Chevy so I could see where we were going.  The gray paint of the
>>>> dash had two hand prints where it had been worn down to the red
>>>> primer.  Probably red lead, come to think of it.
>>>>
>>>> If bicycle helmets existed I never saw one.  Some kids didn't
>>>> survive for one reason or the other but life went on.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes...  bicycle helmets where completely unknown during my childhood
>>> as well.  For entertainment we had fireworks, firecrackers (now
>>> illegal in sweden), dismantling old electronic waste to see what's
>>> inside, running around on the streets of central stockholm without
>>> supervision, smoke bombs, the occasional beer sold to minors from
>>> where discrete and hidden small shops.
>>>
>>> Being young today sounds so extremely boring in comparison!
>>
>> Since "they" don't have a basis for comparison, "they" won't know just
>> how boring their childhood presently is.
> 
> This is incorrect. "They" can talk with older people, look at old 
> movies, tv-clips, etc. Plenty of basis for comparison. It is anecdotal, 
> but I did so myself, when a teenager and came to the conclusion that 
> there was waaaay more fun to be had 10-20 years earlier than when I was 
> young.
> 
>> On the other hand, is it any wonder why 'doom scrolling' on social
>> media is the entertainment for much of the children growing up.  When
>> all the other 'fun' stuff is removed in the name of safety, doom
>> scrolling on social media is about all (besides reading a book) that is
>> left for them to entertain themselves with.
> 
> This is a very good point! I read today that a 21 day ban on smartphones 
> in UK schools resulted in better psychological health/well being, and 
> better sleep, and a 3% memory improvement.


   Today's kiddies are plagued by 'social' and political
   BS which constantly tries to twist their brains into
   knots. For SM it means PROFIT ... for political interests
   it's produced a gen of near-psychotics which can be
   twisted around the proverbial finger.

   No "good will" here at all.

   Hey ... if you can find it ... try a movie entitled
   "I Saw The TV Glow" (US title). Fair take on the
   new hyper-unstable gen - largely un-rooted in ANY
   sort of 'reality'.

   Long long back I kinda coined the term "Dali-Ocracy".
   That means a faux 'democracy' where it has become
   impossible to know what's real ... and thus the
   info needed to WORK a democracy is absent. All
   is surreal. Conclusions without solid axioms.
   Squishy-soft 'reality'.

   We're HERE .....