Reflections From a Murky Pond

Admittedly, this is largely useless and utterly needless advice since the majority of Gen Z is still living with and off of their parents. But, the minority of the latest, least generation needs it.

Read the instructions; follow the basic rules of reality and life; and try not to ruin your laundry like you’ve ruined everything else in your life.

And, despite their crying, whining, and blaming everyone else, if their lives suck, it’s Gen Z’s fault. It’s not the fault of anyone else. Gen Z got handed and nation and a world to live in that wasn’t overall any better or worse than their parents and grandparents had. It was different in some ways, sure. But it’s no harder now to succeed and be happy than it was in the past. But, somehow Gen Z managed to fuck it and themselves all up.

So, at least, they should learn how to not fuck up their laundry!

Tags: America | Failure | Gen Z | Generation Gap | Humor | Life | Responsibility | Sarcasm | Society | Stupidity

This entry was posted on Monday, December 19th, 2022 at 6:00 am and is filed under Announcements. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

This is nigh on perfect for these days. It showcases some of the specific agnorance – a portmanteau of ignorance and arrogance – of some Millennials and Gen-Zers. They really think that either they invented stuff or that it was invented after the time of Gen-Xers. The case in point be vinyl records, which a number them have “appropriated.”

Let’s, however, laugh at them and not get too hypocritically angry. After all, we did this too, as did our parents, and as did their parents… most likely all the way to the beginnings of civilization. 😉

Tags: Arrogance | Gen X | Gen Z | Generation Gap | History | Humor | Ignorance | Innovation | Millennials | Society

This entry was posted on Friday, October 14th, 2022 at 7:00 am and is filed under Humor, Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

You probably need to be at least Gen X to get how funny this is. But, if you are part of our cohort, enjoy.

Tags: America | Auto Repair | Cars & Trucks | Gen X | Generation Gap | Generation X | Humor | Society

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 6th, 2022 at 7:00 am and is filed under Humor. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Funny, delightfully sarcastic, but also very sadly and not unexpectedly true. The Western aphorism, “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations” and the Chinese proverb, “Wealth does not last beyond three generations” exist for a reason. That reason being that they’ve been proven to be true.

And those of old enough to be part of the “Ass Whooping” Generation are somewhat to blame for what our grandchildren in this “Time Out” Generation have degenerated into, as are our children from the “You’re Grounded” Generation. Our parents raised us to succeed. We raised our children in that success. And they raised there’s to feel entitled by it.

And no, before anyone comments, there is no profundity in this on my part. It’s prosaic to the point of triteness. And yet, it needs to be repeated since every generation seems shocked by how badly our grandchildren turn out.

Tags: America | Degeneration | Failure | Generation Gap | Generation X | Generation Z | Millennials | Parenting | Society | Strength | Success | Weakness

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 at 12:44 pm and is filed under Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Yep, them youngins whine about anything and everything, never understanding the pain we went through or appreciating the gifts we made and handed over their ungrateful asses. 😉

Yeah, that’s right! Back in my day even this image was decades away from being possible. We used 150 baud acoustic coupler modems with cradles for the headsets of our rotary phones. These days, they’ll never know the pain and, hence, will never appreciate anything.

Tags: Aging | Gen X | Gen Z | Generation Gap | Humor | Internet | Millennials | Progress | Sarcasm | Society | Technology

This entry was posted on Monday, May 2nd, 2022 at 6:32 am and is filed under Humor, Society, Technology. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.