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To my fellow olds - If you suffered in life and want others to suffer because you turned out fine - you in fact, did not turn out fine. Enough with the “kids these days”.

it’s from mastodon

  • Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org
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    19 days ago

    I feel like the most common connotation of “kids these days” is a specific and negative one. It is often accompanied by the phrase “back in my day.”

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
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      19 days ago

      Yes negative but not always about wishing suffering onto youth. Examples: “kids these days have no manners”, “kids these days have no respect for xyz”, etc.