wtf little ponies?

[MaSonZ]

a T.V show has all this hype going... or is it oa facebook type game... either way, it looks as if it sadly dumbing down what little bit of society follows it.

as for this:

I never met Saddam Hussein or Hitler, and I know they were evil.

I must agree.

I have a feeling its some young teenagers in 8th grade that get handed candy when they answer A² + B² = C²




 

[olds442]

thats it im making a time machine and am growing up in the 60's screw this.

[F22RaptorDude]

thats it im making a time machine and am growing up in the 60's screw this.

Could you drop me off at the 50's please?

[olds442]

Could you drop me off at the 50's please?

why? no little ponies or TV taht had more than 5 channels back then.

[Tupac]

thats it im making a time machine and am growing up in the 60's screw this.

Drop me off in the late 30's, I've still got time to go into pilot training and fly fighters in WW2!

[olds442]

Drop me off in the late 30's, I've still got time to go into pilot training and fly fighters in WW2!

drop me of before time itself...

[Tyrannis]

Ya know, truth be told the show isent that bad. Its just the fact that it has ponies in it, and when everyone thinks "my little pony" they think of the fruity girly ponies from the 80s.

The show's got a few adult orientated episodes. Poniefied versions of "The Dude" and his crew have shown up in the show. with nods also to pulp fiction, and the big lebrowski.

Plus the show does a nice job of tackling everyday life. they even handled the touchy subject of racial discrimination rather nicely.

Set your fear of loosing your maturity image aside, And give the show a try. much better than the regular slop on tv. I'd rather watch MLP then jersey shore, the kardashians, or skins.

[flight17]

why? no little ponies or TV taht had more than 5 channels back then.

duh... that was when you could buy a flying P51 or twin mustang or B25 or B17 or anything else you wanted that was prop driven from WWII for a grand total of the value of the scrap metal. I would have bought everything i could have gotten my hands on...

[Tyrannis]

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[Void]

My profile pic has been the same for about 2 months now.

[Penguin]

Fortunately, it's not the entire generation. though it is full of those feeling they deserve entitement and a lot of the "Hey, look at me and accept me!" people.

There's nothing wrong with yearning to be accepted into society as long as you're not doing something really twisted (i.e., killing, raping, pillaging).  "Look at me" is more of a judgement call- preaching about abstinence in front of a strip club will probably get you boos and catcalls, while doing the same thing in front of a school might get you applause (depending on the community).  Entitlement is all the more so; it's right to feel entitled to safe streets, but whining that you got cut off in a big traffic jam is a bit much.

-Penguin

[katanaso]

There's nothing wrong with yearning to be accepted into society as long as you're not doing something really twisted (i.e., killing, raping, pillaging).  "Look at me" is more of a judgement call- preaching about abstinence in front of a strip club will probably get you boos and catcalls, while doing the same thing in front of a school might get you applause (depending on the community).  Entitlement is all the more so; it's right to feel entitled to safe streets, but whining that you got cut off in a big traffic jam is a bit much.

-Penguin

You're looking at the simpler side of it, but it's an experience thing.  You're entitled to safe streets - that should be a nice part of any civilized society.  However, you're not entitled to make $60,000 a year just because you went to college and came out with a non-specialized degree.  There's a big difference in what younger folks feel they 'deserve' just for existing.

Wanting to be accepted and liked is normal.  Nobody wants to be hated, unless they hate themselves.  Pushing people to accept you is much more prevalent with this generation. 

[Penguin]

Partly because there has been a tiny bit of bigotry lately *cough*civil-rights movement*cough*holocaust*cough*still-tons-of-gay-jokes-in-public*cough*.  Like the aforementioned abstinence preacher, though, there is a point at which it just gets annoying.  There is a difference between feeling entitled to high pay and feeling dissappointed by a bad decision, but both produce similarly negative emotions.  I think part of the problem you're experiencing is the 'you can be anything' movement not being supported by comprehensive educational reform and an emphasis on showing consequences of even good choices (i.e., social workers don't make a ton of money even though they have help people a ton with their issues).

-Penguin

[katanaso]

Partly because there has been a tiny bit of bigotry lately *cough*civil-rights movement*cough*holocaust*cough*still-tons-of-gay-jokes-in-public*cough*.  Like the aforementioned abstinence preacher, though, there is a point at which it just gets annoying.  There is a difference between feeling entitled to high pay and feeling dissappointed by a bad decision, but both produce similarly negative emotions.  I think part of the problem you're experiencing is the 'you can be anything' movement not being supported by comprehensive educational reform and an emphasis on showing consequences of even good choices (i.e., social workers don't make a ton of money even though they have help people a ton with their issues).

-Penguin

There has always been biogtry, and there always will be.  However, social acceptance of being gay, or being Jewish, or being anything that isn't a 'WASP' is much higher than it was than when the majority of us were younger.

The difference comes in how the generations were raised, and the parents did a big disservice by raising a generation of kids to be dependant upon them.  Kids wanting to move back home after college seems to be the norm now.  Non-city kids not knowing how to drive, or even having licenses, because their parents chauffer them until they leave is common.  Kids lacking the knowdlege on being self sufficient is what a generation of parents has produced, and that directly translates into feeling 'entitled' to everything, because they were given everything or had everything done for them.

This may not be you, but this is a definitive mark on this generation.

There is a difference in feeling entitled to high pay (feeling entitled to anything, actually) and feeling like you made a bad decision.  One is blaming other people for not giving it to you, and the other is blaming yourself for making a mistake.  It's not the same.

As for making choices, the information is out there.  More information is available now than ever before.  It's up to the person to research though, and not expect to have the research done for them.

I see this every single day.  I see the blame, the failure to take ownership, and the expectation that they're entitled 'x,y, and z' because they were told so.

[Tyrannis]

There has always been biogtry, and there always will be.  However, social acceptance of being gay, or being Jewish, or being anything that isn't a 'WASP' is much higher than it was than when the majority of us were younger.

The difference comes in how the generations were raised, and the parents did a big disservice by raising a generation of kids to be dependant upon them.  Kids wanting to move back home after college seems to be the norm now.  Non-city kids not knowing how to drive, or even having licenses, because their parents chauffer them until they leave is common.  Kids lacking the knowdlege on being self sufficient is what a generation of parents has produced, and that directly translates into feeling 'entitled' to everything, because they were given everything or had everything done for them.

This may not be you, but this is a definitive mark on this generation.

There is a difference in feeling entitled to high pay (feeling entitled to anything, actually) and feeling like you made a bad decision.  One is blaming other people for not giving it to you, and the other is blaming yourself for making a mistake.  It's not the same.

As for making choices, the information is out there.  More information is available now than ever before.  It's up to the person to research though, and not expect to have the research done for them.

I see this every single day.  I see the blame, the failure to take ownership, and the expectation that they're entitled 'x,y, and z' because they were told so.