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In reply to the discussion: Are kids today ruder and more disrespectful than they were in the past? [View all]REP
(21,691 posts)19. Kids, what's the matter with kids today?
They a disobedient, disrespectful oafs!
Noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy, loafers!
While we're on the subject:
Kids!
You can talk and talk till your face is blue!
Kids!
But they still just do what they want to do!
Why can't they be like we were
Perfect in every way?
From Bye Bye Birdie, 1960
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Maybe. Unfortunately, with all the back stabbers, cheats, etc., in society it might be a good
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#11
i don't see that as turning into more rude, more like just a change in culture, less formality
JI7
Feb 2013
#23
Socialized very differently. Some ways for the better, some for the worse.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#20
I think people in general are ruder and more disrespectful than they were in the past
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#31