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outcaststudios Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:41 pm Post subject: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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..50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery. _________________ '88Doka JX td
'69 westy
(rip)couple bugs
(rip)three type III"s
(rip) '81 vanagon
a bunch of french stuff,and 9 motorcycles.
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Cusser Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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outcaststudios wrote: |
if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
My parents went bankrupt at least twice; I'm retired and Mrs. Cusser and I are financially secure. Does that make me smarter???? _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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Pruneman99 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2012 Posts: 5013 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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outcaststudios wrote: |
..50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery. |
But it's so fizzy! |
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my59 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 3790 Location: connecting the dots
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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I lived in places with no or little TV growing up, and so read a lot. Took way to many English Lit classes in HS, and same in college, as I could rip through assigned reading with ease, it was all low hanging fruit while I was studying architecture.
I later inherited a book my grandfather had a a kid, a circa 1915 boy flyers adventure tangling with the dreaded Hun, and read it to my boys when they were about 10 and 12.
There was vocabulary in the boy flyer book I had to look up... _________________ my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
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Bonesberg55 Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2012 Posts: 1270
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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I don't think I'm smarter than previous generations but I'm smarter than ensuing generations. They are regressing thanks to less focus on the 3 Rs & more on other foolishness. |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33991 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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Compare these editions and tell me what the expectations are for young men now...
1959:
2016:
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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outcaststudios wrote: |
..50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery. |
I saw this same thing word for word as a Facebook meme. |
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outcaststudios Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2015 Posts: 1732 Location: Maine
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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KTPhil wrote: |
Compare these editions and tell me what the expectations are for young men now...
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2016:
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the edition i had was identical to the previous editions, i shudder to think what the new edition has in it. call me crazy but i had a great time in scouts , dad nad brother both made eagle i got to Life and crapped out. but man did i learn a lot of really cool stuff! had old hippies for scoutmasters... _________________ '88Doka JX td
'69 westy
(rip)couple bugs
(rip)three type III"s
(rip) '81 vanagon
a bunch of french stuff,and 9 motorcycles.
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22639 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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outcaststudios wrote: |
..50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery. |
That’s f**** sig stuff right there…. _________________ .ssS! |
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76897 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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Two weeks ago my wife called saying there's a yellow light on the dash. i asked her what it looks like, winds up being the low pressure sensor. Told her to push the "I" button on the steering wheel, she does and it says "low tire pressure". Tell her to to push either button to the left or right and it will toggle the display and it will display the tire pressure in each tire. She says the rear right says "0". I ask her how long has it been on, she says 15 minutes.
Luckily only the tire was damaged, the rim was OK.
She says "the car is smart", I tell her "at least one of you are".
Needless to say that didn't go over well.
RTFM _________________ Glenn
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69802 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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outcaststudios wrote: |
..50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery. |
This doesn't tell me people are dumber, it tells me people who are 50 and over are too litigious.
In some cases. A lot of times it's valid. For instance, lawsuits that resulted in increased safety measures. _________________ How to Post Photos
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76897 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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EverettB wrote: |
outcaststudios wrote: |
..50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery. |
This doesn't tell me people are dumber, it tells me people who are 50 and over are too litigious.
In some cases. A lot of times it's valid. For instance, lawsuits that resulted in increased safety measures. |
_________________ Glenn
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outcaststudios Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2015 Posts: 1732 Location: Maine
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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EverettB wrote: |
outcaststudios wrote: |
..50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery. |
This doesn't tell me people are dumber, it tells me people who are 50 and over are too litigious.
In some cases. A lot of times it's valid. For instance, lawsuits that resulted in increased safety measures. |
i certainly do not for a second believe that people are dumber either. we have always been and probably always will be as dumb and smart as we are today. i agree it says more about how people have become increasingly unable to compromise and resolve. instead they want to sue and win. _________________ '88Doka JX td
'69 westy
(rip)couple bugs
(rip)three type III"s
(rip) '81 vanagon
a bunch of french stuff,and 9 motorcycles.
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76897 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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outcaststudios wrote: |
it says more about how people have become increasingly unable to compromise and resolve. instead they want to sue and win. |
Sounds like DC. _________________ Glenn
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outcaststudios Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2015 Posts: 1732 Location: Maine
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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Glenn wrote: |
outcaststudios wrote: |
it says more about how people have become increasingly unable to compromise and resolve. instead they want to sue and win. |
Sounds like DC. |
yeah it does. i miss the days of compromise and progress. when everyone was unhappy but things moved along. now just everyones unhappy. _________________ '88Doka JX td
'69 westy
(rip)couple bugs
(rip)three type III"s
(rip) '81 vanagon
a bunch of french stuff,and 9 motorcycles.
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12701 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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Absolutely not!
My Dad only had 8th grade, I have some collage behind me and his math and writing skills are head and shoulders above mine all day long everyday! Today's youth cannot add 2+2 without a calculator, cannot spell, punctuate or complete a sentence! Chances that they could read and comprehend the battery acid warning are pretty slim... it's that the generation that eats Tide pods?
Regression is the rule not progression! _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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There have been stupid and smart people in every generation... _________________ "Someday the world is gonna be populated by nothing but Volkswagens'" Corporal Klairvoy |
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scottyrocks Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2016 Posts: 2660 Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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Generalization is never a good thing. There are always good and bad, smart and not-so-smart, etc. It just takes on different forms in different generations. _________________ “If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
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Iowa Mark Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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The facts are that there is a 49% to 51% chance that the generation you are part of is more smarter than the former or the future generations coming up. Now that that is part of the conversation, feel free to quote that fact in all future discussions on this subject. No, really really much more smarter!!!! |
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scottyrocks Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: if you think you are smarter than the previous generation.. |
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Iowa Mark wrote: |
The facts are that there is a 49% to 51% chance that the generation you are part of is more smarter than the former or the future generations coming up. Now that that is part of the conversation, feel free to quote that fact in all future discussions on this subject. No, really really much more smarter!!!! |
That's like the meteorologist predicting a 50% chance of rain (or snow). Thanks for nothing. _________________ “If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch' |
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