How come there are so many babies out there. It seems like a lot of people these days are just products of a weak society. I see it at work, I see it amongst friends. I'd say that most people can't do anything that isn't easy.
Here's a small example. A guy is asked to work at 1 job at night. The problem is he needs to work at his other job in the morning, at 9:00 AM. So he tells the night job he can't work past 9:00 PM. What a baby, does said person really need the opportunity for 10 hours of sleep? Maybe that's the reason he's working 2 jobs at $10/hour. Now according to time magazine
Studies show that people who sleep between 6.5 hr. and 7.5 hr. a night, as they report, live the longest. And people who sleep 8 hr. or more, or less than 6.5 hr., they don't live quite as long. There is just as much risk associated with sleeping too long as with sleeping too short. The big surprise is that long sleep seems to start at 8 hr. Sleeping 8.5 hr. might really be a little worse than sleeping 5 hr.
There are just so many people out there that all they do is just bitch and whine. Instead of taking it amongst themselves to fix or solve a problem they just continue to bitch about it. Another issue in our lack of society is intelligence. I think a lot of this is just all tied together, which in turn makes our society weak. There are not enough go getter's out there. We'd all just rather sit on our asses and bitch about it. We don't go outside because it's too cold, or too warm, or too windy, etc.
I had a good conversation the other day with a friend, and we came to realize that we could not survive 100 years ago. We started thinking that everything we had done that day to that point, we used something that would not have been available 100 years ago.
Maybe it's just where I'm from. Maybe we're just products of the suburbs. We've always had everything we need, so hard work is not something that is instilled in us. Now when I talk about work, I'm not talking about being a bricklayer, or building houses. I'm talking about staying the course even thought there might be a few bumps in the way. Not always taking the easy road.
There are a lot of ways to define hard work. Hard work is getting your masters. Hard work is starting your own company. Hard work is saving money. Hard work is keeping in touch with your friends. Hard work is a lot of things to a lot of different people. I just think that a lot of us don't know what that means anymore. Hard work is not getting as much sleep each and every night.
We've got everything we need from the insides of our houses. We can have anything delivered, we can watch any movie, and show, listen to any song at any time. We can find out everything we need to know about our friends with out ever having to talk to them thanks to Facebook and Myspace. We can take virtual tours of the Grand Canyon so why do we need to go. We would never want to hurt any one's feelings. We can't tell jokes about people.
The overall lack of intelligence out there is unnerving too. We all have the right to vote. But is it right for us all to vote. If somebody doesn't take the time to research the candidates to find out what they stand for then why do they have a say in it? This isn't the NCAA basketball tournament where you want everyone to participate. I guarantee you that you can randomly ask any group of people 18-30 who the Vice President is and you wouldn't get more than 60% that get it right. So some people just are smart enough to make decisions for themselves even. I just think that my generation for the most part is pathetic. There are always exceptions, and I do know some truly smart and successful people. But to me those people are the true minorities.
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If you google search Generation Y. Which is defined as anyone born from 1981 - 1999. There are numerous cases backing up my opinion. We didn't even come up with a name for our generation we just copied the last generation, and changed it from an X to a Y
I have a theory on this. It all starts with T-ball does every fucking kid need a trophy? Hell no! Only winners get trophies! If little Johnny sucks and takes last place, he shouldn't get a trophy. He should get his ass to the batting cage and practice. But no we give a "participation" trophy and say "come back next year Johnny". So Johnny does come back next year and he still SuCKS! The sad thing is Johnny won't know he sucks until it's too late, why, because he always got a trophy... And mom and dad never encouraged him to be the best he could be. Keep up the good work Tim.
Amen to that! You hit the nail on the head there. It's a fact that some people have to lose, some people have to get beat up. It's what they do with it then what makes a person who they are.
Not to defend little Johnny but what if he never wanted to play tee ball in the first place. Some parents can't accept the fact that their kids might not be into or good at sports. A lot of times I think parents force their kids into doing things they don't want to do but as kids the parents used to do those things and that's how they think their kid should grow up. I'm sure a lot of the kids could care less but they don't want to disappoint their parents. Little Johnny probably doesn't care if he bats every inning or gets a trophy especially if his parents taught him the proper ways to play the sport. I think a lot of times parents get pissed if they don't see their kids bat every inning. Like I said I'm not trying to defend little Johnny, I'm just trying to look at it from all angles here. And Tim, be honest, you'll probably want your kid to play baseball like you did growing up but what if he'd rather play the piano.......would you let him? Or would you ever give him the chance to find out if he does?
I'm not going to shove my kid into something he wants to do. I just think kids should be involved. I think sports teach you a lot of life lessons you don't get anywhere. I've had employees at work, where the first bit of critiscm just shuts them down. I think having a coach who's tough on you teaches you a lot. I think at the time as a kid you wonder why your coach is a maniac. But when you look back at it, you see why your defensive coordinator put the fear of God in you.
I'm sure other activities teach you valuable lessons too. I just haven't been involved with them like I have been sports.
People need to learn how to lose, how to take second, how to be the worst, how to work hard to improve.
We can't just continue to tell everyone they're winners.
I agree with what you're saying Tim. But you also have to realize that people don't have to work hard any more. There isn't much incentive to work your ass off, especially if you aren't motivated by power or crawling a corporate ladder.
100 years ago people had to work hard to support their family on a daily basis. They had to put food on the table, provide shelter, and provide other basic necessities. If they didn't work hard, they risked running out of food or losing their home.
I would argue that today's generation doesn't have nearly the pressure of basic necessities. While that might be considered progress, it also opens the door for laziness and apathy. "Why should I work hard when I can do the minimum and still get by?" There is no incentive for working your ass off (assuming you don't crave power and/or a title).
Switching gears slightly; I struggle with people's sense of entitlement and lack of personal responsibility.
Our generation was raised under the premise that we could be and do whatever we wanted! Nothing was out of our reach and we deserved the world. I'm sorry, but that is complete bullshit.
Because of this upbringing, everyone thinks they deserve a piece of the pie and that they shouldn't have to work hard to get that piece. People think that just because they were born in America, they deserve to live a prosperous and happy life, regardless of what they give back (via work, volunteering, etc.)
Along the same lines, few people are willing to accept responsibility for the direction of their life. It is always someone or something else's fault that Sue got laid off or Bob lost his home to foreclosure. Whatever happened to accepting the fact that you fucked up, and then try to learn from it and become a better person?
Again, I think this personality trait goes back to people being raised to think they are God's child and that they can't do anything wrong.
/off my soap box.
I couldn't agree more. Just take a look around. No one wants to take responsibility. I think this is shown in little microcosms each day. Just look at people it's the person who opens the dishwasher when it's clean and doesn't empty it.
It's the person who drives as long as they can in the merge lane, because they're in a bigger hurry.
It sounds stupid but it's true.
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