what do you hate most about our generation

[welshcake]

My parents have always taken our phones off us when we go to restaurants
But with the social interaction thing, I don't have very much social interaction at the moment. I go to morrisons and see my colleagues and then I go home a see my blinking cat and that's sort of it. Alysha is at her parents house, I don't live anywhere near my parents and then all my friends don't live here either. It's the only way I can communicate with people I like and I know this is the case for a lot of people.
I don't understand why people put people down for using phones and things to communicate. 'go speak to irl people' ye like who omg i work then go home, do hx stuff then go sleep. I work too much for irl friends but I'm alright with that (as sad as it sounds. I got bills to pay ya kno).
wee boopies having tantrums is not their fault really. 'why can't I have the thing that I'm always able to have? waa waa'
Just the way the world is going and I feel like everyone should embrace it, not put it down

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sori im just angry at the bloody woman from the other day and honestly, I have mad views on this
it really angered me and i stopped listening to her as soon as she went on (Well, I stopped listening when she made us do a god damn ice breaker exercise)

[buttons]

well that's the same as me, i live 200 miles from my family and also away from scott's family, so the only interaction i have are with colleagues (who i don't see enough to have formed good relationships with) and scott. i'm not denying it can be good, i've met lifetime friends (and obviously my boyfriend) from time on the internet and i wouldn't change that. i also use the internet to keep in contact with all my family (and the few friends who keep in contact once you're no longer physically there lol) and that's good obviously. but like i say, it did get in the way of me making/keeping real life friends which at the end of the day should be a priority over internet friends who i might never meet or only see a couple of times a year and yes that was partly because of my own personality and mental illness but i've seen people without mental illness/vulnerability get addicted (eg scott). like we are both so addicted to the internet and people on the internet we will never/barely meet that we spend the majority of time on there or with them than with each other. it just depends on how you use it and yes it should be embraced but when i have experience of it getting in the way of mental health, recovery and real life, then it's important to know how to use it efficiently, not pretend its all sunshine and roses, especially as it seems a lot of people misuse or overuse it.

i did my dissertation on it so i have strong views too like not denying it has been a great development and should be utilized but using it for the wrong reasons, at the wrong time or continuing when it's harmful is a huge problem that gets brushed off as "adults not knowing how to use technology"

[Zak]

How disrespectful they are.

Obviously not to paint all with the same brush. Just going on the majority.

[Johannes]

the music!

[Naff]

People who complain about our generation

^^^^^ (H)

[Charz777]

the oversharing of every detail of ur life thru facebook, instagram, twitter etc.
does anyone actually care? no

I think this is some cases, but I guess I'm guilty of it too. I have posted about successes like finishing my degree or getting my first 'proper' job etc or will post photos when I've been on holiday somewhere nice.

But one thing I really don't like is when people post about their babies. Sure a nice little announcement that your expecting or that the little one arrived safely but I see so many people, mainly because all my friends are in their twenties now, posting scans, maternity photos with their bump out, them in their hospital bed right after the birth. I even had one person I knew from school take a photo of the potty after her son had successfully used it...

[-:Undertaker:-]

I don't like how the idea of being humble/humility has gone out of the window. I see post after post after post of people doing stuff for charity, which is all well and good, but I ask myself would they be doing these charity runs/events etc if the option to take a photo and show it off to everyone was not there. Personally if I were to donate to charity, I would slip a £5 in a charity box on the street and - shock horror - not tell everybody/anyone about it.

In addition, if you win a victory over someone (whether an argument or something else) and they can see this/it's self-evident then be humble about that too.

[Hannah]

I hate that technology has become a bigger part of life than life itself. The improvement in technology is a great thing and because of it we live longer, are able to have contact with a larger amount of people from different backgrounds and cultures and it brings simplicity to everyday life.

However I hate that a large amount of people have become controlled by it. I've sat in groups of people before where everyone is just glued to their phones when they have people to communicate with who are right next to them!

It's great that you can share things, like the growing of your family and such with family members and friends who aren't close by and can't witness it - which would never have been possibly before. But being glued to your phones is not appealing.

I see young mothers my age, who completely ignore their children on the streets because they're too busy looking at their phones. It's disgusting!

[Jake]

The amount that social networking has taken over peoples lives. Alright it's absolutely fine in some circumstances (friend's moved to Australia etc) however to constantly be on Facebook 6 hours a day is just a waste of your life.

The complete and utter disrespect people have nowadays with other people is disgusting, Like there is no reason to speak to people the way they do because 'it looks cool' It makes you look like an immature idiot that doesn't have social skills.

Music nowadays is junk, People will never know the absolute brilliant bands such as Blink182, Bowling for soup, Funeral for a friend, Alien ant farm as all the music being released now is trance/dance/dubstep etc it makes me feel sorry for the people younger than me being brought up on Justin Bieber & Taylor swift.

New video games, They are such a bore. Too much time is wasted sat in front of a tv with a ps/xbox controller in hand.. Like okay a few hours a day? Fine.. But don't spend from the moment you get in till the moment you sleep playing a game.. That's just sad.

And the my most pet hate of this generation is 'I MUST GO TO THE GYM TO GET HENCH' Seriously.. Being absolutely ridiculously massive at 18 is not cool, Look after yourself and stop following something which is 'in' atm. Going to the gym is fine but people who overdo it to get stupidly big for no actual reason imo are idiots.. Like what is the point unless you are going to become security or something else like that/