“I was beaten as a kid and I ‘turned out fine’” vibes
Back in my grandma’s day her sister drank a bottle of something in the barn and died. Back in my grandpas day he lost all the fingers on one hand in shop class.
And I can confirm “kids these days” is the general mentality of them now, and yet the shit my grandpa did as a kid/teen would of landed him in jail or on a list today.
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It’s kinda like people are hypocrites. Wouldn’t pin it on a generation. “Do as I say, not as I do” I wear a helmet whenever I’m going over 15 on a scooter. Will never buy another bike.
Back in my day kids played outside! Go to the park! Get some sun!
Good thing they turned the park into a parking lot for the newest CostCo/WalMart/Whatever. But why are all these kids playing on the road! I Can’t even see the younger ones, why are they so short they can hide behind my oversized SUV!
The rich love it when you pit young against old, black vs white, Muslim vs Christian, urban vs country and academics against labor.
Whoa Max Dubler mentioned! I used to ride longboards and this guy was one of the only openly gay people in the major leagues, as it were. Although I think a lot of us turned out not to be so straight or cis after all 😅
From 1975 to 2015 “deaths are down 92 percent among children ages 15 and under, and down 44 percent annually across all cyclists.” – https://www.bicycling.com/news/a20043115/kids-bike-fatalities-down-92-percent-but-theres-a-catch/
“You” personally might have survived, but about 12-13 times as many kids died from “No helmet, no fear”. (At least very least, 2x as many did.)
“Thus, the decline in bicyclist mortality among children might be attributable to fewer child bicycle trips rather than a result of safer road conditions,” the report reads.
I believe the comparison was between to “good old days” and “now”, so the 92% number remains valid, even if there are multiple contributing changes.
But, sure, maybe the 44% number is closer to correct.
Ignore deaths and just do brain damage statistics. It will all start to make sense.
See also: the far too common news report of parents being charged with crimes for letting their children play in the yard or walk to stores.
Haha we got fucking head injuries and it was fine because we could afford to raise an entire family on one salary from the spatula factory and that only requires 67 IQ points.
A few head injuries wouldn’t separate you from the leaded gasoline poisoned brains of the masses.
Coming of age in the 1970s was peak Selection Bias.
Either Vietnam got you or the poisoned air and water got you or AIDS got you or traffic fatalities got you or poverty got you or you lived just long enough to tell your kids and grandkids that things were better when you were young.
It’s why a good chunk of older folks tend to be on the wealthier side. The poors get forgotten and don’t get to live as long to tell stories about how it really was.
Wait! Are you telling me The Simpsons is satire?
Judging by the car in the background, these are not boomers, but gen-xers.
That’s cos the kids posting this stuff aren’t smart enough to tell the difference. For them “boomer” is just a term for anyone older than themselves and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it starting being used for millennials.
Shhhhh! We don’t exist. Remember?!
Yeah, if we’re going to assume that an entire age cohort is some sort of philosophical and political monoblock, we should at least get the cohort right.
Boomer is a state of mind.
Might as well be at this point.
Wow. Those wings sure get hit a lot. They should really make sure they ar well armored.
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This is actually a Japanese WWII psyops paint scheme that made one Japanese plane look like dozens.
And also trick americans into thinking the war is over.
1000 words
Survivor
shipplane bias.
fuck you’re right i need 22 inch woofers on my ebike give myself rectus excavatum while i ride around
A lot of them didn’t. They were also murdered, raped, and kidnapped at a tragic rate.
there’s a lady around the corner who complains about hoodlums playing their music too loud out of their cars and blah blah blah. that’s all me on my bicycle, i started when i heard her complain about children playing.
