The idea that we grew up as real kids while today's youth are not is completely absurd. It's not only absurd, it's a tired retread of a generational-divide attitude.
Hell *I* (born 1961) drink water out of a bottle and my parents (born 1928) don't understand, but then they aren't driving around Houston doing errands in the summer time. My garden hose ain't that long and the public fountains and restuarants that will just *give* someone a glass of water are few and far between.
The classic extension of this generational-divide commentary is The Four Yorkshiremen, a skit I associate with Monty Python. Those of you who have heard it will understand.
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Date: 2005-04-14 10:52 pm (UTC)It's not only absurd, it's a tired retread of a generational-divide attitude.
Hell *I* (born 1961) drink water out of a bottle and my parents (born 1928) don't understand, but then they aren't driving around Houston doing errands in the summer time. My garden hose ain't that long and the public fountains and restuarants that will just *give* someone a glass of water are few and far between.
The classic extension of this generational-divide commentary is The Four Yorkshiremen, a skit I associate with Monty Python. Those of you who have heard it will understand.