Are people today worse than ever?

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Inspired by Roto's thread.


I was recently reminded of a video I saw a few years ago where a kid on Dr.Phil slaps his mom for not "giving him a turn to speak". Fast forward to around 1:58 in the video...

YouTube - Kid pimp slaps his mom on the dr.phil show


I had originally thought about titling this something along the lines of "Are kids worse than ever?" but it's clearly not just the kids. Flipping through the television channels I see commercials for a whole bunch of shows starring pretentious conceited grown women acting like teenagers.


So is it all downhill from here? What are your thoughts?

[Bunny]

If my kid talked to me like that, I'd beat the out of him. Fat little bastard.

[Roto13]

Talk show dirtbags don't count as people. And people in general are a lot less savage today than they were in the past. At least in civilized countries.

[kotora]

Talk show dirtbags don't count as people. And people in general are a lot less savage today than they were in the past. At least in civilized countries.

at least they didn't bitch about everything on the internet back then

[Roto13]

Talk show dirtbags don't count as people. And people in general are a lot less savage today than they were in the past. At least in civilized countries.

at least they didn't bitch about everything on the internet back then

They were too busy *insert horrible thing people did to each other at some point in the past*

[Madame Adequate]

Nope. Every generation thinks the "youth of today" are going to be the downfall of civilization. This dates back at least as far as Aristotle.

In reality nope. We're less violent than before. We're more wealthy and developed. We're more enlightened. We're not perfect and still have a hell of a long way to go, but any reasonable examination of the evidence will conclude that we're better than we've ever been.

[Psychotic]

I like those dramatic gunshot sound effects whenever he makes a stabbing motion with his elbow.

[blackmage_nuke]

Talk show dirtbags don't count as people. And people in general are a lot less savage today than they were in the past. At least in civilized countries.

at least they didn't bitch about everything on the internet back then

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

[rubah]

People are also better than ever.

[Peegee]

Remember we used to have rampant unprotected sex a few generations ago leading to AIDS (damnit, I want rampant unprotected sex). And before that we were dancing to music and being unkempt, and before that we were looting and pillaging and killing and burning.

We're a bunch of wimps

pic related

[Jessweeee♪]

Ehhh like others have said every generation is supposedly going to be our downfall. When you look back at the past you tend to remember things more fondly than they were. That and people are more publicized and connected now than they ever have been.


Not to mention nobody wants to watch a show where a reasonably, responsible person has a normal and uneventful day.


EDIT:

Also like PG said past generations gave us AIDS. They're the bad guys

[Old Manus]

Well at least he knows how to treat his women

[Shiny]

I like those dramatic gunshot sound effects whenever he makes a stabbing motion with his elbow.

This kid probably gets teased in school and/or doesn't have a father figure around. His behavior is certainly not the norm for humanity.

[NorthernChaosGod]

If my kid talked to me like that, I'd beat the out of him. Fat little bastard.

On national TV too. Smug little fat smurf.

[Clo]

I agree with MILF and so on. Also, we need to keep in mind that awful television shows like Dr. Phil are putting together things for the ratings, and there may not be much of a truth to what is seen, or it's exagerrated for the most appalled reaction they can receive from their viewership.