“At this moment, a whole lot of people, most of them 15 to 20 years younger than me, are protesting in every major city. What are they angry about? A lot of things, some of which are partially my fault.” This article is very interesting and factual as to what we expect to be entitled to in our lives and decisions we make daily, check it out for yourself.
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#5. Making You Ashamed to Take Manual Labor Jobs
See, we were raised on 1980s movies and sitcoms, and the “cold, unfeeling grownup who works too hard” was the villain in half of them. The whole point of these “body switching” comedies — where a kid winds up in the body of a grownup — was that the career-driven workaholic dad learned what life was really all about. The message was clear: If you work too hard, you’ll lose your soul.#4. Implying That College Would Guarantee You a Good Job
Last month, I overheard a conversation between a steakhouse waiter and an older couple he was serving. He knew the couple, but not intimately. They politely asked how his classes were coming along, and he said that he had in fact graduated with a degree in architecture. For the next several minutes, the old couple awkwardly tried to reassure him that something would come along while he attempted to justify to them why he was serving steaks for a living.#3. Adding Seven More Years to Being a Teenager
In my parents’ day, it was always just sort of assumed that at age 18, you pack your shit and get the hell out of the house. Go back 40 years and you find everybody getting drafted into the military at that age (Vietnam and before that, Korea, and before that, World War II). When you got back, you started having babies. So if you were still living at home at age 25, they made you stay in the attic and told the neighbors you had died from tuberculosis.#2. Creating the Idea that Entertainment Has No Monetary Value
If I type the phrase, “piracy hurts the entertainment industry,” several hundred people will, without reading the following words, skip down to the comments and carefully explain that pirates don’t actually download music or movies or games unless they weren’t going to buy it anyway. Then they’ll pull out some studies showing that music downloaders also buy the most music.
#1. Taking Away Every Reason To Go Outside
Recently, I noticed some ads on the cartoon channels that my kids watch, urging their viewers to turn off the TV and go outside. Needless to say, at that moment my oldest son was on the computer, my middle son was playing a video game in his bedroom, and my youngest daughter was watching Adventure Time in the living room (because that show is fucking awesome). When they got bored, they’d switch places. And if I didn’t make them take a break from it, they’d do that all weekend without batting an eye. I have to make them go outside like it’s a chore, because I know they need the exercise.
