tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7556172447422202909..comments2024-03-28T15:58:56.369-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Children of helicopter parenting grow up gullible and naiveagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-45927985667061071392013-05-15T08:22:00.579-04:002013-05-15T08:22:00.579-04:00Agnostic, I saw your reply to the first comment af...Agnostic, I saw your reply to the first comment after I typed my first. I think you're spot-on regarding the attitude of the millenials. They're much more likely to be passive-aggressive behind-the-scenes instead of in broad daylight.FWGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-50359278037796323002013-05-15T08:18:54.430-04:002013-05-15T08:18:54.430-04:00"Your Millenial commentators seem more likely..."Your Millenial commentators seem more likely to tell you you're full of shit than your more credulous older ones though..."<br /><br />That's because the millenials have no idea what they're talking about.<br /><br />FWGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-29953951249191388782013-05-15T01:46:23.174-04:002013-05-15T01:46:23.174-04:0020 year-old twinks with no receding hairline rigid...20 year-old twinks with no receding hairline rigidly stick to short hair, so gay short hair has little to do with aging and hairlines.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-69187286890005793132013-05-14T20:49:50.058-04:002013-05-14T20:49:50.058-04:00only somewhat related but it seems that teen Marij...only somewhat related but it seems that teen Marijuana and Cocaine use and approval is no longer correlated to perceived risk; throughout the 80s and 90s the three would rise and fall together. now changes in risk seem unconnected.<br /><br /><br />http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/mtf-overview2012.pdfDannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-67499782624907118282013-05-14T15:39:11.798-04:002013-05-14T15:39:11.798-04:00"It's like, "I know more about this ..."It's like, "I know more about this matter than you, and you're wrong" -- when they prove to know jackshit."<br /><br />This might be an effect of being raised with the Internet. Millenials think they are an expert on something because they read about it online. You kind of mention this already.<br /><br />-Curtis<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3947436973986864252013-05-14T15:30:19.917-04:002013-05-14T15:30:19.917-04:00"Nothing wrong with being ignorant in some ma..."Nothing wrong with being ignorant in some matter, but Millennials are way worse than other generations about acting confident when they're ignorant. Professional bullshit artists."<br /><br />Maybe this is from being "over-parented". They get their opinions from their parents, and not from their own experience. So they don't understand the rationale behind those opinions, but believe strongly in them nonetheless.<br /><br />-Curtis<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-23905564643949504452013-05-14T02:40:02.699-04:002013-05-14T02:40:02.699-04:00It's not an attitude of disbelief, like "...<i>It's not an attitude of disbelief, like "nuh-uhh" or "c'mon, I don't think it's that way." It's like, "I know more about this matter than you, and you're wrong" -- when they prove to know jackshit.</i><br /><br />I suppose it's not a simple "nuh-uhh" because they try to give evidence or an alternative. Not sure why, perhaps this is a internet thing.<br /><br />I probably trust Greg Cochran more here - he seems to think people have just gotten crazier and less knowledgeable about everything across the post war twen cen to present, and he demonstrably tends to know a thing or two about knowing a thing or two.<br /><br /><i>Also, Millennials rarely act that way in person. Students today basically never challenge anything the teacher says, for example. They'll just redirect their disagreement to their phone, where they post some snarky status update on Facebook while in class. Passive-aggressive.</i><br /><br />Not being confrontational in person but preferring to go off and write an essay about why something is wrong and then publish it does seem to go with a more introverted approach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-42392601085995082852013-05-14T00:07:27.294-04:002013-05-14T00:07:27.294-04:00"Your Millenial commentators seem more likely..."Your Millenial commentators seem more likely to tell you you're full of shit than your more credulous older ones though"<br /><br />No, that's just their glib dismissal about things they're totally ignorant of. It's not an attitude of disbelief, like "nuh-uhh" or "c'mon, I don't think it's that way." It's like, "I know more about this matter than you, and you're wrong" -- when they prove to know jackshit.<br /><br />Nothing wrong with being ignorant in some matter, but Millennials are way worse than other generations about acting confident when they're ignorant. Professional bullshit artists.<br /><br />Also, Millennials rarely act that way in person. Students today basically never challenge anything the teacher says, for example. They'll just redirect their disagreement to their phone, where they post some snarky status update on Facebook while in class. Passive-aggressive.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-75491503515311239652013-05-13T23:29:39.575-04:002013-05-13T23:29:39.575-04:00The immigration rate was low in the middle of the ...The immigration rate was low in the middle of the century, but high in our current period. No doubt that had an effect somewhat generational personalities.<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-77721069196501204282013-05-13T18:29:06.079-04:002013-05-13T18:29:06.079-04:00Does anyone who was a kid in the '60s, '70...<i>Does anyone who was a kid in the '60s, '70s, or '80s remember how often you used to flat-out deny whatever your friends were claiming. Oh yeah right! Nuh-uhhh, nuh-uhhh! Psssh, please!</i><br /><br />Your Millenial commentators seem more likely to tell you you're full of shit than your more credulous older ones though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com