Comment by Robwsup on 12/01/2025 at 13:41 UTC

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View submission: What’s Something We Do Today That Future Generations Will Totally Roast Us For?

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Been like that since at least Socrates.

https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/respectfully-quoted/socrates-469399-b-c/#:~:text=AUTHOR%3A-,Socrates%20(469%E2%80%93399%20B.C.%20),the%20servants%20of%20their%20households

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Comment by nizzernammer at 12/01/2025 at 23:00 UTC

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'The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.'