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goobster  ·  1939 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 5, 2018

You can take refuge in the knowledge that, when the zombie apocalypse comes, they will be one of the first to go.





WanderingEng  ·  1939 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"I wasn't told I should run from the zombies" with a shrug meant to gather sympathy over the flaw of someone else not giving them a step-by-step instruction is totally something they'd do.

It's disappointing because I know they're capable. I think some of it comes from a fear of making a mistake, so they put blinders on to anything not immediately pertinent and focus on just the task at hand.

goobster  ·  1938 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ROFL.

There is an odd passivity to the upcoming generation(s). "Nobody told me (not) to..." is seen as a perfectly reasonable response to failure to execute on something, or self-harming actions.

It seems like this is a new thing, and not just me with my old-man glasses on...

OftenBen  ·  1938 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's a product of the way children have been taught and parented.

Blame, instead of responsibility.

WanderingEng  ·  1938 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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