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I don't think you're taking it too-seriously, but I do think that you fall in the same category as my father, lol, who has said similar things for a few years now.

I'm only 32, so I grew up just a generation before all of these 20 whatsits and 2 before the current crop of teens; I noticed this among my peers, that few every said thank you, had any courtesy or any balls in general for that matter (but they show balls when they're being dicks).

As a result, I've come to live with it and why? Because genuine CLASS is devoid in the majority of people that grew up using a computer.

It's not so much courtesy, intelligence, anything like that, it's just a complete lack of class and you can see it in our world, "leaders," nowadays; Trudeau has an air of class to him, but people take the piss out of him, so I can never get a word in. Trump? Completely classless. Johnson? You guys know better than me, but you know the answer already. List goes on.

Even if people give two shits about the head person in your country, I have found throughout my entire life, that the general population emulates them in terms of behaviour; Trump allowed these racist, pro-pandemic, classless human beings a platform and a voice and now look? The US wasn't a beacon of radiance and hope under Obama, but you didn't have blatant NAZIs trying to kill government employees and the like.

When you allow/give exposure to people who behave in a manner, whom are deemed to be, "higher," in society and they act like this, people don't give a shit and follow suit (why many musicians and other celebrities have also become the absolute shits in terms of behaviour).

Sad state of the world, sadly... I will raise my children (if all goes well) with manners and class like I was.
 
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I don't think you're taking it too-seriously, but I do think that you fall in the same category as my father, lol, who has said similar things for a few years now.

I'm only 32, so I grew up just a generation before all of these 20 whatsits and 2 before the current crop of teens; I noticed this among my peers, that few every said thank you, had any courtesy or any balls in general for that matter (but they show balls when they're being dicks).

As a result, I've come to live with it and why? Because genuine CLASS is devoid in the majority of people that grew up using a computer.

It's not so much courtesy, intelligence, anything like that, it's just a complete lack of class and you can see it in our world, "leaders," nowadays; Trudeau has an air of class to him, but people take the piss out of him, so I can never get a word in. Trump? Completely classless. Johnson? You guys know better than me, but you know the answer already. List goes on.

Even if people give two shits about the head person in your country, I have found throughout my entire life, that the general population emulates them in terms of behaviour; Trump allowed these racist, pro-pandemic, classless human beings a platform and a voice and now look? The US wasn't a beacon of radiance and hope under Obama, but you didn't have blatant NAZIs trying to kill government employees and the like.

When you allow/give exposure to people who behave in a manner, whom are deemed to be, "higher," in society and they act like this, people don't give a shit and follow suit (why many musicians and other celebrities have also become the absolute shits in terms of behaviour).

Sad state of the world, sadly... I will raise my children (if all goes well) with manners and class like I was.
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You're only two years older than me and we both sound like grouchy old men 😄

As well as everything you said, the old "it's the way you raise them" comes into it, too. My five nieces, who range from nine to nineteen years old, for example, were raised to have excellent manners, and they are a joy in that regard. We're not remotely posh or anything; my siblings and I were just taught good manners as young as possible, and that has carried through our entire lives.

It has gotten to the point where I have to do a double take whenever a youngster shows even the slightest gratitude, and that just doesn't feel right.

Such a shame. The girl on the bridge went from a 9 to a 6 following her shittiness. Funny how perceptions can change like that.
 
Just to make something clear about what i said. I didn't said that here nothing bad happens. Even here sometimes people fight with each other, sometimes people troll others and do bad things with others.

The difference is that here the staff deal with this problems in a way that the community can continue to be calm and peaceful, this is how i feel about it, the staff here is amazing and i will always be grateful for everything.
 
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I chalk it up to kids growing up these days with very little normal social interaction, and some are certainly propped up to be entitled in spite of (or honestly because of) being told they’re the oppressed. But I don’t put much stock in Trump allowing this behavior or telling imaginary nazis to do anything. A lot of kids likely don’t even know who the candidates are these days.
 
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I need to get something off my chest.

It takes a lot for me to lose my cool. Besides the obvious examples of mistreatment of animals, children, the disabled, and the elderly, one of the things that boils my blood is rudeness. I despise rudeness. Specifically, I am fucking sick and tired of the lack of manners and gratitude among youngsters nowadays. This is a sentiment I have held for over a decade, around the time I became an adult, but only in the past month or so has it gone from a simple sentiment to an expectation for which I hold very little hope for the paradigm to ever turn around.

The three most recent examples:-

1. Two weeks ago, I was heading back home after doing some shopping. On my way down the alleyway, I noticed a boy and a girl of about thirteen heading in my direction. They were taking up more space, but whatever; I felt the right thing to do was back up against the fence to allow them to pass, which I did. Did they thank me? Did they give a little nod? A wave? A thumbs up? Did they balls. Nothing
2. Last week, on my way to the park with my dog, I was approaching the bridge that leads to the road the park is on. During my approach, I noticed a young woman of about twenty halfway down the bridge, heading in our direction. It's quite a narrow bridge, albeit a long one, so I decided to stand to the side of the opening to allow her to pass as easily as possible, which she saw me do. Twenty seconds later, she stepped off the bridge without so much as acknowledging my presence and carried on, with such a look of indifference on her face. "Right, I'll let that one slide this time," I thought to myself
3. Yesterday evening, I was on my way back from the park with my dog. We exited the park, crossed the road, and headed in the direction of home. About five seconds after crossing the road, who turned the corner and started heading in our direction? The same woman from #2. "Hmm," I thought to myself. As we got closer and closer, I realised there was gonna be a bit of a kerfuffle due to the massive tree on the approach between us, so I stepped into a driveway and gave her the signal to head past me. Again, she just walked past without so much as a nod, but she had that exact same facial expression as before

The entitlement. The arrogance. The lack of self-awareness. The lack of gratitude. The rudeness.

Is it so fucking hard to take the not-even-a-second to say "thank you"? To nod? To give a wave or thumbs up? Good manners are the bedrock of human decency, in my book; without them, I automatically lose respect for the respective person on the spot. "Thank you"; "Yes, please"; "No thank you"; and so on - things we learned as children - is it really so difficult?!

If a person cannot show even a shred of gratitude for a courtesy, then where else are they fucking up in their lives? I despair for them, I really do. The fact the two most recently examples involve the same person is really bugging me. I am considering just walking straight on, acting as if she doesn't even exist, in the middle of the pavement the next time I see her. But then what does that make me? Would it slap her in the face with a bit of reality or will I become the very thing I despise? Urgh.

Or am I just taking this way too seriously?
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Yeah, I don't get this either. Even the bare minimum of a quick "cheers mate" under your breath is enough.
 
ShenGCH said:
I despise rudeness. Specifically, I am fucking sick and tired of the lack of manners and gratitude among youngsters nowadays.
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Our generation was the same, and probably the ones before that too. Likely reasons you wouldn't have noticed is because you weren't an adult at the time, and didn't hang round with kids who were like that.
 
Kids I can give an allowance, but whenever a fully grown adult too wrapped-up in their own self-importance and cuntitude saunters past me without saying anything after I make a clear attempt to make room and wait a prolonged time for them to pass, I tend to say something now ("a 'Thank You' would have been nice") in the hopes they’ll remember to reach between their arse cheeks and pull out some manners for next time (doubt it).
 
Revan said:
Kids I can give an allowance, but whenever a fully grown adult too wrapped-up in their own self-importance and cuntitude saunters past me without saying anything after I make a clear attempt to make room and wait a prolonged time for them to pass, I tend to say something now ("a 'Thank You' would have been nice") in the hopes they’ll remember to reach between their arse cheeks and pull out some manners for next time (doubt it).
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Defo. When it annoys me, I just scowl, shout "oi", point, and say "you're fucking welcome".

Tram stops are the worst for ignorance. Almost kicked off with people a few times before even gettin on it.
 
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That wonderful feeling when you see your name published in a book :D So long story short, I have a friend named Norman England. He wrote a book called 'Behind The Kaiju Curtain' which is basically a collection of diary entries from his time spent on set of the sets of various Kaiju films spanning late 99 through early 2000s...most notably his time spent on GMK.

I did a bit of proof reading for this book a few years back. And as such I was given thanks in the acknowledgments. Like I said, not every day you wind up seeing your name published in a book :D

The book is fantastic btw. Even if you have no interest in Kaiju films, its still a fascinating look into the politics of Japanese film production in general.


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EDIT: Also...where have I been? I've been working actually. I haven't had time to do much with the Twitter page (much to my chagrin) but hopefully once Christmas rush is done I can get back to it all.
 
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what do you guys think is the difference between showing respect versus giving it? Do you feel like it being given is automatic or has to be earned?
 
i'm not a car guy but this is pretty cool. maybe in the future they will have different colours and the ability to add text/images.

new bmw e-ink

 
My son said his first curse word today (he's 4). I was taking him to school and there was a guy in front literally going 5-10 MPH with a bunch of cars behind him. Tooting him didn't work.

Got to the side of him as he's literally using his phone, eyes down, whilst driving. I shouted "get off you're fucking phone", forgetting my son was with me, and in the cutest voice my son repeated the sentence.
 


Playing around in Premiere has been therapeutic lately...waiting for the Anime on Saturday to go back to the Japanese Page. I figure the anime is probably going to be an easier way to get source material for it. But that above was me playing around in Premiere...not to mention the other 13 minute video I spent 3 days editing.
 
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An exercise in translating and subbing. A news segment taken from Battle Royale's opening day in Japan that I took a stab at translating and subbing.
 
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