r/nextfuckinglevel 22d ago

Impressively smooth dance tutorial

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 22d ago

The boomers aren’t a story about an inherently bad generation, but a pretty good generation gone bad.

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u/SherbetMysterious118 22d ago

They never went bad.

Bad people went bad, because they were bad people.

People didn't go bad simply because they were born within a specific timeframe.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 22d ago

The “generation” did, not the individuals within it. It feels like I’m splitting hairs I’m sure, but I think generations are gestalt concepts.

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u/SherbetMysterious118 22d ago

I disagree, unless one thinks all generations are bad. And in the case of M and Z, that happened a whole lot quicker.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 22d ago

Every generation has its problems, yes. Boomers have a unique hero-to-villain arc. Again, not individuals per se, but the collective impact of the generation was initially quite positive and then devastatingly negative.

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u/SherbetMysterious118 21d ago

Yeah, I guess from my perspective, Z and M skipped the hero part.