That popular image of Principal Skinner pondering generational differences is obviously meant to mock older people who are required to be portrayed as fuddy-duddies. But often Skinner is correct. Often the children *are* wrong. And older folk need to show children the way.
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Anon Opin (anon_opin@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Jul-2025 00:04:13 JST
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botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Jul-2025 00:04:12 JST
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LOL all the older people who've been running the world for decades (the gerontocracy of the USA for instance) have made SUCH a brilliant job of things haven't they?
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Elizabeth (queenofpalms@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Jul-2025 00:27:48 JST
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@botvolution @anon_opin One day, you will be one of the "older people."
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botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Jul-2025 00:27:48 JST
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and what if I'm already an older person and look upon with dismay how my contemporaries have fucked the place up, you condescending prick?
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