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Originally Posted by rubicon
Polar Bear: Really! You think what you witnessing on music videos today is what we did? Not on my block. You believe the social norms today equate with our day? Not on my block. You think that boastful vulgarity was tolerated in our day? Not on my block
Yes our parents said the same thing about us, but can you imagine what they would be thinking and saying about today's young generation? I'll bet we would be looking good to them
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Do you think that the social norms of the sixties equated with those of the forties? Or those of the eighties equated with those of the sixties?
How much did our society and culture change from 1980 to 2000?
Each generation though that the one following was outrageous. The world been evolving (or devolving depending on your perspective) since the beginning of time.
Do you remember what our parents said about The Beatles? Yet they were mild compared to what's going on today. But they were outrageous compared to Sinatra who was a similar teenage fad that parents hated.
Do you remember when Clark Gable said "damn" in a movie. It was outrageous. I'm sure the grandparents of that time thought that was just as bad as what we think of today's youth. The world was going to hell. Ooops, maybe I shouldn't have said hell.
Of course today's social norms are way different than those of the 1890s. We've gone though almost seven generations which each one changing a bit more than the last.
I don't know what's going to happen in the future and I'm not sure that I want to know. I do know that things are going to change and our children are going to look at their children and think about the good old days of the early 2000s when decency ruled.