Funny how the different generations define hard times

Philip d · May 13, 2019

We were visiting at my in-laws yesterday for mother?s day. My wife?s grand parents who are in their mid 80?s were there as well. Her grandmother was saying when they grew up you had either butter OR molasses on their bread but never both. I said that I thought I had it hard because many of my friends played hockey growing up but I never had the chance. Our school age kids today define hard times by the lack there of the most up to date electronics lol.

Bruce from Can. · May 13, 2019

I feel these Millennial kids will have their heads pop off if they ever get to endure true hard times. Like my folks lived through in the 1930?s

Philip d · May 13, 2019

True hard times builds a generation of close knit families great workers and problem solvers.

Frank 41 · May 13, 2019

After this year with weather problems and this president, we may retest some of the past hard times.

My class mate had a saying, "Cheer up things could get worse. So I cheered up and sure enough, things got worse."

Traditional Farmer · May 13, 2019

As long as you have a warm dry place to live and enough to eat you're not having hard times.If things really went bad with the economy I'd be willing to bet that most of the young
people I know could handle it better than the older folks that have gotten soft in their old age.

8NHENRY · May 13, 2019

3 years ago I took my 18 year old to get her 1st smart phone. She was the last in her grade to get one, I figured DHS would be there waiting for me.

grizz02 · May 13, 2019

heck if the power goes out and there phones die or computers cant be turned on the snowflakes lose there mind , I might be getting soft but I can suck it up real fast

Paul from MI · May 13, 2019

As I look back on a 45 year career in manufacturing, the best, most productive people grew up on farms in the fifties and sixties. They knew how to keep on producing when things went bad. Their experiences growing up served them very well later on. And I was darn proud to beone of them.

RedMF40 · May 13, 2019

(quoted from post at 18:23:01 05/13/19) 3 years ago I took my 18 year old to get her 1st smart phone. She was the last in her grade to get one, I figured DHS would be there waiting for me.

Hahaha that's pretty funny!

NEKS · May 13, 2019

Only thing I ever heard dad say about hard times is that he got tired of eating beans everyday. He never said what kind of beans.

ss55 · May 13, 2019

When I was a young man, not having a car or a drivers license would have been a real hardship. Now-a-days many teens have no interest in either one.

oldtanker · May 13, 2019

We both called the same things hard times.

I think most of you guys under estimate young people today. Heck we just cam through what they now call the "Great recession". They survived it just fine. Big difference between yesteryear and today? Kids are not afraid to step up and say "this stinks". We, or at least some of us bucked up and did what we had to do and moved on because that's what we were taught. These kids said "this stinks" and did what they had to do and moved on.

But look too. How many young women stood around a fire burning bras in the late 60's whining about women's rights? How many marched on DC whining about a war they didn't want to fight in? Guess what! Folks protested WWII too.

Rick

shinnery · May 14, 2019

When I grew up I ate at least my share of pinto beans. My mother could never convince me that corn bread was fit to eat. My brothers and sister liked it. And biskets are no better.

FBH44 · May 14, 2019

We were told the same thing in parochial school by an old nun, in Canada as a girl she could have butter or jam, but not both.

Two Dogs · May 14, 2019

No corn bread or biscuits? I feel sorry for you.

JF in MI · May 14, 2019

My parents were products of the Great Depression and is why I always avoided talking to him as I grew up. No matter WHAT, every conversation, no matter how simple, turned into a lecture which always started the same; 'When I was your age we were so poor that ___________' (fill in the blank). Examples; ...we ate dirt for Christmas, ...our cockroaches starved to death'. Sample exchange; "nice weather huh dad"? Reply; 'You don't know the meaning of good weather. When I was your age we were so poor we had to get our weather second hand from the county next door'! While not from the Depression I have a 90 year old neighbor similar to that now who I avoid talking to. Complains about everything, anything and everyone. Anytime he opens his mouth I get depressed.

Pitch · May 14, 2019

I think the kids of today are in hard times!

If they go to school they come out with 6 figure loans,and no real certainty about finding a job that will pay

If they don't take on that crushing debt there are no factory jobs. A company employing a person for 30 years is unheard of

No company provided pension

No company provided health insurance

They have a choice between setting down roots and taking what may come, or chasing jobs and paychecks around the nation in order to pay the school debt.

The military is not even an answer any more since the GI bill got so watered down.

No way would I want to be starting out today

Crazy Horse · May 14, 2019

For all of our complaining at times about the current generation, we forget that they are born exactly the same as we all were. The only difference is the world into which they are born and if it is different (better or worse) it certainly isn't their fault. Previous generations (parents, grandparents, etc) made it that way for them and now we find ourselves complaining that things aren't tough enough for them. Remember that all of us are enjoying that easier lifestyle, well most all of us anyways. Meanwhile, I'm glad that at least some of them choose to be teachers and doctors and police officers and plumbers and all the other occupations that make life better for every one of us.

Leroy · May 14, 2019

Never liked them either,skip over them when they are at a feed I am at. Same as your barly pops. Don't see how anybody can use any of them.

SDE · May 14, 2019

I have a philosophy that I call "the new normal". Normal is different for each of us, and it changes with time.

Texasmark1 · May 14, 2019

"For all of our complaining at times about the current generation, we forget that they are born exactly the same as we all were."

I disagree. I think the genes incorporate parental gained knowledge. When a boy of 3 years old tells his grandmother how to operate her Iphone when she's having trouble (witnessed fact) when I hadn't even graduated to playing with Tonka type trucks in sand piles for my enjoyment by the age of 4 or 5, things aren't the same and I'm a long way from being ill-informed/capable/able. But I had to get mine on my own, wasn't "sent" to me.

BarnyardEngineering · May 14, 2019

Yeah but a generation ago we were teaching our parents how to use desktop computers as young kids. Where'd we get that knowledge? Our parents had nothing comparable to pass on to us genetically. Kinda blows your theory out of the water.

Texasmark1 · May 14, 2019

"Guess what! Folks protested WWII too."

Channel 132 on Dish is Turner Classic Movies....no commercials...yipee!!! Lots of insights into yesteryear....even saw a 1938 Clark Gable movie the other
day...well a few minutes of it....wink! Amazing what you say about: Nothing has changed there. Didn't realize how far current events have deep roots
going wayyyyy back. I think current media sources, and volumes and volumes of those sources and viewing/listening devices gives us insight into what's
going on now vs then. Convinced that has to do with our border problem and volume. Seems to me that you didn't know what you didn't have till you
found out and wanted some of it.

Crazy Horse · May 14, 2019

MARK: Well, maybe I'm reading your reply wrong. I'm sure you studied Darwin's theories .... in short, gained knowledge during a lifetime or two doesn't change genes. Gene change is random through gene mutation and when a favorable change gives an organism an advantage (by chance) to reproduce, those changes will eventually become incorporated into the gene pool. Takes countless generations to happen, not a few generations. But of course, even mentioning Darwin here might start a fire storm.

Traditional Farmer · May 14, 2019

I agree the young people today are an example of the old saying "Gotta play the hand you are dealt" which is always true for every generation.I know some young people that are hard workers and I know some that are lazy and poor doers.No different from when I was a kid.Plus each generation has their own values and things that are important to them and the older generations get upset because the young folks don't embrace their values.So it goes.

Texasmark1 · May 15, 2019

My remark was just an off the cuff comment. Just considering all the gyzmos available to the young mind today and their ability to master them at a young age. Gotta come from somewhere.

Clarence Slydell · May 15, 2019

(quoted from post at 12:37:22 05/14/19) I agree the young people today are an example of the old saying "Gotta play the hand you are dealt" which is always true for every generation.I know some young people that are hard workers and I know some that are lazy and poor doers.No different from when I was a kid.Plus each generation has their own values and things that are important to them and the older generations get upset because the young folks don't embrace their values.So it goes.

You got it. I'm 62 years old, I've seen a lot of people in my time. Old, young and anywhere in between. Good and bad in all examples.

I play in a Country Rock band. The four other members range in age from 21 to 28 years old. One is married with a kid, the rest are still single. They all work steady and work hard. Some of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of being around.

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