The General Chat Thread (2025)

I generally try not to read or believe generational stereotypes - I mean, c’mon, I’m Gen X and we’re supposed to be the most sarcastic and cynical gener…uh-oh…maybe not explore that too closely :laugh: - but I do know that younger generations tend to move in opposition to their immediate predecessors, and Millennials have the reputation of over-caring about everything (“Is this pencil cruelty-free and made from sustainable timber?”) - everything’s a cause - so maybe they’re just rebelling against that. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
TastyReuben said:
I generally try not to read or believe generational stereotypes - I mean, c’mon, I’m Gen X and we’re supposed to be the most sarcastic and cynical gener…uh-oh…maybe not explore that too closely :laugh: - but I do know that younger generations tend to move in opposition to their immediate predecessors, and Millennials have the reputation of over-caring about everything (“Is this pencil cruelty-free and made from sustainable timber?”) - everything’s a cause - so maybe they’re just rebelling against that. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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I don’t think generational stereotypes are useful for anyone, they set up an ‘us and them’ type of silliness, but I do think being born in a certain time period means your experiences are going to be similar to anyone else born in that time period.

You know things that shape identity. Like for my gen something like whether you watched Tiswas that introduced you to the joys of throwing custard pies in peoples faces, you know the important things in life 😂
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I don’t think generational stereotypes are useful for anyone, they set up an ‘us and them’ type of silliness, but I do think being born in a certain time period means your experiences are going to be similar to anyone else born in that time period.

You know things that shape identity. Like for my gen something like whether you watched Tiswas that introduced you to the joys of throwing custard pies in peoples faces, you know the important things in life 😂
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Waste of good custard! 😭
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
There is a strong culture amongst gens younger than millennial's that they call 'don't care'
Whatever the problem is, it's yours not theirs. They simply default to 'don't care'

I asked my sons if it was true and they said very much so. That the world is in a sh*t state, the older gen's don't care about them not being able to afford to live and just label them as lazy so they adopted 'don't care' in response.
It works for them on many levels, it just doesn't work for society as a whole.

We experienced a bit of 'don't care' a few weeks ago.
Mr SSOAP took my laptop back to the apple store because it was playing up. The young woman told him he must of bought it somewhere else because she couldn't find an email receipt. Mr SSOAP replied no I bought it from here. She insisted it must of been a different shop, he said I know where I bought it from don't be silly.
She didn't like this so just walked off!

Then on the same trip we were in starbucks and asked for almond milk. We both got dairy milk so Mr SSOAP took it back to the counter and said this is dairy milk I asked for almond milk. She stared back and said nothing. He politely repeated he'd asked for almond milk and the same thing happened, no response, she walked away and started doing something else. Apparently it's part of 'Don't care' !!
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What about ghosting? I've found that my kids, nephews, and others of a certain age tend to just not respond to texts or phone calls if they think there will be questions they don't want to answer. My middle daughter is the worst about that. Drives me nuts.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
What about ghosting? I've found that my kids, nephews, and others of a certain age tend to just not respond to texts or phone calls if they think there will be questions they don't want to answer. My middle daughter is the worst about that. Drives me nuts.
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I’ve been doing that since before there were cell phones! :laugh:
 
JAS_OH1 said:
What about ghosting? I've found that my kids, nephews, and others of a certain age tend to just not respond to texts or phone calls if they think there will be questions they don't want to answer. My middle daughter is the worst about that. Drives me nuts.
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Ah yes ghosting.
At first I thought it was worse than rude, I thought it was rather cruel but I have got used to it.
Seems it’s far more of an ‘I don’t want to deal with that’ than a plain I don’t rate you enough to respond.
Still is it really that hard to just say what you think? Or say no thanks? It’s not something I find difficult 🤷‍♀️
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Ah yes ghosting.
At first I thought it was worse than rude, I thought it was rather cruel but I have got used to it.
Seems it’s far more of an ‘I don’t want to deal with that’ than a plain I don’t rate you enough to respond.
Still is it really that hard to just say what you think? Or say no thanks? It’s not something I find difficult 🤷‍♀️
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Or "I'll get back to you later".

Your kids do it too?
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Or "I'll get back to you later".

Your kids do it too?
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My eldest rarely does it but he has no problem politely saying no or not right now.
My youngest does it all the time. He’s a people pleaser though, doesn't like to disappoint so he’d rather “get back to you” or “save that for later” than say no. I understand his lingo now and know that mostly means no thanks!
 
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SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
My eldest rarely does it but he has no problem politely saying no or not right now.
My youngest does it all the time. He’s a people pleaser though doesn't like to disappoint so he’d rather “get back to you” or “save that for later” than say no. I understand his lingo now and know that mostly means no thanks!
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It's the total lack of response that I find aggravating. And I'm not a prying type like my husband.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
And I'm not a prying type like my husband.
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Me neither, they tell me what they want to and anything they don’t it’s their business not mine.
Both Mr SSOAP and I have given up expecting a response from the youngest so don’t text any questions we need answers to, we mostly text jokes or memes. If we want to know something for sure we ring him.
He FaceTimes a lot so I just ask him then, I can gauge the keenness of the response that way and provide him with a ‘maybe later’ option 😂
 
JAS_OH1 said:
What about ghosting? I've found that my kids, nephews, and others of a certain age tend to just not respond to texts or phone calls if they think there will be questions they don't want to answer. My middle daughter is the worst about that. Drives me nuts.
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My sister does that and it just pisses me off. I call it rude so no presents for you and I'm making something you can't eat. 👿
 
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