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In Reply to: Re: \\\Because the blitheringly dumb kids I come across in all walks of life these days definitely aren't///..... posted by Cosmic Closet on May 8, 2007 at 22:16:07:
G'day,You say \\\Stupidity is the oldest profession./// Yes, I agree. Not much different, stupidity wise, than when you & I were kids. I got the impression from your initial post you were implying kids being stupid is only a recent thing?
You say \\\There is a strange elasticity in your reasoning when you include adults in what's being discussed. I didn't realize that someone age, say, 28 is now a kid. But ok, let's bring them in too./// I think my reasoning is correct and logical. It is my understanding that the majority of people who fall into the “super-successful under thirty†crowd don’t all of a sudden become successful at age 28, 29. USUALLY, but not always, they are successful from their late teens onwards and almost always in their early twenties. The perspective of people in their 40’s 50’s 60’s & 70’s nearly always refer to people aged 17,18,19,20,21,22 etc as kids. I’m not sure any successful person aged 29 was thought of as blitheringly stupid in their teens & early twenties? Of course, YMMV.
You ask \\\Balance. - As in: is there no middle ground between not listening at all and having two earbuds jammed in your ears from the breakfast table on, and throughout much of the day?/// Of course there is balance. Are you seriously suggesting the majority of young people fit your description or just the blitheringly stupid young people?
You say \\\Personally, I think there is, if for no other reason than by the time they become the young achievers you reference, they will be, if not deaf as posts, most likely without a goodly amount of high-frequency hearing ability/// I think your comments are predicated on a wrong assumption. I don’t believe the high achievers I mentioned OR the majority of young people fit your description in the first place.
You say \\\I think you know how that statement sounds without me adding anything to it./// It wasn’t a statement it was/is a sincere question. A question you didn’t answer. Reading these forums there are plenty of middle-aged inmates who listen to music in the morning before work, listen to music on the way to work (some on ipods), listen to music at work, listen to music on the way home from work, listen to music at home & listen to music in bed. Do you classify these middle-age inmates in the same manner you classify the blitheringly stupid kids you come across? Or does the balance you speak of only apply to kids?
You say \\\Doom and gloom, unfortunately, isn't always just imaginary. Granted, some folks do like to live in it. I presume you are trying to suggest that I do./// Agreed, doom & gloom isn’t always imagined, but mostly it is. After such limited correspondence on a very narrow subject matter I don’t presume anything about you at all.
It seems the kids I encounter are of an entirely different calibre than the blitheringly stupid ones who you seem to encounter. For that, I’m truly thankful.
I have every confidence in the younger generation as well as the future of high-end audio. Of course, YMMV.
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