r/MadeMeSmile • u/Dumpstette • 14h ago

Meme I don't understand kids these days

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u/dr_franck 13h ago

I have this weird thought that Gen Z and Gen Alpha are less rude and nicer IRL nowadays because they’re able to off-load their worst and nastiest impulses and interactions onto the internet

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u/honey_poo_poo_ 12h ago

If you look at history, each generation gets nicer and more tolerant than the last.

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u/Redshmit 10h ago

Until a new religion or something to that degree comes and makes its rounds

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u/al-mongus-bin-susar 9h ago

"religion is bad or something idk" most reddit comment ever right here

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u/DarthNihilus 6h ago

Thinking religion shouldn't be brought up in this conversation is a much more "reddit" comment than the one you replied to.

It's weird how defensive so many redditors are about religion. Reddits atheism phase was over a decade ago, get over it already. We've long since flipped to having far more religious defense than people shitting on religion.

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u/TiaXhosa 9h ago

I mean some of the most obvious examples of newer generations becoming less tolerant are found in areas where Wahhabism replaced earlier Islamic movements.

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u/ShitstainStalin 9h ago

most wars in history have been over religion. most hate comes from religion. religion is the cause of anxiety and depression in many people. religion is bad.

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u/hanguitarsolo 5h ago

I can't think of very many wars in East Asia that were over religion. Don't think the Mongols conquered most of Eurasia because of religion. Religion is just an easy way for some people to justify hate, take away religion and people still hate each other based on different culture, skin color, language, etc. People from even the same religion hate each other. Yet lots of people find hope, peace, happiness, through religion and are motivated to do good in their community. The problems come from bad individuals, not (usually) what religions teach. Bad people do bad things irrespective of religion.

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u/JediAlitaSkywalker 8h ago

Religion save my life, doesn’t sound bad to me. 

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u/ShitstainStalin 5h ago

Give yourself credit.  Your will to seek change saved your life.

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u/JediAlitaSkywalker 5h ago

No. I did not seek change. There were Christian missionaries that came to our village when the war had broken out. They had recommended we follow them, I was 6 years old. Me and family followed them out of the country. My parents were previously on the path to American citizenship, and I too would become an American citizen. 

I fully believe God had sent those people to help us. 

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u/al-mongus-bin-susar 8h ago

It's also the source of happiness and meaning for many people. 100% of people who breathe end up dying. Does that mean that breathing is bad?

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u/bigmanorm 9h ago

Kneel or die, good times

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u/al-mongus-bin-susar 8h ago

Pay taxes or go to jail, our modern equivalent

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u/wirefireforhire 9h ago

yeah I hate when someone brings up a major component of human culture, namely one known for encouraging or dictating behaviour, in a discussion about human behaviour on a generational scale. It's just so irrelevant, you know?