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Bingo. How I see it too, it’s why I became a a leader in my kids activities too. Figure I might as well do whatever I can to help build a better generation.
Thanks bud, I’m trying. Shit ass world to do it in, but them and a lot of their friends give me quite a bit of hope.
I’ve got a Weird Al shirt that everyone confuses for one.
Thing is, I don’t really care about the Kennedy center. I do care about this fucking asshole acting like he owns the entire city and can remodel it with his tacky aesthetic at will. Dude needs to be stopped, like now.. This shit is fucking insane and I’m in shock every day that people have no desire to speak about any of this. When you try, you are labeled as disruptive or intolerant (I am intolerant of intolerance to be fair).
Not all of them. I’ve got three school aged kids, one plays guitar and saxophone, one plays clarinet and trumpet, one is just starting the trombone.
If anything, I am seeing the kids push back against this shit. My kids have an ear for and hate ai produced music; they get so angry about “clanker music”. They really value being able to make their own, and I love the constant noise of real instruments being practiced in my house.
Lots don’t care, but there are still many pockets of kids who hate all this as much as we do, and are pursuing a more analog lifestyle.
Belive me, I’ve tried. I’m an asssitant scoutmaster for my kids troop, and we camp about monthly in the summer. So, I’ve got lots of phone free weekends behind me. I’m also got kids in sports too, so go to games and meets.
I’m taking steps but I still have work to do.
I wish I had your brain. I feel like unless I have a constant stream of information coming into my brain, I might go insane.
It’s awful, and unhealthy, and I’m trying to figure out how to escape this paranoid insanity, but it’s what I’ve got until I can figure out the fix. Reminds me, need to schedule my next therapist appointment.
I just have to say, I really enjoy your writing style. Fun project, great post!
I am an it worker, got in before the .com crash, was there to connect the office the the internet from the start. I Alwsys imagined I’d be bringing my eventual kiddos into the nerd world that’s been so good to me.
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Now that I hactually have them, and they are exploring career options, I couldn’t be happier that I failed to raise nerds. Not a one of them is remotely interested in tech, one wants to pursue forestry for example…
I am so happy. I hate the field, I hate what it’s become, I’ve even grown to hate the technology. Looking forward to the camping trip next weeeked though…
It’s because we have the worst possible people to steward us though this transition that is being forced on us.
I don’t know. SI does actually have a certain ring to it. Stolen Intelligence.