"This generation is finished" --previous generation (ani.social)

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[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.

-Socrates

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Socrates, who was famously sentenced to death because of his lack of respect for authority and constant chatter.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Hmm, maybe the quote wasn't meant as an insult after all...

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