From: "P. J. Alling"
On 3/23/2010 9:34 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
> From: Rob Studdert
>> On 22/03/2010, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wan/1653563837.html
>>> >
>>> > just had to share...
>>
>> I think poor little princess needs to starve a little!
>
> Young people are using the internet for social networking in ways I'd
> never have imagined. This doesn't strike me as so strange when you
> consider how things like bridal registry have morphed.
>
> Used to be when you got engaged the bride dragged the prospective
> groom off to whatever high falutin' department store to "register"
> china patterns. Now they go to Target & run amok with a bar-code scanner.
>
> It's funny in a goofy sort of way how oblivious some young people can
> be to the wider world, especially Manhattans, but not I think, reason
> to wish her ill.
>
Her attitude is fairly prevalent among a certain segment of the
population. I could tell the stories but there's no real point. She
may find what's she's looking for.
It just seems that there's this self-centered "culture" that's grown up
with the generation that's had the internet their whole life, especially
the "I want it, so I'll just go register at Target and somebody can buy
it for me" shtick.
There also seems to be a touch of "Manhattan is the center of the
universe" that translates into a certain insularity amongst those
denizens who have never been off the island (other than to Long Island),
and that long predates the internet.
I've encountered some people who grew up in NYC, who were amazed to find
there's a whole other country west of the Hudson River. Makes me more
sad than mad, but it's awfully funny how naive some people who think
they're the height of sophistication can be.
Combine the two, and it's hilarious if you don't have to actually deal
with it up close and personal.
Maybe they're no more self centered than my own generation, but it's
much easier to see because of the growth of social networking and
there's a brand consciousness that didn't exist when I was that age.
Probably has more to do with the paucity of brands back then than any
inherent superiority of my generation.
An adult might have just left it at "I only have a toaster oven, so I
need stuff I can cook that way." And an adult might have thought to
offer something in return.
But that's part of growing up. Live and learn.
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