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Old Farts?
On one topic we've got everyone having a go at a DJ whose show is aimed at 14-25 year olds.
On another there are a load of posts which are in the 'Oooh look at the youth of today...' frame of mind.
Look society is ever changing and what was cool/acceptable/funny/etc 30 years ago might not be right today.
Discuss
On one topic we've got everyone having a go at a DJ whose show is aimed at 14-25 year olds.
On another there are a load of posts which are in the 'Oooh look at the youth of today...' frame of mind.
Look society is ever changing and what was cool/acceptable/funny/etc 30 years ago might not be right today.
Discuss
rude-boy said:
On one topic we've got everyone having a go at a DJ whose show is aimed at 14-25 year olds.
Whats the average age of a PHer? I can imagine there's not that many in the 14-25 age group so it would be fair to say we reflect the more mature generation... (mature like a cheese!)
"But you know I saw this movie this year called last year called er, 'Basic Instinct'. Okay now. Bill's quick capsule review: Piece-of-Shit. Okay now. Yeah, yeah, end of story by the way. Don't get caught up in that fevered hype phoney 
debate about that Piece-of-Shit movie. "Is it too sexist, and what about the movies, are they becoming too dddddddd." You're, you're just confused, you don't get, you've forgotten how to judge correctly. Take a deep breath huuh, look at it again. "Oh it's a Piece-of-Shit!" Exactly, that's all it is. Satan squatted, let out a loaf, they put a title on it, put it on a marquee, Satan's shit, piece of shit, walk away. "But is it too, what about the lesbian connot.. ddddd." You're, you're getting really baffled here. Piece-of-Shit! Now walk away. That's all it is, it's nothing more! Free yourself folks, if you see it, Piece-of-Shit, say it and walk away. You're right! You're right! Not those ers who want to tell you how to think! You're right!"
debate about that Piece-of-Shit movie. "Is it too sexist, and what about the movies, are they becoming too dddddddd." You're, you're just confused, you don't get, you've forgotten how to judge correctly. Take a deep breath huuh, look at it again. "Oh it's a Piece-of-Shit!" Exactly, that's all it is. Satan squatted, let out a loaf, they put a title on it, put it on a marquee, Satan's shit, piece of shit, walk away. "But is it too, what about the lesbian connot.. ddddd." You're, you're getting really baffled here. Piece-of-Shit! Now walk away. That's all it is, it's nothing more! Free yourself folks, if you see it, Piece-of-Shit, say it and walk away. You're right! You're right! Not those ers who want to tell you how to think! You're right!" 
neil.b said:
"But you know I saw this movie this year ...
Exactly. We're on average probably older than Chris Moyles target audience, but we're not so
old that we can't remember the difference between good and bad radio. The PH generation (if there is such a thing) is the age of people who the 'yoof' will aspire to be - the average age here matches many established pop stars, tv presenters, journalists, football players. A lot of us have got the cars that the 'kids' dream of having. Some of us run businesses that will be employing them soon.
If we look around and people like Moyles are talking
or politicians are the country, we have a duty to tell them to off. We have to live in this country, some of us will be starting families in the next few years, some of us already have young kids. Younger people on PH will be trying to get good jobs, afford the cars that we admire. None of us want our efforts, and our pride and joy to be over by some who thinks that we're because we've done well and they haven't. There's no right to be rich and famous, so why should we hand it over to idiots who're screwing around with the place we live and work? It's not about young and old, it's about the difference between thinking about our environment and the society we live in, and being so knuckle-dragingly stupid that the height of ambition is X-Factor and accepting dross being spoon fed by corporate
You're old when you stop fighting it and are happy just to get some peace in front of a nice warm fire. Bill Hicks was right.
Tuna said:
"But you know I saw this movie this year ...
Exactly. We're on average probably older than Chris Moyles target audience, but we're not so
The PH generation (if there is such a thing) is the age of people who the 'yoof' will aspire to be - the average age here matches many established pop stars, tv presenters, journalists, football players. A lot of us have got the cars that the 'kids' dream of having. Some of us run businesses that will be employing them soon.
If we look around and people like Moyles are talking
It's not about young and old, it's about the difference between thinking about our environment and the society we live in, and being so knuckle-dragingly stupid that the height of ambition is X-Factor and accepting dross being spoon fed by corporate
You're old when you stop fighting it and are happy just to get some peace in front of a nice warm fire. Bill Hicks was right.
Outstanding post.
I do quite well in comparison to most of my friends, I'm not hugely wealthy but I do earn good money and am on a path to doing better in the medium and long term. However, I work very hard and have sacrificed to a degree things that they still enjoy doing. I take pride in what I do and although I have stress and less free time I wouldn't swap it.
What really winds me up is the fact that very few in my circle of friends seem to care about what the government gets up to, don't really know who they're going to vote for or can't justify voting for the people they intend to. I can't square this attitude with the interest they have in who Dirty Den is shagging this week in Stenders. Don't get me wrong it's just that this attitude is common in people around my age.
If I had a pound for every time someone has moaned about doing a boring job I'd be a rich man, it's just that people tend not to take responsibility for improving their own lot, or fail to realise that you have to put in the work to get anywhere. Living vicariously through soap operas or the "cult of celebrity" is no substitute for actually going out and sorting your own life out, and of course, easiest of all is carping at those who do do it and picking holes.
wolves_wanderer said:
Outstanding post.
I do quite well in comparison to most of my friends, I'm not hugely wealthy but I do earn good money and am on a path to doing better in the medium and long term. However, I work very hard and have sacrificed to a degree things that they still enjoy doing. I take pride in what I do and although I have stress and less free time I wouldn't swap it.
What really winds me up is the fact that very few in my circle of friends seem to care about what the government gets up to, don't really know who they're going to vote for or can't justify voting for the people they intend to. I can't square this attitude with the interest they have in who Dirty Den is shagging this week in Stenders. Don't get me wrong it's just that this attitude is common in people around my age.
If I had a pound for every time someone has moaned about doing a boring job I'd be a rich man, it's just that people tend not to take responsibility for improving their own lot, or fail to realise that you have to put in the work to get anywhere. Living vicariously through soap operas or the "cult of celebrity" is no substitute for actually going out and sorting your own life out, and of course, easiest of all is carping at those who do do it and picking holes.
Couldn't agree more, get this so much at 23
I'm 25, My radio is tuned to radio 2 and I want my DAB antenna working so I can listen to planet rock. Radio 1 can stuff it and I have felt that way for as long as I can remember. Lets face it, radio 1 stinks. Most of the local radio stations stink. Radio 2 has hit and miss moments.
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