• trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      5 months ago

      There’s at least one tradition we’ve been able to keep alive for millennia. And that’s only documented history, I’m willing to bet the tradition is actually a lot older than that.

      • tinsmith@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        5 months ago

        The old bitching about the young is a sort of rite of passage, I think, usually accompanied by things like pride in lawns or serious consideration of adding a little bit of metamucil to your coffee each morning. It’s a way of admitting “I am sad that I am no longer young and I’m gonna be a jerk about it because dammit, I earn it.”