Society & Culture

Bored youth

Society & Culture

Posted by: EileenW1

22nd Jul 2011 11:00am

Why do young people say there is nothing to do and they are bored? This young generation has so much money to spend on gadgets such as expensive mobiles, ipads, computers and many even have cars. I live on a pension and since retiring am busier than ever with so many, interests, hobbies, charities, cultural outings etc., most of which cost very little. If I can still afford to stay busy, active and happy why can't they?


Anonymous
  • 18th Sep 2013 12:34pm

I imagine it's the same as any other young generation. They get bored of stuff because it's familiar. I got bored growing up in the country with no computer but vast bushlands and fields to explore. I wasn't always bored, but I got bored from time to time. Saying that kids shouldn't be bored because they have gagdets is actually a very out of touch thing to say, and I can understand why now. You are a pensioner and you are older. Young people have no financial security like you do. That puts them on edge as is. Then you give them something they've grown up on and tell them to shut up and stop being bored. That just sounds like straight up arrogance, to me. It might be new and exciting to you, but to them, it's like being fascinated by a light bulb. You dig?


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