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Originally Posted by leadlike
I don't know if it's a generational thing so much as something for young people to do-my dad used to smash tvs in the junkyard and he wasn't supposed to go near the back alley by the tv shop because it was full of crt glass from kids smashing them as well-and all this almost fifty years ago.
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Darn young whippersnappers.
I wonder how many more sweeping generalizations about "these darned kids these days" will be posted today.
I agree it is a generational thing. Humankind has at least a slight tendency for destroying stuff. Kids are often stupid. Add the two and you get SOME kids destroying stuff. But not ALL kids destroy ALL our precious vintage gear.
I'd rather go listen to my vintage gear and
relax than comb youtube and worry about some piece of equipment I'm way too late to save.
Plus you're getting a skewed sample/perspective. YouTube doesn't represent what the majority of people do!!
Do you see any you tube videos of kids sitting around being respectful of antiques?? Picture in your mind's eye --- a group of teens videotaping each other sitting on the sofa, staring at grandad's old console... "Yeah guys, that's grandad's console" "oh." ... protracted silence ... "It's old." "Huh. Probably worth something" "Yup." .... more silence, slightly awkward this time .... "Huh." .... "does it work?" ... "yah..."
You don't see these videos.
Because it would be stupid and boring.
But I am sure the vast majority of kids are *reasonably* well behaved, respectful, etc. The ones I have met are. They are still kids and act more like kids than adults sometimes. And some are bad apples--just like some people are bad apples.
I got enuf to get spun up about without adding this...
Michael