Redmt
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We are not getting dumber. The education we have and life experiences are just no longer relevant to this fked up world the younger generation has morphed us all into.
Are* older generations stupid or younger generations smarter?
rjthehunter
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Yeah I saw that. Bummer, but at least there's 100s of hours of content on his channel!
rjthehunter
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Statistically, I'd guess driving to the trailhead is significantly more dangerous than hunting or backpacking solo.
The main problem is that of experienced vs inexperienced. I fortunately got to experience the world before endless connectivity- street hockey instead of Streaming, fishing instead of Fortnight, streetlights instead of cell phones. But I am woefully inadequate in outdoor experience compared to someone raised in the mountains.
The older generations were feral kids- they ran around neighborhoods and local woods, played baseball, and gained real experience and knowledge of consequence out in the real world- mostly unsupervised. Half of them are lost when typing an email, but by 16, there were far more of them that had the life experience to be confident going out in the wilderness alone.
New generations? Born and bred to be plugged in. Most of them have fewer hours outdoors by 21 than previous generations had by age 12. Once they gain enough freedom to go out and experience the places they've seen on Instagram, they go forth with the confidence of ignorance rather than experience- they have seen a curated version with none of the risk and consequence. Talking to them about taking the gear to be prepared for a storm, an injury, heat/cold/water, etc. can be infuriating, with "Oh that never happens" being a common phrase.
New generations are capable of incredible, terrifying things with the aid of computers that can baffle and should scare the average person. They are just as intelligent as previous generations, they simply have different life experiences and skills. As a whole, we're just as dumb as everyone else, but in different areas.
With that said, the generation raised on Tiktok has brain rot, and we are heading for a productivity cliff. It has been one of the most successful nefarious campaigns by a hostile foreign power in history, and we all just let it happen.
The older generations were feral kids- they ran around neighborhoods and local woods, played baseball, and gained real experience and knowledge of consequence out in the real world- mostly unsupervised. Half of them are lost when typing an email, but by 16, there were far more of them that had the life experience to be confident going out in the wilderness alone.
New generations? Born and bred to be plugged in. Most of them have fewer hours outdoors by 21 than previous generations had by age 12. Once they gain enough freedom to go out and experience the places they've seen on Instagram, they go forth with the confidence of ignorance rather than experience- they have seen a curated version with none of the risk and consequence. Talking to them about taking the gear to be prepared for a storm, an injury, heat/cold/water, etc. can be infuriating, with "Oh that never happens" being a common phrase.
New generations are capable of incredible, terrifying things with the aid of computers that can baffle and should scare the average person. They are just as intelligent as previous generations, they simply have different life experiences and skills. As a whole, we're just as dumb as everyone else, but in different areas.
With that said, the generation raised on Tiktok has brain rot, and we are heading for a productivity cliff. It has been one of the most successful nefarious campaigns by a hostile foreign power in history, and we all just let it happen.
406dn
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Every generation is raised and lives in their own unique circumstance. My parents were raised during the Great Depression. That marked them in ways that I wasn't. My children have had different life circumstances, than I had growing up. My grandchildren are now teenagers. Their world is profoundly different than mine, at their age. None of this is inherently bad or good, it just is.
I hunted solo for most of my life, long before cell phones, GPS units, etc. My safety precaution when elk hunting, was to tell my wife what drainage, I was going to hunt, and for how many days. If plans changed, I'd inform her of them.
When cell phones and personal emergency communication devices came on the scene, I appreciated the increased level of safety.
For much of the last twenty years, I have trained bird dogs from horseback, miles from help, mostly solo. The area has spotty cell service. I carry an InReach, both for my safety, and especially for my wife's peace of mind. At 74 years of age, the thought of a bad accident, crosses my mind, but does not stop me from doing things that bring so much enjoyment and satisfaction.
I think the younger generation will figure out their own path through life.
I hunted solo for most of my life, long before cell phones, GPS units, etc. My safety precaution when elk hunting, was to tell my wife what drainage, I was going to hunt, and for how many days. If plans changed, I'd inform her of them.
When cell phones and personal emergency communication devices came on the scene, I appreciated the increased level of safety.
For much of the last twenty years, I have trained bird dogs from horseback, miles from help, mostly solo. The area has spotty cell service. I carry an InReach, both for my safety, and especially for my wife's peace of mind. At 74 years of age, the thought of a bad accident, crosses my mind, but does not stop me from doing things that bring so much enjoyment and satisfaction.
I think the younger generation will figure out their own path through life.
Caseknife
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I have had numerous young kids come work with me in powersports. We are a dealer for Yamaha and Polaris. I show them how to access the service information directly from the manufacturer. Constantly find them looking it up on YouTube, flabbergasts me, but then I am an old guy about to retire.
Gellar
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I think one thing that is vastly different in youth is mental toughness. To go on a successful hunt solo, by yourself, takes an incredible amount of mental toughness. Things are going to happen and how you react to those situations will determine your success. As I watch kids these days it’s very easy to see they lack the ability to overcome. If something goes wrong they quit or don’t adapt. They are used to getting a participation trophy. In addition kids are hyper focused in their activities. They focus on 1 sport all year, they do one activity year round. When they move on from that activity, whenever it may be they don’t know how to do anything but that activity. For some kids that skill may take them to college and for fewer it may take them to a career, but for the most part they get through the end of that activity after graduating high school and they are lost. They are done with everything they’ve ever known at 17 or 18 years old and they cannot adapt or they have not learned those skills to be successful in their next activity.
SAJ-99
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Hubris gets us all eventually.
Potsie
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I’m not sure if one generation is smarter than another. I do know I’m definitely not smart enough to smarter than all these dumbasses I run across every day.
noharleyyet
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Dougfirtree
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C'mon man, my Wllm grieving process was progressing so nicely... Now I'm going to have to go look at some charts..
FairWeather
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I think a multi day solo hunt/hike would feel like it was diminished by being alone. For me, experiences are enhanced when they’re shared. My wife and I have been married for 11 years, and I can count the nights we have spent apart over those years on two hands…too bad she doesn’t care to hunt, though. She is NOT a morning person lol.
So, I do solo day trip hunts, and I’m back home in time for a late dinner. I try not to take risks, either. No steep ridges or ravines, no water crossings. No experience in the world is worth making her a widow over.
So, I do solo day trip hunts, and I’m back home in time for a late dinner. I try not to take risks, either. No steep ridges or ravines, no water crossings. No experience in the world is worth making her a widow over.
Hundreds of pack trips in this old guy,maybe half solo. Fishing & hunting mostly. Many trips with family and friends.
Some hairball stunts. Crossing the Sierra,in winter, solo. Mono Pass.
Started young just me and my dog and a rod. Rice & oatmeal. 12.
I now have to watch I don't trip over a Gramma clump or a bone...or Dotti.
Some hairball stunts. Crossing the Sierra,in winter, solo. Mono Pass.
Started young just me and my dog and a rod. Rice & oatmeal. 12.
I now have to watch I don't trip over a Gramma clump or a bone...or Dotti.
Potsie
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Don’t worry…Sheets may gone but not forgotten (and oft times lurking.)
He knows you miss him.
elkduds
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When you start with his reality of the human condition,
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and catalyze it with technology expanding faster than we can adapt to it,
Gerald Martin
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Does the generation that walked uphill to school both ways deserve to claim to be the smartest generation….?
Caseknife
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Just the hardest working
Nick87
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Ain't that the truth.
Redmt
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Does the generation that never had to walk to school even get any acknowledgement? The pampered pussy generation gets no voice.
