"Television is the device that has changed a generation of youngsters from an irresistible force into immovable objects."
– Anonymous
Tempscire
I dunno… The baby boomers were the first generation to grow up with TV and it’s impossible to deny the massive impact they’ve had on society at all levels. And considering the amount of info transfer possible through TVs and now the internet (and the fact that youth weren’t in previous generations much more active beyond having no option to do other than walk everywhere and do everything the hard, manual way), that quote is just “Back in my day” belly-aching.
Tempscire
^Oops. My second sentence was meant to refer to both political and physical activity. Youth today are better-informed than their predecessors, and even if they’re sitting immobile, they’re still passing info along through chatting, blogging, whatever. It doesn’t have to be marching in the streets to be action. And more to the point, it’s not as though every previous generation’s of teenagers are known for protesting and effecting massive social changes…until you get to the boomers, as I mentioned right off.
bean
Posting a quote on a blog and labeling it as ‘Anonymous’ is a great way to just make up your own idiom to feel self-righteous.
L
I don’t know if the quote really refers to baby boomers. It seems more apt for today’s generation. Add a video game console to that TV, and some kids practically grow roots into the couch. That would, by definition, make them “immovable objects”
just a guy
what an idiotic statent.
Our increaed use of technology is leading to even better scientific progress.
You could argue that TVs impacted health negatively, but not that it has stunted said generations achievements (ie, no longe an ‘irrisistable force’).
As we all know, back before there were TVs, life was so wonderful, what with the oppression of minorities and women, inability to communicate with distant relatives quickly, the wonderful medical knowledge/awareness of the average person, etc..)
Gigi
This is a play on lines from “Something’s gotta give” or some song… think sammy davis or frankie… not sure which and kind of too boozed right now to discern.
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