@iwannano Said
I Am not sure which generation or decade you 'belong' in because your profile says you are 100 years old, and I am pretty sure that is a bit of a falsehood..
But , I am this year turning 49 this year . And those exact words you have used in your OP are the exact words that 'older' people have been saying about the 'younger people' and 'vica versa' since the end of WW2.
What I find amazing is the 'young people' that my grandparents didn't understand and thought to be only interested in that awful music that sounded like anything but music ( early rock and roll better known as rockabilly) was the same people that raised the young ones that they found so alien but when you think about it, people my grandparents age went all the way through school to the 8th grade and unless their families were well to do that was it for any formal education. While their kids (my parents) went to 12th grade and some collage, my grandparents were born ,raised and never left the farm/ranch they never knew anything else. while their kids left to go to collage or the military and most only came back for
visits. Then there came the time when my parents t said the exact same words about me and my peers, " what the hell is that noise your listening to ? it sounds like some poor soul is being tortured, ( 70's and 80's rock ) and by then this technology of computers were making it into our daily lives with stereos, surround sound , every house had at least one TV sometimes more, and nintendo etc... what we were learning in school by the 9th and 10th grades they hadn't started until collage. and then there came the time I caught myself looking at my kids and hearing that crap they were swearing was music , ( rap , Cindie lauper, ) and so it goes .
I have decided what the deal is , is this, with each generation we strive to 'better' our children's lives and we are so busy working with that goal in mind that one day we stop and look up and they have it so much 'better/different then we ever did that we don't recognize anything being even vaguely similar to what we knew/know. IMO.
We older people that grew up 'before text messaging don't really need to 'understand it' because we have lived all these years with out thinking we needed it to get though our day. So text messaging really has no real place or value in our day to day lives. I bet if you tried just a minute to think back ,you would recall something that you can't imagine not having to get though your day that never had any value to the 'older' people in your younger years.
My grandfather had a saying
" don't worry little luxury, you will soon be necessity" for him it was electric lights and indoor plumbing.
I leave my age blank -- because I tend to want to get along with anyone of any generation, without age being a factor. I think it puts up walls, and I think you know this.
If I said I was 23, you would automatically think "we cannot relate" and if I said I was 63 -- you'd think I was "old".
FYI -- I'm 52. And I listen to nothing but the hardest-ass rock there is. All the new s***. So you can't say I've closed my mind to new music. I love it. Unlike some old farts.
I can't explain anyone who would live in the past music, because we've heard it all a thousand times. It's time to move on. Blow my brains out with great freaking guitar, drums, and screaming. But still i like the old s***.
There is a commandment that says "Honor your father and mother". I truly think this is wisdom meant to bridge the gaps, always.
I appreciate your effort to write all that. It shows some indepth thought into this subject.