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"Everyone Gets A Medal In This Generation" Says Man From Generation Where Everyone Got A House (www.betootaadvocate.com)

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"Everyone gets a medal in this generation" says man from generation who insisted on the practice because their own egos couldn't handle the notion that their kids weren't perfect at everything, even though the kids themselves were just fine not being rewarded for failure.

[–] General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

I’ve said to an older man, “You dislike these people, that you raised, in the world that you built?