Oh, and just to let you know about the "lack" of jobs, at least here in Austin, I called a young man on craigslist to hire him for work. I offered him 15 dollars an hour cash to help me with a light labor job. (Helping shoot a organic gardening video). He was excited on the phone and said no problem, awesome, will be there Friday, 10:30 AM. Well, Friday came and when he didn't show I called and got VM. Quick cash in his hand, right? He didn't even have the drive to pick up that fast cash, how sad is that. I guess he is still living with his parents.

Originally posted by seentoomuch
Oh, and just to let you know about the "lack" of jobs, at least here in Austin, I called a young man on craigslist to hire him for work. I offered him 15 dollars an hour cash to help me with a light labor job. (Helping shoot a organic gardening video). He was excited on the phone and said no problem, awesome, will be there Friday, 10:30 AM. Well, Friday came and when he didn't show I called and got VM. Quick cash in his hand, right? He didn't even have the drive to pick up that fast cash, how sad is that. I guess he is still living with his parents.

Did it not even occur to you that he found a better offer? Is that outside the realm of possibility?

This is the exact same thing
I was thinking about the occupy
wallstreet threads so meaningless
and never ending..

ATS has always been a good read, the level of off the wall ideas and genuinely interesting/intriguing oddness never fails to entertain. Some of it is worth further investigation and some of it is downright crazy, the latter was always present as long as I have been visiting here (ATS forum, not earth) but lately there does seem to be a growth in the numbers of the lunatic fringe, it's got to the stage where they are taking over.

We need a purge.

There are multiple issues raised in this thread, not only one. We can only hypothesize as to the answers to these questions, but there have been some studies done.

The younger generation today, it is noticed, are attention deficit.It appears the newest generation of adults is on information overload, accustomed to getting all their information in sound bites.In America this results in youth who are unable to focus in their education, hence the less intelligent the appearance of their postings/threads. It is information overload which is causal, the constant contact with the internet... everything in quick bites of information, and not any defect in their brains.

People have two choices when confronted with the millions of choices available on the internet, take in as much as possible in short 'sound bites', or becoming single minded, finding only that which agrees and conforms to your world view to the exclusion of all else. Adults tend toward the latter, youth the former in this scenario. An Adult will be well read, but only well read about what he already believed, being close-minded to any opposing viewpoint on any given topic which he/she has an opinion. On the other hand a youth will get some information from every source, but never enough to make a decision on where they might stand on the matter.

Youth and Adults are all afraid, youths are unsure of what they are afraid of, and adults are sure to be afraid of anything that does not agree with them. This is due to many factors, governments ruling through fear of an unknown/unseen enemy, mixed with the wealth of information on all topics. Everywhere you go you see fear and/or negativity, and everyone shares a portion of their day with it.

While the hive mind may not be noticed to the same degree when you are among friends or with neighbors and/or co-workers, in large part because few will tell you what they are really feeling, thinking, or truly believe in person, for fear of being judged, but the hive mind is there, although not as apparent at times. In order to see it, perhaps you have to step back a few feet. And the more people express their fears, regardless of topic, the more fear itself gets perpetuated.

Part of this is purposeful, to keep the people distracted from fearing that which we truly should be afraid of, and part is a symptom of the times in which we live. But it works together hand in hand.

This is what the OP is noticing, without understanding cause. Once cause is understood, then we realize we cannot change the effects without changing our society itself.

Originally posted by Jameela
There are multiple issues raised in this thread, not only one. We can only hypothesize as to the answers to these questions, but there have been some studies done.

The younger generation today, it is noticed, are attention deficit.It appears the newest generation of adults is on information overload, accustomed to getting all their information in sound bites.In America this results in youth who are unable to focus in their education, hence the less intelligent the appearance of their postings/threads. It is information overload which is causal, the constant contact with the internet... everything in quick bites of information, and not any defect in their brains.

People have two choices when confronted with the millions of choices available on the internet, take in as much as possible in short 'sound bites', or becoming single minded, finding only that which agrees and conforms to your world view to the exclusion of all else. Adults tend toward the latter, youth the former in this scenario. An Adult will be well read, but only well read about what he already believed, being close-minded to any opposing viewpoint on any given topic which he/she has an opinion. On the other hand a youth will get some information from every source, but never enough to make a decision on where they might stand on the matter.

Youth and Adults are all afraid, youths are unsure of what they are afraid of, and adults are sure to be afraid of anything that does not agree with them. This is due to many factors, governments ruling through fear of an unknown/unseen enemy, mixed with the wealth of information on all topics. Everywhere you go you see fear and/or negativity, and everyone shares a portion of their day with it.

While the hive mind may not be noticed to the same degree when you are among friends or with neighbors and/or co-workers, in large part because few will tell you what they are really feeling, thinking, or truly believe in person, for fear of being judged, but the hive mind is there, although not as apparent at times. In order to see it, perhaps you have to step back a few feet. And the more people express their fears, regardless of topic, the more fear itself gets perpetuated.

Part of this is purposeful, to keep the people distracted from fearing that which we truly should be afraid of, and part is a symptom of the times in which we live. But it works together hand in hand.

This is what the OP is noticing, without understanding cause. Once cause is understood, then we realize we cannot change the effects without changing our society itself.

edit on 1-4-2012 by Jameela because: (no reason given)

Thank you for your contribution, You said it better than i could.

Its about the bigger picture and I think some people are taking it way too personally. I was merely making an observation. the truth of the matter is I never said we were any better. I just said that given the gifts they have been awarded the kids of today really are squandering it.

Maybe its because they have always had it and dont really understand what it is they have or maybe its the fluoride and MTV I dont know, all i know is the morons I see on the trains everyday are going to be our future leaders we are in more trouble than we realize.

Originally posted by adnachiel21
I have been on ATS for a very long time,before signing up.I live in Europe,and some of the political topics here simply baffle me.Most of the topics aren't about conspiracies anymore,they are about politics and they bore me to death.It has become the same whether I go to ATS or CNN.And if a topic comes up having anything to do with something else besides Obama,Trayvon Martin,or Ron Paul,few member(you know who you are) jump right up to debunk it.I'm sick of it,and I'm over ATS so much.But I really appreciate the civil environment.

I couldnt agree with you more

btw I have asked this question before and never got an answer, "how do I delete or close my ATS account?"

Originally posted by dadfortruth1

Originally posted by adnachiel21
I have been on ATS for a very long time,before signing up.I live in Europe,and some of the political topics here simply baffle me.Most of the topics aren't about conspiracies anymore,they are about politics and they bore me to death.It has become the same whether I go to ATS or CNN.And if a topic comes up having anything to do with something else besides Obama,Trayvon Martin,or Ron Paul,few member(you know who you are) jump right up to debunk it.I'm sick of it,and I'm over ATS so much.But I really appreciate the civil environment.

I couldnt agree with you more

btw I have asked this question before and never got an answer, "how do I delete or close my ATS account?"

I dont believe its possible to delete an account or close it down. Anything posted on here is the property of the owners of this site.