Quote Originally Posted by Dzian View Post
I think thats tied to the internet and the fact that it replaces real communication on so many levels, so younger generations seem to have no (or at least much less) sense of empathy and language (body language, tone, manerisms) etc.. all of which can drastically change the meaning of the words used... but younger generations dont understand because all there communication is done online via text. which is why they often get butt hurt about the tiniest little things.. its not just online though as its out in the real world to.. many of the younger people i work with cannot take a joke or bit of banter where many of the older ones will not only take the joke but roll with it and carry it on because they know it is just banter..
holy generalizing batman

Not only is it that Anecdotal evidence =/= evidence of a larger trend, but saying 'younger generations cannot take a joke' is so ridiculous it's beyond compare. I haven't been out of high school for long, four years to count, and I can tell you for a fact ribbing was a constant during it. I'm not even a particularly social person, given my penchant for drowning myself in internet culture. If some antisocial nerd can shoot the shit with mates, then I'm sure the more social ones can as well.

No, all that you people are seeing is confirmation bias. You(general you, not Dzian in particular) have this idea everyone around you just cannot take a joke. Therefor, you're going to blot out every time your friend takes one of your jokes and instead focus on when the stranger didn't take so kindly to your sense of humor.

You know what is a fact? Everyone is different. That means a lot of different senses of humor too. That means that people are okay with certain kinds of ribbing, but not others... but one thing that's almost a constant is that you generally don't take shit from somebody you don't know. If you're going to be shorthanded and rude to a stranger, then I find it mightily unsurprising they'd respond to you in kind.

Instead of assuming everyone you don't know just doesn't know how to talk to people, maybe, just maybe, you could do with taking a step back and evaluating your own behaviour for a change. I'm not telling you to change- I'm enough of a rude abrasive asshole myself to have no grounds on that front- but my god, stop blaming other people for your own shortcomings.

Yes, there are massively sensitive people on the world. No, it's not a majority- you're just focusing on the really bad cases.

If you think everyone's a snowflake, the world's gonna look awfully white to you.