<![CDATA[every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live.]]>every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. Yet here we are, inventing apps to remind us to drink water and stand up sometimes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/6b907555-db5d-4076-847a-48b29f20e8b3/every-generation-thinks-they-re-the-smartest-group-of-people-to-ever-live.RSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 12:11:27 GMTFri, 03 Apr 2026 21:33:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:04:12 GMT]]>@Daojoan

Generation Golgafrinchan

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/MercG/statuses/116349170657241409https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/MercG/statuses/116349170657241409Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:04:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:02:23 GMT]]>@HakeemG just fyi, it tasted funny

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deepmud/statuses/116349163506490753https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deepmud/statuses/116349163506490753Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:02:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:01:03 GMT]]>@Daojoan I'm kind of the opposite: I keep calling myself stupid and a horrible person, even though there are people worse than I am. It's just that 1: I'm honest about it, and 2: maybe the whole "you're the opposite of what you say" could be true for me

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floofy.tech/users/starstorm_x1/statuses/116348922314600604https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floofy.tech/users/starstorm_x1/statuses/116348922314600604Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:01:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:58:21 GMT]]>@Daojoan Looks like nearly each comment here approves your assumption

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fnordon.de/ap/users/115837981191160594/statuses/116345844654235031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fnordon.de/ap/users/115837981191160594/statuses/116345844654235031Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:58:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:54:46 GMT]]>@Daojoan was strongly reminded about this when watching the clumsy maneuvering of the astronauts in their Orion capsule. Way more comfortable but technologically not any better than the original from more than 50 years ago

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jlapoutre/statuses/116345830567525029https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jlapoutre/statuses/116345830567525029Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:54:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:48:43 GMT]]>@MxVerda @Daojoan Well, I'm hardly an expert, but I imagine the lack of pollution in the environment and people getting copious amounts of exercise meant they were, in general, really quite healthy.

Of course it was a much tougher world, with fewer guarantees, more danger etc. But from what I understand the fact it took more effort to stay alive is exactly what made people be more capable.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dosgame.club/users/Tijn/statuses/116345570799585219https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dosgame.club/users/Tijn/statuses/116345570799585219Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:48:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:30:26 GMT]]>@Daojoan

They go to jobs of responsibility over the lives of others to earn money to subscribe to those apps to remind them they are also human and used to be capable.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116344791146917748https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116344791146917748Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:16:21 GMT]]>@SeanPLynch @HakeemG @Daojoan Of course!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116213636521702584/statuses/116344735744368255https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116213636521702584/statuses/116344735744368255Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:16:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:04:02 GMT]]>@Daojoan Prior generations were just muddling their way through, willy nilly. We're so much more advanced!! /s

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/earthtoneone/statuses/116344687319695798https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/earthtoneone/statuses/116344687319695798Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:04:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:17:22 GMT]]>@Daojoan I think you had me at ”inventing apps”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116344503800311681https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116344503800311681Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:17:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:17:00 GMT]]>@Tijn @Daojoan even with better nutrition and fewer infections? (Well, fewer parasitic infections. More viral infections.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/MxVerda/statuses/116344502364509158https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/MxVerda/statuses/116344502364509158Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:35:04 GMT]]>@marleysmum @clusterfcku @Daojoan Yup. Every reg written in blood.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116344337466764432https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116344337466764432Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:35:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:20:19 GMT]]>@Daojoan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116326525133465901/statuses/116344279516710133https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116326525133465901/statuses/116344279516710133Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:20:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:07:53 GMT]]>@clusterfcku @faraiwe @Daojoan

What’s scarier is that those labels needonly be there ‘cos someone DID drink the fluid!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/ap/users/115805086713252898/statuses/116344230592544470https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/ap/users/115805086713252898/statuses/116344230592544470Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:07:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:05:53 GMT]]>@faraiwe @Daojoan @faraiwe @Daojoan

What’s scarier is that those labels need only be there ‘cos someone DID drink the fluid.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/ap/users/115805086713252898/statuses/116344222771501653https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/ap/users/115805086713252898/statuses/116344222771501653Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:05:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:57:25 GMT]]>@clusterfcku @Daojoan yeah, don't that give you hope....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116344189463359160https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116344189463359160Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:57:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:48:36 GMT]]>@faraiwe @Daojoan There also exists washrooms with placards above the urinals warning patrons not to drink the water in it. (This is not a joke.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clusterfcku/statuses/116344154783592767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clusterfcku/statuses/116344154783592767Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:48:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:21:42 GMT]]>@Daojoan dont people realize our phones have alarms for this /j

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/squeakypancakes/statuses/116344049039548421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/squeakypancakes/statuses/116344049039548421Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:21:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:10:56 GMT]]>@archivescribe @HakeemG @Daojoan

We did write on stone with other stones ...

Slate chalkboards with chalk.

Does that count?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanPLynch/statuses/116344006694766162https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanPLynch/statuses/116344006694766162Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:10:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:30:53 GMT]]>@tasharoni @Daojoan the whole "drink more water" meme has partly become a big thing because something like 40% of the US population is prediabetic. Dehydration is one of the symptoms

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/fraggle/statuses/116343849221810301https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/fraggle/statuses/116343849221810301Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:30:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:09:03 GMT]]>@archivescribe @Daojoan I think the Internet has had two effects: we are more knowledgeable but also *less* knowledgeable. The ability to just “look things up” means we don’t have to learn or remember things.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rasterweb/statuses/116343763331274907https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rasterweb/statuses/116343763331274907Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:09:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:49:10 GMT]]>@HakeemG @Daojoan OMG I can still smell and taste that rubber water. 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nomdeb/statuses/116343685158470370https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nomdeb/statuses/116343685158470370Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:49:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:18:01 GMT]]>@rasterweb @Daojoan Every day, as I age and live in this country, under my dystopian government, I feel like I’m living in that movie Idiocracy—except this version is no comedy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116213636521702584/statuses/116343326715257471https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116213636521702584/statuses/116343326715257471Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:18:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to every generation thinks they're the smartest group of people to ever live. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:14:54 GMT]]>@HakeemG @Daojoan Back in the 60s and 70s, we rode to school in the backs of dinosaurs and wrote on stone with chisel in class…and we liked it!

I’m just kidding, but yeah, I admit, older folk have a bad of habit of being overly nostalgic sometimes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116213636521702584/statuses/116343314491873139https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116213636521702584/statuses/116343314491873139Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:14:54 GMT