Ageism.

I think this is where you live as I don’t notice it. My DC are teenagers and they don’t notice anyone over 19 probably let alone be rude to them!

I think ageism is rife every where, not just on MN.
I find locally even the youngest of the children have absolutely no respect for any one older. They are verbally rude and antagonistic towards certainly older women. They are derisory of them. They are contemptuous.
They are learning this attitude from somewhere.
I think it's very much linked towards societies obsession with looking young, and praising and promoting youth culture and devaluing the experiences of older people. It really is seen as a crime to be old .It is our fault we are old, we have allowed it to happen to us. It will never happen to them.
Of course the natural reaction to this contempt is for older people to dislike the younger generation. I have to work very hard not to stereotype the younger generations. I have to remind myself people are individuals.
It's sad that there isn't more tolerance and respect between the generations.

Genuinely curious, what ‘respect’ are you looking for?

’perfectly Normal’, all my family on Mum and Dad side are from working class backgrounds, I don’t know anybody who experienced that.

You must be bloody joking. I lived the first 15 years of my life in a house with no bathroom or toilet. If I wanted a poo or a pee I would have to walk up the street to the 'midden' or the toilet block that served the whole street, and wake my dad up to come with me. If it was just a pee I could do it in a bucket that we kept behind the front door for just pees. Which my dad would have to go empty early morning. But a poo as a young child I'd have to have a parent or an older sibling with me up the street to the midden. I mean, do you get it? In the middle of winter if you want a poo you have to get all dressed up warm and wake somebody up to come with you. Get dressed up against the weather, and walk up to the toilets. Have your poo. And then get back into bed

I see no current teenager has addressed that. I would be unthinkable nowadays.
Perfectly normal in the 50s/60s/70s

Oh no sooooo sorry for spelling a word ever so slightly wrong at 6am!

You weren’t laughing at yourself though, were you? It was at the expense of a different generation. Such crap and typical mumsnet ageism.

I think ageism is rife every where, not just on MN.
I find locally even the youngest of the children have absolutely no respect for any one older. They are verbally rude and antagonistic towards certainly older women. They are derisory of them. They are contemptuous.
They are learning this attitude from somewhere.
I think it's very much linked towards societies obsession with looking young, and praising and promoting youth culture and devaluing the experiences of older people. It really is seen as a crime to be old .It is our fault we are old, we have allowed it to happen to us. It will never happen to them.
Of course the natural reaction to this contempt is for older people to dislike the younger generation. I have to work very hard not to stereotype the younger generations. I have to remind myself people are individuals.
It's sad that there isn't more tolerance and respect between the generations.

You must be bloody joking. I lived the first 15 years of my life in a house with no bathroom or toilet. If I wanted a poo or a pee I would have to walk up the street to the 'midden' or the toilet block that served the whole street, and wake my dad up to come with me. If it was just a pee I could do it in a bucket that we kept behind the front door for just pees. Which my dad would have to go empty early morning. But a poo as a young child I'd have to have a parent or an older sibling with me up the street to the midden. I mean, do you get it? In the middle of winter if you want a poo you have to get all dressed up warm and wake somebody up to come with you. Get dressed up against the weather, and walk up to the toilets. Have your poo. And then get back into bed

I see no current teenager has addressed that. I would be unthinkable nowadays.
Perfectly normal in the 50s/60s/70s

We don't wallk down the road reading our phones or sharing our conversations with the entire street. Ditto for public transport. I mean, what is wrong with us??

We don't abuse emergency services or hospital staff. We are grateful

What ageist rants are these based on? I don’t think I’ve seen younger generations complain that older people don’t use their phones when walking, or don’t abuse hospital staff enough or are too grateful?

Ageism has been rife on here for years.

As you say, there do seem to be idiots (an increasing number of them it seems) who think they will never grow older and never age, unlike us fruit loops who have done just that.

I'm almost 58, so slotting into the age demographic you mention. I know I do seem ancient to my daughters but they don't put me down because of it.

Older doesn't mean stupid or thick.

Vein, it's 'the same vein...'
My post was not ageist. You cannot understand the fact that we oldies can laugh at ourselves and take the piss out of life.
You need to get a grip

Not to mention that these old gits have a penchant for schooling everyone

I find the ageism is worse the other way round - older generations to younger ones - and that it’s much more “forgiven” when that way round too.

@VestibuleVirgin its because your post was ageist. God forbid someone wrote one in the same vain about your generation.

In times of economic uncertainty there are scapegoats.
Apart from immigrants and Jews, older people ate scapegoated due to ;
Brexit
Triple lock pensions
Having a better lifestyle
Hoarding wealth apparently
No longer working.
Boomers are resented for voting for Tory and Brexit whilst never experiencing true hardship in many eyes whilst both votes have plunged workers into economic hardship.

Fwiw I kbiw under 60s who voted for Tory and Brexit.

Strange, I don’t feel in a tizzy, I just see your posts as very much a part of the problem.

You are desperate to get a bite aren't you?
What part of tongue-in-cheek don't you understand?
Why can you not see that there may have been some exaggeration for comedic effect?
Clearly many posters saw it that way, but sadly you have chosen not to and are getting yourself into a bit of a tizzy.
Would you like me to validate those feelings for you?

We don't wallk down the road reading our phones or sharing our conversations with the entire street. Ditto for public transport. I mean, what is wrong with us??

We don't abuse emergency services or hospital staff. We are grateful

What ageist rants are these based on? I don’t think I’ve seen younger generations complain that older people don’t use their phones when walking, or don’t abuse hospital staff enough or are too grateful?