Comments on: Let's be nice...

Let's be nice...

moonbird — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:42:14 -0800

Tsk, tsk, America. It seems that we may be collectively having a problem with being nice.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:51:35 -0800

Yeah? Well your mother didn't have any problem being nice!

By: jalexei

jalexei — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:56:35 -0800

I don't have a fucking "problem" with shit, gotit?

By: ed

ed — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:01:08 -0800

What the fuck are you talking about, shitwit?

By: swell

swell — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:03:03 -0800

It's over, and if you have any doubts, look up "vulgar behavior" and you're liable to find a picture of: The entrance sign to camp li-lo-li, actually. Don't these journalists ever check these things out?

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:17:32 -0800

Jack Thomas is one of those crotchety old "It's my ball now!" guys. Apparently he labors under the delusion that people used to be nicer. Yep, when folks brought a bag lunch to the lynching, they'd always share. Now it's just Big Macs and Slurpees.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:23:42 -0800

Tsk, tsk, ~~America~~ Humanity. It seems that we humanity ~~may be collectively having~~ has always had a problem with being nice.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:24:09 -0800

Metafilter: Tsk, tsk, Humanity

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:36:04 -0800

People have been bemoaning the decline of civilization since the advent of civilization. That said, I just had a confrontation with a middle-aged gentleman who resented my using a crosswalk when he wanted to drive his BMW roadster through it. (yes, no signal so I had the right-of-way.) I got applause from bystanders for telling him "Then get out of your car! I'll show you a midlife crisis!"

By: none

none — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:36:35 -0800

Welcome to the UK

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:40:22 -0800

Delicate flowers of spring! Who will buy my delicate flowers of spring? ...How 'bout you, [EXPLETIVE]?

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:44:03 -0800

moonbird, I think you just posted the MetaFilter equivalent of a "Kick Me" sign on your back. Do we MeFites have trouble being nice? Hard to tell. We've never tried.

By: pedantic

pedantic — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:05:58 -0800

Yeah, well we Americans talked about it 101 years ago. No sense in attributing it to any one generation. I mean really, is it coincidence that degeneration is a word?

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:23:48 -0800

I remember the jingle: Come Alive! You're in the Pepsi Blue Degeneration!

By: soren

soren — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:51:03 -0800

instead of sidestepping in a gentlemanly fashion. Oh so now its rude to defend yourself when a crazed senior attacks you. Great

By: RylandDotNet

RylandDotNet — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:13:55 -0800

Metafilter: bemoaning the decline of civilization since the advent of civilization.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:30:29 -0800

That etiquette hell site is one of my favourites. Every time there's a new update everything stops until I've read the whole thing. It's fascinating in a train wreck kind of way. Also I love Miss Manners, who brings such wit and erudition to bear on the finer points of good manners.