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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Snowman Cometh, post: 11403747, member: 83302&quot;]In the late 60s early 70s I had hair down to my ass (unwashed. It was disgusting). I was between 9 - 15 years old, and at flea markets (yes, I&#039;ve been going all my life) when I&#039;d ask a price, the seller would say &quot;that&#039;s a quarter young lady&quot; and I&#039;d respond &quot;I&#039;m a boy&quot; and they&#039;d say &quot;Cut your hair, freak&quot;. This is something I heard quite a few times. That&#039;s old man syndrome. Things were better when they were growing up. Now, it&#039;s all gone to shit. I&#039;d like to say they were wrong. But, they weren&#039;t. I was a freak. I love the life I&#039;ve lived. But, to an extend, I look back in horror at my appearance. Because I WAS an absolute FREAK. I still am. </p><p><br /></p><p>My issue with the youth of today is, what do they have to enjoy and want them to make a better tomorrow? In the 60s - 80s there was an entertainment revolution. The studios had been disbanded, and films like Carnival of Souls, The Blob, and Night of the Living Dead were showing what independent cinema could do. Rock and Roll, Heavy Metal, Glam, Punk were showing the originality of musicians. Art has always been at the forefront of society. </p><p><br /></p><p>What does this generation bring? Autotuned vocals? Movies that can&#039;t even compete with silent films for storytelling? Every person with a cell phone has the equipment in their pocket to make a movie that looks better than early cinema. Why isn&#039;t it being done? </p><p><br /></p><p>Old man syndrom is real. But, at this point in existence, it&#039;s actually viable. I&#039;d love to be proven wrong. I&#039;d love to hear how this moment in time is the BEST or at least VIABLE to what&#039;s come before it. I see nothing that competes to what&#039;s come before. That&#039;s just all around sad. </p><p><br /></p><p>30 years from now, what has been revolutionized in the past 15 years that people will hail as brilliant? Perhaps some internet thing. But, that&#039;s not beneficial to the heart or mind. If you get sentimental or heavy hearted because you&#039;re downloading at 1 gig per minute instead of 50 mb per minute, you haven&#039;t lived.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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