I think I'm entitled to write this...

A Belated Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and early Happy New Year to everyone. I hope everyone got what they wished for, and if you didn't, I hope you weren't too put out by it. Not like THESE entitled schmucks...  home.comcast.net/~gn0me/random/ ...which brings me to the topic of this post, entitled, "I think I'm entitled to write this..."

If you click on the link, you'll find a page of tweets compiled by someone other than me. I haven't been able to ascertain who it was exactly, but if I ever meet them, I'd like to shake their hand. Maybe buy them a drink too. ETA: the tweets were compiled by Jon Hendron aka @fart. Great name. Anyway, back to the point of those tweets. They are all written by people who, for some mysterious reason, unbeknownst to me, are actually bitching that they didn't get any of the following for Christmas:

iPhone
iTouch
iPad
insert other high priced electronic device here
Car (a few people complained about this one, and it's SO ludicrous that I'm not even going to touch it)


I'm stymied as to why ANY of these ungrateful little shits would broadcast their obvious slights for the world to read, and even further baffled as to why they think they deserve these things in the first place. I mean, yes, I know we live in a digital world, and I am a digital girl (props to ripping off Madonna here), but not in a million years would I DREAM of going online and kvetching (and I use the word loosely) about my lack of latest Apple product that should have been gifted to me. My jaw actually hit the desk when I read some of the comments directed at the poor parents of these little ingrates. There are things written that I've never even THOUGHT about my Mother. (well, maybe once, but that was a long time ago, and she wouldn't let me go to the Poison concert because she said I was too young.)

Upon further examination of these tweets, I was struck by apparent fact that the large number of these twits are likely under the age of 25, based on photographic evidence. I'm going to put on my "old lady" hat for a minute, and make note that when I was 25, we didn't even HAVE an iPad. We had to use Palm Pilots. How do you like that? Huh? My point is, what does this apparent lack of appreciation and all out greed say for the "younger" generation? (and I use quotation marks only because I'm not that far removed from said generation. OK, so I'm about 12 years removed from it, but so what?) Is this the message that Gen Y really wants to send to the rest of the world? I mean, hell, that generation is the fastest growing segment of the work force, so I can only IMAGINE the conversations that abound when it comes to talking salaries and benefits with potential employers. "What, I don't get 250K a year and my own car as a burger flipper?" "Don't benefits include mani/pedis every two weeks?" "Um, I see by my schedule that I get lunch, but there's no slotted "online shopping" time?" You get the idea.

In other words, to make things nice and simple; I fear for our society. Greatly. So much so, that I'm thinking of moving to Bora Bora. I hear they have really nice beaches. I wonder if they have Wi-Fi?