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second year - Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 12, 2016
********* third year - Feb. 13, 2016 - today!
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Monologue Mania Day #771 Ever (for Senior Channel) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Mar. 24, 2016
For those tuning in for the first time, the Senior Channel is envisioned as an internet TV show produced for & by seniors about issues relating to aging--often with a humorous twist. Currently it exists only in the mind of playwright Janet S. Tiger & is manifested as an ongoing collection of interconnected monologues. For other monologues from the Senior Channel, please see Days # 9, 20, 22, 36, 46, 49, 50, 54, 57, 60, 61, 65, 67, 68, 79, 86, 88, 180, 195-6, 312, 328, 379, 398, 401, 403, 414, 416, 503, 505, 553, 575, 586, 684, and 751
(for The Senior Channel)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
© 2016 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(An older woman enters - she waves at the crowd)
So good to see all these young people at a Senior Channel show!
(Listens)
Oh, they work here....that explains it! Well, I happen to like young people, no matter what other old people say.
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
© 2016 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(An older woman enters - she waves at the crowd)
So good to see all these young people at a Senior Channel show!
(Listens)
Oh, they work here....that explains it! Well, I happen to like young people, no matter what other old people say.
Old people always complain about young people. This is nothing new. Back in the time of the Greeks, they had a famous saying by Socrates -
(she takes out a paper and reads)
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
So it's really nothing new.....but then....just the other day.....I realized .....all the young people are facing what no other generation on the face of this planet ever faced. The very strong possibility of living for.....well maybe forever. Or at least as long as they want.
A long time.
Never before was ....forever...... an option.
No other group of people in history have had to deal with this - and those of us over 50 have a good shot, but we didn't know this when we were born, when we were 20 or 30.....so we didn't grow up with it, just the same way we didn't grow up with TVs or computers....or sexting.....so.....this has got to be scary.
There are a million questions that no one is discussing!
What if your grandparents live forever? Good! What if your parents live forever? Hmmmm......maybe some problems there!
Do you want children by 30 if you're going to live to be 300? Maybe wait until you have more money or experience under your belt. What about being married to someone for, say 150 years?
How does it feel to know you may never be able to retire? That - unless an algorithm is found or you earn a lot of money - you will be working, at one job or another, for.....ever.
Our young people must be made to realize the future is an amazing thing, that they may get to visit planets - maybe even in other galaxies! All the science fiction they love....they may get to see it come to pass!
So, before you complain about the young folks not working hard enough, or that they don't send thank you notes, or use the proper grammar....wait .....that's what my parents said about me.........remember.....
And the future is never coming too fast because, it is always here right now......
That's all....thank you for letting me vent....
(She turns to leave, stops, looks back)
Now ...if only one of these lovely young people would invent prunes that taste like chocolate!
There's something worth waiting for!
And the future is never coming too fast because, it is always here right now......
That's all....thank you for letting me vent....
(She turns to leave, stops, looks back)
Now ...if only one of these lovely young people would invent prunes that taste like chocolate!
There's something worth waiting for!
(She exits to an infinite future)
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About living forever - on this planet, right now, there are almost half a million people over the age of 100.
About Socrates
About living forever - on this planet, right now, there are almost half a million people over the age of 100.
About Socrates
The expression of alarm over the ways of the young is certainly nothing new. Many sources attribute a quote about the dreadful behavior of children to Socrates. Its actual origin is in dispute, but the dispute is an interesting one: "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers. ATTRIBUTION: Attributed to SOCRATES by Plato,here's another take -
The quote is commonly attributed to Socrates, but apparently there is no conclusive evidence that he actually said it. The Library of Congress notes that this quote is "attributed to Socrates by Plato"... The quote may have come from Plato's Republic Book 4, where Socrates is quoted saying the following regarding things that he thinks have been neglected: "I mean such things as these: ? when the young are to be silent before their elders; how they are to show respect to them by standing and making them sit; what honour is due to parents; what garments or shoes are to be worn; the mode of dressing the hair; deportment and manners in general. You would agree with me? ? Yes." The Greek philosopher Plato studied under Socrates. Plato complained about the youth of the day, also. "What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?" I think this is a direct quote, but can't find the reference at the moment. Here's another one: "I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise [disrespectful] and impatient of restraint" (Hesiod, 8th century BC).--------------------------------(From others) There are also sometimes suggestions that something similar originated from ancient Sumer or Babylon, in particular, something reputed to have been written on Babylonian clay tablets thousands of years ago, a father complaining about how the rising generation (his own son in particular) were lazy, disrespectful, were going to make a mess of things... I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint. --- Hesiod, Eighth Century B.C.
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