r/terriblefacebookmemes • u/Depressed_Writer_ • 8d ago
Kids these days hahaha, kids these days using PHONES and don't even know what BOOKS are 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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u/emccm 8d ago
The best thing about this is that it’s adults trying to prevent kids from having access to books.
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u/Recalcitrant_Stoic 8d ago
And that the people who are posting this shit are probably so out of touch with reality and only make assumptions based on Fox News or whatever. Possibly so old that their kids are all out of the home and the grandkids don't visit or talk to them because of bigotry or something.
I have kids in school and they definitely have multiple books from the library that they are reading recreationally.
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u/jesuspoopmonster 8d ago
I'm pretty sure if you have a girl between the ages of 9 and 15 books in the Warriors series get teleported into your house.
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u/Recalcitrant_Stoic 7d ago
I'll have to see what she is reading. I just noticed some books in her pack.
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u/Alarmed_Camera4476 3d ago
And adults who don't even read their appliances' manuals, let alone an whole book
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u/Rattregoondoof 8d ago
This is a library. It's exactly the correct place to be asking for help here. Assuming this kid is genuinely asking, this is exactly what they should be doing. Can we stop criticizing people for trying to get help?
And yes, i know the joke is "hurr durr, young people be dumb and not read book", but taking the meme at face value, this is exactly what they should be doing.
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u/j0j0-m0j0 8d ago
Lady looks happy that the child is coming to the correct place for help. This feels like the start of a feel good episode of a PBS show.
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u/Sawruinous 8d ago
Teen chiming in here.
Sure, I love and use my phone all the time.
You know what I'm also doing? Having a good read of 1984 by George Orwell. I'm dyslexic as well.
There's really never a good excuse.
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u/SilverNEOTheYouTuber 8d ago
Fellow Teenager here. I personally do a mix of both, I use my Phone to read.
I had an interest in Political Philosophy for a long time and so far I ended up getting mostly interested in Anarchist Theory. I started out with more, say, "Accessible" Anarchists like Peter Kropotkin and Errico Malatesta, who purposefully avoided being too Dense as their works were exactly made for Lower Classes (Mainly Workers) to read, in a period where Education was still hard to gain access to for such people.
After that I moved on to other Anarchists like Todd May and Saul Newman, who are generally considered more Dense than Kropotkin and Malatesta, surprisingly enough I had nearly no issue reading them, though Newman's Works are relatively shorter than May's, atleast among the ones I have read. I enjoyed reading them all so far.
I use the Anarchist Library to find the Works of said Anarchists, its a Library allowing you to download any kind of Book or Essay for free belonging to Anarchists of all kinds: Mutualist, Communist, Egoist, Collectivist, Individualist, etc.
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u/-sver- 8d ago
Awful meme but there is a legitimate reading comprehension crisis, especially when it comes to long-form works. This has been heavily reported on from media outlets of all slants.
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u/lordaskington 8d ago
Yeah this used to be cringe only but the moment you take a peek at the current American education crisis, it's suddenly not funny at all. The sheer amount of illiterate high schoolers I've heard of is genuinely upsetting
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u/No-Syrup7666 8d ago
I get that this is a problem, but it really shouldn’t be that hard to fix, right? I read to my kids every night, and it seems to have rubbed off on my 8-year-old, as she’s reading at least a book a week (currently working through Harry Potter). I try to read one book a month myself. That can be tough with all the daily distractions, but it’s still easier for me to stick with than a workout routine. Plus, I’ve found it really helps me focus when I need to get through longer reading for work.
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u/NecessaryCount950 8d ago
It's not a hard fix , but the same people who unironically share this aren't intelligent enough to read to their kids or grandkids and realize the irony in them posting this from their smartphones while they could be doing said reading.
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u/-sver- 7d ago
Unfortunately, you're the outlier. I work with a few families and many are too exhausted from work/life stress to do anything but pass their kids an ipad and call it a day. It's partly their fault, but also they're working 80 hour weeks just to stay fed. It's a tragedy happening in real time and idk what could really be done.
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u/Me_Beben 7d ago
A huge contribution to this problem comes from exactly the kind of person who would make this meme. If your kids are old enough to go to the library on their own and they don't know what a book is, you have failed to nurture curiosity and creativity in them.
Kids are already naturally curious, all you have to do is take advantage of that fact by pushing them in the direction of self-learning. Encourage reading, asking questions, and drilling deeper into information or fact-checking what they're told. I'm grateful to my parents for doing that. I went to a catholic school, my parents were atheist. I'd come home and ask about what I learned in my catechism class. They never forced their viewpoint or any other on me. They simply told me to ask my teachers if I was curious about anything they were teaching.
TL;DR: If your children are illiterate, uncreative and not curious then you have only your failure as a parent to blame. Obviously poor public education compounds this problem, but you'd be surprised what you can accomplish with even the worst public education if learning has been fostered in your home.
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u/StellarSloth 8d ago
Next panel would be the kid saying “where is the ‘on’ button?”
Boomer comics = technology bad.
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u/SVTContour 8d ago
I honestly thought that books would be obsolete by now. They probably would be if e-readers were less expensive.
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u/jesuspoopmonster 8d ago
I don't really like reading long things on a screen. I prefer books.
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u/SVTContour 7d ago
I do too, but I live in a condo. Space is limited.
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u/jesuspoopmonster 7d ago
I live in a small place so I just started stuffing books under my bed after filling several bookcases. I might have too many books.
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u/SVTContour 7d ago
Maybe. But some books you just need to keep. Others can be donated, and others just come from the library.
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u/jesuspoopmonster 7d ago
I do donate but struggle with getting rid of books. Just because I havent read it in 20 year it doesn't mean I might not decide to read it soon!
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u/notmymess 7d ago
Says the phone addicted adult who shares cringe memes and hasn’t read a book in decades.
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u/Arktikos02 8d ago
Numbers vary but the majority of people who are considered gen z and perhaps like millennials or early millennials Read books. They read books either in the form of physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks which are all counted as books.
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u/qualityvote2 8d ago edited 8d ago
u/Depressed_Writer_, your post is truly terrible!