“Our youth”  

1. They might not know their own bank account details [they’ll give me the whole damn card number, expiry date and the 3 digits on the back] but they know how to change the privacy settings on a client’s Tumblr so that it is, indeed, uh, private…

2. They might not really know what you’re talking about when you say ‘land-line’ and haven’t ever really had one that isn’t just their parent’s house phone, but they know how to jail-break an iPhone like a mutha fuckin’ pro…

3. They can’t always tell you who wrote the Canterbury Tales, but there are kids out there like Andre ZoOm Anderson who wrote 5 books on his BlackBerry before he was 21…

4. They might still live at home with their parents, [so have never technically lived by themselves,] but they tend to travel, so have lived alone worldwide…

5. They don’t own CDs, and rarely own vinyl, but they know how to hack and download torrents for free [and kinda killed off Samsung’s ‘exclusive’ with Jay Z by bootlegging that puppy across the net within minutes…]

6. They might not know when to shut up, but theyknow how to block someone on every single social network they’re on… [And that includes you, brands]

7. They might not know how to drive, but they know how to drive me up the wall asking incessant, curious questions* [credit to the kids for the asking, mind…]

8. They might not know as many languages as they wish, but they know how to play around with language to the point that you’ll have NO IDEA what on earth they’re talking about, AT ALL.

9. They might not always have money for the bus/subway/tram, but they know how to get in most places as a child and therefore pay half pretty price… 

10. They might not have as much money as they wish, but they’re savvy as hell about finding a good deal, [and are damned if they don’t, so they damn well do].

11. They might not know how to lock up my office properly [which is nice], but they know how to lock me out of my own bank account entering a 4 digit pin number incorrectly 3 times. IT’S FOUR NUMBERS TAMIKA, 4 NUMBERS….

12. They might not be old enough to get in to all the places they wanna, but they know how to put on their own nights and not have their parents/the police/people they don’t want invited to find out…***

13. They might not always know who’s running for president [or indeed who the premier is], but they know how to run their own campaign AND win too.

14. They might not always know what’s proper or improper nudity wise to put up on Facebook, but they know how to catch that guy or girl by doing so…

15. They might not always know what they wanna do when they leave university but they know they shouldn’t have had to pay the fees that they damn well did…

16. They’re still not totally sure what a brand is [“do you mean a company?’] but they know how to brand themselves better than you…

17. They seem to consistently fail to grasp what can and can’t be recycled, but they know how to recycle the looks of the 80s and 90s [and still look better than us…]

18. They can’t often buy drink, but they know how to get drunk as hell… for free.

19. They seem incapable of actual hoovering, but they know why Jigga calls himself ‘Hov’.

20. They might not know Muir, Mizhari, Miyake or Mugler, but they know Margiela, Vuitton, Louboutin and Wang…

21. They don’t know how to save money, but they sure know how to save time…

22. They can’t shine their shoes, but they can always get their kicks for free…

23. They don’t always face the future, but they’re sure as hell live in the NOW…

 ”23 Things On The 23rd… Our Oxymoronic Youth“

http://rubypseudochatchat.blogspot.com/2013/07/global-23-things-on-23rd-our-oxymoronic.html

//Personally, I’m happy to never ‘grow up’…