> He's missing on old stuff like Calvin & Hobbes, to name just one example.
And what new stuff are you missing out on?
Everyone is always missing out on something. It's no great crime.
And what new stuff are you missing out on?
Everyone is always missing out on something. It's no great crime.
The mentality that only today matters, that the past is old and boring, that only the "ever evolving" should grasp your attention, and that who cares if what interests you today will exist tomorrow is distinctly a teenager's mentality.
It's something adults usually -- but not always, of course -- grow out of.
This is no criticism, by the way. It's ok that teenagers think and feel this way. It's also expected that they grow out of it as they mature and become adults.
Teenagers typically -- but not always -- focus on the present, disregarding both the past and the future (which we've both agreed is a symptom of lack of maturity). In fact, the word for teenager in Spanish is "adolescente", meaning "they who lack" (maturity, judgment).
> "I'm not saying that the past is old and boring"
I didn't say you did.
> "[...] or that teenagers even believe it is (not all of them do!)
Many if not most do.