Little Kids Suck

After I got back from a ride today I fell upon this little video of some folk surfing around Hawaii. At first I thought to myself okay these guys are good. Then I noticed that they were children. Some looked to be too young to have even earned the title of teenager.

Upon that discovery my little mouse cursor was on that close button faster then Russel Crowe shot those dudes in 3:10 to Yuma. However right before I pressed down on the key I stopped and decided to just finish it. I continued to watch and was blown away. These kids were immensely talented and to be honest I was envious that I wasn't doing the same things they were doing at their age.

After a little thought I realized that the older generation will always despise the younger generation for one reason or another. It happened to us, it's gonna happen to them. The reason why is because with each generation things change for better or for worse and for whatever reason the young ones don't listen to the older ones because they feel the older gen doesn't understand them.

Hayao Miyazaki expressed his opinion (I'm gonna paraphrase here) that the move from generation to generation is like a relay race. Each generation holds the baton for a time, makes it theirs then passes it on to the next generation. That generation takes the baton for what it is, personalizes it then passes it on to the next one. It's a constant cycle and it's sad that us guys and gals that just ran the circle will be ignored by the ones we just handed the baton to when we try to warn them about that bump on the track.