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		nemo44x on April 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for... Isn’t there also writings from this time describing how “kids don’t listen anymore” and that “society is doomed” or something? Ahhh, the human condition doesn’t really change. It just restyles itself.

ben_w on April 27, 2022 [–]

Socrates (469-399BC) is reported to have condemned writing in that kind of way, would that count?

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