You Know You Are Old When

[WinterDeere]

I respectfully disagree.

Which one hasn't?

 

[Willman]

They were also called tramps around here.

I remember as a small child a couple of times a “hobo” would come to the farm house door and ask for food, my mother would tell them to sit on the porch and she would make a sandwich to go
I believe the “hobo’s” would stop at the farm house’s because they would usually get something to eat

 

[jyoutz]

You got that right bro!!! One thing I remember is never seeing any homeless people or tents ️ on the street!
Born in 46!

We also had mental health facilities back then where many of today’s homeless would have been residing. Since these facilities were closed, the street bum population has exploded.

 

[airbiscuit]

This a good trend, I guess.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Growing up in the 50's I saw hobo signs. RR tracks weren't too far and they would hop trains then had signs around telling other hobos where free food (for a little work) was.

 

[garry1p]

The reason for the decreasing in veterans homeless is they are dying off.

 

[scootr]

I was born in 1938 and have witnessed and or been a part of all the generational changes and so far we have survived them all.

HOWEVER;

In a BBC interview in 2014, Hawking warned: “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”

Makes me wonder how the future generations will cope.

Future generations will make good use of the information access AI provides...gone will be the hours of trying to fix the computer when you can say computer fix yourself.

 

[scootr]

Which one hasn't?

For example Imagine the start of a world war today. Who are the hundreds of thousands for young men who will volunteer to go to war? Who are the young women who will work the factories to make the tanks, and planes, and ships? Who will sacrifice their own comfort to fund the war? Todays youth? I doubt it, very seriously.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I have some new millineal neighbors I've helped fix things because they don't know how to do anything except they are wizards on a computer. Actually able to troubleshoot, have & use tools...forget it. Their "source of knowledge" is youtube and now Ai. It's really sad.
Also is seems the husband/wife roles have reversed.

 

[goeduck]

I remember as a small child a couple of times a “hobo” would come to the farm house door and ask for food, my mother would tell them to sit on the porch and she would make a sandwich to go
I believe the “hobo’s” would stop at the farm house’s because they would usually get something to eat

And in those days they would move on. These days (out here anyway), they would then set up an encampment, use their government cell phones to invite their friends over, be at your door every day and steal whatever you have left out. Then refuse to leave and be coddled by the local courts so you can't evict them.