[MtnClimber]

People are becoming much less polite in general.

[SharpRightTurn]

Celebrate mediocrity! (Or even degeneracy!)

Leftists leave misery and destruction in their wake.

[volare737]

Office attire no longer what it was? When it comes to attire,,,,, they flown on an airline?….lol

[equaviator]

I remember noticing how advertising graphics on TV, some of the cartoons, kid’s clothing, etc. that had a psychedelic look to them. It was kinda weird in a way. One the one hand, we had anti-drug seminars in the classroom, and on the other was the stuff becoming mainstream in pop art and culture. Even as a kid, I had this feeling that things were heading in the wrong direction.

[sten]

this describes blue cities.

if you dress for success means you’re wearing ripped jeans in the office, your ‘success’ will be metered accordingly.

[Flavious_Maximus]

It’s not so much that American society is changing as much as demographics are changing. Sixty five years of third world shithole immigration has destroyed the American fabric.

Minneapolis resembles Mogadishu.
New York City has become the slums of Calcutta.
Los Angeles long ago was conquered and is now Mexico City California.
Detroit has become Gaza.

[T.B. Yoits]

The author is a pretentious leftist who can't stand the dump he put himself in.
Welcome back Mr. Kotter, you're the gagmeister of a 1970s sitcom.

A decline in the formality of workplace office attire? Amen. It's long overdue. It's classism held over from the British.

An increase in little children calling adult neighbors and relatives by their first names? Let's go back to the affectations of 'Sir', 'Lord', and 'Lady'. That will polish the turd.

In our largest city — New York — fare evasions on buses and subways are at an all-time high. The misbehavior in our public schools has reached intolerable levels. All sectors of everyday life are in decline.
The author insists on pretending that the size of New York City means something. It's a dump. And attempting to shame manipulate the residents to dress up in costumes and teaching them to converse about irrelevant history, all while using language only used in older academic circles, isn't going to change that.

Bus fare beaters? Subway turnstile jumpers? Welcome to a Democrat city. Changing how they dress and speak won't change who they are.

Now, in midtown Manhattan where there are thousands of business offices, we find fewer and fewer men wearing ties and jackets.
Who is this self-appointed "we" which deems that more men should be wearing ties and jackets? The author is free to wear his tie and his jacket. He can also add a top hat, shoe spats, and a monocle if he so desires. Maybe add mutton chops. "I can't wear my self-esteem costume without standing out unless enough others also else wear one."

The author admits in the article that he was all for "Affirmative Action" at Penn State University where he taught. Celebrate the monster you created, Dr. Frankenstein.

This writer would emphasize as well the lackadaisical, undisciplined psychological and moral climate of our society.
Really afraid to say "I" Teach. No? Just say it. You embraced the Leftist lackadaisical, undisciplined psychological and moral climate. You helped make the bed. You lie in it. Don't whine that someone else won't change what you did. Tone policing may make you feel better but it's denial.

In a course that covered the Middle Ages and feudalism, I asked, “What was the feudal manor?”
I wouldn't fault anyone for not caring to know that answer. In an increasingly complex world, knowing what a feudal manor is, if you're not a history major, is a waste of time and mental space. It's part of the miseducation of the American mind, designed to keep students ignorant in their own world. The indoctrination system that the author is a part of has intentionally hidden the truth that we're living in feudal manors. Teach that truth to the students. They'll perk right up because they know they're getting screwed but don't know how it's all happening.

The author despises the reality that he spends his day babysitting teenagers. Instead of accepting it, he wants to blame "society". Just say it Teach; "I want better students so that I can feel my life wasn't wasted. Don't make me face the truth that I've been part of a Misinformation Industry. Don't tell me the bloom is off the rose and New York City isn't all that."

Flashback to 1976:

[Dilbert San Diego]

I would add too , that people don’t dress up to go to church anymore. If we want to talk about declining standards, I think we could mention that.

[Sicon]

The above behaviors are only an abbreviated list of what this teacher faced every day, all day, for five-plus years in a high school that had eighteen security guards and two full-time policemen assigned to it, as well as metal detectors where students entered the building.

Ferals require a lot of supervision.

[stanne]

“ Gloria Steinem came into the limelight in the 1970s. Since then, marriages are down, births are down, and depression medications are being prescribed at high levels.”

? “Gloria Steinem”

No. It was artificial birth control, which includes abortion, not the other way around. Nearly 60 million surgical abortions in the US and the post abortive mothers, what percentage on antidepressants, otherwise messed up, not to mention the fathers, the perpetual 17 year old boys.

No one talking about proportionally it in real terms

Elephant in the room.

Pshaw Gloria Steinem. She alone is not responsible for this

[ClearCase_guy]

Bfl

[Vaduz]

Collapse of American Society

When heathens and pagans breed it never gets better.

[Political Junkie Too]

Add the increase in profanity in everyday public conversations while waiting on lines, while dining, and when passers by are having casual conversations.

-PJ

[caddie]

To understand the importance of formality in human interactions, you simply have to observe how people behave in different settings: Churches, funerals, courtrooms, even walking on sidewalks.

The informality started fairly abruptly in 1964 or so, with Vatican 2, the SDS (Comintern phalanx) taking over the youth in universities, and just generally on the street and the media.

You could call it an op. If it was an op, it was perhaps the single most effective one.

Wearing a jacket and tie in an office or school is a very powerful signal to all the important people: employees, clients, visitors, investors.

It says that you all take your assignments and the mission seriously.

All of the above is borne out by experience and even research.

Bring back some degree of formality and uniformity in schools and offices and things start improving immediately.

If you are willing, look up old YouTube historical footage of Harlem street scenes in the 1950s.

What I say is true.

Another proof is if you wear a blazer and tie into a typical postmodern workplace you will find many people (almost always liberals) who immediately get hostile at your attire, they in their jeans, executive T-shirts, and precise three-day stubbles.

Clownish attire --It's an op. An effective one.

[Starboard]

Zero accountability, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the upper levels of our government. They are not upholding standards of behavior and accountability for the rest of the country to follow.

[Bon of Babble]

The misbehavior in our public schools has reached intolerable levels.

Some of it starts right here - teachers and admin are no longer able to suspend, expel or even discipline miscreants -Obama claimed black kids were being suspended and expelled more than White kids (and he was right, b/c of misbehavior, etc.) - so he put a stop to that.

SO, kids learn they can get away with anything in the schools, no consequences - and take that into society, to the workplace, etc.- with dire results.

No wonder so many of them are getting fired by their bosses:

Recent data indicate that approximately 60% of employers have fired at least one Gen Z employee they hired within the past year, with many terminations occurring within the first 90 days to six months of employment.

Common employer complaints driving these terminations include excessive phone use (78%), missed deadlines (60%), and poor work quality (62%), alongside perceptions of defensiveness when receiving feedback and lack of professional initiative.

Employers also cite issues with dress sense, language, and punctuality, with nearly 80% of terminated employees having been placed on a performance improvement plan before dismissal.

[x]

During the past 50-plus years, there has been a decline in the formality of workplace office attire, an increase in little children calling adult neighbors and relatives by their first names, and an increase of “sloppy Joe” or “sloppy Jane” clothing on our college campuses.

Isn't there pushback now against GenZ showing up at work in their pajamas? I haven't noticed the kids calling adult neighbors and relatives by their first names, but if it's true the "Fun Aunts" and "Fun Uncles" probably like and encourage it. Similarly, college studends have been dressing down for a long time. Suitcoats and ties went out in the 60s.

A lot of standards already collapsed, but is society still collapsing and will it collapse still further?

[Vision]

This week I had an annual doctors appointment and my blood was drawn by a guy who had diamonds (or something) for teeth. I almost made a scene but went with it. Utterly unprofessional.