I preferred when it was hip to be contemptuous of authority...

[malthaussen]

... not the default state.

-- Mal

[RobinA]

1. To Me

the problem these days is it's just knee jerk,

Authority, "The Earth is round."

Snidely R. Contempt, "What do you know, Authority? You can't be right, Authority never is."

Actual conversation:

Mother to Millennial Daughter, "Did you have a separate section on genetics in biology class?"

MD, "I don't know, I don't remember."

Aunt, "How can you not remember, it was so interesting."

MD, "Maybe we did, but I wouldn't have believed any of it anyway."

????

[edbermac]

2. "Never trust anyone over 30."

I heard that over 40 years ago as a teenager and I still believe it. I, uh....huh?

[NNadir]

3. Hope I die before I get old, um...um...um...wait a minute... WHO?