Everyone gets a trophy

[Roger Thoms]

Where's mine!
I've never got a trophy in my life.

Here’s your trophy,

 

[chuckroast]

Yup. Just about everything of quality has been drowned out by loud mediocrity. Fewer and fewer know the difference.

cf "The Fountainhead" by Rand. Written in the 20th Century, it is more relevant than ever today on the exact topic of how mediocrity gets promoted as excellence so everyone is "great".

 

[Vaughn]

I never bought into the participation trophy issue. Buzz words.

But we sure like to get grumpy about how the world is going. Good to get it our of the system occasionally. Rant on!! Kids learn at school, but mostly they learn by example. So if our kids are changing the world in ways we don't like, too bad since we are the ones who taught them...they been watching!

Or we can blame it all on our parents and the greatest generation and the example they set.