[Misc] Don’t dabble with my Scrabble.

[Nobby Cybergoat]

It’s more of a resigned sigh.

Maybe you'd benefit from greater resilience

 

[WATFORD zero]

Does everything have to watered down and made safe for the soft handed wimps of the new world?


“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don't quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble," he said. "They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words."


Jesus f***ing wept.

Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'

Mattel says the new board is designed to be accessible for those who find word games intimidating.

www.bbc.co.uk

Have you considered how much it costs to market a new board game ? Simply print it on the back of something that already exists, put a story out in the press to hook a few, get them posting and trending on social media and Bob's your Auntie's live in lover

I hope you're on commission

 

[Diablo]

Does everything have to watered down and made safe for the soft handed wimps of the new world?


“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don't quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble," he said. "They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words."


Jesus f***ing wept.

Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'

Mattel says the new board is designed to be accessible for those who find word games intimidating.

www.bbc.co.uk

Within a few years we will be watching Non competitive Football at the Amex.... It`s not right to have winners....It is upsetting for the losers.

I was very depressed after the Arsenal Match....I turned to drink.

 

[Brovion]

I agree. And as someone who has employed a lot of young people over the last few years, I can tell you that you can absolutely see the results of this in them. They are just miles less resilient than we were at their age, and they completely go to pieces when things start going wrong. This problem is going to come home to roost for the UK at some point, big time. Probably when war kicks off with Russia.

You'll probably get some abuse for that, but it reminded me of something my daughter said. She's 36, so I still think of her as 'young' but there's now a whole generation behind her. She's a teacher, and she's said, like you, that the younger teachers fresh out of college don't seem to be so resilient as her generation were.

And before people say I'm just a gammony old codger, I do think it's slightly more insidious than 'old people moaning about young people same as it ever was'. Because I brung her up proper she's a committed Trade Unionist and, like her grandmother (my mum), helps organise and supports teacher strikes. She says it is really hard to get the young ones to strike as they don't like the confrontation.

So if I were being slightly mischievous/paranoid I'd say that the whole 'triggered woke snowflake' thing is actually a right-wing Tory plot to make sure all our young people are hot on misgendering, but have been made too supine to protest about stuff that really matters (I don't think that btw, but the waters are a bit muddier than is assumed).

 

[BBassic]

Can I just say that I love how a thread on Scrabble is already veering into a deeper discussion on the perceived resilience, or lack thereof, of da yoot?

Top tier NSC

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I always look forward to using contrafibularities, anaspeptic, phrasmotic, pericombobulation, interfrastically, pendigestartery, interludicule, velocitous and extramuralisation

 

[keaton]

More of a fan of Bananagrams now

 

[Petunia]

I always look forward to using contrafibularities, anaspeptic, phrasmotic, pericombobulation, interfrastically, pendigestartery, interludicule, velocitous and extramuralisation

Blimey. How many letters do you use in your game?

 

[AmexRuislip]

It’s the bigger picture. We are fostering a nation of un-resilient milksops.

Using the word milksops, gets you 16 points.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Does everything have to watered down and made safe for the soft handed wimps of the new world?


“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don't quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble," he said. "They want a game where you can simply enjoy language, words, being together and having fun creating words."


Jesus f***ing wept.

Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'

Mattel says the new board is designed to be accessible for those who find word games intimidating.

www.bbc.co.uk

You are turning 'old skool', mate.

Mark my words, you be posting threads in a few months about soppy drink driving and speeding laws, how you can't say anything anymore, and bloody women.

 

[Papak]

My local paper stopped publishing the mini-minors footy results many years ago.

This was a shame because it was always a bit of fun to check if Tigers Utd Under 9s had been thumped 24-0 by whoever was top of the league that week.

There were genuinely teams with no goals for and 140+ goals against sitting with 0 points at the bottom of the league table.

 

[Commander]

You'll probably get some abuse for that, but it reminded me of something my daughter said. She's 36, so I still think of her as 'young' but there's now a whole generation behind her. She's a teacher, and she's said, like you, that the younger teachers fresh out of college don't seem to be so resilient as her generation were.

And before people say I'm just a gammony old codger, I do think it's slightly more insidious than 'old people moaning about young people same as it ever was'. Because I brung her up proper she's a committed Trade Unionist and, like her grandmother (my mum), helps organise and supports teacher strikes. She says it is really hard to get the young ones to strike as they don't like the confrontation.

So if I were being slightly mischievous/paranoid I'd say that the whole 'triggered woke snowflake' thing is actually a right-wing Tory plot to make sure all our young people are hot on misgendering, but have been made too supine to protest about stuff that really matters (I don't think that btw, but the waters are a bit muddier than is assumed).

I expect I probably will. But it is true.

When I was in my early 20's I didn't care about my career and didn't care about the world really. I just wanted to drink beer and chase women and go to football. When things went wrong at work or wherever I just got on with it without being too concerned.

This lot have a very different outlook. They do care about their career at that age, and they do care about the world around them. They have great intentions and they want to change the world. But they are completely ill-equipped to deal with anything going remotely wrong- as soon as it does, they go to pieces. And they also want things to happen immediately. I've had people quit my company because "they couldn't see how they were going to get promoted" about 4 months in to the role. I've had others come to me and ask why they hadn't been 'invited' on any company incentive trips that you have to qualify for by over-achieving your target, despite them being miles behind target. They felt it was really unfair. I think my favourite (most ridiculous) one ever was when some trainees came to me and said that it was unfair that the Managers had been out for a Management lunch on a Friday, and that they should be allowed to do the same. When my Sales Director said "You can, work hard and work your way up to management and you will be able to do that whenever you want" they looked at him as if he'd said something appalling.

This generation show all the signs of being brought up being told that the world is fair, and everyone is equal, and that they are all such incredibly special individuals that will go on to do absolutely wonderful things. When the reality is, that is a load of bollocks, and couldn't be further from the truth.

I'm hoping it was just a passing phase, and came from the easy / boom days of the early 2000s, and that kids growing up today are going to be brought up with much more realistic expectations of the world. My kids certainly will be.

 

[Commander]

My local paper stopped publishing the mini-minors footy results many years ago.

This was a shame because it was always a bit of fun to check if Tigers Utd Under 9s had been thumped 24-0 by whoever was top of the league that week.

There were genuinely teams with no goals for and 140+ goals against sitting with 0 points at the bottom of the league table.

That's for a totally different reason though. That's to stop Coaches just playing the big kids and smashing it up to them to try and win the league, rather than developing players properly. I'm right behind that.

 

[The Clamp]

I expect I probably will. But it is true.

When I was in my early 20's I didn't care about my career and didn't care about the world really. I just wanted to drink beer and chase women and go to football. When things went wrong at work or wherever I just got on with it without being too concerned.

This lot have a very different outlook. They do care about their career at that age, and they do care about the world around them. They have great intentions and they want to change the world. But they are completely ill-equipped to deal with anything going remotely wrong- as soon as it does, they go to pieces. And they also want things to happen immediately. I've had people quit my company because "they couldn't see how they were going to get promoted" about 4 months in to the role. I've had others come to me and ask why they hadn't been 'invited' on any company incentive trips that you have to qualify for by over-achieving your target, despite them being miles behind target. They felt it was really unfair. I think my favourite (most ridiculous) one ever was when some trainees came to me and said that it was unfair that the Managers had been out for a Management lunch on a Friday, and that they should be allowed to do the same. When my Sales Director said "You can, work hard and work your way up to management and you will be able to do that whenever you want" they looked at him as if he'd said something appalling.

This generation show all the signs of being brought up being told that the world is fair, and everyone is equal, and that they are all such incredibly special individuals that will go on to do absolutely wonderful things. When the reality is, that is a load of bollocks, and couldn't be further from the truth.

I'm hoping it was just a passing phase, and came from the easy / boom days of the early 2000s, and that kids growing up today are going to be brought up with much more realistic expectations of the world. My kids certainly will be.

A mate of mine in his 40’s who works in the city changed the pub he goes to after work.
The usual one was now full of the newer employees are half his age and often complained about the language and alcohol intake by the older employees.

So he and a few of the older staff left them to it and found another boozer.

He was asked to see HR a few weeks later who said some of the younger staff felt excluded as you go to a different pub to them and they are not invited.

My friend, quite correctly told them that what he did in his free time is absolutely nobody’s concern and he could get his solicitor to write to them to remind them of that if they wished.

It was never mentioned to him again.

 

[BBassic]

And they also want things to happen immediately. I've had people quit my company because "they couldn't see how they were going to get promoted" about 4 months in to the role.

I think if someone after 4 months is thinking they're promotion worthy then that's a bit odd but being able to see a route of progression for your career is important whether it's Day 1 or Day 898. I've left roles before because the progression wasn't there and that was obvious early on.

I'm not a boss / manager (because sod that noise) but if someone's asking how they can progress that shows willing and desire rather than impatience.

 

[Baldseagull]

You'll probably get some abuse for that, but it reminded me of something my daughter said. She's 36, so I still think of her as 'young' but there's now a whole generation behind her. She's a teacher, and she's said, like you, that the younger teachers fresh out of college don't seem to be so resilient as her generation were.

And before people say I'm just a gammony old codger, I do think it's slightly more insidious than 'old people moaning about young people same as it ever was'. Because I brung her up proper she's a committed Trade Unionist and, like her grandmother (my mum), helps organise and supports teacher strikes. She says it is really hard to get the young ones to strike as they don't like the confrontation.

So if I were being slightly mischievous/paranoid I'd say that the whole 'triggered woke snowflake' thing is actually a right-wing Tory plot to make sure all our young people are hot on misgendering, but have been made too supine to protest about stuff that really matters (I don't think that btw, but the waters are a bit muddier than is assumed).

Are they possibly more insecure as a byproduct of actually being more insecure though?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I expect I probably will. But it is true.

When I was in my early 20's I didn't care about my career and didn't care about the world really. I just wanted to drink beer and chase women and go to football. When things went wrong at work or wherever I just got on with it without being too concerned.

This lot have a very different outlook. They do care about their career at that age, and they do care about the world around them. They have great intentions and they want to change the world. But they are completely ill-equipped to deal with anything going remotely wrong- as soon as it does, they go to pieces. And they also want things to happen immediately. I've had people quit my company because "they couldn't see how they were going to get promoted" about 4 months in to the role. I've had others come to me and ask why they hadn't been 'invited' on any company incentive trips that you have to qualify for by over-achieving your target, despite them being miles behind target. They felt it was really unfair. I think my favourite (most ridiculous) one ever was when some trainees came to me and said that it was unfair that the Managers had been out for a Management lunch on a Friday, and that they should be allowed to do the same. When my Sales Director said "You can, work hard and work your way up to management and you will be able to do that whenever you want" they looked at him as if he'd said something appalling.

This generation show all the signs of being brought up being told that the world is fair, and everyone is equal, and that they are all such incredibly special individuals that will go on to do absolutely wonderful things. When the reality is, that is a load of bollocks, and couldn't be further from the truth.

I'm hoping it was just a passing phase, and came from the easy / boom days of the early 2000s, and that kids growing up today are going to be brought up with much more realistic expectations of the world. My kids certainly will be.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Ooh I wonder if there's any chance we could hurry this along a bit and bring in a no losers clause for our next 7 matches?

 

[Brovion]

Can I just say that I love how a thread on Scrabble is already veering into a deeper discussion on the perceived resilience, or lack thereof, of da yoot?

Top tier NSC

In fairness though that was the gist of the OP. If he'd started with "Scrabble: Have you ever used up all your letters in one word?" and someone had said "Bloody snowflakes can't play it anyway!" then, yeah, I'd agree.

 

[dazzer6666]

Within a few years we will be watching Non competitive Football at the Amex.... It`s not right to have winners....It is upsetting for the losers.

I was very depressed after the Arsenal Match....I turned to drink.

Based on NSC the last few weeks I thought we had been