As others point out, a song by the band, "The Who". But it's since come to be a phrase to suggest that the upcoming generation (the kids) are going to be okay.

As opposed to the more common refrain of "the kids these days…" (and then append some generational gripe like, "are just weed-smoking, lazy, game-playing, phone-staring, TikTok-headed, etc…"

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dylan604 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Other than the TikTok-headed part, the phrase could easily be applied to at least as far back as the 80s (NES) depending on definition of game-playing. Before then, there was foosball and pinball. Nevermind the kids that play card/board games. Also, while not staring at a phone implying smart phone use, it was often said about teens having a phone growing out of the shoulder from them constantly being on the phone with friends.

So, yeah, kids these days...are just like the generations of kids before them.

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xboxnolifes a few seconds ago | parent | next [-]

Kids these days ruining their brain by writing things down.

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mghackerlady 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And what is tiktok if not MTV on steroids

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dylan604 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's personalized and made by peers vs professional Hollywood productions. Of course, I'm thinking about original MTV and not whatever it evolved into with reality crap programming.

	▲	mghackerlady 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Right, but it still has the same kind of energy as MTV. Music, counterculture (to en extent), and crude humour. It got to the point where when Beavis and Buthead got a reboot, they reacted to tiktoks

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chadgpt3 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which is a good thing.