"sic transit discus mundi"
(From the System Administrator's Guide, by Lars Wirzenius)
Clique Maintenance:
The need of one generation to see the generation following it
as deficient so as to bolster its own collective ego: "Kids today do
nothing. They're so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All
they do is shop and complain."
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
