The Big City

Remember when you were a teenager? Most of your peers knew nothing about music or politics or anything, the majority of them were fuck-wits whom you despised. So when you’re listening to some young person going on about something or other, bear in mind that they are more likely to be one of the many than one of the few.
This may seem self-evident but I’ve noticed a tendency in myself and other people of my age towards identifying with young people and thus imagining that they are talking sense. Parents are particularly prone to this error because they get into the habit of trying to empathise with the insane whims and fancies of their children.
A simple test of whether someone is talking nonsense is to imagine that it is your Dad or Mum talking. You will then subject what they are saying to a proper level of scrutiny.
I need hardly add that you, gentle reader, are clearly one of the few, far exceeding the common herd in judgement and knowledge.

(My thanks to the Macintosh spelling checker which told me that fuck-wit is hyphenated, something I never imagined.)