Let's not trash the last couple of generations of people.
My guess is that your statement was made during every generation in history.
LOL!! Probably. I know my parents weren't too fond of my friends, and I was not overly impressed with a lot of my daughters friends.
She had to explain how to Duct Tape a leaky radiator hose to the guy she was dating at the time so they could drive his car home when it over heated. She even knew enough to stop him when he tried to open the radiator without a rag over the cap while hot. He was a mechanical disaster.