Vocabulary:

simpler times to go back to by the way in a way the foundations capitalism to shatter I'm like to walk around with donkey pots to clang to bring s.o. back to reality amazing incredible rotary phone to dial to realize primitive to make sparks actually zeroes to "screw" lonely by itself to stand in line to write yourself a check to run out of you'd go = you would say president ridiculous 21st century to take for granted technology to be wasted on crappiest

spoiled generation "Give it a second!" to go into space the speed of light high-speed Internet laptop YouTube clips to break down to apologize the world owes one s.t. he knew existed horror story to act like cattle car in the 40s Germany the worst day of my life to board runway incredibly to partake in miracle human flight non-contributing zero constantly to go back delays New York California a whole different group of people by the time to watch a movie to take a dump nicer way of saying it than that

Listening comprehension questions:
1. How does Louis CK criticize the present generation of young people?
2. Is the problem just that today's young people are spoiled, or is there something inherent in human nature that causes what Louis CK is complaining about? If so, what?
3. What does Louis CK say about his own generation? Does he seem to think they were better than this generation? Explain.
4. Give two examples where Louis CK uses exaggeration to make his point humorously.
5. What historical event is Louis CK referring to when he says, "they act like their flight was like a cattle car in the 40s in Germany."
6. What do you think is Louis CK's main point in this monologue?
7. Describe an example from your own experience for which you probably deserved the kind of criticism Louis CK makes in this video.

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