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by FourHand451 1147 days ago
Certainly I would agree that letting go a lot of experience folks would have an effect on the product.

However, I think this comment could use some more justification:

> But unlike previous generations though (heh), many of them are not even slightly interested in learning from the previous (seasoned) writers, whom they view as inferior for some reason.

Claiming that a particular generation is really different from another in this sort of way is something I'd need to see a lot of evidence to be convinced of. Kids trying to do their own thing and middle aged folks lamenting "kids these days" is a tale as old as time.
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justinclift 1147 days ago
Thus the "(heh)" in my post. I recognise the same thing, and found it ironic.

> Kids trying to do their own thing and middle aged folks lamenting "kids these days" is a tale as old as time.

Yeah, agreed. From my point of view, it's not totally the new writers fault.

It's the fault of the management chain that got rid of the old writers and also didn't tell the new ones "Look, just humour the old fogies for a while, you might learn something...".

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