Huh, I always read it as a bunch of old pricks bitching because the current generation ISN'T them, just a few decades younger. They want us to be them, and that's not fuckin happening. All the bastards bashing us now? Enjoy the nursing homes and bed sores because you've pissed us off too much to even care whether your last days are spent in peace or unbearable agony, while the good ones of your generation will be venerated as they damn well should be.