Metaphor
Traditions are a rotary phone, because if someone has one, you think it is cool to look at, but it is not practical whatsoever and absolutely obsolete to today's society. I think that traditions, for example some Webb traditions are cool to show outsiders and show them that we have it and to establish credibility, but I feel like traditions do nothing but in the best case scenario put on a glamorous show for a grand waste of time. I do not disrespect anyone's traditions outright out of respect for the people/person practicing them but it is my personal belief that they aren't worth much in the world and that by focusing too much on the past, we limit our future potential. If we do something one way forever, we are perhaps either wasting time or closing out opportunities for new, better practices to come forward by shunning the progressive development as a break from tradition, which is stigmatized. I think especially as we get older people increasingly don't respond wel...