Infantile behaviour by grown adults

If one seeks further evidence for the progressive infantilisation of the U.K., just look around you! Infantile behaviour is everywhere: the huge popularity amongst adults of the 'Harry Potter' series of childrens' books; grown men afraid to cycle on the roads, instead taking to the pavements like an army of 8-year-olds; and lastly, the perturbing trend for 40-year-old men to sport skating trainers and surfing attire, as if they were so many superannuated "sk8er bois".
O tempora! O mores!

Cowardly pavement cyclists

Why is it that the overwhelming majority of pavement cyclists are fit, healthy-looking young men? If the roads are now supposedly too dangerous to risk, why are far more young lady cyclists to be seen on roads and amongst the traffic? Are the young men of today really so craven? Good Grief, heaven help us!

In 1939, millions of young Britons flocked to the defence of their nation, with no regard for their own personal safety...let us hope that we are never again threatened with invasion!

'High-five' nonsense

Why must our English sportsmen (such as the cricket team) congratulate each other using the thoroughly American 'high-five'? What is so wrong with a firm handshake, or a pat on the back?

Economic boom plus simultaneous record levels of poverty

We are told that this country is experiencing an economic boom. Consumer spending is at an all-time high, company directors award themselves massive pay increases, and an ever-increasing number of foreign workers are required to service our expanding economy. Yet at the same time, local services are being cut back, up and down the land: public library opening hours are reduced, rubbish collection becomes fortnightly (encouraging vermin), and park keepers are laid off (encouraging a different sort of vermin).

Where does all this wealth go? To whom?

Litter bins 'uncool'?

More and more these days, I am observing items of litter being deposited nearby, adjacent to, and underneath litter bins, but NOT inside the bin itself! What is going on? It is as though people were leaving sacrificial offerings to some primeval, awful deity.

Why do these people not simply PUT THEIR LITTER IN THE BIN? Is it somehow 'uncool' to do so these days?

I am perplexed!