I have considered that my impression of human beings may be skewed by this being the "wicked generation" Jesus was talking about.

Jesus might have hated wicked people even more than I do.

He certainly sounded pissed when he said he would give them no miracles.

Jesus won't help them.

He demands absolute repentance from the Wicked Generation.

It means they will have to reach the Kingdom of Heaven only by their own efforts.

And they will surely be damned if they don't repent.

Older generations seemed better to me, and many of them probably were.

They were more deserving of miracles.