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I made a slight offshoot to the boomer thread, but for overall holiday misery themed here. Mainly, my OP was inspired by boomers not understanding people choosing the “leave it” option of “America: love it or leave it.”
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Bonzo posted:in the World War Z novel, ,they discover that zombies freeze in cold weather so everyone goes to upper Canada. Except they all pretty much die because they are not prepared for -25 C windchill and those that so survive are basically slaves or have poo poo stolen all the time. It's a good book! I bought it for my mom for Christmas a few years back because we grew up by LIW ground zero
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Dec 24, 2019 16:42
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FogHelmut posted:My boss and two coworkers are late 50s and their kids are only a couple years younger than me and some have kids of their own, so at 36 with my own child, I'm a child and am never getting promoted. I listened to a coworker in their 50's say to a group of mid 30's coworkers "you're all always going to be kids to me, hahahaha" as if that is not a loving ridiculous thing to say to your, and I stress the "co" part, co-workers
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Dec 24, 2019 21:14
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teen witch posted:I made a slight offshoot to the boomer thread, but for overall holiday misery themed here. Mainly, my OP was inspired by boomers not understanding people choosing the “leave it” option of “America: love it or leave it.” This reminds me that I know a boomer expat and his ADHD is so bad he just recently learned that those medium sized black birds that are ubiquitous everywhere on Earth are the ones called crows. Literally, in his 60's and he blurts out, "Oh, so THOSE are crows?" How the hell 
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Dec 24, 2019 21:37
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People of all ages have incredibly narrow areas of interest and lack interest in the natural world. I’m guessing 85% of suburban people couldn’t identify a specific bird to save their life.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:19
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I couldn't either but that's because birds suck and arnt worth remembering. Theres 2. Ones that poo poo on you and are loud. And ones that are murderers and are loud.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:35
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Hihohe posted:I couldn't either but that's because birds suck and arnt worth remembering. Theres 2. Ones that poo poo on you and are loud. And ones that are murderers and are loud. Birds are awesome. From what you described it’s clear you’re thinking of people, not birds.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:39
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Crows are awesome. Ravens too. Magpies are sketchy. Tits are always nice.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:42
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Spend and afternoon outside just watching the birds in your neighborbood, you will quickly learn that Mockingbirds and Bluejays are such loving assholes that they deserve to be reincarnated as humans.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:48
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Mockingbirds are literally boomers with wings
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Dec 24, 2019 22:48
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Birds are government surveillance tools.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:49
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Animal-Mother posted:This reminds me that I know a boomer expat and his ADHD is so bad he just recently learned that those medium sized black birds that are ubiquitous everywhere on Earth are the ones called crows. i'm a huge bird nerd who also has executive dysfunction, and despite being able to differentiate sparrows at like half a mile, i still get confused between crows and ravens. in my excuse, it's difficult for me to judge scale and size without the other one being nearby. otherwise they're just black birds. ohhhhh wait wait i misread this post, he just hadn't put together that "crow" means "that bird you see everywhere." huh.
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Dec 24, 2019 22:51
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Do the boomers in your life at the holidays talk about anything besides which doctor they're currently seeing and casual racism Because mine don't
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Dec 25, 2019 00:11
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Tim Whatley posted:Do the boomers in your life at the holidays talk about anything besides which doctor they're currently seeing and casual racism The last major family event I was at was Thanksgiving at my wife's grandparents with all the uncles and aunts and cousins and poo poo years ago. One uncle was a Dallas cop flipping out over ebola and how Obama's policy of not being an rear end in a top hat to the American nurses who caught it and came back to the U.S. for treatment was going to cause an ebola outbreak in America. Then there was the matriarch of the family, grandma, casually describing her grandson with schizophrenia as "retarded," right in front of him.  Not all Americans are terrible, but a huge chunk of Americans are loving terrible. Like, 44%.
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Dec 25, 2019 00:21
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Internet hug, pal. It'll be better one day.
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Dec 25, 2019 00:30
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FogHelmut posted:My boss and two coworkers are late 50s and their kids are only a couple years younger than me and some have kids of their own, so at 36 with my own child, I'm a child and am never getting promoted. One of the boomerest things I come across (and frequently) is this attitude that people younger than they are a bunch of know nothings and you can only obtain knowledge of any sort by living longer than the other person. I'm not even talking about life experience. Just general knowledge of the world and what's going on. Boomers will treat anyone in excess of ten years younger than them like a child. I'm 33 years old and I frequently get the "You'll understand when you're older." routine. Tim Whatley posted:Do the boomers in your life at the holidays talk about anything besides which doctor they're currently seeing and casual racism A number of years ago I completely opted out of holiday gatherings that include anyone I'm related to outside of my immediate family and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made.
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Dec 25, 2019 00:31
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CPL593H posted:One of the boomerest things I come across (and frequently) is this attitude that people younger than they are a bunch of know nothings and you can only obtain knowledge of any sort by living longer than the other person. I'm not even talking about life experience. Just general knowledge of the world and what's going on. Boomers will treat anyone in excess of ten years younger than them like a child. I'm 33 years old and I frequently get the "You'll understand when you're older." routine.
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Dec 25, 2019 00:38
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Scandinavian boomers will call you a polack so they can be both racist and condescending at the same time. It's a hoot.
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Dec 25, 2019 00:41
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That used to be the southern US with wetback but that's mostly been called out as ,aptly, really racist.
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Dec 25, 2019 00:50
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kuddles posted:It also explains the numerous boomer-era corporations I've worked at or been involved with where seniority is always treated as sacrosanct and young people with skill are poo poo on until they leave. This is why investment in nontech (read: led by boomers not gen x) companies has imploded There's ageism in tech but there's also the 60yo guy who called me a chink to my face while I was interviewing him Calling your interviewer racial slurs: ok even boomers are mostly too smart to do that
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Dec 25, 2019 01:46
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bob dobbs is dead posted:This is why investment in nontech (read: led by boomers not gen x) companies has imploded Jesus...what do you even say to something like that?
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Dec 25, 2019 02:16
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Dienes posted:Jesus...what do you even say to something like that? Don't call us, we'll call you.
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Dec 25, 2019 02:20
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bob dobbs is dead posted:This is why investment in nontech (read: led by boomers not gen x) companies has imploded Meanwhile at my office I am lobbying hard to both racially and gender diversify my department because all these cis-het white boomer guys are going to give me ann aneurysm, and they are slow as gently caress in everything they do.
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Dec 25, 2019 02:23
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Time Cowboy posted:People of all ages have incredibly narrow areas of interest and lack interest in the natural world. I’m guessing 85% of suburban people couldn’t identify a specific bird to save their life. Bullshit. I bet 99.99% of people, including almost all children, can identify: Chickens Turkeys Ostriches Seagulls Pigeons Woodpeckers Peacocks Ducks And way more than 85% I bet could also identify: Storks/herons Pelicans Crows/Ravens Uncle Enzo fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Dec 25, 2019 |
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Dec 25, 2019 02:38
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bob dobbs is dead posted:This is why investment in nontech (read: led by boomers not gen x) companies has imploded “People are too sensitive these days! You can’t say anything!”
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Dec 25, 2019 02:49
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Nastyman posted:Don't call us, we'll call you. "Get the gently caress out, bigot"
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Dec 25, 2019 02:51
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I was last, that was a no hire But I wonder how many stories of people who got hit by ageism is just people getting hit with casual racism being unacceptable in the non chud workforce today
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Dec 25, 2019 03:02
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bob dobbs is dead posted:I was last, that was a no hire Going by the lead brains I've had to deal with, a significant portion.
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Dec 25, 2019 03:14
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bob dobbs is dead posted:I was last, that was a no hire It's a very real problem for women.
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Dec 25, 2019 03:17
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Not getting hired because they're racist?
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Dec 25, 2019 03:17
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Ageism.
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Dec 25, 2019 03:19
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In tech women face discrimination still just for being women. The most promising person I ever mentored at one job was a PoC woman who absolutely kicked rear end at every job duty thrown at her, and fit in really well with my department. After I left I found out management had specifically blocked her from getting promoted because they thought she'd be a, "distraction," on the floor. They blocked her so long she eventually just quit and went to another company. Every man I mentored before her had been fast tracked for promotion into my department.
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Dec 25, 2019 03:32
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Yep. Fiance is a senior software engineer at a massive multi-sector corporation based out of Texas (she's remote full time). It's also an incredibly specific outdated specialty code that she works in. She's been there for about 7 years and makes a lot less than the men in similar roles who have been there way less time, or in some cases even lesser roles.
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Dec 25, 2019 04:17
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Solidary for my millenial colleagues all gritting and smiling as their Sinclair/Fox brain poisoned boomer parents rant about how there's a War on Christmas or whatever the gently caress they fell asleep in front of on Hannity I'm sorry Death has not saved us from them yet
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Dec 25, 2019 06:39
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death is certain wizard shirt except it's Santa
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Dec 25, 2019 08:49
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kuddles posted:It also explains the numerous boomer-era corporations I've worked at or been involved with where seniority is always treated as sacrosanct and young people with skill are poo poo on until they leave. Well paying positions at my job have opened up and it was said openly they would not interview anyone younger than 50. Age discrimination does not exist to these people until they feel like it is happening to them.
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Dec 25, 2019 13:42
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paternity suitor posted:I listened to a coworker in their 50's say to a group of mid 30's coworkers "you're all always going to be kids to me, hahahaha" as if that is not a loving ridiculous thing to say to your, and I stress the "co" part, co-workers I’ve had this happen at more than one job interview lol ( I’m going to be 34)
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Dec 25, 2019 13:49
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teardrop posted:Coal miner pensions are getting bailed out with $10B of taxpayer money. The pension fund tried to borrow even more money, with the argument that everything was going to get better once boomers die. That might make sense because have you ever seen an old coal miner? They'll be dead of black lung two weeks after they finally retire. The actuaries are probably calculating average life spans in their estimates and giggling the whole time.
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Dec 25, 2019 13:49
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Wutang-Yutani CORP posted:Well paying positions at my job have opened up and it was said openly they would not interview anyone younger than 50. Age discrimination does not exist to these people until they feel like it is happening to them. iirc age discrimination laws in the us only apply to those over 40.
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Ageism is real but the main reason it exists is that (expected) boomer salaries are so high for what they're actually capable of
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