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lobsterminator posted:Boomers don't have the cognitive ability to understand things like this. I don't think they even understand there's pandemic. Boomers have 2 emotional states: >Feeling slighted by everyone, which makes them start screaming about being disrespected. >Feeling more intelligent than qualified people because, "you can't learn about real life in a book." Learning was never an option.
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If you want comedy tell a boomer they have to earn your respect. Works 100% of the time in my family.
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Nov 1, 2020 14:53
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If you have enough leverage/independence, it's actually really funny to see them blue-screen at having their own lovely dominance tactics used against them.
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Nov 1, 2020 14:55
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I'd like to talk about minority immigrant boomer mentality. Here's some common threads I see in my family and with friend's families: 1) If they're Christian, they are the most enthusiastic Trump supporters even though he is actively eroding their chances of getting citizenship and making it near impossible for professionals from their homeland to work here. BUT: gently caress the muslims, ban abortion, God is family, family is God If they're not Christian (like my family), an absolute seething contempt for Trump, but only because of his racial attitudes. The opportunities they got in the 70s/80s are nearly gone for the new generation of immigrants, and gently caress em. Lower taxes and good stock markets only. The common thread for both groups is they are here because socialism ruined their home country (which, to be fair, in some cases it really did), so they are the most easily spooked group politically. 2) They were usually part of the quotas back in the day (70s mostly) that got them into the US in the first place. What that means is that they are professionals in something, therefore educated, therefore in the mid to upper part of the society they came from. They will complain to the moon about minority representation and how much of a struggle it was to integrate, but yet will enthusiastically support any right-wing movement in their home country not realizing the loving problem. 3) Whatsapp groups. This loving poo poo is the worst of the worst of Facebook memes, because they were made by people trying to imitate the original lovely meme but don't have a good grasp of English or don't really get the cultural references. Take your normal American boomer's hosed up social media experience, degrade it 10x further, rev up the racism even more and welcome to the immigrant boomer's world.
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Nov 1, 2020 15:02
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dk2m posted:I'd like to talk about minority immigrant boomer mentality. Here's some common threads I see in my family and with friend's families: south american i assume? the asian experince my friend complains about is about the same. minus being scared of socialism and replaced with communism. their memes sound better though. snergle fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Nov 1, 2020 15:16
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bob dobbs is dead posted:emdr has rcts and proper reviews and poo poo and and a moderate amount of evidence to say it works but if you tell a rando what it actually is you will kinda sound like a crazy person when I describe it I don’t talk about the bilateral stimulation, that part does sound weird. Absent that, it all makes sense. I usually say something like “you know those cringe memories that are painful to hold in your head so you shove them out as fast as possible? You just intentionally bring those to mind and feel the pain, and in doing so they tend to get less painful. It’s like scrubbing the dirt out of an infected wound - painful but you gotta do it.” Mostly people say that makes sense but that they keep that poo poo buried for a reason lol
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Nov 1, 2020 15:35
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Asian actually! Communism/socialism seems to be used interchangeably among the older folks, but there were definitely degrees. Indian socialism was not the same as Cambodia's communism. The memes are loving fantastic (in a truly absurdist sense) if you can stomach the depravity. When the Floyd protests hit, I was getting frantic phone calls from extended family because they thought Antifa was a black paramilitary and that there would be guerilla strikes in cities.
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Nov 1, 2020 15:36
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Azuth0667 posted:If you want comedy tell a boomer they have to earn your respect. Works 100% of the time in my family. I made up a saying that I'm 90% sure I didn't subconsciously steal from somewhere, but it applies to respect as much as loyalty: 'Loyalty cannot be brought or demanded, it must earnt through time and demonstration' It's what I say to myself when I'm about to leave a company that treats me like poo poo but also seems to expects me to be loyal to them because there an understanding that *we gave you a job, so we own you now*.
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Nov 1, 2020 15:54
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It is amazing how fear can be a slightly effective motivator but it's only short term. "Because you were nice to me/treated me like a person" earns a lot more loyalty than threats. My previous boss was hands-on and cool and treated us like adults. So I'd stay late, come in early to work, work on days off, etc. Then he left, and my next boss was hands off and clearly didn't care about the job, talked down to us, was clearly irritated if we had an issue with anything. So I did him no favors. So strange how being nice to people can actually earn you trust and respect.
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Nov 1, 2020 16:01
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I've followed a boss to two jobs because he shows respect and is easy to respect. He's definitely not perfect but that quality makes up for most of his faults.
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Nov 1, 2020 16:33
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What is it with boomers and asking if you work here when you clearly don’t? Lady, I’m wearing flip flops, shorts with pineapples and a shirt with a giant tropical bird printed on it I obviously don’t work here at Target.
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Nov 1, 2020 17:55
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fat bossy gerbil posted:What is it with boomers and asking if you work here when you clearly don’t? Lady, I’m wearing flip flops, shorts with pineapples and a shirt with a giant tropical bird printed on it I obviously don’t work here at Target. You are using context clues, looking at signs, and exploring in order to find what you want in this store instead of instantly saying " I DONT KNOW WHERE THING I WANT IS SOMEONE TELL ME" . This makes it look like you know where everything is and thus that you work there.
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Nov 1, 2020 18:06
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Outrail posted:I made up a saying that I'm 90% sure I didn't subconsciously steal from somewhere, but it applies to respect as much as loyalty: 'Loyalty cannot be brought or demanded, it must earnt through time and demonstration' That's an awesome line, I'm going to have to steal that.
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Nov 1, 2020 18:18
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The respect is earned thing should almost be considered a boomer-specific lethal weapon because those forehead veins do be a-poppin’!
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Nov 1, 2020 18:59
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Hihohe posted:You are using context clues, looking at signs, and exploring in order to find what you want in this store instead of instantly saying " I DONT KNOW WHERE THING I WANT IS SOMEONE TELL ME" . This makes it look like you know where everything is and thus that you work there. I never thought of this because I can't even count how many times someone approached me because they thought I worked in whatever store I was in despite the fact that I am clearly not dressed like an employee.
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Nov 1, 2020 19:10
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If you're wearing something that kinda looks like someone working there or the manager might wear than I'll laugh it off. But if it's pretty loving obvious or they act like poo poo lords I'd own up and then point them in the wrong direction. Azuth0667 posted:That's an awesome line, I'm going to have to steal that. Thanks, go for it. If they hammered something along those lines into every child between the ages of six and twelve the world would be a better place. I expect a writers credit on your bestselling book/film/shitpost. Outrail fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Nov 1, 2020 19:50
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What's actually even more stupid is when you are in a uniform, but not the one of the store you're in. I remember boomers asking me where poo poo was any time I stopped at a store on the way home from work a decade ago wearing a geek squad uniform. It really illustrates that they see retail employees as a lesser class that exists to serve them regardless of the context.
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Nov 1, 2020 19:58
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Outrail posted:If you're wearing something that kinda looks like someone working there or the manager might wear than I'll laugh it off. But if it's pretty loving obvious or they act like poo poo lords I'd own up and then point them in the wrong direction. This is true but I feel like someone walking around in a RoboCop t-shirt, bright red jeans, and Chelsea boots doesn't really project "I work at Best Buy". My outfits alternate between hipster nerd and gay hipster nerd. Plus retail workers usually have a lanyard or something. Or a vest that's the color of the store. Or both. Arven posted:What's actually even more stupid is when you are in a uniform, but not the one of the store you're in. I remember boomers asking me where poo poo was any time I stopped at a store on the way home from work a decade ago wearing a geek squad uniform. It really illustrates that they see retail employees as a lesser class that exists to serve them regardless of the context. You are robot who makes paper towels happen in my basket!
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Nov 1, 2020 23:47
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It's not just uniforms. Wear a polo shirt with colors that are close enough to the store's, and they'll assume you work there.
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Nov 1, 2020 23:58
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CPL593H posted:bright red jeans You were wearing corporate colors of Target so they just assume you work there.
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Nov 2, 2020 00:12
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I've had the whole baffling being mistaken for a store employee happen several times. It's really weird. I'd contrast that with someone (usually Boomer or older) who politely asks for help because I'm tall enough to reach something for them or come across as knowing my way around the store. I'm more than happy to help under those circumstances, and usually can (the stores I go to the most frequently I often have a better idea about where stuff is located than the employees, anyway).
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Nov 2, 2020 00:14
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My father is getting more obnoxiously political in his emails in the run-up to the election. He's convinced Trump will win in a landslide because "he's great for the economy," never mind 8% unemployment and huge deficit spending (or 230,000 dead Americans or all the other failures of the administration). He's also convinced I will become conservative when I get old like him. I asked him when that would happen when I don't agree with Trump or Republicans at all. At what age will I think it's a good idea to put kids in cages and detentions centers for two years, or give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to corporations and rich people while cutting health care, etc. This was his reply.quote:You will become a conservative the day you figure out you are giving your hard earned dollars to help support someone whom you don't know, who in turn would never dream of helping you and probably does very little to help themselves. You will become a conservative the day you figure out that our founders blessed us with specific liberties and basic rights that are being eroded by self serving politicians. You will become a conservative the day you figure out big government is a detriment to a Republic. You will become a conservative the day you figure out nothing is free and in spite of how it's framed every program that is rolled out of Washington is going to cost you money. In today's world you are literally paying dozens upon dozens of taxes that didn't exist a hundred years ago and that money goes toward government spending that you were not consulted on. The bigger the government the less money in your pocket and the fewer freedoms you have. I don't know if I should bother writing him back anymore. He's so obviously biased and cynical. He thinks Biden is a liar and dirty old man, but thinks Trump isn't? Come on.
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Nov 2, 2020 00:15
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I'd rather waste a billion dollars of my tax money on people who piss that money up against the wall on beer and skittles than a trillion to the MIC or other large corporations where 99% of it goes to the executives who piss it up against the wall on cocaine and yachts and then sit on the rest like a dragon on their hoarde. If you want the economy to hum, give the money to people who spend it on food, clothes, beer, cars at absurd interest rates and weed.
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Nov 2, 2020 00:19
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Andro Dunos posted:My father is getting more obnoxiously political in his emails in the run-up to the election. He's convinced Trump will win in a landslide because "he's great for the economy," never mind 8% unemployment and huge deficit spending (or 230,000 dead Americans or all the other failures of the administration). He's also convinced I will become conservative when I get old like him. I asked him when that would happen when I don't agree with Trump or Republicans at all. At what age will I think it's a good idea to put kids in cages and detentions centers for two years, or give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to corporations and rich people while cutting health care, etc. This was his reply. I want to know what kind of 4-dimensional chess China is playing, bribing a candidate with millions to support him but simultaneously attacking him with investigations. Its really sad that his stance is, "You'll get conservative when you realize how terrible it is to help people who aren't in a position to give you leverage in some way." Says a lot about him.
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Nov 2, 2020 00:39
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Neito posted:It was that same kind of "I can't comprehend something outside of my normal experience" tone that a boomer takes when confronted with anything after July 27th, 1998. It was just so weird. Out of curiosity, why that specific date? Or was it just random I don't remember that specific exact day but I remember June 1998 at least in a generalized way. It was a good year.
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Nov 2, 2020 00:43
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Bonzo posted:You were wearing corporate colors of Target so they just assume you work there. I realize that's a bad example now, that's just a general example of poo poo I wear. What I mean to say is I get that in all kinds of places and I don't even remotely look like I'd be working in the place. Like if you were walking around Home Depot would you see this dipshit coming towards you and go "Yeah he definitely works here.":  (Yes, I wear other colors I just happened to have that picture with all the red.) Andro Dunos posted:My father is getting more obnoxiously political in his emails in the run-up to the election. He's convinced Trump will win in a landslide because "he's great for the economy," never mind 8% unemployment and huge deficit spending (or 230,000 dead Americans or all the other failures of the administration). He's also convinced I will become conservative when I get old like him. I asked him when that would happen when I don't agree with Trump or Republicans at all. At what age will I think it's a good idea to put kids in cages and detentions centers for two years, or give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to corporations and rich people while cutting health care, etc. This was his reply. There is so much to unpack there but he's really telling on himself here: quote:who in turn would never dream of helping you Also, lol at him thinking our generation will ever have anything near the capital or opportunities his did. A tiny rear end house near me with barely any yard just sold for 350K. Meanwhile 30-somethings have to work at least two jobs to live in a lovely one bedroom apartment. It's actually pretty scary how gaslit Trump supporters are. When Donald Trump said that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose his supporters I actually believe now. It's like a loving cult. Carth Dookie posted:I'd rather waste a billion dollars of my tax money on people who piss that money up against the wall on beer and skittles than a trillion to the MIC or other large corporations where 99% of it goes to the executives who piss it up against the wall on cocaine and yachts and then sit on the rest like a dragon on their hoarde. I just can't comprehend the kind of selfishness that makes someone see a homeless person panhandling or someone who is dirt poor using food stamps and just hate them and think they are both freeloaders and should suffer and die for it. It's loving disgusting. No wonder they use to be called the loving Me Generation.
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Nov 2, 2020 00:56
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Every person who has ever told me the "you'll get more conservative as you get older" thing was a lifelong republican. There needs to be an asterisk on that phrase, "if you spend your retirement watching fox news 14 hours a day".
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Nov 2, 2020 01:00
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Your dad's first sentence explains my politics 100%. You're right, OPs dad, I don't like the fact that I work hard and a parasitic class of people takes so much of what I earn. That's why I'm a Marxist.
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Nov 2, 2020 01:03
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Carth Dookie posted:I'd rather waste a billion dollars of my tax money on people who piss that money up against the wall on beer and skittles than a trillion to the MIC or other large corporations where 99% of it goes to the executives who piss it up against the wall on cocaine and yachts and then sit on the rest like a dragon on their hoarde.  I really broke my mom when she thought I'd agree with her that people would spend welfare on doing "nothing" and I said "I don't mind that. If they really aren't interested in helping make the world work, sit them in the corner with a bottle and keep them from mucking things up for people who do want to contribute." But nope. If you're poor and get joy from something, you're "stealing" it from someone richer, even though this mindset is completely at odds with Consumerism as a system. So many problems in this hellscape would be solved if you shortened work shifts to keep people from burning themselves out, hired on more people to fill in the gaps, and made it so that unskilled work like janitorial stuff, food service, etc. paid enough for at least a shoebox apartment, transportation, food in the fridge, clothes, internet, and the ability to go to a doctor. Sure you'd get a lot of losers who would only ever do the bare minimum, but they'd be contributing to their fullest instead of dying in the streets, and the rich would barely notice a dip in their quality of life.
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Nov 2, 2020 01:04
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Carth Dookie posted:I thought it was a combination of the genocide of their mansions by the humans and the interference of the alien entities. He goes into it more in the books after the original trilogy - it was mostly the immortality than anything else, but the immortality was a "gift" of the alien entities (Who knew exactly what would happen.) Theres one book that's basically the Mines of Moria by way of Blood Meridian and it is awesome.
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Nov 2, 2020 01:05
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mind the walrus posted:
Somewhat related but I want to yell when boomers say that green energy is just a moneymaking scam and it's going to cost us so much money to power things. They come so tantalizingly close to getting it. Yes what would it look like if people made trillions of dollars off of energy at everyone else's expense?
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Nov 2, 2020 01:11
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Panfilo posted:People talk about lead affecting boomer brains but being a heavy metal wouldn't it be pretty easy to see this in bloodwork? It's one of those things that accumulates over a person's life so I would figure it would be more evident. Kids and elderly most susceptible. Eventually the lead leaches back out of the bone, into the blood and then to the brain, if it's gradual and over time chronic it's not a giant deal, but a massive acute dose can do some brain damage/nervous system catastrophe. Quaint Quail Quilt fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Nov 2, 2020 |
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Nov 2, 2020 01:12
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Quaint Quail Quilt posted:My understanding is that lead lays dormant in your bones, so children who are growing bones and the elderly who don't maintain bone mass with a barbell program or farm work or something are losing bone mass via osteoporosis. I feel like the lead brain stuff is letting them off the hook for just being lovely entitled people a little. I mean obviously it didn't help their generation to be exposed to lead constantly but bigotry, willful ignorance, and selfishness are learned behaviors.
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Nov 2, 2020 01:19
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Republican boomers also seem to think that any money you give to poor people gets thrown into a fire and disappears from the economy entirely. They also utter incapable of understanding the concept of fiat currency and that deficit spending does not matter. I've argued this point with my dad endlessly (having to find endless sources for him to even believe that Nixon took us off the silver standard in 1968), and his reasoning always loops back around to an insane "there isn't enough to go around" for everyone excuse. I also have to argue with him every tax season about tax brackets not working the way all boomers think they do, so needless to say he isn't the fiscal genius he thinks he is.
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Nov 2, 2020 01:23
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Arven posted:Republican boomers also seem to think that any money you give to poor people gets thrown into a fire and disappears from the economy entirely. They also utter incapable of understanding the concept of fiat currency and that deficit spending does not matter. I've argued this point with my dad endlessly (having to find endless sources for him to even believe that Nixon took us off the silver standard in 1968), and his reasoning always loops back around to an insane "there isn't enough to go around" for everyone excuse. I also have to argue with him every tax season about tax brackets not working the way all boomers think they do, so needless to say he isn't the fiscal genius he thinks he is. The sad reality is that none of the people (in the US anyway) who complain about "freeloaders" on the system realize that they're one bad day away from being in the same exact place.
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Nov 2, 2020 01:27
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Arven posted:I also have to argue with him every tax season about tax brackets not working the way all boomers think they do, so needless to say he isn't the fiscal genius he thinks he is. Also the one pays interest on his credit cards on purpose and was telling young people to do the same to build credit better. My credit went from 0 to high good-very good without paying any interest in 3 years or so.
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Anyone else have to start to deal with  types who go "Y'know the Millennials aren't going to be any better right?" I've met a few when seeing Boomer discussion online, usually from middlebrows eager to be the smartest person in the room who really sees through the veil of humanity, etc. etc. You know the type. 10-20 years ago they used South Park as a substitute for a Humanities Education and think cynicism is the same thing as cutting the Gordian knot. I mean, truthfully no a lot of Millennials are no better than the Boomers, but that doesn't mean there won't be a sea change for the simple fact that Millennials are stuck on this rock a lot longer than the remaining Boomers are. It's in their best interest to not be absolute shits, and if they are they'll find out the consequences a lot faster. Boomers basically munchausen-by-proxy'd their children while mortgaging their future, insulating them beyond all reasonable expectation. Most Millennials and Gen-Xers do not have that. CPL593H posted:The sad reality is that none of the people (in the US anyway) who complain about "freeloaders" on the system realize that they're one bad day away from being in the same exact place.
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CPL593H posted:The sad reality is that none of the people (in the US anyway) who complain about "freeloaders" on the system realize that they're one bad day away from being in the same exact place. "the only difference between me and a homeless bum is a couple paychecks" - a blue collar guy
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CPL593H posted:The sad reality is that none of the people (in the US anyway) who complain about "freeloaders" on the system realize that they're one bad day away from being in the same exact place. pls point to me the current western country not dominated by their version of republicans. like i get that the us is a poo poo hole right now but all i see is aus uk france etc dominated by their own shitlords. ok canada has their pm and germany has merkel but those are basically centrists
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Carth Dookie posted:I thought it was a combination of the genocide of their mansions by the humans and the interference of the alien entities. pretend you did and dont. his 2nd trilogy is real bad. i like trash and i struggled to finish it. quote=\= edit
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