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Should Gaj make his own thread
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Yes, make a new thread 6 54.55%
No, keep things just how they are 5 45.45%
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Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Jascum posted:

This is like Mike Rowe bragging that he had a job at $15 an hour in the 1970s when he was working at a movie theater. According to him, his projection job was the foot in door needed to become a reality TV star.

I hate Mike Rowe.

gently caress that cosplaying shithead so hard. poo poo like, "If you don't like your job, then just leave it without complaining" and "only you are responsible for your own safety" is a great way to ensure that people continue to get hurt.

EDIT: Let me explain that last one in a little detail if you aren't used to it. Boomer assholes like to focus solely on moral hazard and personal responsibility at the expense of all other things, regardless of outcomes. The best practice for safety in the workplace is to say, "everyone is responsible for keeping everyone else safe". That is to say, "we acknowledge that you need to wear your PPE and not do stupid poo poo, but human beings make mistakes so rather than having people suffer horrible and possibly deadly outcomes for a simple mistake, we instead insist that you look out for your coworkers and they will look out for you". This means you don't get to jerk off to rants about personal responsibility and instead everyone has a much greater chance of going home safe and sound.

Solkanar512 fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Nov 5, 2019

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Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Greatbacon posted:

This is a good podcast, but this episode in particular is perfect for this thread. It's like a pure deconstruction of all the bullshit boomer mythos wrapped up in Mike Rowe's schtick.

The two most important take aways from it are:

1.) For all his blue collar workingman attitude, the dude is just straight up a trained opera singer & actor

2.) He is bought and paid for by the Kochs

He literally cosplays a blue collar worker. gently caress him.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost
Why not just help all groups? They all clearly need the help, so what’s the issue here? Make college free, get rid of current loans and maybe a rebate for loans that were already paid off or something.

Everyone gets some help and you end up with a pretty massive economic stimulus at the same time.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

mind the walrus posted:

"And why isn't there a white history month?"

You can't help or save everyone, so you pick and choose your focus. Context is everything, always always always.

Most of the Millennial populace is so thoroughly hosed that unfucking subsequent generations takes priority even if the dividends take a hell of a lot longer to pay off.

Being self-centered is what got us here in the first place.

"We can't have nice things, just settle for the absolute least you can".

It's really weird that you think helping a whole generation of people who got thoroughly hosed is the same as advocating for racist bullshit.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

a rebate for loans already paid off would be nice and I'd be all for whoever's offering that (jesus most of us could buy a loving house with that money) but making support of efforts to unfuck the system at all contingent on that seems kinda dumb and spiteful!

It's certainly not contingent, that's why I listed it last and prefaced with a "maybe". As in "maybe throw them a bone too if you can" not "where's my white history month".

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Jascum posted:

Mike Rowe is a scumbag, but have y’all seen Undercover Boss? It is also peak boomer.

I remember the pilot episode exposed textbook wage theft. Every minute late you were from a break or lunch they would deduct two minutes of pay. Incredibly illegal.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

You Are A Elf posted:

Boomers love having spotlights, floodlights, motion sensor lights, dusk-to-dawn lights, and post lights every two feet on their house and property front and back and leave them all on 24/7 day or night.

Don’t forget all the cameras!

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

RC and Moon Pie posted:

My mother almost had a breakdown in a freaking Panera because she was overwhelmed by the menu.

Wait, your mother is friends with David Brooks?

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Beachcomber posted:

Boomer adjacent, but I've always felt that having a 'man cave' is a tacit admission that you have no voice in the appearance of the rest of your house.

It also screams, "why the gently caress would I want to spend time with my wife". Like, what the gently caress is wrong with you that you don't want to spend time with your spouse?

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

CPL593H posted:

Also responsible for some of the boomerest poo poo to ever air on television.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gol-53Be2k0

Ah yes, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and all sorts of loving quackery.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Drunk Nerds posted:

"like a boomer, the vultures waited until his meat was well done"

:drat:

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

DorkusMalorkus posted:

I'm 35, I will never have any kids and I kind of can't wait for menopause. Let my eggs dry up, I'm sick of being fertile. Periods suck.

My older sister was nice enough to have surprise twins on her only pregnancy, so our parents have grandkids, one boy and one girl, to love without expecting any more to come. Luckily my mom knows I'm a fuckup who can barely support myself, so she's never asked me if I was going to have kids, cause by now the answer is pretty obvious.

Any boomer who acts impatient about you having kids is just trying to justify their own life. Like they feel cheated that they had to devote so much of their life to ungrateful kids, so now they are making sure the younger generation is going to suffer just like they did.

They're always so loving creepy about it too. They always demand to know why you aren't married, when you're going to have a kid, why don't you want another 50 kids, why don't you want to do the most important thing a woman can do, why don't you want to preserve your legacy and family name, why are you so selfish and so on.

Even when folks are generally cool about hearing, "we don't have kids" it's always, "heh heh, just you wait, your wife is going to get all baby crazy and that's going to change real soon ho ho ho!"

Just gently caress off, boomer.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost
I’m in Vegas for work and you know what boomers like?

loving slot machines. Morning, noon and night.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

It's like the same argument weirdo MRA types use for why you can't trust women because they'll accuse you of rape at anytime!!! But maybe don't get into situations where you rape and sexual assault people? It's not too challenging and maybe you won't get accused of rape if you don't rape.

Or the bullshit “Falwell” rule where you can’t be alone in a room with a woman “to protect their reputation and yours”.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

EX250 Type R posted:

Sure, in this one specific example recounted from the child's perspective. We also have no background on the parent or the behavioral history of the child.

Abstract it out a bit and it is pretty solid. If you want to act out and throw a tantrum and break stuff then it better be stuff you worked for and not the fruit of someone else's labor, but even better is to control your emotions and not have outbursts of rage over little, inconsequential things.

There was also lessons on attention to detail and work ethic.

What the gently caress is wrong with you?

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

CPL593H posted:

One time my mom asked my brother when him and his wife were going to have kids and he said "I don't know. When we don't like doing stuff anymore.". That shut the conversation right down.

I've also said to people that I don't want any kids and always get the "You'll feel different about that when you're older." (Which is just flowery talk for "unplanned pregnancy). I'm creeping up on my mid-30s, am chronically single, and most importantly: gay. So what what point am I going to have kids and how exactly is this supposed to happen without me suddenly deciding to go through a lengthy, expensive, and emotionally exhausting process of adoption. Oh and you know what else? I don't even like kids.

I always get the variation that, "well your wife is a woman with 'emotions' and 'hormones' and she's going to go BAY-BEE CRAY-ZEE" like she's a drat animal without any agency or something. No, she wants kids even less than I do and no, it's "not just going to happen", gently caress off. I'm not a more rational human being just because I have a penis.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I checked the list for 2005 (I started college in 2001 :corsair: ) it's loving insane how dumb they assumed I was.

And also there's a bunch of ones that just aren't loving true like not knowing what Beta tapes were or always having access to email. Motherfucker I didn't have email until I was a teenager.

A bunch of geriatric assholes posted:

36. They do not know what the Selective Service is, but men routinely register for it on their financial aid forms.

Bull-loving-poo poo we didn't know what selective service was, we were all paranoid that it was going to be reactivated after 9/11.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Nooner posted:

My mom also did the car doesn't start until everyone has their seatbelt on, and yeah, like it is just natural the second I sit down I'm putting it on. Like wtf who doesn't wear a seatbelt in 2019 it takes half a second to put on and will save your life jfc.

I feel like Boomers read The Jungle and think that Jurgis is the bad guy

Speaking of not following basic safety rules, is it a boomer thing not to wear helmets when riding a loving Harley Davidson?

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

e.pilot posted:

Take a look at 90’s Japanese supercar prices, they’re already getting insane.

First gen LFAs, holy poo poo.

Beachcomber posted:

This is happening to Elvis memorabilia right now.


While I agree with you in spirit, I'd prefer to have emergency rooms not clogged with morons so people who actually deserve help can get it.

Yeah, I’m not particularly interested in seeing the brains of some boomer splattered all over my windshield.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Bonzo posted:

"Antique Shops" are really just glorified junk yards at this point. I have a feeling most of this stuff gets bought by production companies to use as props in TV shows or local theater. Then there's all the Star Wars toys from the 90s that are still selling for the same amount they went for retail in 1995.

Cast Iron pans are probably actually worth something, but you'll only make a bit of profit if you find one in bad condition and take the time to restore it. My dad gave me his mother's China and the last time it was used was Thanksgiving day 1987. About half of it has broken over the years and we mainly just display it in a china cabinet that my wife got from her parents.

Grandfather clocks are another thing I think may go away. People buy one thinking they'll be handed down but they are bulky, require fixing and are kinda useless in the digital world.

Seriously. Most owners look at me like I’m batshit crazy when I ask to see their fountain pens. “Why would I have anything like that???”

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Also pick a loving year for where X ends and millenials begin. By some standards, millennials are up to 39.

Harvard says 1965-1984, to keep poo poo consistent 20 year blocks. Lots of other loving sources say 1980, 81, 82. Pick a loving year and be done with it already. One of my brothers and I are in the gray zone (81 & 82). I'd rather be X, he'd rather be millenial, both of us hate boomers.

Harvard is loving stupid here because Millennial was chosen because it was the generation of folks who were graduating high school in 2001. That means something like 1982.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Chomp8645 posted:

just lol if you're under the age of 50 and seriously taking concepts like "retirement" into account unless you're already independently wealthy.

Posts like this do nothing but help enable the sorts of folks who are actively tearing down whatever semblance of safety nets remain.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost
https://twitter.com/alextheseagull/status/1203002482542157824

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Lil Peeler posted:

I'd believe that a good degree of the Boomer veteran worship comes from most of their parents being revered soldiers that they could never possibly live up to. So they grew up thinking the army/navy/marines were the coolest poo poo ever, even while they watch their friends and brothers commit war crimes during Vietnam. Now when they find out younger person (or heaven forbid their own child) is a vet they feel like they might be able to recapture some of that "military by association" feeling. But because they were also raised with a vicious dislike for anything that doesn't conform to WASP culture, they get a shock when they find out that the military isn't anything like what they remember it being.

gently caress WASP culture in general. I don't know if we blame the boomers for that or more likely the silents, but gently caress it so drat hard regardless.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Fallom posted:

Lol if you think climate deniers are all old boomers

There are a shitload of 20-30 year old science deniers and those are the ones that scare the hell out of me

Yeah, science denial isn't just a boomer's game. Lots of young folks buy into anti-vaxx bullshit as well.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

LabyaMynora posted:

My mom was an engineer (now retired), according to her, one of the biggest issues is a lot of engineers come out of engineering schools where they don't have to take any courses in the humanities and instead just learn how to beep boop exclusively.

So they come out of school as human calculators, get well paying jobs right out of school, and think they have all of life figured out. Anyone who doesn't do what they did is just too lazy or too stupid to care about.

She also told me one time about overhearing two of her younger white male coworkers having a conversation on how it wouldn't have made sense for slave owners in the South to mistreat/abuse their slaves because they'd naturally want to keep their property in top condition. This was around 2017, in Indiana.

So yeah... beep boop.

Yeah, there's a reason the engineering school I went to made you spend a third of your degree in the humanities. You can't fix everyone, but it certainly helped to turn out a bunch of really cool teachers every year.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Neito posted:

Austerity is for other people.

Austerity is a loving cancer.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Ratfucking is a term used to describe political sabotage or general political fuckery.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

twistedmentat posted:

I have a friend who's a legit gun collector. He focus on anything pre Vietnam, and has a huge collection at this point. He's on a gun forum and recently posted a video on there about how he deactivates the guns so they cannot be fired, because they're purely historical objects to him. He keeps the parts and its a simple process that can be reversed without damaging it for resale. Some boomer exploded on him for doing this, going into a long rant about whats the point of owning guns if you can't use them to shoot people invading his home. They created elaborate situations where he'd need a gun to fight off hoards of criminals that are swarming his home. The boomer then started talking about how in every room he has a hidden gun so no matter what happens, he can kill someone, including one in the fridge in case someone comes up behind him while he's getting a pickle, or under the toilet in case someone who's not white tries to steal his TV while he's taking a poo poo.

That boomer is why we need red flag laws. Anyone who leaves guns loaded and hidden around the house need to have them taken away.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

PHIZ KALIFA posted:

boomers hate the idea of hot grapes and act aghast if they find u broiling up some california reds

What?

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Relevant Tangent posted:

Dodging the draft and then talking about how military service would toughen folks up we should bring back the draft.

Don't forget how these poo poo always get a (Viagra-induced) hardon for "mandatory civil service" because "it's a good idea". It's always targeted towards people in or just out of high school and it's always the following:

1. Military service
2. Wiping boomer asses in nursing homes
3. Sometimes something vaguely environmental, they don't ever have that detail sorted out.

It's never the old folks demanding and voting for this poo poo that have to put their lives on hold and spend a few years in indentured servitude. It's never for a cause that might actually help someone under the age of 65.

It's always "aww shucks" good ol' boys who propose this feel good bullshit under the guise of "learning how to be a good citizen" and "giving back". And I say this as someone who spent the better part of a year in the Washington Conservation Corps. John McCain was a proponent of this poo poo, but so were/are lots of others.

* Massively funding New Deal jobs programs is fine but heaven forbid you hear anything about that, that's for freeloaders who can't get a job.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

EIDE Van Hagar posted:

mandatory civil service doing

- national parks improvement projects
- building affordable housing
- general civil infrastructure projects
- fundamental scientific research
- social work

would kick rear end and make the US a lot better, actually

Or you could just offer to pay people good wages for these things instead of violating the 13th amendment.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

twistedmentat posted:

Sorry i made it seem like I was making GBS threads on cleaning with viniger, it's just I work in a grocery store and I've had a lot of boomers freak out the cleaners we use, and demand we use viniger to clean the belts and stuff, so no "chemicals" are getting near their food. Oh it doesn't matter that is food safe cleaner that is approved to use in food prep areas by the health department, it has some scary sounding chemicals in it and they saw on a meme with a minion on it that chemicals are bad.

What I'm saying is Boomers love The All Natural Fallacy. Probably becuase they get off on thinking they know more than doctors and such.

Ask them about all that ascetic acid that they put in the vinegar and enjoy the show.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Framboise posted:

There's just something about "just allow people to just completely wreck/steal your belongings and present a threat on your life because you legally have to run away" that fills me with a monumental level of anxiety, jesus.

Like I don't have a gun but all that separates me and my apartment from the world is a deadbolt and some easily broken windows so even I have like, a hammer and some extremely sharp kitchen knives and you bet anything that I'll take almost being completely defenseless to being hopelessly defenseless if my life is at stake. I literally can't run to save my life since I have only one way out and I have to go down a stairwell. May as well be a sitting duck.

That said, I just looked it up and it seems that Indiana is under Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine laws. I don't know if that abates my anxiety or exacerbates it though.

Oof. Never mind me. I'm just anxiety-ramble-posting now.

Before the laws were distorted by NRA/ALEC poo poo, the idea is that you can use lethal force in situations where it’s a last resort in direct defense of persons and property. This is why booby traps are generally not allowed, for instance. Running away is just a direct example of a situation where shooting someone clearly is not a last resort.

If it makes you feel better, home invasions are generally the stuff of conservative jerk off fantasies. Folks who want to rob a house want to do so when no one is home.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

RobotDogPolice posted:

I think it's also a geographic thing. Where I grew up in the midwest there was a lot of pride in lawns. Big, empty, perfectly manicured lawns that never got used.

In Puget Sound theres less land and lots of hills. Yards are smaller and there are way more trees and shrubs. I see more people gardening here than I ever did in the midwest and a much wider variety of plant life in people's yards.

This is so loving true. I have plans of turning my small front yard into a causal orchard, and the larger back yard has fruit bushes, sunflowers, the start of a japanese maple grove (with a whole bunch of nativars!) and raised beds with veggies. If I had gently caress you money I'd have a massive glass greenhouse to grow citrus and throw parties in.

gently caress grass. gently caress lawns. Every drat thing I plant is another part of the lawn that gets dug up and ruined and I have tons of insects to show for it.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Lil Peeler posted:

Sorry, I know this is several pages back. But it touches on a bigger issue that boomers have. they don't learn the language of a process. They just learn rote memorization of the process.

my example would be cameras. I understand the general knowledge of symbols used on most cameras. I know that if I see a small box with a rectangle in it, it will bring up images stored on the card for review.

A lot of boomer mines don't think that way. They learn through memorization of locations. If a button has moved from it's original place, they don't understand how to use it.

This is the same reason you see a lot of boomers in the trades who do things the way they were taught and no other way. They don't think about why they are doing something, they just do what they were told. That's how we get five different carpenters with different ways of doing things and all convinced that their way is right.

This is also why they continue to whine about “core math”. gently caress off, they’re learning actual mathematics, not bullshit tricks.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

tango alpha delta posted:

Yep, had a boomer casually tell me that people diagnosed with autism just need a good smack to "snap them out of it".

Stay classy boomers, you can't die fast enough.

They also get really loving mad about therapy or medication (depending on the condition) and talk about how it's only for "pussies" or "how easy it must be to just take a pill to solve your problems" or "that just turns kids into zombies, you're just a lazy parent". Also, they get really crabby when non-stereotypical people have a condition (say, women or adults with ADHD) or that they symptoms aren't exactly what they overheard once on a TV show. "How can you have ADHD, you aren't bouncing off of the walls?? Why did you forget to do all this paperwork??". Even if they aren't complete assholes I get tired of having to explain and justify how it works and what I need to work through it. I had a boomer manager that was just this side of violating ADA accommodations because his bullshit rules were needlessly strict and he liked to set people up to fail and berate them for it. gently caress him so hard.

Sorry if this rant is overly specific but these assholes ensure that folks with the disorder have a harder time getting diagnosed and more stigma around seeking the medical attention they need. This goes for a poo poo ton of other issues as well. gently caress boomers.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

What the gently caress were they going to do, shoot up a mall? Shoot up a school thinking Millenials are still in their teens?

Not surprised at all that the SVU show runners were behind this and insisting on a focus of the “darker aspects” of the series. What the gently caress.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Milo and POTUS posted:

visiting the parents for the weekend and dad bitching about some csi show having a white supremacist as a bad guy lmao

Don’t forget to block Fox News from their cable box!

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Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006

by the sex ghost

Kung Food posted:

I feel like I have to because rent in my area goes up $100 to $200 every year, and if I don't lock down a monthly rate soon I will have to move an hour away from work in five years.

The last year I rented, my rent shot up 12%, and then when I checked a year later it was up another 8%. gently caress that poo poo so hard.

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