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re: Is there a worse generation than the Baby Boomers?
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:23 am to Mike da Tigah
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:23 am to Mike da Tigah
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And does every bit of that now, and still miserable because he lives in a society that resembles a traveling circus or tent city with nothing that indicates he may want to stay a while, but move on to the new and shiny down the road when the metal rusts in a few years, where he can then build more metal buildings with stucco fronts.
Because most people are superficial and try to find fulfillment from external things.
What's changed in the past 70 years is man used to try to survive and make a life better for his family than his life. Now man tries to find how he fits in relative to his/her peers. I think the 80's had a lot to do with that.
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Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:28 am to fr33manator
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:29 am to RogerTheShrubber
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What's changed in the past 70 years is man used to try to survive and make a life better for his family than his life. Now man tries to find how he fits in relative to his/her peers. I think the 80's had a lot to do with that.
The 80s were atrocious, but I think the 70s were the beginning of all this nonsense. Prior to that, there was a whole lot more good sense, community, and grounded people. With the 70s came the suburbian sprawl, the big malls rather than downtown, the throw away everything, wall to wall nonsense, and abundance of silly plastic shite taking over. I believe we began going full retard around that point and haven't looked back since. The only saving grace in the 70s was the music IMO.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:33 am to mikrit54
Can't read it, what's the bottom caption say?
And what will you do when there is no work to do? When matter itself is transported.
When you can wish for something and have it there.
It's coming.
Right now you can type something you want to see into google, and immediately see it. Watch a thousand videos of it.
Imagine that in a decade, you'll be able to think about something and experience it, real as rain.
The future is a terrifying and fascinating place indeed.
And what will you do when there is no work to do? When matter itself is transported.
When you can wish for something and have it there.
It's coming.
Right now you can type something you want to see into google, and immediately see it. Watch a thousand videos of it.
Imagine that in a decade, you'll be able to think about something and experience it, real as rain.
The future is a terrifying and fascinating place indeed.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:34 am to Mike da Tigah
In the 70's people had little hope so they partied literally like there was no tomorrow. People had grown up to believe MAD was imminent and the future was very uncertain.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:38 am to Mike da Tigah
There are places in Romania that have never even had a burger. That still use horse drawn buggies And dress no different than their great great great grandfathers.
Is that what you want?
You say plastic like it is a bad thing.
Your car is plastic.
Your computer is plastic.
Your life is plastic.
The stone cutters hated when the bronze workers came along too.
Watch this. You'll laugh. Then you might think on it though.
LINK
Is that what you want?
You say plastic like it is a bad thing.
Your car is plastic.
Your computer is plastic.
Your life is plastic.
The stone cutters hated when the bronze workers came along too.
Watch this. You'll laugh. Then you might think on it though.
LINK
This post was edited on 2/4/14 at 12:39 am
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:40 am to RogerTheShrubber
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In the 70's people had little hope so they partied literally like there was no tomorrow. People had grown up to believe MAD was imminent and the future was very uncertain.
Yep, a lot of partying to be sure. Everyone I knew was getting high, including parents, cops, whoever. In many ways it was a blast for myself at least because I was coming of age as a teenager, but then as I look back and am honest about it, I see some extremely self destructive behavior, and it wasn't really even the drugs and alcohol, but the careless indifference to just about everything.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:43 am to Mike da Tigah
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Yep, a lot of partying to be sure. Everyone I knew was getting high, including parents, cops, whoever. In many ways it was a blast for myself at least because I was coming of age as a teenager, but then as I look back and am honest about it, I see some extremely self destructive behavior, and it wasn't really even the drugs and alcohol, but the careless indifference to just about everything.
I really think it was the age we were in. We were taught by the academics that the world would end due to pollution and overpopulation. We were taught by the media the world would end in mutually assured destruction, and the preachers taught that Armageddon was just around the corner. I think people just said screw it, let's party.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:51 am to RogerTheShrubber
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I really think it was the age we were in. We were taught by the academics that the world would end due to pollution and overpopulation. We were taught by the media the world would end in mutually assured destruction, and the preachers taught that Armageddon was just around the corner. I think people just said screw it, let's party.
Yeah, and Nixon and Carter just added to the feeling of demise, as well as the defeated feeling that resulted from Vietnam, and perhaps a good bit of remorse for what it cost in lives and what it did to us as humans as well.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:52 am to SlowFlowPro
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that generation gave us welfare, medicaid, and medicare. they have the most blame
True. But it's easy to blame people 50 years later based on information you have now, they didn't have then. The world was a much different place.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:54 am to Mike da Tigah
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Yeah, and Nixon and Carter just added to the feeling of demise, as well as the defeated feeling that resulted from Vietnam, and perhaps a good bit of remorse for what it cost in lives and what it did to us as humans as well.
American morale was so low. I remember when patriotism returned being shocked, because bashing the US had been so popular for so long. The late 70's when I was starting High School, American morale was pathetic.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:55 am to fr33manator
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There are places in Romania that have never even had a burger. That still use horse drawn buggies And dress no different than their great great great grandfathers.
Is that what you want?
No
Unlike most of my counterparts, I have long since done away with my khakis and polos from the 70s and 80s.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 12:58 am to RogerTheShrubber
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American morale was so low. I remember when patriotism returned being shocked, because bashing the US had been so popular for so long. The late 70's when I was starting High School, American morale was pathetic.
Yeah, the only thing I remember positive regarding patriotism was the Fire Department painting the fire hydrants red, white, and blue in 76 for our Bicentennial. Other than that, the movies for instance were really a downer.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 1:04 am to tiger1014
Really the biggest thing for me is the debt they will have burdened us with. When i got older and realized people bought shite they couldnt afford, i really couldnt believe how dumb it all was. Going to school has become the norm now, and i think society does try to force it on you, but you still dont have to go to college to be successful. I believe my parents instilled the rt attitude and work ethic in me. They prob also knew how hard it was going to be to get a job back in 2009 and really helped me out any way they could. They are baby boomers, but i would say my parents seem to not be the norm when compared to other peoples parents my age.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 4:03 am to SlowFlowPro
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he can't help it. we're more intelligent than his generation, as observed in the Flynn effect
arguing with your average old person in many ways is like arguing with a dinosaur
at young people in this thread trying to tell the older ones about life experience.Posted on 2/4/14 at 4:07 am to OMLandshark
quote:Ironically, you're describing the Boomers when they were your age. At that time in their lives they couldn't have been less materialistic.
Yeah, what a retarded argument. Our generation is without question less materialistic than the Boomers. Honestly if you give us a iPhone, a laptop, and a half way decent apartment, I'd say most are pretty content.
Our generation doesn't give a frick about cars, so much so that car companies are really freaking out that Generation Y isn't investing in cars, and it has nothing to do with whether their parents buy them or not. They just don't see the need for them if they live in a major city with great public transit. We're brand oriented, sure, but it doesn't mean we "demand the best".
Posted on 2/4/14 at 4:41 am to TX Tiger
Oh young wise ones that had lived life to the fullest. Ya'll full of shite!
Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:07 am to tiger1014
Gen Y, unite!!!!
Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:13 am to Golfer
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Violent crime is also on a sharp decline since highs in the 1980's and 1990's. Hmmmm...
Today's kids are too lazy to steal or whip arse.
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