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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:00 pm to Mushroom1968
No they werent bad. They just fell in the realm of a generation that saw the most change IMO. Now they old. The generation before them was the last tough SOBs. It's only gonna get worse. Have you imagined this gen z when they 70 plus years old? Gonna be horrible. I'll be dead.
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:00 pm to Mushroom1968
Yes there are some bad people in every generation.
Quit stereotyping
Quit stereotyping
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:02 pm to Trevaylin
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My father's gift to me in the 1950-60 period of time , was appreciation of doing a good days labor and receive a wage.
Neither of my boomer parents had help from their parents once in adulthood. Both actually worked in HS to help with bills and groceries. My parents are leaving us, not much, but way more than they were left. Granted, they never have had a lot.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:02 pm to Mushroom1968
I think the damage was done before them. Our collapse has been in the works for a 100 years now.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:03 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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The generation before them was the last tough SOBs
Vietnam wasn’t tough?
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:04 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Sure, but boomers dont get to complain about war that was only experienced by a small minority of their group and had absolutely no effect on the domestic life other than the radical activists.
Just because a “small” percentage were drafted doesn’t mean a large percentage didn’t fight in the war. Vietnam was fought by boomers
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:07 pm to Mushroom1968
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Were boomers really that bad?
FFS, people are individuals. Enough of this generational nonsense. Haven't we had enough of identity politics?
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:09 pm to Bama Bird
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:09 pm to Ruston Trombone
quote:What a dumb statement.
They accepted all the wealth their forefathers worked to give them and got stingy with it when it was their time to turn around and pass it on.
The passing of wealth from the Baby Boomers to their heirs will be the largest transfer of generational wealth in the history of the world.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:10 pm to Mushroom1968
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Were boomers really that bad?
No
1. Economies have fluctuated throughout history.
2. Sucky people who don’t have every single thing they want in the world have to blame their problems on something, and they sure as hell ain’t gonna accept responsibility for their own actions. So they pick a whole generation of people.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:10 pm to T1gerNate
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I pity them.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:12 pm to Ruston Trombone
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They accepted all the wealth their forefathers worked to give them and got stingy with it when it was their time to turn around and pass it on.
What an entitled little count you are.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:16 pm to tiggerthetooth
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A small minority of boomers were drafted 8% of out 27 million eligible at the time of the draft.
2.2 million boomers were drafted for Vietnam, out of a 76 million total in the boomer population as of 2014.
It was still a pretty shite thing for them to go through. I had a boss.. this was over 20 years ago, who went to Vietnam. He was arrested for possession of drugs and it wasn't his first time getting arrested. The judge gave him a choice between going to jail for a long time (I forget how many years he said) or join the military and go to Vietnam. He went to Vietnam.
He would tell me stories about older people, people his age, who were parents of people I knew. There was one guy I can remember who went to jail for refusing to go to Vietnam. I have an uncle who has a legit hearing issue and failed the hearing test (my grandpa was in WWII and I think my uncle felt like it was his duty to go to Vietnam, but couldn't).
But my former boss told me about people who he served with and you are taking 18-19 year old, sending them to basic training and then shipping them off to Vietnam for a year. I remember him saying the closer people got to their year the more they would hide out to avoid going into combat. The whole 1 year thing was shitting planning.
Could you imagine if that happened today?
But whether people went or not, it just seemed to be a shitty party to live through.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:20 pm to Mushroom1968
I guess I'm skewed on my opinion.
My grandfather was in 3 wars. My father was 18 at the tail end of nam
He is still a tough man though. Nobody ever gave him shite but a little love from a single mom and wife and kids
My grandfather was in 3 wars. My father was 18 at the tail end of nam
He is still a tough man though. Nobody ever gave him shite but a little love from a single mom and wife and kids
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:23 pm to Trevaylin
Your parents paid taxes commensurate to cover the national debt. You and your generation didn’t.
Hence, the national debt.
Don’t worry, boomer. We’ll pick up your tab. It’ll all be fine moving forward but don’t act like you paid for your dinner.
Hence, the national debt.
Don’t worry, boomer. We’ll pick up your tab. It’ll all be fine moving forward but don’t act like you paid for your dinner.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:25 pm to rob0710
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Our collapse has been in the works for a 100 years now
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:47 pm to tiggerthetooth
Technically, I'm a boomer (1961), but Viet Nam was over when I was still in middle school. I just don't feel like I'm in that generation.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:53 pm to Mushroom1968
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They were the generation being drafted and shipped off to fight in Vietnam.
Most of the “boomers” we refer to went to college and got deferments. They did not go to Vietnam. My father in law was drafted right out of high school into an Army infantry unit and went to Vietnam at 18. He was lower middle class at best and wasn’t able to get out of his commitment. He did not go to college. Upper middle class and upper class boomers largely never saw any military time.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:54 pm to Sofaking2
Ivy Leaguers avoided Viet Nam in droves
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