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re: If boomers seem mentally tough, it's because these 10 childhood realities shaped them
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:49 pm to NC_Tigah
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:49 pm to NC_Tigah
Anyone downvoting this obviously is a pussy. The pusification of our nation is the basic reason we have the problems we now endure.
Sometimes hard decisions must be made for the greater good.
There are winners and losers, if you lose... try harder.
Nobody is entitled to anything and life doesn't care about your feelings neither does everyone else.... more importantly, everyone doesn't want to listen to crying and bitching.
Sometimes hard decisions must be made for the greater good.
There are winners and losers, if you lose... try harder.
Nobody is entitled to anything and life doesn't care about your feelings neither does everyone else.... more importantly, everyone doesn't want to listen to crying and bitching.
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:49 pm to 4cubbies
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What negative outcomes are associated with participation trophies?
Really?
1. Makes a mockery of competition.
2. Gives false sense of achievement.
3. Stifles motivation for improvement.
4. Encourages false sense of entitlement.
5. Stunts the growth which comes from learning from failure.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:53 pm to NC_Tigah
All in the OP is true, but what is ironic is that it the boomers that did not raise their kids the same way and built a population of weak, entitled ridden, do nothing, liberal activists.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:54 pm to UtahCajun
quote:Several folks have said that
Sounds like they are talking about Xers
Maybe in a couple more years, millennials and zoomers fav retort will evolve to "OK-X'er"
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:55 pm to NC_Tigah
It seems like people always just end up repeating clichés we inherited from our own childhoods in these threads.
I’m asking what specific negative outcomes participation trophies cause. Do kids who get them grow up less resilient? Less motivated? Worse at handling setbacks? If so, let's see the evidence.
A trophy doesn't stop kids from striking out, missing shots or losing games. Kids still experience failure even if they get a trophy at the end of the season. I just can't fathom any measurable damage is caused by getting a participation trophy.
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No pain - no gain.
I’m asking what specific negative outcomes participation trophies cause. Do kids who get them grow up less resilient? Less motivated? Worse at handling setbacks? If so, let's see the evidence.
A trophy doesn't stop kids from striking out, missing shots or losing games. Kids still experience failure even if they get a trophy at the end of the season. I just can't fathom any measurable damage is caused by getting a participation trophy.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:56 pm to fwtex
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weak, entitled ridden, do nothing, liberal activists
ironically, this is how boomers are often described
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:57 pm to NC_Tigah
Only a boomer would copy some lazy bit of rage bait like this from Facebook and then paste it on another forum, as if it were something profound.
i’M sO tOuGh I nEvEr EvEn WoN a TrOpHy!!!
This is pathetic.
i’M sO tOuGh I nEvEr EvEn WoN a TrOpHy!!!
This is pathetic.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:07 pm to blueboy
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The major governmental policy changes that nuked us demographically and continue to give advantages to foreigners over citizens were not implemented by tweeting zoomers.
So no.
Who voted for them, though? And I mean the electorate, not the assholes voted into office.
Boomers have been less in control of national politics for over fifteen years than the generations behind them.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:08 pm to 4cubbies
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I’m asking what specific negative outcomes participation trophies cause. Do kids who get them grow up less resilient? Less motivated? Worse at handling setbacks? If so, let's see the evidence.
A trophy doesn't stop kids from striking out, missing shots or losing games. Kids still experience failure even if they get a trophy at the end of the season. I just can't fathom any measurable damage is caused by getting a participation trophy.
Go try to hire this youngest generation right now....and don't praise them, don't give them perks and love and over the top praise and see how fast they quit. It's ridiculous how weak this generation is. How easily They'd get their little feelings hurt., and how they expect to be catered to in every way, shape and form, even if they're not living up to their peers in terms of their production. New nurses are out there telling hospitals.They won't work nights and they won't wor weekends.... You are a new grad, you're supposed to have the shitty time slots....are you kidding me? Look at the starbucks baristas in new york who sued because it was so hard getting.Weird schedules in New York City....Participation trophies and allowing safe spaces have been the ruination of an entire generation.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:15 pm to tiggerthetooth
I am sorry that not 1 (according to you) adult in your life as a child, was a real man that left a favorable impression on you and you only encountered feckless weaklings.
The vast majority that grew up at that time and see where we are today with kids, are slapped in the face with this obvious reality every day.
You seem defensive. That is your lack of life experience, and you pretending to arrogantly know better.
With life experience, ego and arrogance are easily exposed. Just the way it is.
The vast majority that grew up at that time and see where we are today with kids, are slapped in the face with this obvious reality every day.
You seem defensive. That is your lack of life experience, and you pretending to arrogantly know better.
With life experience, ego and arrogance are easily exposed. Just the way it is.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:22 pm to Tigahs24Seven
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Go try to hire this youngest generation right now....and don't praise them, don't give them perks and love and over the top praise and see how fast they quit. It's ridiculous how weak this generation is.
My office recently had 2 Gen Z interns and they were night and day. One fit the memes - entitled, lazy, etc. The other was super competent and hardworking.
It's almost as if generalizing entire generations isn't really accurate or productive.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:25 pm to 4cubbies
quote:It actually does Cubs, at least it lessens the chance. It ups the level of competition. Forces one to quiet the nerves and focus on every aspect of the shot with just a bit more clarity. So while it does not guarantee success, it guarantees a best chance at it. Those are skills which, for me, have translated to hundreds of critical medical situations.
A trophy doesn't stop kids from striking out, missing shots or losing games.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:36 pm to NC_Tigah
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It actually does Cubs, at least it lessens the chance
How would a trophy given at the end of a season impact what happens during the season?
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It ups the level of competition. Forces one to quiet the nerves and focus on every aspect of the shot with just a bit more clarity. So while it does not guarantee success, it guarantees a best chance at it. Those are skills which, for me, have translated to hundreds of critical medical situations.
Not getting a trophy does this?
Idk, my kids still cry when their teams lose and they get medals/trophies at the end of the season.
Knowing they are going to get a trophy in several weeks or months doesn't even occur to them while they are practicing or playing. Kids are very short-sighted. If asked why they got those participation items, they would say "for playing (whichever sport)." They know they didn't with the championship just because they got a medal or a trophy, which seems to be the insinuation.
I don't remember if I got participation trophies when I was a kid and I would honestly be shocked if anyone did remember getting or not getting them. That's how meaningless they are.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:37 pm to 4cubbies
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Not getting a trophy does this?
JFC..
I worry about your kids future.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:38 pm to NC_Tigah
But… they don’t.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:47 pm to 4cubbies
quote:Ironic indeed, considering the same groups simultaneously accuse boomers of being domineering, greed-driven, power-hungry impediments to Gen X and Gen Y progress.
ironically, this is how boomers are often described
Each view, yours and the latter, is passionately expressed. Each view is apparently believed, and yet they don't logically jibe.
What do you think? Can both be true at the same time?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:36 pm to scottydoesntknow
In 2008 the bottom fell out of building in general , oh, and that's the year Obama started.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:19 pm to NC_Tigah
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Maybe in a couple more years, millennials and zoomers fav retort will evolve to "OK-X'er
Nah bruh. The bulk of then know so little that they already call us Boomer
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:21 pm to themunch
quote:Indeed.
In 2008 the bottom fell out of building in general , oh, and that's the year Obama started.
Counters scotty's claim that "2008 destroyed the long term health of the economy."
To add to your observation, we have this scotty exchange
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2008 destroyed the long term health of the economy.
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No.
But the response to it did. Obama did horrendous damage to the economy, race relations, healthcare, and the country. Millennials voted 2-to-1 for that atrocity. Boomers split 50-50. Shame on both, but your projection signals you're "unburdened by the past."
Then after already insinuating Obamanomics was the "boomers'" fault, 'scottydoesntknow' doubled down on stupid ...
quote:
Young people voted for the left??? Yeah that really bucked trends
but that was not quite enough. So he tripled down ...
quote:Unfortunately, given the first election in which all boomers were eligible to vote, we have this extremely inconvenient truth ... NYTimes - Nov. 5, 1984 - MAKING MARK ON POLITICS, 'BABY BOOMERS' APPEAR TO RALLY AROUND REAGAN.
Funny enough, Gen Z and Gen Alpha seem to be trending far more right than Boomers ever were.
All of which raises the question: "Has there ever been a more appropriate username on this board than 'scottydoesntknow' ?"
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 5:25 pm to UtahCajun
quote:Probably true. In that instance join the lump-in with Jane Fonda, Timothy Leary, LBJ, and Fauci.
The bulk of then know so little that they already call us Boomer
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