Odysseus32

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It's a GenZ/Alpha thing. Kids aren't motivated by the same things that older generations were. The American way is totally lost on them. They have basically been indoctrinated that the old way of life a big sham, or that it's destructive or threatening. Kids today are actually fricked up beyond all repair.

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I agree with the bolded first half, disagree with the rest.

I think it's just a change in priority. I have a lot of friends who are really into cars, work on trucks, etc. I have no interest. I only have a car because it's a necessity where I live. The nearest grocery store is 5 miles away, and honestly if the route there was less dangerous highway, I'd opt for my bike and and pull behind trailer.

I got my license at 17, because my stepdad passed away and my mom gifted me his truck. That truck shite the bed and I didn't have funds to get a new one, but I did have a bike. I rode that for years and that was that. Hertz offered car rentals under 25, so if I wanted to get out of town I'd just do that. There was no reason for me to have a car. I simply was not interested. Honestly, if it didn't scare the hell out of my wife, I'd probably still just ride a bicycle.

Cars are a pain in the arse. They malfunction, they require upkeep and maintenance, if you don't know what you're doing you get ripped off by assholes, insurance is sky high, you have to go get gas. frick all that.

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rom where do these absolutely brain dead morons keep coming?

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My brother I’ve been here much longer than yourself.

I say this with hopes that it sparks something in you. You actually need to do some reflection.

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False, this is exactly what we voted for.

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Also, this is just false. Not arguing, just letting you know information that you should know. you like throwing retarded around, this is quite a retarded stance.

Go hug someone my friend. You need some love.

Oh okay thank god you chimed in.

? Are you talking about Joe Biden?

I never voted for Joe Biden. I actually did vote for Trump in 16.

I’m just not thick headed enough to not admit that I was wrong. A lot of you just can’t bite the bullet here. You still think Trump is joking or playing chess when he says moronic shite.

As someone who thought that could be the case, he isn’t. It’s clear as day to anyone who can think critically. The man has no idea what he is doing.

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There can be a SLOWING of the economy unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates, NOW

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How do you take someone who holds the most powerful position in the world and talks like this seriously?

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...and here you are judging everyone and calling them stupid. Typical pseudo-intellectual behavior.

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Yeah but only because I live here.

Also, I never claimed to not be a judgy a-hole.

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Nah. Don’t bother with the scripture you don’t want to agree with. Good call.

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I never said I wanted to agree or didn't want to agree with scripture.

My beef is not with jesus or any denomination of Christianity.

It's about people in this state who are, by and large, shitty who use Christianity as a crutch to be assholes. And then don't have the decency to dress like an appropriate human.

I go to church rarely, but when I do I don't wear a fricking fishing shirt and jeans. I wear slacks and a dress shirt and even then I'm worried I'm dressed down.

This has nothing to do with Jesus and more to do with a shitty cohort of people who pretend to be nice and holy when they just aren't.

Jesus also shat in a field, but this board has a real problem if they see an unwashed fellow doing that.

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Bless your heart

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Thank you for proving my point.

Actual kindness is being kind while being authentic. If you can only front kindness in a grocery store and then you go home and talk shite, you're not kind. You're a liar. And lying is the opposite of kindness.

I know in this area that's a foreign concept to most, probably due to a limited engine in the noggin.

I don't like nepotism in any form, and it's hard for me to look past it.

This is probably due to father-figure/male role model issues or seeing most family in and out of jail. I never had a single connection that was worth anything until I was in HS and I befriended people who had those connections. I remember making friends with well connected people and I was shocked. A town of 50k and it was like these people lived in a completely different world.

It made me see the value in connections, but seeing some of the people in that world, most of them great people, some of them were wholly undeserving of the opportunities they had. At least that was my first thought before I realized the word "deserve" is almost meaningless. There is and there isn't and it has little to do with merit.

Nobody does anything alone, but some people get a fantastic head start. And as much as it makes me feel like a hypocrite to say, because nepotism does make me extremely bitter, being born in a country with running water and a functioning sewage system puts you ahead of 80% of people on Earth.