TygerTyger

Should be out any day now.

I loved this show and suggested it here with lots of positive responses.

But, the way season 2 ended was really good, and pretty final.

But I guess money and lack of creativity in Hollywood means nothing is final.

I really hope it doesn’t jump the shark.

I’m 58. For the last 20 years or so my Saturday routine is usually get up early and go ride 50+ miles on my bicycle, have a shower and lunch, then take a 30-60 minute nap.

Pickleball has replaced cycling, but the nap remains.

And it’s glorious.

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Ralph Kramden
Archie Bunker
Al Bundy
Homer Simpson
Peter Griffin

The doofus dad template has been around for decades.

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One of these things is not like the others. Yes, liberal Hollywood writers tried to make Archie the clown. He was supposed to be the racist, misogynistic white conservative stereotype. But most times he was right and weak, liberal, pinko meathead was the clown.

The older I get the more I relate to Archie.

What happened?

They are all fricking crazy. Hers finally emerged in full. They are emotionally anchored to their vanity and ability to draw attention to themselves.

That’s what happened.

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at least aggie made the CFP

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James Maddison and Tulane also making the CFP takes a lot of shine off that apple buddy.

Kevin Samuels

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We didnt celebrate it, until my teens.

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RogerTheShrubber

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That explains a lot of your fricked-up-edness

It's not all of them, but it's always them.

This applies to Gen-Xers too.

We can add that a lot of us were latchkey kids and took care of ourselves after school. We we expected to get our homework done, get a snack, get the frozen chicken out of the fridge or turn on the crock pot, and entertain ourselves until our parents got home.

We definitely didn't get participation trophies. If we sucked, we were told so, and we let the shame drive us to be better.

What baffles me is why so many of my peers from my generation went on to completely change their parenting style and raised a bunch of pussies and weaklings?

My across the street neighbor has been a mystery to me. He works for a fire extinguisher/fire system company. He does installations and routine maintenance/inspections. Blue collar job that I'd guess pays less than $100K a year. She is a financial analyst for one of the big oil companies. I would guess she's at $165K a year or there about.

They have one son, so child costs are not super high.

They live in the biggest floor plan in our neighborhood. They have an 2022 F-250, a 2020 Chevy Suburban, a 2024 Silverado, they put in a pool a few years ago. They have a nice toy hauler trailer RV thing, a big flat bed trailer, several motorcycles, a really nice side by side, and a new four wheeler.

I could never figure out how they afford all that stuff.

Then one day I was talking the guy and he mentioned he was trying to sell the toy hauler but he has WAY upside down on it. He also mentioned he was late on a payment on the side by side.

That's when it hit me, they are in debt up to their assholes.

That's how most people are "rich".

I don't have nearly as much "stuff", but everything I have is paid for.

I have a mortgage, and two car notes on used cars. My wife's little 2019 Audi Q3 will be paid off in February. Other than that, we just have regular credit card balances that we pay off each month.

You know… the… the thing..