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Jurgan posted:Y is this generation twice as long as all the others? It will be an ever expanding time gap that just represents "all people younger than me." Give it a couple decades and they'll be bitching about everyone born between 1980 and 2030.
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VitalSigns posted:
More like: Y should I get a second job on top of the 60 hours/week I work already? Y should I be forced to pay more than half my salary in rent to some baby boomer fucks fourth house just to line their pockets? Y should I get a car when I can take public transportation/walk/ride a bike? Y should I clean my room when I have crippling depression from reality and it hurts to wake up because you realize that every day the world get's more expensive compared to what I am earning? Y should I wash and iron my clothes? See above. Y should I buy any food when I can't afford any?
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Dec 18, 2019 23:55
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Why do we call the second group - Boomers? Boom! There goes your chance at ever retiring, but gently caress you I got mine! Boom! There goes affordable education, but gently caress you we got ours! Boom! There goes affordable healthcare, but gently caress you we got Medicare! Boom! [The last sound your kid ever heard because he was in math class when somebody who never should have had an AR-15 easily obtained one and picked your kid's room first] Boom! There goes the entire loving planet!
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Dec 18, 2019 23:56
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Y should I entertain the opinions of someone who thinks I can even afford clothes that need ironing, let alone that I could be lazy enough to not iron them, instead of washing my one t-shirt and two sets of scrubs every loving day for my two jobs
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Dec 19, 2019 01:03
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tek79 posted:Why do we call the second group - Boomers? Nah, pretty sure they're called Boomers because they spew toxic bile at you nonstop and they try to do as much collateral damage as they can when they die.
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Dec 19, 2019 01:20
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Nah, pretty sure they're called Boomers because they spew toxic bile at you nonstop and they try to do as much collateral damage as they can when they die.
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Dec 19, 2019 01:43
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Maybe it's just my lovely family or where I live, but I don't even see the line between most Gen X'ers and Boomers anyway. My parents are just as loving dumb and racist as my grandparents. And people around my parents' age have been mostly poo poo at any job I've had.
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Dec 19, 2019 21:37
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Grimdude posted:Maybe it's just my lovely family or where I live, but I don't even see the line between most Gen X'ers and Boomers anyway. My parents are just as loving dumb and racist as my grandparents. And people around my parents' age have been mostly poo poo at any job I've had. I saw a graph of Trump approval by age and Gen X is just a fairly steep slope between the Boomers and Millenials
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Dec 19, 2019 21:42
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I feel like Boomerism has evolved beyond an age group to being a state of mind. It's become it's own unique flavor of FYGM selfishness and disregard for anything/anyone else, and there are plenty of people who aren't Boomer age but still share that particular evil ideology.
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Dec 19, 2019 21:46
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the_steve posted:I feel like Boomerism has evolved beyond an age group to being a state of mind. The key part is a total inability to accept that other people might have it worse than they do. Boomers grew up in economical boom (hah) times and refuse to accept that not only are those times gone, they are largely responsible for them disappearing. But that doesn't have to be a generational thing, as you said. 22yo trust fund babies whining about how persecuted they are, those folks are boomer as gently caress. And so on.
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Dec 19, 2019 22:19
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Tarezax posted:I saw a graph of Trump approval by age and Gen X is just a fairly steep slope between the Boomers and Millenials There's a hell of a difference between early Gen X and late Gen X. Pre-vs-Post Reagan maturity. edit: vvvv Also kids can be rather cut-throat little shits. The idea that they don't know that a participation trophy isn't a win is pretty insulting. Taerkar fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Dec 19, 2019 22:58
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If I had to distill Boomerism down to its essential, I would say "lack of self-awareness" My Ur-Boomerism example is "millenials are entitled weaklings who demand participation trophies for losing". When, of course, participation trophies were something Boomers wanted in the first place that's why THEY gave them to US. Even if they're bad, it's 100% on the Boomers who gave them out, not on the kids. loving obviously. Any honorary Boomers you meet have that exact total lack of self-awareness about pretty much everything no matter what age they are.
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Dec 19, 2019 23:09
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CuddleCryptid posted:The key part is a total inability to accept that other people might have it worse than they do. Boomers grew up in economical boom (hah) times and refuse to accept that not only are those times gone, they are largely responsible for them disappearing. Maybe the dividing line isn't generational but instead something else. Wonder how we could possibly classify it...
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Dec 19, 2019 23:16
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VitalSigns posted:If I had to distill Boomerism down to its essential, I would say "lack of self-awareness" And any kid old enough to understand what a competition is knows that participation trophies are 100% bullshit. They exist only to make the parents happy.
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Dec 19, 2019 23:32
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Not to mention that they're pretty much cliche at this point and don't really exist for kids of any significant age. Or, at least, that's my impression.
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Dec 19, 2019 23:39
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I mean really it was probably for the trophy manufacturers who made a ton of sales to local peewee sports leagues every year. The kids didn't care, maybe the parents care although I think the kind of parent who wants a trophy isn't satisfied with a participation trophy, they're the kind of toxic midlife-crisis parent trying to vicariously live out all their failed dreams and unfulfilled expectations through their kid and they want their kid to be the champion and get the real trophy. Participation trophies themselves are wasteful and just end up in landfills so that's p bad, but the idea behind them, that there can only be one champion, it's almost certainly not going to be you, and that's okay and you should just be happy you had a fun time with your friends and proud of what you did and get pizza together even if you lost, is a positive one. It's always funny how that self-awareness came naturally to most kids, it was obvious that we were probably not going to beat 100 teams and be state champs or whatever, but how many loving parents think their kid has to be the champion.
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Dec 20, 2019 00:04
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totalnewbie posted:Not to mention that they're pretty much cliche at this point and don't really exist for kids of any significant age. Or, at least, that's my impression. No they still exist for children of a certain age: 
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Dec 20, 2019 00:17
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mentholmoose posted:No they still exist for children of a certain age: lmao
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Dec 20, 2019 00:20
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Participation awards are really useful to motivate the kids who are too young to be really competitive. It keeps them playing the game long enough to develop basic skills. But really a pizza party accomplishes nearly the same goal. After that, yeah, it's just for the parents.
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Dec 20, 2019 01:35
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VitalSigns posted:It's always funny how that self-awareness came naturally to most kids, it was obvious that we were probably not going to beat 100 teams and be state champs or whatever, but how many loving parents think their kid has to be the champion. A lot of it is also not teaching pride in what you've accomplished, and that if you aren't first you're just another loser. Wish I could find the quote stm, but American Gods has a brief passage on small towns that proudly put up their local school's sport accomplishments. "Third place in the regional middle school softball" and the ilk that truly spoke to me. The point should never have been trophies, but rather a game well played. Do your best and take pride in your accomplishments.
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Dec 20, 2019 01:51
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Dec 20, 2019 02:19
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They are very upset over what a child said.
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Dec 20, 2019 02:21
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Orange Devil posted:Maybe the dividing line isn't generational but instead something else. Wonder how we could possibly classify it... I think the dividing line is somewhere between shoulder and chin height
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Dec 20, 2019 02:50
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Wrecking your own engine to own the libs!
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Dec 20, 2019 03:03
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Aren't most of those wrong anyways?
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Dec 20, 2019 03:19
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Taerkar posted:Aren't most of those wrong anyways? Yes, they're wrong. I mean, sure, you CAN but at hilarious costs.
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Dec 20, 2019 03:22
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After a quick google I think I found the source of this nonsense because it regurgitates the pro bullet points vebatim. Amusingly some of the con points in the article seem to directly contradict several of the pros. Like it has "better gas mileage" as a pro but "reduces fuel economy" as a con and "exaust sounds better" as a pro but "Creates more noise" as a con. There's also this little gem tucked away in there:quote:Federal law in the United States prohibits the removal of a catalytic converter which is functioning properly. A replacement converter is permitted if there is a documented failure of the original one. Serious fines may result if your vehicle is found to be without this device. Seems like a pretty big loving con right there.
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Dec 20, 2019 04:24
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I grew up in Arkansas and I can assure you that HUGE swathes of the American South routinely cut the catalytic converters out of their vehicles. The volume of your truck is directly tied to the size of your dick.
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Dec 20, 2019 07:48
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Dec 20, 2019 08:09
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I feel like “President O’Bama” has to be intentional rather than a typo but I can’t fathom what it means. Obama is a secret Muslim Kenyan from....Ireland?
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Dec 20, 2019 09:26
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His dad was a subject of the British Empire, much like Ireland, so he can't be president, just like how Kennedy had a direct line to the Vatican?
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Dec 20, 2019 10:53
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You know who else was a subject of the British Empire?
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XIII posted:I grew up in Arkansas and I can assure you that HUGE swathes of the American South routinely cut the catalytic converters out of their vehicles. The volume of your truck is directly tied to the size of your dick. This is true, just not with the relationship they think it is.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:21
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Imagine how many world problems would be solved if we could make a pill that made everyone who wanted to have a big dick.
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Dec 20, 2019 13:54
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Dehry posted:
You know what President O'bama did!!!!????!!!!!!!!! [posts a list of poo poo that Obama didn't do]
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Dec 20, 2019 14:03
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tek79 posted:You know what President O'bama did!!!!????!!!!!!!!! But imagine if he did. Be pretty hosed up then huh
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Dec 20, 2019 14:15
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Orange Devil posted:Imagine how many world problems would be solved if we could make a pill that made everyone who wanted to have a big dick. We do. It's blue and gives you a big dick nearly on command.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:40
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RagnarokAngel posted:But imagine if he did. Be pretty hosed up then huh Yeah, like how he made saying "Merry Christmas" punishable by death.
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Dec 20, 2019 14:52
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Orange Devil posted:You know who else was a subject of the British Empire? That's right, George Washington. Owned much?
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HootTheOwl posted:We do. It's blue and gives you a big dick nearly on command. That's not really how it works.
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