Baby Boomers

Mott the Hoople said:
You want me to sound like a Republican don’t you Wacko? You’re sounding like a lazy, egocentric, self entitled millennial.

Poor millennials. Fuck those punks. I’m tired of their cry babying “Waaa my vagina hurts.”. They don’t like the way the world is? Fine...why don’t they get off their lazy gaming, smart phone addicted, net surfing asses and do something about it.

The pathetic thing about the childish crybaby post is that it conveniently forgets the vast accomplishments of Boomers or the shit sandwich we inherited.
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They continue to whine, after refusing to bother to vote last November.

Now they'll cry that 'the Boomers' took their tuition tax credit away.
 
cawacko said:
Shit sandwich you inherited? You came into the world post WWII. What did your generation have that was so bad?
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Oh gee we inherited a civilization devastated by the worst war in history, the specter of nuclear destruction, no environmental protection, no safety protections at work, civil rights of vast swaths of the population being denied their civil rights, large chunks of the world dominated by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, communism, The Cold War...you want me to go on?
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Oh gee we inherited a civilization devastated by the worst war in history, the specter of nuclear destruction, no environmental protection, no safety protections at work, civil rights of vast swaths of the population being denied their civil rights, large chunks of the world dominated by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, communism, The Cold War...you want me to go on?
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If people like cawacko had to deal with those types of things, they'd go hide in corner whimpering. They want everything the rest of us worked for and think if it isn't handed to them, they're being cheated.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Oh gee we inherited a civilization devastated by the worst war in history, the specter of nuclear destruction, no environmental protection, no safety protections at work, civil rights of vast swaths of the population being denied their civil rights, large chunks of the world dominated by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, communism, The Cold War...you want me to go on?
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:crymott:
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Oh gee we inherited a civilization devastated by the worst war in history, the specter of nuclear destruction, no environmental protection, no safety protections at work, civil rights of vast swaths of the population being denied their civil rights, large chunks of the world dominated by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, communism, The Cold War...you want me to go on?
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The draft! These kids don't know what it was like dreading your 18th bday. Every morning before school, I was required to make my bed. My radio would be on, and at the top of the hour you would get sports scores, the weather, and the numbers of U.S/Viet Cong deaths.
It was part of 'normal' routine in this country.
 
My grandfather was born in '04 and grew up on a farm in Nova Scotia. He smelled the first car he ever saw before it came into view. The creek on their land was so clean you can sit in the swimming hole and look upstream at trout looking back at you. He graduated from the eighth grade, then moved to Boston for work. He used to take a raw egg with him every morning. For lunch, he'd eat the egg raw. His first job was cleaning out warehouses out on the wharfs. He described seeing rats "as big as dogs".

Both my parents were children through the Depression and WW2 rationing. My dad went to college for two years before he ran out of money, then he enlisted in the army. After a four year stint it took him ten years of night school to graduate.

When I was a kid, every creek, river and lake where I grew up was polluted. Cars burned leaded gas, and house paint had lead pigments. Nearly everyone smoked cigarettes. Busses belched black soot pulling away from every stop. I went through college by working every other semester and it took me less that eight years, vs. the 12 it took my father.

The Clean Water Act of '70 led me to my career choice. I began my career during the Carter years, and that hurt the industry badly. It hurt everyone badly.

My wife and I are well off enough to have put both our kids through college without them paying a dime. Both did it in four years and graduated with no debt, some money in the bank, and decent cars.

The environment is much cleaner now. People are living longer, and one of the biggest killers is too much food.

Most things are getting better with each generation, and I see the biggest danger to future generations is complacency.
 
Althea said:
The draft! These kids don't know what it was like dreading your 18th bday. Every morning before school, I was required to make my bed. My radio would be on, and at the top of the hour you would get sports scores, the weather, and the numbers of U.S/Viet Cong deaths.
It was part of 'normal' routine in this country.
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My brother is 7 years older and he was part of that. His plan, if he drew a low number, was to move to Canada. He drew a high number and went to college. He's been a liberal Democrat his whole life...
 
Right said:
My brother is 7 years older and he was part of that. His plan, if he drew a low number, was to move to Canada. He drew a high number and went to college. He's been a liberal Democrat his whole life...
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This is neither here nor there, just curious. Does the political differences between you two affect your relationship at all?
 
cawacko said:
This is neither here nor there, just curious. Does the political differences between you two affect your relationship at all?
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Not really. We were never close, but we talk on the phone more or less annually. We always talk politics but more for the comedy of it than anything. He and I have both done well financially and have taken it upon ourselves to establish a college fund for one of our sister's grandsons, about to graduate high school, whose father was a deadbeat and died of a drug overdose last year.
 
Right said:
Not really. We were never close, but we talk on the phone more or less annually. We always talk politics but more for the comedy of it than anything. He and I have both done well financially and have taken it upon ourselves to establish a college fund for one of our sister's grandsons, about to graduate high school, whose father was a deadbeat and died of a drug overdose last year.
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That's cool, great to take care of family
 
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