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MorTech
04-11-2020, 08:53 PM
Seeing more like this one:

"OK Boomer...Hurry up and die" -Your Grandchildren

Seems the young are blaming the old for destroying their future.

Sad...I suspect they are going to live to hate us.

OrangeBlossomBaby
04-11-2020, 09:39 PM
Seeing more like this one:

"OK Boomer...Hurry up and die" -Your Grandchildren

Seems the young are blaming the old for destroying their future.

Sad...I suspect they are going to live to hate us.

You painting an entire generation as viscious haters is just as bad as the individuals who think it's funny to wish death to an entire other generation.

I wonder who they learned it from?

manaboutown
04-11-2020, 10:17 PM
You painting an entire generation as viscious haters is just as bad as the individuals who think it's funny to wish death to an entire other generation.

I wonder who they learned it from?


Their school teachers, college professors, the mainstream media....

OrangeBlossomBaby
04-11-2020, 10:26 PM
Their school teachers, college professors, the mainstream media....

So in other words - the kids of the boomer generation?

Sorry - not buying it. Also not buying that the entire generation of the millenials are like that. Some are. Just like MY generation "never trusted anyone over 40." Our entire generation didn't think that, but it made for a fun sound bite when we, as youths, wanted to create drama.

Velvet
04-11-2020, 10:44 PM
It was Weinberg: “Never trust anyone over 30”. Sort of like we have the reverse at the neighborhood pools.

manaboutown
04-11-2020, 11:22 PM
So in other words - the kids of the boomer generation?

Sorry - not buying it. Also not buying that the entire generation of the millenials are like that. Some are. Just like MY generation "never trusted anyone over 40." Our entire generation didn't think that, but it made for a fun sound bite when we, as youths, wanted to create drama.

Actually it was only a minority but vocal portion of boomers who bought that crap.

graciegirl
04-12-2020, 05:20 AM
So in other words - the kids of the boomer generation?

Sorry - not buying it. Also not buying that the entire generation of the millenials are like that. Some are. Just like MY generation "never trusted anyone over 40." Our entire generation didn't think that, but it made for a fun sound bite when we, as youths, wanted to create drama.

Just a few last year began the "Million Dead Boomers" thing. Just a few. But they were a vocal and hurtful few and they didn't get it from the kind and good people I know in the Boomer generation or the next one older. Every one whose children and grandchildren I know are respectful and hard working and I know just exactly where they got it.

Blessings to all who celebrate Easter and Passover . Good wishes to those who do not.

We are all in a challenging time together.

maggie1
04-12-2020, 05:51 AM
Seeing more like this one:

"OK Boomer...Hurry up and die" -Your Grandchildren

Seems the young are blaming the old for destroying their future.

Sad...I suspect they are going to live to hate us.

I don't quite get the meaning of the statement. Are they blaming us for the hate that festers against one another, the pollution we've created and continue to spread, the current pandemic, the poverty, the homeless, inept government, global warming..........wait, I believe I've answered my own question.

fishon
04-12-2020, 06:02 AM
I am offended!

rlcooper70
04-12-2020, 06:03 AM
I think the young family members just want us to be safe .... I believe you have stated your fears and not reality. If they resent us perhaps it will be for cancelling all the programs meant to protect us from a pandemic .. perhaps they will vote for competent leadership. But young people don't vote .... oh well.

ficoguy
04-12-2020, 06:52 AM
Let’s just make the term Boomer hate speech and that’ll be it

MandoMan
04-12-2020, 07:06 AM
I don't quite get the meaning of the statement. Are they blaming us for the hate that festers against one another, the pollution we've created and continue to spread, the current pandemic, the poverty, the homeless, inept government, global warming..........wait, I believe I've answered my own question.

I think the origins of this “OK Boomer” saying, said with en eye roll by people much younger than us, is weariness with people our age telling them how much more wonderful we were when we were young, how much better our music was, how much cooler we were, how much more . . . Fill in the blank. Is it offensive? You bet! Are we to blame for everything wrong? No, of course not!

However, can you remember back to the late sixties and early seventies? A lot of us thought our parents and grandparents were hopelessly old-fashioned. They didn’t like our attitudes toward the war, racism, poverty, capitalism, white collar jobs. We were eager to take over the country and make it better. Really, we weren’t all that different from young people today in our impatience with people older than us. We were highly offensive, too. When I started college in 1972, the Dean of Students had a sign on his desk reading “Vote, but get a haircut.” I thought “Pig” was an acceptable term for a police officer. Times change!

dennisgavin
04-12-2020, 07:08 AM
Seeing more like this one:

"OK Boomer...Hurry up and die" -Your Grandchildren

Seems the young are blaming the old for destroying their future.

Sad...I suspect they are going to live to hate us.

I think that is a narrative that is being pushed, not a reality.

Villageswimmer
04-12-2020, 07:08 AM
It was Weinberg: “Never trust anyone over 30”. Sort of like we have the reverse at the neighborhood pools.

Interesting analogy.

OrangeBlossomBaby
04-12-2020, 08:19 AM
I don't quite get the meaning of the statement. Are they blaming us for the hate that festers against one another, the pollution we've created and continue to spread, the current pandemic, the poverty, the homeless, inept government, global warming..........wait, I believe I've answered my own question.

"We" (the baby boom generation) didn't create pollution. We didn't create hate, we didn't create the pandemic. We didn't create the poverty, or homeless, and we didn't create climate change. Inept/corrupt governments are not a new thing.

Hate has existed since Cain and Abel. The concept of Pandemics existed since before Moses parted the Red Sea (that whole black plague and Angel of Death stuff). Jesus implored people to feed the hungry and love the poor, though it goes back WAY further than that. Inept government? "Alas for you, lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites that you be." That was Jesus. Climate Change - notwithstanding that red sea parting trick, the climate has been changing more dramatically than it would, naturally, since before the age of technology began. Ever hear about chamber pots, and what people did to discard human waste before the advent of indoor plumbing?

Our generation has contributed to all of this, absolutely. And we should have done better, I agree. But we didn't create it, and the next generation didn't seem too annoyed with their indoor plumbing that carried waste into reservoirs, massive coal-burning power plants, oil drilling, polluting cars, complete destruction of sandalwood forests in Mysore India, etc. etc.

The Millennial generation was born, give or take, around 1980. The next generation, GenZ, was born on or around 1995. So the Millennial generation are those people who are currently 25-40 years old. There were TWO generations between them and Boomers: GenX (1965-1979), and Xellenials (1975-1985), which overlap for a few years.

So there are people 41-60 who were not Boomers, and not Millennials, who could have made changes. By and large, they didn't do that. Some did. There were some who tried to create change, make a noise, open minds. And they failed. They didn't just fail with the Boomers who were used to the status quo. They also failed with the Millennials who were very happy to have all those fancy spring breaks and iPhones and other world-polluting war-creating tariff-causing perks of being a Millennial.

No one is saying a thing about this "inbetween" pair of generations. The memes are just that: memes. Sound bites. They are stupid, they are out of context, they aren't actually true, and they are intended to trigger old people just like the ones the older generations create to poke fun at and trigger the younger generation.

When you take offense at them, they succeed in eliciting that triggered emotional response they exist to create. Congrats Millennials, you win. And congrats, Boomers, you got sucked right into it.

Me? I'm a boomer. 1961, near the end of the generation. Too young to have been a hippie, too young to understand how the bulk of my own generation can't figure out how to fix a computer, but too old to have much empathy for the middle generations complaining that work is hard.

dmarti1973
04-12-2020, 08:23 AM
I actually get a kick out of reading TOTV daily just to see what reactions some of the posts get. It amazes me at times how incredible some of them actually are.

BS Beef
04-12-2020, 09:00 AM
I guess I’m in the minority here. Most of the time they seem to be more in fun. A poke at me. I give it right back. My 15 year old granddaughter gave me an eye roll and an “Ok, Boomer”. We had a fun back :boxing2: and forth, but then ultimately led to us to having an interesting in-depth conversation.

Stormlover
04-12-2020, 09:01 AM
Me? I'm a boomer. 1961, near the end of the generation. Too young to have been a hippie, too young to understand how the bulk of my own generation can't figure out how to fix a computer, but too old to have much empathy for the middle generations complaining that work is hard.

Gen-X here. Cynical slacker, resigned mid-lifer, living between caring for elderly parents and idiotic spoiled children (of which I have none). I'm unsurprised and accepting of whatever bad things happen in the world because I'm pretty used to it by now.

But I tell you what: When I see that "OK Boomer" phrase, my thought is, "And don't you forget it, child. I'm well aware of the power I have to **** you off royally and I'm happy to use it whenever the mood strikes me. Stop being so easily controlled by your peers and your own inability to think for yourself."

Ignore that ****, folks. Crybabies have rarely ever contributed anything meaningful to society and the only emotion I waste on them is the occasional eyeroll.

karostay
04-12-2020, 09:14 AM
Seeing more like this one:

"OK Boomer...Hurry up and die" -Your Grandchildren

Seems the young are blaming the old for destroying their future.

Sad...I suspect they are going to live to hate us.

Whats their future they have absolutely no social or life skills
If it doesn't come pre packaged or in a text it doesn't exist

Ronnieslager
04-12-2020, 09:24 AM
Oh my, how wrong you are!

mydavid
04-12-2020, 09:37 AM
Sounds like we done a really good job.

clwahlstrom
04-12-2020, 09:47 AM
Now, why even post that. That’s pretty depressing. Unnecessary.

Heyitsrick
04-12-2020, 10:05 AM
"We" (the baby boom generation) didn't create pollution. We didn't create hate, we didn't create the pandemic. We didn't create the poverty, or homeless, and we didn't create climate change. Inept/corrupt governments are not a new thing. (etc.)

Great post.

The notion that "Boomers" are exclusively responsible for the ills of this nation is absurd. There's no perfect generation. There's no generation that hasn't contributed to where we are as a nation, for both good and bad.

If you're wondering who that includes, that means you, your children, your grandchildren and your grandparents. You can keep going back in time to earlier generations, as well. Everyone has had a hand in it all.

That's the truth that I'm "OK" with.

karostay
04-12-2020, 10:13 AM
Great post.

The notion that "Boomers" are exclusively responsible for the ills of this nation is absurd. There's no perfect generation. There's no generation that hasn't contributed to where we are as a nation, for both good and bad.

If you're wondering who that includes, that means you, your children, your grandchildren and your grandparents. You can keep going back in time to earlier generations, as well. Everyone has had a hand in it all.

That's the truth that I'm "OK" with.

Far more easier to crack a genetic code than figure out what the real truth is in anything these days

Two Bills
04-12-2020, 10:18 AM
I don't quite get the meaning of the statement. Are they blaming us for the hate that festers against one another, the pollution we've created and continue to spread, the current pandemic, the poverty, the homeless, inept government, global warming..........wait, I believe I've answered my own question.

................and when was the world any different?

NFRicaS
04-12-2020, 10:33 AM
I think the origins of this “OK Boomer” saying, said with en eye roll by people much younger than us, is weariness with people our age telling them how much more wonderful we were when we were young, how much better our music was, how much cooler we were, how much more . . . Fill in the blank. Is it offensive? You bet! Are we to blame for everything wrong? No, of course not!

However, can you remember back to the late sixties and early seventies? A lot of us thought our parents and grandparents were hopelessly old-fashioned. They didn’t like our attitudes toward the war, racism, poverty, capitalism, white collar jobs. We were eager to take over the country and make it better. Really, we weren’t all that different from young people today in our impatience with people older than us. We were highly offensive, too. When I started college in 1972, the Dean of Students had a sign on his desk reading “Vote, but get a haircut.” I thought “Pig” was an acceptable term for a police officer. Times change!
Remember when our parents and Ed Sullivan hated the twitching hips of Elvis Presley? Makes me laugh at what we look at now!!

Fenster
04-12-2020, 10:43 AM
Again, a neutral term has been turned into an epithet. It should be treated like any other pejorative designed to convey disdain and sometimes hate.

asianthree
04-12-2020, 10:47 AM
Everyday our 3 children text, and say

We don’t have time from our 16 hour shift 7 days a week, to say a prayer for those we just lost.

So, Don’t make me come down there to make sure you are following the guidelines.

So this generation in my family is taking care of those in our generation

daveczo
04-12-2020, 10:50 AM
Ok Karen.

theruizs
04-12-2020, 11:21 AM
Remember when our parents and Ed Sullivan hated the twitching hips of Elvis Presley? Makes me laugh at what we look at now!!

Or married couples on TV in twin beds, and the only expletives were “gee” and “egad.”:shocked:

D.Bolen
04-12-2020, 11:28 AM
You painting an entire generation as viscious haters is just as bad as the individuals who think it's funny to wish death to an entire other generation.

I wonder who they learned it from?
My 38-year-old/fairly level-headed son (gainfully employed father-of 4) is also (to my dismay) on the "Boomer-Hurry-Up-and-Die" train and I have even seen some of these anti-Boomer "memes" on his FB page. My take is that it's mostly because those of us drawing Social Security and Medicare $$$ are being viewed by the younger generations as part and parcel of the slew of folks obtaining $$$ "entitlements" that are being sucked from their tax dollars by government programs, and they see no end in sight. They seem to make no distinction between the thousands or millions of folks getting gov't. $$$ who may have never contributed anything, as compared to those of us who have contributed about 1/3 of each and every one of our paychecks (about the equivalent of the Federal withholding in my case and many of yours, beginning in our teenage years). Why don't they see us as a different class, acknowledging our financial contributions? Perhaps because elders in our current culture experience a degree of invisibility and dismissiveness?

On another note (pun intended) per a comment by an earlier poster, our generation definitely DID have BETTER MUSIC!!! We had it ALL!!! I consider US to be SO blessed to have come-of-age in an era when practically everyone wanted to own a guitar because music was so amazing! The oldies of the '50's were still being played on the radio so all that Doo-Op was still available, and we had the Rhythm and Soul of Motown with Aretha and all the great groups, we had The Beatles & all the British Invasion, Hard Rock, Surfer Music, Acoustical Folk Music from Pete Seeger to, you might include the incomparable Simon & Garfunkle . . . and all the great Country artists who never let up . . . Social Justice Ballads ("He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother . . .") , we had rock incorporating Brass (Blood, Sweat & Tears) . . . we were in a transitional time where Musical theater went from "My Fair Lady" to "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" . . .

I really feel sorry for the tweens and teens who currently have so much less musical inspiration and outlets for diversity.

BS Beef
04-12-2020, 11:42 AM
Ok Karen.
Bahaha!!! :bigbow:

Aces4
04-12-2020, 11:52 AM
Oh my, how wrong you are!

Learn how to quote a post or yours is senseless.

Aces4
04-12-2020, 11:53 AM
Now, why even post that. That’s pretty depressing. Unnecessary.

If you’re not quoting a post, the one you posted is senseless.

Aces4
04-12-2020, 11:56 AM
Ok Karen.

Ok Mikey, ok Daniel, okay Susie. Huh?


Thank you for the update, Boomer!

Boomer
04-12-2020, 12:19 PM
Ok Karen.

Ok Mikey, ok Daniel, okay Susie. Huh?


Aces4,

I think Karen is married to Chad — or maybe Todd. Google “Karen Memes.”

You’re welcome.
Boomer

Velvet
04-12-2020, 12:26 PM
This is a rather sad thread. Personally, I don’t find the Millennials any different from other generations:

"The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behavior and dress."
Peter the Hermit 1274 AD

sloanst
04-12-2020, 12:36 PM
Then they inherit nothing. I have expectations. Fulfill them or not. Their choice and their consequences. Simple.

mjpuleo
04-12-2020, 02:00 PM
Thank you for your reply. I totally agree with you. Most Millennials have no values or morals and think their parents owe them everything, including an inheritance which they worked so hard for.

Villageswimmer
04-12-2020, 03:43 PM
Everyday our 3 children text, and say

We don’t have time from our 16 hour shift 7 days a week, to say a prayer for those we just lost.

So, Don’t make me come down there to make sure you are following the guidelines.

So this generation in my family is taking care of those in our generation


Very touching...put a lump in my throat. God bless you and your family.

rbrooks817
04-12-2020, 05:40 PM
I do believe the same description of young ladies in the 60s was pretty much the same.

OrangeBlossomBaby
04-12-2020, 05:50 PM
Thank you for your reply. I totally agree with you. Most Millennials have no values or morals and think their parents owe them everything, including an inheritance which they worked so hard for.

This is just so untrue, and so unfair. It's the "get off my lawn" attitude that causes some of the younger folks to have an attitude of scorn against their elders.

It's even worse when it's "most of their generation is....[insert pejorative here] EXCEPT for my special snowflake grandkids, who are practically perfect in every way."

Here's a clue. Your kids weren't saints. Neither are your grandkids, and neither were you. Not even if you lived an Opie life in Mayberry, or everyone you've known all your life has called you Pollyanna.

The #1 source of influence a child has, is his or her parents. And those parents' #1 source of influence is their parents. So if you see a bunch of self-entitled miserable kids, take a look at their parents. And remember those parents are YOUR kids' generation.

queasy27
04-12-2020, 07:21 PM
I don't pay much attention to the memes and general dislike of boomers by other generations, because I'm pretty sure at 20 I thought my grandparents were out of touch dinosaurs.

But I genuinely don't understand how boomers are somehow to blame for the high cost of housing, gig economies, lack of pension plans, soaring college tuition, etc. Even social security supposedly teetering on the brink of collapse is more a function of our sheer numbers than anything we did. And we're certainly not immune to the rising cost of living and increased housing prices ourselves.

It would never occur to me to blame my grandfather because he paid $3,200 for his house in 1939.

How did boomers have it so easy, exactly? I'm not being sarcastic; I honestly don't understand the anger.

Velvet
04-12-2020, 07:59 PM
The anger comes from needing something.... anything.... to blame.

NavyVet
04-12-2020, 08:19 PM
"OK Boomer" is considered a dismissive put down by younger generations in reference to us Baby Boomers. The next time a younger whiny person says "OK Boomer" to you, you just answer with "OK Karen." It's the standard come-back and trust me, they'll get it. Google it for further explanation.

DianeM
04-12-2020, 08:50 PM
It’s very simple. Change your will. SURPRISE!

OrangeBlossomBaby
04-12-2020, 09:38 PM
But I genuinely don't understand how boomers are somehow to blame for the high cost of housing, gig economies, lack of pension plans, soaring college tuition, etc. Even social security supposedly teetering on the brink of collapse is more a function of our sheer numbers than anything we did. And we're certainly not immune to the rising cost of living and increased housing prices ourselves.


How did boomers have it so easy, exactly? I'm not being sarcastic; I honestly don't understand the anger.

It's complicated. The late boomers kind of get it, because we were pretty much left out of the upward mobility whirlwind. And then we missed the dot-com boom, and then the next generation took over. The white house, picket fence, everyone has a job, everyone has a retirement account, everyone can afford health care days were the boomer generation.

Later generations - in particular the millennial generation, lost out on all that. Our generation saw to that with our generation's activities in business, the stock market, trade, investments, and legislation in government from the feds all the way down to village municipalities.

Our generation is why disposable diapers are common. Our generation is why plastic has replaced paper in stores. Our generation is why forests were stripped of wood, which created the need for plastics to replace paper. We were, and still are, the greatest CONSUMER generation in history. We are the biggest fans of disposables, and while we didn't create the niche, we gave it more value than it had ever had previously. And all of this gave way to greater pollution, greater waste, greater need to consume more, greater need to have more, greater need to throw away more.

That's all on the Boomer generation. We didn't create it. But we created the market for it.

The newer generation has college costs that spiraled out of control, promising the same rosy and successful future that their predecessors had, while at the same time bringing in new technology that made their college majors obsolete - leaving them with no USEFUL education, but a whole lot of debt.

We didn't cause the newer generation's headaches, but we contributed to them, we encouraged them, and we did very little to prevent them. And now they're burdened with it, and we're telling them to "get off my lawn."

People are living longer than they were, when the oldest of the boomers were growing up. That means there are more older people using more non-renewable resources than ever before. That means less for everyone else.

That's where their particular angst regarding the older generation comes from. It's a frustration that comes from overconsumption, and not giving it a moment's thought. The grandkids see how it's affecting the world - and they recognize that overconsumption is creating a risk to their own future. But how do you tell Grandpa to give up the fancy expensive hobbies and toys he worked for decades and earned, just because the continual use and purchase of more is killing the planet?

Frustration. That's what it is.

graciegirl
04-13-2020, 04:09 AM
It's complicated. The late boomers kind of get it, because we were pretty much left out of the upward mobility whirlwind. And then we missed the dot-com boom, and then the next generation took over. The white house, picket fence, everyone has a job, everyone has a retirement account, everyone can afford health care days were the boomer generation.

Later generations - in particular the millennial generation, lost out on all that. Our generation saw to that with our generation's activities in business, the stock market, trade, investments, and legislation in government from the feds all the way down to village municipalities.

Our generation is why disposable diapers are common. Our generation is why plastic has replaced paper in stores. Our generation is why forests were stripped of wood, which created the need for plastics to replace paper. We were, and still are, the greatest CONSUMER generation in history. We are the biggest fans of disposables, and while we didn't create the niche, we gave it more value than it had ever had previously. And all of this gave way to greater pollution, greater waste, greater need to consume more, greater need to have more, greater need to throw away more.

That's all on the Boomer generation. We didn't create it. But we created the market for it.

The newer generation has college costs that spiraled out of control, promising the same rosy and successful future that their predecessors had, while at the same time bringing in new technology that made their college majors obsolete - leaving them with no USEFUL education, but a whole lot of debt.

We didn't cause the newer generation's headaches, but we contributed to them, we encouraged them, and we did very little to prevent them. And now they're burdened with it, and we're telling them to "get off my lawn."

People are living longer than they were, when the oldest of the boomers were growing up. That means there are more older people using more non-renewable resources than ever before. That means less for everyone else.

That's where their particular angst regarding the older generation comes from. It's a frustration that comes from overconsumption, and not giving it a moment's thought. The grandkids see how it's affecting the world - and they recognize that overconsumption is creating a risk to their own future. But how do you tell Grandpa to give up the fancy expensive hobbies and toys he worked for decades and earned, just because the continual use and purchase of more is killing the planet?

Frustration. That's what it is.

I don't think I agree with this although I have heard it often repeated in the last few years.

I see so much evidence of good thinking and careful use and reuse of things by my generation, the one older than boomers, and also by most of the boomers I know. My biggest criteria for any generation is seeing if they can restrict their impulses enough to save money. Some scoff at us and waste money on non essentials. I have to think no one has taught them to be very, very, careful. We saw it every day in our parents generation who lived through hard times during the great depression. Many people who live in The Villages, live in a large part of their investment. Hope it retains value....

LI SNOWBIRD
04-13-2020, 09:45 AM
I think the origins of this “OK Boomer” saying, said with en eye roll by people much younger than us, is weariness with people our age telling them how much more wonderful we were when we were young, how much better our music was, how much cooler we were, how much more . . . Fill in the blank. Is it offensive? You bet! Are we to blame for everything wrong? No, of course not!

However, can you remember back to the late sixties and early seventies? A lot of us thought our parents and grandparents were hopelessly old-fashioned. They didn’t like our attitudes toward the war, racism, poverty, capitalism, white collar jobs. We were eager to take over the country and make it better. Really, we weren’t all that different from young people today in our impatience with people older than us. We were highly offensive, too. When I started college in 1972, the Dean of Students had a sign on his desk reading “Vote, but get a haircut.” I thought “Pig” was an acceptable term for a police officer. Times change!
I graduated college in '72 and agree with all you said. but I'll add the "military-industrial complex" which was the ogre of the times.

manaboutown
04-13-2020, 11:37 AM
Graduating HS in 1960 I grew up an 'Ike" as I was born toward the end of the Silent Generation. My parents who were born in 1898 and 1905 had been through a lot: WWI, the Spanish Flu (my father had it and survived), my mother had Scarlet Fever as a child, the Great Depression, WWII, the Korean Conflict, Viet Nam, and all the social upheaval of the late 1960s. My father was a grocer and during the depression noticed some of his customers who did not have pets were buying dog food which they probably ate to survive. I grew up in a house where we recycled everything we could, drove a single car until the wheels were ready to fall off and so on. There is no doubt Boomers who came a few years later had it better. Wartime gas and food rationing were over, people were buying homes and moving into new suburban housing developments and eating better. Huge numbers of veterans went to college on the GI bill. Over time technology improved everyone's life and has continued to do so and I believe shall in the future.

The younger generations can thank previous generations, including Boomers, for a far better standard of living than we could possible envision even a very few generations back. No one need starve, even people on welfare have cell phones and some pretty nice vehicles from what I have seen in welfare office parking lots. New technology will solve problems as it has in the past. Comparing the emissions of today's vehicles to those of the 50s and 60s will amaze anyone. Agricultural production per acre has increased astonishingly. I could go on but hope I have made my point.

MaryRDH
04-13-2020, 05:42 PM
Well stated.

OlifOlif
04-14-2020, 02:17 AM
It is too late?

Tennisbum
04-14-2020, 06:39 AM
I will answer once I leave my safe space......I may have to call the campus verbal abuse committee and have you removed from the campus!

graciegirl
04-14-2020, 07:12 AM
Right before Hurricane Irma, I received a call from a younger family member that a young lawyer who had been our grand's college roommate was very concerned about staying on the coast during her first hurricane. She asked if she could shelter with us, that she was paying off college loans and was watching her money....and I said of course, we had met this young woman several times and I said to send her over.

She arrived with her fiancé who we had not met and their cat three days before the hurricane was scheduled to hit. We welcomed them and they were stellar house guests, bringing with them their kind of food, organic, and one of them a vegan. The cat seemed to take an armed truce with our two cats and we settled in. We took them out to dinner and we cooked for them as well and they succumbed to a pot of chili I made, tossing aside the organic and the vegan rules they had arrived with. My husband took them both to a friends vacant home to secure the patio and outside for the hurricane and we did our best to see that we didn't discuss politics as we knew they voted differently from us. They and we sailed through Irma and they decided to stay for four more days after and I enjoyed feeding them and having them here.

I was later appalled to see the fiancé posting many "Million dead Boomers" posts on his Facebook page. I read where older people were the cause of much of the problems that millennials were having financially, and that the generation younger than mine were useless and burdens to society.

larbud
04-14-2020, 08:46 AM
Web site

manaboutown
04-14-2020, 01:09 PM
Here is a 93 year old not yet gone and forgotten who was treated nicely by the current generation. Coors Light delivers 150 cans to 93-year-old Pennsylvania woman | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8217211/Coors-Light-delivers-150-cans-93-year-old-Pennsylvania-woman.html)