(01-05-2017 01:42 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  As soon as you think something is wrong with the current generation, it's a sure sign that you are old and grumpy.

Or a sign that you actually have moved on beyond depending on others for survival.

(01-05-2017 01:20 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Just think about how bad the next generation will be!

I actually have a lot of hope for them. Kids born today are going to live in a world I cant really now understand. The inevitable innovations and discoveries that will shape their world will be incredible. I envy them actually.

(01-05-2017 02:07 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:31 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:15 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Fair and truthful overall. Although it's pretty counter productive to generalize an entire generation.

When talking about *an entire* generation you have to generalize. Otherwise we need to have 75,400,000 conversations. One for each and every American millennial.

I'm aware of that...but not everyone fits the generalization. It's basically like another version of identity politics.

"Not all Muslims" too, right?

There's zero value in those little nit picks when talking about broader trends, issues, problems, etc. Other than just saying "Okay.", I don't even know what else to say to that.

(01-05-2017 07:29 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 02:07 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:31 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:15 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Fair and truthful overall. Although it's pretty counter productive to generalize an entire generation.

When talking about *an entire* generation you have to generalize. Otherwise we need to have 75,400,000 conversations. One for each and every American millennial.

I'm aware of that...but not everyone fits the generalization. It's basically like another version of identity politics.

"Not all Muslims" too, right?

There's zero value in those little nit picks when talking about broader trends, issues, problems, etc. Other than just saying "Okay.", I don't even know what else to say to that.

Okay.

I clicked play, but then I got distracted on facebook.

What was he talking about?

(01-05-2017 01:13 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 01:03 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 12:43 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  Fact of the matter is genarally, boomers did a schit job raising the millennials. Us latch key Gen X kids that were supposed to be all phucked up from abandonment wound up much better off than this overly protected, coddled group of pu$$ies... in general. Some of them, I assume, are good people.

Weren't most of you Gen Xers raised by Boomers?

I was raised by Boomers, but a lot of my peers were raised by parents from the so-called "Silent Generation" (born from the 20s to the early 40s). Not to mention, our grandparents, aunts and uncles from "The Greatest Generation" as Tom Brokaw refers to; played a heavy hand in our upbringing as well.

You are generalizing a lot of generations.

I think you are trying to insult people.

I think my biggest problem is that a generation of bleeding hearts did their best to give away the birthright of an entire generation to line their pockets and assuage their own internalized guilt.

(01-05-2017 07:19 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(01-05-2017 01:20 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Just think about how bad the next generation will be!

I actually have a lot of hope for them. Kids born today are going to live in a world I cant really now understand. The inevitable innovations and discoveries that will shape their world will be incredible. I envy them actually.

I am a car guy and it seems pretty likely that my three year old may never need to actually operate a vehicle because autonomous cars will be ubiqutious.

How's that for a mindfvck?