Boomer mentality
Please explain how the boomers fucked you up
Please explain how the boomers fucked you up
Awesome...As an admirer of “the greatest generation” I must admit at times I worry about the younger generations but then a story like the OP posted renews my faith. Or, on a note closer to home, my youngest grandson went to Home Depot on an errand for his mother and approaching the entrance he observed a fellow yelling at a man selling strawberries by the flat from back of his truck near the entrance. Racist slurs insinuating the man was a welfare recipient and worse. My grandson walked up to the vendor and bought all his strawberries.
Forming tribes was natural social evolution: person, immediate family, clan, then tribe, followed by city/state and then nation/state. Tribalism is natural and logical, but just as natural social evolutinary processes were cooperation and alliances. I think the relatively recent reversion to tribalism is facilitated by contemporary instant mass communication, forming insular bubble and echo chambers. News media learned long ago that, "If it bleeds, it leads." Social media followed up right away when comments that divide get way more hits or likes than remarks about the "ties that bind." I think society has the capacity to evolve beyond this hopefully momentary (in the evolutionary sense) social setback and continue evolving mutual aid and support because these are the constructs that have propelled humanity forward over time. We'd better; otherwise we'll simply blow each other off the face of the earth. And the earth doesn't care either way.We’ve been forming tribes since we were living in caves and we won’t evolve out of it any time soon.
I was about to say almost exactly the same thing!My son turned 21 in April and he is an incredible human being. So are his friends. All through his schooling and now into his adulthood it's been painfully obvious that the young people he's around on average are much more sensitive, compassionate, open minded, tolerant etc than the kids I was around growing up.
I dont fear for my son and the youth of today, rather I fear that the rest of the world is going to be strongly resistant to the changes our youth will push for.
To me it's very obvious that our youth today have so many qualities that were sorely lacking even just when I was in school.
Did I hit a nerve ? I raised two responsible hard working men , and from what I see so far the same with my older grandchildren. I’m definitely a boomer , worked hard for the same company for 42 years . But ya, I dumped two great contributors to society on you . But you explain to me exactly what I dumped on you . I took full responsibility on what I dumped on you .The boomer mentality. Your generation dumped a giant mess onto future generations and just looks the other way. The least you could do is accept a little responsibility.
That’s a great question, just exactly how the boomers fucked them up . I’m sure they blame further back also .Boomer mentality
Please explain how the boomers fucked you up
I don’t disagree, and yes the ass hats have been here forever .I look at my teenage kids and their friends, and I believe there is hope (except in their music selection).
There are always ass hats in every generation…
Me too , a great admirer of the greatest generation, that would be my parents, and raised this boomer , that supposedly fucked everything up , but they have to have someone to blame .As an admirer of “the greatest generation” I must admit at times I worry about the younger generations but then a story like the OP posted renews my faith. Or, on a note closer to home, my youngest grandson went to Home Depot on an errand for his mother and approaching the entrance he observed a fellow yelling at a man selling strawberries by the flat from back of his truck near the entrance. Racist slurs insinuating the man was a welfare recipient and worse. My grandson walked up to the vendor and bought all his strawberries.
Fixed it for ya.I doubt that is possible at scale, as long as politicians, celebrities and the media continue to fuel the fire of disdain for “the others”. It is highly profitable and they’ve become very good at it.
I think a lot of folks are worn out by all the division and have tuned out, which is great. However, I think it is too addictive for the majority to let go. We’ve been forming tribes since we were living in caves and we won’t evolve out of it any time soon.
Aliens visiting us is the best thing that could happen for humanity; they would instantly vaporize all of us.
I don’t disagree, and yes the ass hats have been here forever .
Sure there is hope , but do you worry that your kids hanging out at the mall , or in school , and there is a good chance someone could shot them ? Thats more or less the point of my post ,and a small part of what’s going on in this country . It was not a thought when my kids were in school , but there is now for my grandkids.
What's your favorite Skynyrd album?Did I hit a nerve ? I raised two responsible hard working men , and from what I see so far the same with my older grandchildren. I’m definitely a boomer , worked hard for the same company for 42 years . But ya, I dumped two great contributors to society on you . But you explain to me exactly what I dumped on you . I took full responsibility on what I dumped on you .
I’m 75 years old .Tell me just how old are you , and then I’ll know what I’m dealing with , and what mentality. Before I retired I ran a steel fabrication shop, and pretty sure I dealt with your mentality daily .
Two teenagers are rebuffed by a guy having an unconscious moment, then this thread turns it into a conflict between American generations? This ridiculousness rhymes with Mickey Avalon.
Two teenagers are rebuffed by a guy having an unconscious moment, then this thread turns it into a conflict between American generations? This ridiculousness rhymes with Mickey Avalon.