[PenultimateManStanding]

Did you ever figure it all out? We've been a music and movies saturated bunch. The young ones are bound to feel hatred to us because we went along with the flow and didn't question the unsustainable life. I brought this up with my kids. They tell me that they'll cover for me. Will yours?

[PenultimateManStanding]

In fact, we didn't know. It sure never dawned on me.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I')n fact, we didn't know. It sure never dawned on me.

[UIUCstudent01]

Let's just ignore the hippies then?

[Atlantean_Relic]

Well, I'm not planning on killing any old people. I'm willing to make exceptions on an individual basis though

[oowolf]

I "got it" ca. 1970-73. One hippie who dropped out and stayed dropped out. Don't blame it on me. Those concerned with sustainable lifestyles have always been on the fringe. We will survive-whiny, angry zombies will die in a state of reactive psychosis.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oowolf', 'I') "got it" ca. 1970-73. One hippie who dropped out and stayed dropped out. Don't blame it on me. Those concerned with sustainable lifestyles have always been on the fringe. We will survive-whiny, angry zombies will die in a state of reactive psychosis.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ChoKyOTO', 'L')ast Dead Man Walking High With Dignity!

[emersonbiggins]

I work with more than a few boomers. At lunch the other day, we were talking about the deteriorating economy and my upcoming trip to Europe came up. They were puzzled as to why I would spend so much time and money on a trip knowing what I know - and, basically, I told them that I didn't expect to have a leisurely retirement complete with trips abroad, vacation homes, SS entitlements and huge 401ks, so I'm experiencing the world NOW while I can still afford it (relatively speaking). Then they said something kind of shocking to me...

They said something to the effect of "our generation (the boomer one) is getting more screwed than yours". Me, being a mere 24 years old, being told this by two 40-somethings. I was shocked. Basically, their reasoning was that they HAD expected social security to stay, along with an infinite-growth economy. It's what "they were promised." Apparently, my generation doesn't expect it and, as such, we're better off for it. While that's obviously true, I still have SS and Medicare taken right out of my check, for all its futility, like it or not. I think my generation is far more screwed than the boomers, for they have had ample opportunity to build wealth over their 20-30 year careers, and my generation simply won't get the chance. If the 1970s oil shocks and the S&L bailout didn't raise a few eyebrows in the direction of sustainability, then the older generations can't possibly be given a pass for their ignorance and/or unwillingness to change things.

Just ranting.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', 'I') work with more than a few boomers. ...They said something to the effect of "our generation (the boomer one) is getting more screwed than yours". Me, being a mere 24 years old, being told this by two 40-somethings.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'I')f they're older than 42, they aren't Baby Boomers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'I')f they're older than 42, they aren't Baby Boomers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'S')ure, no party lasts forever, but this one could have gone on for a lot longer if the early party-goers had not gone quite so nuts.

[AmericanEmpire]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') may die, but I'll be damned if it's in a state of "reactive psychosis". I will die with dignity. I will die scavenging the freewaysides for edible plants. I will die throwing rocks at birds. I will die rallying my kids to try and live. I will die eating worms and grubs and roots. I will die scrounging water from the roots of Eucalyptus trees. I will die trying against all odds to grow potatos. I will die trying to form cooperative efforts with the people who live nearby who are in "reactive psychosis" to do something that will work. I will die fighting the evil bastards who want to eat me and my family. I will die trying to live.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', '(')crying over spilled milk, I know)

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ChoKyOTO', '
')I knew that... Second Last Man A Walking! You read me like I'm stupid. That's ok. I've never thought of anything about yourself but I understood your post. But other than that... disregard me.

[frankthetank]

I had a professor that told a group of us that we would be worse off (not all of us!) then our parents were. This was 1997ish. I didn't think too much of it @ the time. Now i know what he was talking about.

Emerson~where are you going in Europe? I should really get my act together and go there too. I could afford to do it even with the horrible exchange rate. Watch out for those Hostels in Slovakia

[Omnitir]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '
')White, male American Baby Boomers with good educations are unquestionably the single luckiest demographic group in the history of the human race. All who come after us will have it worse than we did. You may have a few electronic toys that we didn't have, but that's about all you have over us. We had confidence, serenity, security, and unshakeable faith in the future.

[Atlantean_Relic]

Hell on Hiatus best describes the world now. You know it's bad when Scientists call for the culling of 90% of the population of the world. As if their fellowman is nothing more than cattle. I generally can't stand people and couldn't with a straight face propose that.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Omnitir', '.')..I seem to recall many stories about living in constant fear of nuclear war.