[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', '[') Your average American living the Dream (tm) will vote for the Devil himself if they think there's a new riding mower in it for them.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', 'I') agree the Warriors started it threadbear. But the issue I have with the Boomers is that they saw it, knew better (they were the hippies after all), but turned their backs on the high road and embraced and refined the selfish crass commercialism of their parents anyway.

[threadbear]

They weren't forced to take that path, TW, and I'm rather appalled at acquaintances who chose that route. They're the same bunch of idiots who are watching and reading "the Secret". The same type who dropped acid at parties and wondered why the hell they were having a bad time. No appreciation for the deeper, more sacred aspects of life.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'T')hey weren't forced to take that path, TW, and I'm rather appalled at acquaintances who chose that route. They're the same bunch of idiots who are watching and reading "the Secret". The same type who dropped acid at parties and wondered why the hell they were having a bad time. No appreciation for the deeper, more sacred aspects of life.

[Hawkcreek]

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[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', 'N')aa, if you really felt that way it would have been apparent in some of your earlier posts. Maybe saying "some" Boomers, etc.
You are just one of the haters that Rush Linbaugh loves. And one that loves having someone to hate.

[threadbear]

I've gotta say, TW, I find a lot of boomers really interesting, at least the ones who are still protesting, politically aware and cultivated human beings. But I hear what you're saying. I don't hang out with people like you describe, but I know they exist.

The people I find astounding are the Gen Xer's. The hip irony, obtuse out of nowhere comments, the "whatever" attitude, the apolitical cynicism, but more than anything, the flat out boring, lack of affect thing. Weird. Oh-- and the obligatory atheism that goes with the cynicism. Sad.

I relate better to people under 30, the weirdo types who still give a damn.

This is completely general too.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'I')'ve gotta say, TW, I find a lot of boomers really interesting, at least the ones who are still protesting, politically aware and cultivated human beings.

[threadbear]

My God, I'm barely old enough to be a grandparent of infants! Yikes. Perhaps I should have used nihilism instead of atheism. Passion for anything better than nothing at all. And thanks for explaining the GenX thing. I thought it was just some trendy thing, but it's in response to parent's narcissism. Interesting to know where it comes from. I don't have kids, so am right out of that loop.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', ' ')the apolitical cynicism

[Hawkcreek]

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[TheDude]

These grotesque generalizations don't really count for much. Does Alex Jones seem like a typical Gen Xer? He's only 33.

Any written accounts of people agonizing over the mistaken direction America was headed in with building suburbia? I bet there are a few but the status quo certainly prevailed - anybody raising the specter of eventual limits on fuel would seem genuinely out of their mind - people laughed at the idea of US oil production right up to the day the lines started forming at gas stations. Holding a generation accountable is pretty ridiculous. I'm sure your average boomer figured we'd just switch to a different fuel by now - still do.

Anybody wonder about how the hippie dream really began to keel over right around the time oil production peaked? It's a Peak in Grooviness, Baby!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'T')he people I find astounding are the Gen Xer's. The hip irony, obtuse out of nowhere comments, the "whatever" attitude, the apolitical cynicism, but more than anything, the flat out boring, lack of affect thing. Weird. Oh-- and the obligatory atheism that goes with the cynicism. Sad.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'M')y God, I'm barely old enough to be a grandparent of infants! Yikes. Perhaps I should have used nihilism instead of atheism. Passion for anything better than nothing at all. And thanks for explaining the GenX thing. I thought it was just some trendy thing, but it's in response to parent's narcissism. Interesting to know where it comes from. I don't have kids, so am right out of that loop.

[Hawkcreek]

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[threadbear]

God, Can't we just agree that everybody sucks? Can't we all just get along?

[Hawkcreek]

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[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', 'Y')ou are still saying "The problem with the Boomer generation--", and then continue, saying that it is only one of 3 or 4 generations that have culminated in those problems.
So which is it? Did we do it all by our little bitty selves, or are you willing to admit that boomers are no more responsible for todays problems than any other?

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'G')od, Can't we just agree that everybody sucks?

[Hawkcreek]

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[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', 'I') missed that point because it is not one you made until now.