dannyboy602
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Oh yes I can remember specifically being handed everything from the time I was born I was like "Hey what's this silver spoon doing in my mouth?" no wonder I'm so orally inclined.
Which Generation Are You? (poll and comment)
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Garden Boss
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I disagree with the majority of that, but I am internet addicted and I do enjoy instant gratification
dannyboy602
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^^^ LOL Plus Rep
mightyjojo
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half solution to a problem is recognize there is one
mr sunshine
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I disagree with the majority of that, but I am internet addicted and I do enjoy instant gratification
Unclebaldrick
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I'm complicated.
Hookabelly
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I agree. Not enough intimacy BECAUSE of too many choices and distractions. I'm not sure I agree with some of the descriptions regarding laziness though. It seems a lot tougher to get into a university now a days. Kids seem to be so busy with so many sports, clubs, dance, Whatever. Like the parents have them in EVERYTHING and the parents are so competitive about their kids it's embarrassing. Whatever happened to raising a good human being?
greenlikemoney
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Holy fuckin' shit, you are majorly deranged. Most boomers got a job when they were old enough to work ( 16 ) so they could afford a car/gas/GF and weed. We started at the bottom and WORKED our way to the top. We went to school AND worked to be able to have what we wanted. We've been paying taxes for the last 40 years or so supporting lazy people who learned how to ride the welfare train.
Handed everything for free my ass.
knucklehead bob
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I know that's right . Get a job and G T F out from under , I worked for what I got . I was taught the value of a dollar and hard work being it's own reward and shit like that !
greenlikemoney
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And an ounce of good Mexican was $30 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! And minimum wage was $3.15 !!!!!Go to school all day and work nights after school and a full Saturday for a $100 paycheck. Oh yeah, we had it easy...
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malicifice
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Fucked up, but I really hope so. Sadly enough we need a major catastrophe to knock us back a couple hundred years. The world is fucking out of control, time to press the reset button.
Singlemalt
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Right, the WW2 Dads who went thru the depression handed us everything. My dad helped me get my 1st car and I had to (and did) pay him back. Started working at 15 and didn't stop til last summer when I retired.
greenlikemoney
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No shit singlemalt. But I'll tell you one thing that my 83 year old Mother never forgets to remind me of.
"I never let you leave the house without a dollar in your pocket and a dime for a phone call."
To this DAY, with debit and credit cards as my way to pay, I still carry a single dollar bill with me.
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Singlemalt
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Minimum wage was $1.40 when I started, but gas was .32/gal. A six pack of cheap beer was cheaper than a sixer of Coca cola
KLITE
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I think something interesting to compare would be each generations generalized childhoods. Like school subjects and organization, outside school activites etc. This way we could observe real examples of how it was like growing up in each generation and compare between them. I think you know how to better characterize a generation by how the childhood period was?
KLITE
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I remember a modern day commercial of a super market with an old lady talking about modern day prices but with the nostalgia as if it they were so cheap its like the old times before 20 000% inflation or the like lol,
I had a friend from zimbabwe who told us when hyperinflation went out of order in the country a few years back, he said the price of bread went up 2 or 3 times a fucking day man! He said kids had to go back and forth to get more money on errands because by the time they got to the bakery they wouldnt have enough money for it. Thats hardcore!
greenlikemoney
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Lets see, I walked to grade school ( roughly a mile ) with no adult supervision, only stopping to "steal" some rhubarb, learned proper English, Math, etc etc. Played sports ( no snacks after the game ), Cub Scouts ( we had boxing ), Boy Scouts ( 5 mile hike today campers ), took swimming lessons ( you only passed if you jumped off the high dive ), played football ( neighborhood against neighborhood ) and got the belt if you came home after dark/pissed off Dad/pissed off Mom/pissed off the sitter/pissed off Grandma/pissed off Grandpa/pissed off the neighbors for stealing their rhubarb/pissed off anyone considered an adult. That's a good start.
Singlemalt
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LMAO, remember the sound of Dad's belt swishing thru the loops on his pants right before you got it?
greenlikemoney
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I cut many of my own switches from the forests edge.
KLITE
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I remember in primary school a coleague getting caned for not paying attention to the teacher. My primary school teacher was hardcore, had everyone! reading my christmas in first grade, she knew how to teach! My neighbours kid is 8 or 9 and he can barely read fluently and doesnt know how old someone born in 1986 would be today, not even trying to count on his fucking fingers. I like the kid and kick the ball with him sometimes but no fucking comment.