Boomers Deserve Better

[Gogolinius]

Personal computing, cellular communications, internet... All of these technologies were either invented, pioneered or popularized by the Baby Boomers.  Moroever, it was the Boomers who were the original civil rights activists, the original climate change activists, and the first proponents of drug reforms.

Despite the fact that the modern world, including both good elements and bad, rests on the foundation which they created, every generation since, starting with my own, now demonizes them for being greedy, short-sighted and incapable of fluid thinking

Makes one wonder what today's youth is going to get from their kids and grandkids, considering how things are progressing.

[Oldman731]

Despite the fact that the modern world, including both good elements and bad, rests on the foundation which they created, every generation since, starting with my own, now demonizes them for being greedy, short-sighted and incapable of fluid thinking

...well...er...we may be those things, too...

- oldman

[Eviscerate]

Personal computing, cellular communications, internet... All of these technologies were either invented, pioneered or popularized by the Baby Boomers.  Moroever, it was the Boomers who were the original civil rights activists, the original climate change activists, and the first proponents of drug reforms.

Despite the fact that the modern world, including both good elements and bad, rests on the foundation which they created, every generation since, starting with my own, now demonizes them for being greedy, short-sighted and incapable of fluid thinking

Makes one wonder what today's youth is going to get from their kids and grandkids, considering how things are progressing.

OK, Boomer. 

[guncrasher]

when I read the title, I thought it was about ballistic missile submarines.

every generation has some good inventions. and they always complain about how much better than the previous generation they are and how the next generation is useless.


semp

[Busher]

Makes one wonder what today's youth is going to get from their kids and grandkids, considering how things are progressing.

A lot of smart lip

[bj229r]

I expect the lion's share of Covid deaths are among boomers as well

[Gogolinius]

I expect the lion's share of Covid deaths are among boomers as well

70% of fatalities were among those 70 years or older, so that's a pretty safe assumption.

[Rich46yo]

My generation was a sorry shadow of the WW2 generation which were our fathers and mothers.

As a kid I remember the fathers on the block going out in the middle of a freezing night to help the firemen put away their hoses after fighting a fire. My generation never did that, or things like it. Of course there were exceptions but all in all we just weren't the American's our parents were.

We never experienced the harshness of a severe economic depression or a world war and while there were a lot of technological advancements it was due more to the exponential nature of the growth of innovation, like a snow ball rolling down hill, then it was due to any generational genius. AND most of it was based on the consumer market. Thanks to our parents and the sacrifices they made we had more money to buy more things which meant more and better things were made.

So as the sun is setting on my generation I make no claims of greatness by us.

[GasTeddy]

My generation was a sorry shadow of the WW2 generation which were our fathers and mothers.

As a kid I remember the fathers on the block going out in the middle of a freezing night to help the firemen put away their hoses after fighting a fire. My generation never did that, or things like it. Of course there were exceptions but all in all we just weren't the American's our parents were.

We never experienced the harshness of a severe economic depression or a world war and while there were a lot of technological advancements it was due more to the exponential nature of the growth of innovation, like a snow ball rolling down hill, then it was due to any generational genius. AND most of it was based on the consumer market. Thanks to our parents and the sacrifices they made we had more money to buy more things which meant more and better things were made.

So as the sun is setting on my generation I make no claims of greatness by us.

Hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times. good times create weak people. Weak people create hard times.

[DmonSlyr]

My generation was a sorry shadow of the WW2 generation which were our fathers and mothers.

As a kid I remember the fathers on the block going out in the middle of a freezing night to help the firemen put away their hoses after fighting a fire. My generation never did that, or things like it. Of course there were exceptions but all in all we just weren't the American's our parents were.

We never experienced the harshness of a severe economic depression or a world war and while there were a lot of technological advancements it was due more to the exponential nature of the growth of innovation, like a snow ball rolling down hill, then it was due to any generational genius. AND most of it was based on the consumer market. Thanks to our parents and the sacrifices they made we had more money to buy more things which meant more and better things were made.

So as the sun is setting on my generation I make no claims of greatness by us.

Baby boomers were the ones drafted to Nam like my uncle and Dad who went to the coast guard but they still tried to draft him in boot camp. Their father served in WW2. I'd say they were still extremely tough and intellegent people since they were a generation whose parents understood machinery and automobiles. Building things with their hands. Those kids were extremely brave after hearing their fathers stories. Many extremely proud strong Americans lost their lives in that war.  I think it was their kids in the 70s and 80s, spoiled on wealth from computer technology, infrastructure, and cheap standards of living in the 80s allowing an explosion of prosperity that made life easier. The drugs also got worse too. The kids who watched their dad's and grandfathers fight wars and live hard lives were tired of it. They became more socially enfluenced. It was their kids who turned out to be real idiots, I've been friends with many of them. I think young men like myself who had Boomer generation parents rather than 70-80s generation parents are far more successful and generally have a more patriotic view of America. Just my opinion. I also tend to think that it's the reason why boomers are attacked. They are more conservative and patriotic like my dad and uncle. I could think of no one the Nazis would hate more than the sons of the men who ruined their global takeover in 1945. You see now they are trying again a different way and they attack us the same way. Isn't it strange how we are only allowed to be patriotic in times of war or during the Olympics? Just saying.

[Eagler]

We are now on the left on that chart

Eagler

[sparky127]

Not a fan of the boomers.

[CptTrips]

Boomer self-pity thread.  The irony...it's too much.

OK.  Technically I'm a Boomer too.  I was born in the last half of the last year.
But I identify as Gen-X not Boomer.  Respect my choice!

Every generation has their strengths, weaknesses and quirks.  Every generation is thought of a degenerate and not as virtuous as their own, or Heaven forbid their father's generation.

I can find you quotes of Athenians saying the same about their youths 2,500 yrs ago. 

When push comes to shove, American youths do what needs to be done.  Did you not watch all those young kids humping it in the deserts for over a decade of War on Terror?

Hitler thought the same thing about America's Greatest Generation.  They had not fought in WWI like him! They were slackers!  Soft.  Addicted to fancy cars, hamburgers, and Hollywood.  They didn't have the iron in their souls to become soldiers. 

[Eagler]

Also on the left of that chart at the start of ww2

Eagler

[Gogolinius]

Boomer self-pity thread.  The irony...it's too much.

OK.  Technically I'm a Boomer too.  I was born in the last half of the last year.
But I identify as Gen-X not Boomer.  Respect my choice!

Every generation has their strengths, weaknesses and quirks.  Every generation is thought of a degenerate and not as virtuous as their own, or Heaven forbid their father's generation.

I can find you quotes of Athenians saying the same about their youths 2,500 yrs ago. 

When push comes to shove, American youths do what needs to be done.  Did you not watch all those young kids humping it in the deserts for over a decade of War on Terror?

Hitler thought the same thing about America's Greatest Generation.  They had not fought in WWI like him! They were slackers!  Soft.  Addicted to fancy cars, hamburgers, and Hollywood.  They didn't have the iron in their souls to become soldiers. 


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I was born in 1977, so no, it's not a self-pity thread.