Baby Boomers Destroying America!

[millennial]

[quote=flyer]With all of the promises being made, and criticism of past generations, it will be interesting to see how things go for our country in the coming years under new leadership.

Although I think changes will be made, contrary to popular delusion, I don’t think most of them will actually make much of a difference in the lives of the voting masses, so, not too long from now, Gen Z forward may well be blogging about their crappy predecessors. Time will tell.[/quote]

Yes it will be interesting who comes forward in the next election. We’ll probably end up with a social media icon who will be able to reach the masses via tweets and Snapchat. Maybe instead of showing up to the polls we can just “Like” a candidate instead. Maybe even further, we’ll have an actual robot instead of the hypothetical robots we have right now.

[millennial]

[quote=The-Shoveler]We have not won a war since WWII,

We don’t do well in other people’s civil wars, We do better letting them be and showing how good freedom is, they join us eventually.[/quote]

I agree. I don’t blame people for hating America for us going in and messing with their country. I probably wouldn’t like it much if Russia came here and started messing with us. We have enough problems here we can fix instead.

[millennial]

[quote=The-Shoveler]We have not won a war since WWII,

We don’t do well in other people’s civil wars, We do better letting them be and showing how good freedom is, they join us eventually.[/quote]

I agree. I don’t blame people for hating America for us going in and messing with their country. I probably wouldn’t like it much if Russia came here and started messing with us. We have enough problems here we can fix instead.

[The-Shoveler]

But don’t get me wrong there has to be deterrents and a line in the sand somewhere but it’s not in Syria IMO.

We have no biz there, all we are doing is messing it up.

[flyer]

Having kids who are Millennials, we’ve found it interesting that they feel we helped them create lives they love just as we, as Boomers, and most people we know have, so it’s nice to know that not everyone in any given generation is disenchanted with their lives.

[millennial]

[quote=flyer]Having kids who are Millennials, we’ve found it interesting that they feel we helped them create lives they love just as we, as Boomers, and most people we know have, so it’s nice to know that not everyone in any given generation is disenchanted with their lives.[/quote]
That’s very nice flyer. My parents and I are very happy with our lives as well.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=millennial] you say the world almost ended several times in the 50’s and 60’s, but at least the weapons were accounted for.[/quote]

It is fairly well documented the few times we were minutes from launch (Cuba comes to mind as the most well documented case) October 14, 1962 – October 28, 1962

Not all were accounted for as well (I am sure Russia has a lot of stories).

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5664390/5-times-we-almost-nuked-ourselves-by-accident

http://beta.hotair.com/archives/2013/09/21/did-we-almost-nuke-ourselves-in-1961/

That said My parents were fairly good to me as well, but generally we were on our own (free range kids) and had to stick up for ourselves.

[millennial]

[quote=The-Shoveler][quote=millennial] you say the world almost ended several times in the 50’s and 60’s, but at least the weapons were accounted for.[/quote]

It is fairly well documented the few times we were minutes from launch (Cuba comes to mind as the most well documented case) October 14, 1962 – October 28, 1962

Not all were accounted for as well (I am sure Russia has a lot of stories).

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5664390/5-times-we-almost-nuked-ourselves-by-accident

http://beta.hotair.com/archives/2013/09/21/did-we-almost-nuke-ourselves-in-1961/

That said My parents were fairly good to me as well, but generally we were on our own (free range kids) and had to stick up for ourselves.[/quote]

I’m sure you’re familiar with the doomsday clock. Based on this the world was never closer than 2 minutes to midnight and that’s when USSR and the US initially tested the device. The other stuff might be true but it’s all heresay. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock

[flyer]

[quote=millennial][quote=flyer]Having kids who are Millennials, we’ve found it interesting that they feel we helped them create lives they love just as we, as Boomers, and most people we know have, so it’s nice to know that not everyone in any given generation is disenchanted with their lives.[/quote]
That’s very nice flyer. My parents and I are very happy with our lives as well.[/quote]

That is wonderful. Hopefully more and more people will find a way to truly enjoy their lives, and stop wasting the short time they have on earth in a perpetual state of discontent, as many of the links shared on this thread indicate.

[The-Shoveler]

Call it heresay if it makes you feel better or safer.
I don’t put too much stock in that doomsday clock (well maybe being that we are at three minutes now).

This is what I think got us to that point today

https://www.thelocal.de/20161008/russia-tension-more-dangerous-than-in-cold-war-fm

So is Syria worth it?

[flyer]

Good points, TS, but I think the limited lifetime guarantee–the guarantee that each of us have limited lifetimes–will claim far more lives in the near future than the doomsday clock–so enjoy it all while you can!!

[millennial]

[quote=The-Shoveler]Call it heresay if it makes you feel better or safer.
I don’t put too much stock in that doomsday clock (well maybe being that we are at three minutes now).

This is what I think got us to that point today

https://www.thelocal.de/20161008/russia-tension-more-dangerous-than-in-cold-war-fm

So is Syria worth it?[/quote]

Syria isn’t worth it for us, and we probably shouldn’t be there…unless our actions help to create a quicker and more amenable outcome. This being said, if history is any indicator it will most likely have the opposite affect.

[millennial]

[quote=flyer]

That is wonderful. Hopefully more and more people will find a way to truly enjoy their lives, and stop wasting the short time they have on earth in a perpetual state of discontent, as many of the links shared on this thread indicate.[/quote]

Sorry if you feel this way, but there are very significant sociological differences between the Boomer generation and Millennials which have been well documented, and researched. So much so in fact that we recently had a meeting at work where we paid some consultants to discuss these differences and how it affects the workplace. These differences are also significant since we are coming into another election year where we have two Boomer candidates and we have a growing Millennial voting population. I was just trying to spur discussion on viewpoints, both positive and negative. I don’t take any of this stuff personally, but trying to understand how Boomer’s think.

[millennial]

[quote=The-Shoveler]

That said My parents were fairly good to me as well, but generally we were on our own (free range kids) and had to stick up for ourselves.[/quote]

Nothing wrong with that. I think grit is a very important indicator of success, especially at a young age. I teach my children grit along with a lot of other things like self confidence. Regarding the free range stuff, I like to think that it will be better for them, (and me as well) but as a parent it’s hard for me to let them walk down the street by themselves to school when I look at a website and know that there are 15 sexual deviants within a 10 mile radius.

[flyer]

Completely understand your points. We have also studied these differences, as well as other elements that enable us to maximize appeal to all generations, as they apply to our international film business, given our goal is to generate $1B+ per film in global box office as often as possible. It’s challenging, but we’ve found it can be done.

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