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I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 9:59 AM
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My brother and I are both considered “millennials” by definition, and he is in his early 40s and I will be 40 next year. When we hear opinions from the generation before us, we still hear “all you millennials have ruined everything, you’re too young to know anything, blah blah…..” We are being grouped in with kids that have never known “pre-internet” life.
My question to the Baby Boomers is:
When you were in your 40s, was the Greatest generation still holding 90% of the decision making positions in the economy, and telling you that you were too young to know anything?
This is not a sarcastic post, I’m really just curious.
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:03 AM
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Baby boomers were born in the 50s so they'd be in their 70s now.
From what my parents have told me, in traditional industries, yes.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:07 AM
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Thanks for the honest response. +1
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 3:27 PM
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I was born in 56and I am 67
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:29 AM
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Baby boomers were born in the 50s so they'd be in their 70s now.
From what my parents have told me, in traditional industries, yes.
Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. I was born at the end of that period but feel more like a Gen X at times
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Tiger Spirit [9112]
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Feb 3, 2024, 11:06 AM
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That sounds about right for you...those are the years the lefties and communists started infiltrating our schools to groom children since they knew their policies would never get them in government power without brainwashing
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Tiger Spirit [9979]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 5, 2024, 7:18 PM
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That sounds about right for you...those are the years the lefties and communists started infiltrating our schools to groom children since they knew their policies would never get them in government power without brainwashing
Thanks, that’s very kind of you.
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Game Changer [1766]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 5:36 PM
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Yeah I watched a video on generations and it said someone like Chris Cornell of soundgarden would be a boomer. I guess it gets blurry at the end of generations idk.
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Solid Orange [1386]
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Same here
Feb 7, 2024, 10:32 AM
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Born in 1964. I get called a boomer, but related more with Gen Xer's
The bottom line is that if the country in going in the wrong direction the previous generation will never like what then next generation is doing...
Let's look at it like this:
Gen1 builds something good
Gen2 made something good into something great and Gen 1 appreciates their efforts
Gen3 began resting on the laurels of gen2 and got the ire of gens 1&2. Some improvements are still made.
Gen4 is even more self-serving than Gen3...gets hated by Gen2 and earns the disgust of Gen3..gen 1 is dead for the most part.
Gen5 fully participates in the destruction of what gen1 and gen2 built...Gen3&4 have no idea what to do but complain that it is bad.
Gen6 Comes to believe that Gens1-5 are simply evil and is wholesale into destroying everything.
Gen7 Grows up in the equivalent of a failed society
Gens10-15 Think a destroyed society and its suffering is normal
Gen16 Builds something good.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 6:47 PM
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Actually Baby Boomers were born from 1946 - 1964. So the age spread would be form 59 - 77. But recently they have separated them into two categories. Boomer 1 and Boomer 2. Boomer 1 being born between 1946 - 1954. While Boomers 2 were born between 1955 - 1964. I fall into the second category barely making it and not being born a generation X.
But the country was much better then.
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Feb 5, 2024, 10:45 PM
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At one point 1962 to 1964 fell into a gap between Boomers & Gen X. It was kind of a relief when we were finally bumped up into the Boomer generation, even though it somehow made us older than when we were unclassified. Now people seem so focused on the Millennials that Gen X must be feeling a little neglected...
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 7, 2024, 10:10 AM
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As a Gen X, I have felt neglected my entire life so I am used to it.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 9:27 AM
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you mean the time period where we were in a war we had no business being in, leaders were being assassinated, CIA coups, segregation, lynchings, etc? those times?
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Game Changer [1754]
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Im a Baby Boomer
Feb 6, 2024, 11:12 PM
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I long for a world of love, peace, and freedom where we look at each other through our hearts and deeds, and work to make each other better in God’s eyes.
Unfortunately the same things as before are still going on but maybe in a different way… coups, as well as media-promoted segregation and public lynchings in the press all the time.
Anything to keep us fighting each other so we don’t realize who the real enemy is and come together to restore humanity to the world.
But people are waking up…. In the end, God Wins!!
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 4, 2024, 2:57 PM
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Sociologically, Boomers were born in the '40s and '50s. The idea that the generation extends into the '60s is a media myth and one that doesn't even make sense as more babies were born in '65 than in '45 or '50. People born in the '60s had nothing to do with the social upheaval and "Youthquake"of the true Boomer generation. But yes, the Greatest Generation (my beloved grandparents RIP) gave up power to the Boomers at retirement age.
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My Boomer opinion ....
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:12 AM
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I think every generation sees their generation, and their parents' generation (and maybe all older ones) to some extent as "better" in general than younger, newer ones. I know my parents thought my generation was going to ruin the world (maybe we did, LOL!), and their parents thought they were. It's always been that way, and always will be.
Personally, I'd much rather live now than in previous generations, because overall, I think the world is a much better place. The truth is, change is constant and inevitable, and even though we have made huge strides in technology and knowledge in general, we also lose a little something special with every year, decade, and advancement. That didn't start with boomers or millenials, and it won't end with them. Be grateful for the wonderful advancements, work to preserve what's really important, accept the inevitable changes, and be happy, not fearful and grumpy.
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Yep its always the case
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:03 PM
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The cycle is already continuing as I see many millennials on social media attacking Gen Z for any number of reasons. Doing exactly as the boomers did
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They would very strongly suggest their way,
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:15 AM
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, or what they do not disagree with, but would not derail decisions or plans. Of course my parents were in their 20s and 30s in the 60s and 70s.
Buy make no mistake, before I was out of college, it was their way or the highway.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:17 AM
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Short answer would be "YES" but I don't think my generation of boomers is any smarter or more determined than those who followed. On the contrary, youth of today are far more advanced in certain areas than we were. It is the 'Culture" that has rotted and is worse now.
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Define "advanced"?****
Feb 5, 2024, 7:35 PM
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 7, 2024, 11:01 AM
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In what way has the culture "rotted"?
Because it is moving away from revolving around the white heterosexual christian male?
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:18 AM
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Lemon, its a never ending cycle. I am 61, and yes, we were sorry and lazy when we were the "youth" of my day lol! My dad didnt like me listening to KISS, AC/DC, watching hours of TV... However, they did love me, and did all they could to make my life good and give me opportunities they never had. Every generation has their battles, I am very thankful for the Greatest generation that raised me, they were a special group!
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Feb 3, 2024, 6:52 PM
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Question. Now that you are older and wiser (hopefully), was your dad right about Kiss and AC/DC? I think both bands were a bad influence on teens and pre-teens of that era. They certainly were not the Statler Brothers group of your dads era.
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Older generations have been complaining about the laziness and no-goodness of
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:24 AM
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the younger generations as long as history has been recorded. Of course, it was never really true until now....
That IS a joke, for those who have broken fun-o-meters.
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:37 AM
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Boomer here.
I don’t agree with your premise that Boomers are telling Millennials they are too young to know anything. Most Boomers I know are retired and most corporate organizations I’m familiar with are run by Millennials.
If your being told, as a millennial, that your too young to know anything by a Boomer, well I contend that is likely more of a one-off than the norm.
Having said that, as a 65 year old, I have 20 years of experience and wisdom I didn’t have when I was 45; but a 45 year old today has unique experiences, energy and passion that I lack.
At the end of the day I think these generation generalizations are foolish and non-productive. We have to strive to understand and respect everyone’s unique life experiences.
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:39 AM
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You don't know what you don't know until you are old enough to know it
As long as there is someone significantly older than you ,you are still too young to actually know what I'm talking about.... I'm old but still too young to know....
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 10:51 AM
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The answer to your question is YES, they made many decisions. However, the difference I believe is we looked at our older generation as wise people and looked to them for wisdom and guidance. What I see now with our younger generation is they already know everything and laugh at suggestions from older people. Just my experience.
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Feb 3, 2024, 11:00 AM
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Yes, the previous generation before us Boomers thought we were probably not as hard-working but felt we had more opportunities like a college education. Most of our parents only completed high school and began work or entered the armed forces afterward. However, we had the best music decade ever - the 1960s! The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Motown, the Beach Boys, the Doors - I could go on forever!
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Feb 3, 2024, 12:58 PM
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As a millenial (I think) let me comment on the laughably bad advice I've received over the last 20 to 30 years from older people who have no clue how the world works today.
Like when I got laid off 20 years ago having older relatives tell me to get up early and put on a suit and stop in places and hand them resumes because that's how you get a job...
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:35 PM
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That’s not bad advice! And it maybe ok to show up to work in pajamas looks stupid
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 11:02 AM
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Have you ever heard the expression better to be seen and not heard well that pretty much the way things were back then. Speak when spoken to was something that applied the everyday life. Yes ma'am and no ma'am were also expected. I'm very grateful that I was raised by parents that taught me good manners and respect. I'll give you a hint your will alway be to young to your parents thats not a bad thing just means they love and respect you. Have a good day young man and God bless.
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Feb 3, 2024, 12:09 PM
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Boomer here. Agree. Also, our parents worked hard. Vacations were to grandparents’ homes in another state. No money for church camps, sports etc.
We worked too. Turned 14? My Dad took me to social security office for my card and started my job same day.
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My sister and I started running 2 morning paper routes on our bikes when I was 11 and she was 14. I kept the routes after she went to college until I went to Clemson.
I was raised to work for everything I had. I've done that my whole life. I retire in 19 days.
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Congrats on your retirement... but stay 'busy'.***
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 1:58 PM
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I've been retired for 13 years and given that you are retiring shortly I'll share a bit of retiree wisdom.
First, learn to say "NO" after you retire. People will see you as "free labor". I ended up on the local city council, board for the local golf course, advising a women's investment club, as well as several other time consuming tasks.
Second, for my wife and me it was one of the most difficult years of our marriage (46 years so far). The reasons were two fold, we both retired from careers where we were use to telling other people what to do and having those tasks completed in a timely manner. That doesn't work well with a spouse. Second, being around each other 24/7 was just simply a lot more time together than we were use to and we got on each others nerves quite a bit.
Hope these insights might help in some way. Congrats on retiring and good luck. Enjoy life.
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:00 PM
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Growing up in the 70s and 80s, we went out to eat maybe twice a year and once because my brother asked for dinner in a restaurant as part of his birthday present.
and, yeah, never flew on a plane until I was in college and didn't have a passport until I got one myself after graduating from college.
It really is a different world now in terms of US affluence and what is considered normal middle class behavior.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 1:34 AM
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Yikes, I’m sorry, growing up in the 90s and early 00s, we went out to eat like once to twice a week lol. I was always going out with friends too for food and would ask my parents for a $20.
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Feb 3, 2024, 5:53 PM
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It was my grandmother that carried me to the post office here in the big city of Enoree to get my SS Card. The reason being my parents were working of course. I think of that every time I have to drop something off there. Great memories thank you for allowing me to stroll down memory lane...God Bless
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 3:04 PM
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I was raised the same way. I still say yes ma’am and no ma’am to anyone in the generation before me.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 7:17 PM
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As Hank Jr. would put it
We say grace and we say ma'am
If you ain't into that, we don't give a dayum.
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I'm not a Boomer(GenX) but I lean towards their
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thinking. Millennials I have hired have mostly been a disappointment. They usually do have an entitled attitude and expect responsibility and promotion without merit. There are very few I have worked with who have shown they deserve any authority.
There have been a few exceptions but those guys usually are mocked by their peers.
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Re: I'm not a Boomer(GenX) but I lean towards their
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I agree with you Tigersense. I see it every day with the younger generation at work. Don’t follow rules, give 6 hours of work during a 10 hour shift, late for work and complain about getting penalized when they live 10 minutes away, staying on break too long, entitled to everything without working for it, use of cell phone at work area when it’s against the rule to have it on your possession at the work area, etc,etc.. I can go on and on. Bottom line is this, if they continue with entitlement without merit, I hate to see where this world will be in the next 10 - 20 years.
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Re: I'm not a Boomer(GenX) but I lean towards their
Feb 6, 2024, 1:36 AM
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I mean if you don’t wanna flip burgers find a better job, that’s less lazy 😂
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Re: I'm not a Boomer(GenX) but I lean towards their
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Are you talking about people my age (39), or people in their 20s?
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Re: I'm not a Boomer(GenX) but I lean towards their
Feb 6, 2024, 1:37 AM
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It’s generally Gen Z now but they still refer to these younger kids working as millennials…
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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A lot thought we were all hippies or protesting the Vietnam War, or druggies. The fact is that the United States was still a very conservative country, and most people wanted to work for a better future. It was easier then... a dollar went a long way, and without the internet or cable TV the world was a much more innocent place.
Unfortunately your generation and succeeding generations have not had that innocence. Y'all have had to see everything in the world happening in real time, no filters. In my opinion your generation is much smarter than ours, but too much knowledge of world affairs has ruined how happy and productive you could be. I wish you all could have what we had.
Sorry for the rant... but you asked.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 11:14 AM
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I'm a Boomer and when I was in my late 30s and 40s, I was in the transition to making the decisions. 20 years of experience and knowledge, along with the drive.
My son is a millennial (42) and he was being interviewed for a VP position when he was 30 so he knows something. Now he works on his own and for another company. Everything he makes extra for the other company translates to a percentage ownership of the company.
In summary, I had boomer's and millennial's work for me before I retired and there is good in both. The social media generations (birth to present) are the ones that scare me.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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I’ve done pretty well for myself over the past 15-20 years, a lot of people are derailing this post and assuming that I am saying I “deserve” something I didnt work for…. That’s not the case at all. If anything it just further shows that people your son’s and my age are being grouped in with a bunch of kids that we have nothing in common with. I think I have way more in common with my Granddad’s generation than I do people coming out of college today.
I am raising my child with the belief that you work for what you want, and you get what you’ve earned. Treat people how you want to be treated.
Sounds like your son is my kind of people.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 7:10 PM
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Thanks. That's the way he was raised, along with finish what you start. Then, if you didn't like where you just traveled, find another trail. Don't be afraid to take a chance.
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Orange Beast [6492]
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gneration can't use an iPhone still makes all the decisions
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that's scary tbh
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Re: gneration can't use an iPhone still makes all the decisions
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what part is scary? they cant use an iphone or they are still making all of the decisions?
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Re: gneration can't use an iPhone still makes all the decisions
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Probably more people than you think are using iOS or Android platforms to post to this thread. Everything can be learned and you don't have to be under 40 to learn it.
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Head Coach [985]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 11:34 AM
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As a Gen Xer, I see a lot of similarities in Boomers and Millennials. Maybe that’s why y’all can’t stand each other, and we get left out of the fight.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 12:11 PM
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When I turned forty my Tigers had a super coach named Ford who won a big championship a few months after my big birthday!
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All-Time Great [97890]
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No doubt my generation is the one which effed this nation up.
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Feb 3, 2024, 12:09 PM
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We grew up hard and swore to make life easier for our children. That was a mistake. You punkass, slow thinking heather are products of our delusion that making it easier on our kids would make them better people than us.
Don't get your panties twisted. If you hadn't asked I would never have confessed that the issue with your generation is our fault.
Want proof: Look at the heathen which came from your loins!
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Orange Beast [6319]
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Re: I agree with a lot of what you say
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:50 PM
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We grew up hard and swore to make life easier for our children. I gave them things, that I wish I had made them earn. They've both turned out to be pretty good adults, but it took a dose of running headlong into life at a hundred miles an hour, before they figured it out.
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Re: No doubt my generation is the one which effed this nation up.
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Feb 3, 2024, 2:06 PM
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No generation had it easier than the boomers. Wages were at all-time highs, homes were affordable, college was so cheap that you could pay your tuition with a part-time summer job. Then they grew up and pulled the ladder up behind them for tax cuts and sent a lot of good jobs overseas for cheap consumer goods.
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Commissioner [1232]
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Yeah, those gd "tax cuts"..
Feb 5, 2024, 7:50 PM
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are never a good thing when there are so many idealistic fantasies to pi$$ other people's money away on—
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Re: No doubt my generation is the one which effed this nation up.
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Feb 6, 2024, 5:32 AM
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I'm a boomer (1947), I grew up in a very rural part of this country, I remember getting electricity, I remember getting indoor plumbing, I went to a one room school ( 8 grades, 9 students) my teacher was 16 years old. We started working when we got old enough to work. After we moved near a "big city" population 14,000, I got a paper route, worked in the fields during the summer picking beans and berries. The farmers bus would come around to various locations and pick up kids to take them to the fields, usually around 4:30 am or 5 am, they'd bring you back around 4 pm. If I wanted a baseball glove I had to earn the money myself. I always worked from the time I was about 10 on.
You knew at the beginning of the school year that your parents were going to get you a pair of shoes, a couple shirts and pairs of levi's and you were expected to make them last the year.
As for how easy things were, Vietnam comes to mind. Nuff said on that. I did use my GI bill to pay for college and I did work 16 hours a week in a factory while I was going to college full time. And yes I did get through without student loan debt. I did manage to pay for my MBA by myself.
Also, what tax credits are you talking about?
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Re: No doubt my generation is the one which effed this nation up.
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Feb 3, 2024, 3:18 PM
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You are the perfect example of what is wrong with people of any age that are on the internet right now. I said nothing offensive in my original post. I’ve had a successful career for 15+ years. I’ve worked for all of it.
Now some keyboard warrior comes on here and calls me a “punk ###.” You are acting exactly like every young kid on the internet that is the problem right now. I would bet every dollar I got, that you would not talk like that to me, or anybody else in person.
Message was edited by: LemonTiger®
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All-Time Great [97890]
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I sincerely apologize.
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Feb 3, 2024, 6:36 PM
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I'm truly sorry I made the horrible comment and offer not excuse.
Frankly, what upset me is thinking about the children I raised who all turned out pretty good but their children do not share the same values with me.
I've never made a derogatory comment about your generation until now. I apologize.
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Re: I sincerely apologize.
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Feb 4, 2024, 11:04 AM
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No worries. I agree that the millennials overall have been pretty disappointing. I just wish they would divide what is considered a millennial and what isn’t. I graduated college in December of 2008, entered the workforce in Jan 2009. It was a horrible time to begin a career for anybody. I’ve had to work extremely hard and learn a ton of things on the fly. It always makes me laugh and shake my head when I am grouped in with the overall narrative of lazy/entitled young people because I don’t believe my life has been anything like that. Smartphones and wokeness didn’t become a big thing until I was in my 30s. I didn’t want to turn this thread into me validating myself or anything like that either.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:27 PM
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Yes!!!
I will say this just like we all should be judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin we should also be judged by the content of our character and not our age.
But this world is pretty much unrecognizable compared to when I grew up! And it has changed for the worse not the better! Heck woke liberal junk and greed has even ruined sports!
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110%er [6821]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:37 PM
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"Every generation
Blames the one before"
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Re: Every generation is critical of the one before.
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:38 PM
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When I was in my 40s, I didn't get a lot of static, from the previous generation, however; my teens and early twenties was a different story. I will say this; in my experience in the work force, and watching this next generation, there is a lot to be desired, from a lot of them. That is a lot of them, not all. Some are very conscientious, and hard working. And I'm not saying this because I dislike the upcoming kids. I just worry about their work ethic, and what they expect out of life.
To get to your question, I don't know what percentage, was making the decisions, but I'd say a lot of the WW II gang was still running things. One thing that I've seen, in a lot of people in decision making positions, positions of authority, is they don't like to be told; you're wrong, or maybe your idea isn't such a good one. It's not an age thing, It's a people thing, an ego thing. It's who we are, it's how we roll. Once again, I say; a lot of people, not all.
I don't know if this is an answer to your question, or just me blabbering on, but in my mind, the generation we've tabbed as "The Greatest Generation", was indeed a great generation. Even when they were telling me how lazy I was, and how I would never amount to anything. That's how I felt about them, how I will always think of them. They accomplished a lot, not to mention that they saved the world from the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese. Maybe their criticism drove me to be a better man, one that was going to prove them wrong. I know none of this probably answered your question, but you got me on a roll, and I couldn't stop.
The next great generation will be the one that guides our country back to The Doctrine of Jesus Christ, and again, this is my way of thinking.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:42 PM
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Do you wonder what the "Greatest Generations" parents thought about them?
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Orange Beast [6319]
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Re: Probably the same as they thought about us.***
Feb 3, 2024, 1:44 PM
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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I’m between boomers and gen z. In my professional experience, gen z’s are the hardest by far to lead. They know everything and expect to be and have what people who’ve put 25 years into a profession have (position, influence, money). I know of one corporation that has made the decision to stop hiring gen z’s and hire older employees and will just wait 10-12 years on the next generation.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 2:36 PM
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As others have said, every generation has issues with those before and after it. I sit in between GenZ and the millennials so I have a somewhat unique perspective. Although I am much more like the GenZ, I understand millennials. As a whole there seems to be more and more “me” attitude with each rising generation and much less patience to do things the right way. BUT you can find great people in every generation and there are more than most realize.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 2:41 PM
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My opinion we weren’t told we were ruining everything but we were told us our music was horrible. lol. They have since have come to appreciate our music which was the greatest ever.
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Dynasty Maker [3464]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
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Feb 3, 2024, 3:23 PM
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I don’t have a bad relationship with the older generation or anything like that, I guess I should’ve just said, “does every generation tell the younger one that they are still “too young” even when the younger generation is starting their 40s…. Haha.
A few people on here got all pissed like I was complaining.
Im happy with my life, I was just curious about how the retiree age viewed the 40ish aged people in the generations before us.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 3, 2024, 6:59 PM
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baby boomers had the highest rate of teen pregnancies, abortions, divorces, alcohol and substance abuse, violent crimes, and incarceration. They benefited heavily from New Deal policies, then pulled up the ladder behind them at the ballot box instead of leaving a future for the following generations, so it is rich when they say that millennials ruined everything, especially since they raised them.
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Feb 3, 2024, 7:27 PM
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Whenever people have a generation vs generation question or discussion, I think of the following quote:
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
It is not always a direct comparison but helps me to understand why some generations fight with others...
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Commissioner [1232]
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Like the quote...
Feb 5, 2024, 7:32 PM
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(Gen X btw)but if a generation(take ur pick)were hypothetically swapped places in time with the "Greatest generation", the outcome of WW2 might be different. Certainly with Gen Z & the inappropriately named Gen Alpha. They would have never dropped the hydrogen bombs and would strive to cripple our nuclear capability or either immediately share it with our enemies. The Silent Generation probably have prevailed.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 3, 2024, 7:10 PM
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I think economic power lays in the 40-65 bracket, when adults are at peak income and peak positions of influence. The torch has been passed from the Boomers., as 90% of them are of retirement age.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 3, 2024, 7:11 PM
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they still make up the biggest voting block, despite having no skin in the game.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 3, 2024, 7:49 PM
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I was born in 1964. I have NO IDEA why 1964 is considered a baby boomer. It’s way past the baby boom. Should be Gen X if anything. My kid is a millennial and a very hard working one and proud Clemson grad. I think there are slouches in every generation. I’ve never worked with any Gen Zers so can’t comment on them.
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All-Time Great [97890]
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That's because we're not to lazy to get out of bed, go stand in line and vote.
Feb 3, 2024, 10:48 PM
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We are by far not the biggest group in this country and you know it.
Had the urban folk voted you wouldn't be whining about or worrying about Trump.
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All-Pro [792]
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American Exceptionalism died with JFK.
Feb 4, 2024, 8:19 AM
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..as did any constructive American Nationalism. Gaslighting wasn’t even a thing yet and then all of a sudden people didn’t know who to trust or what to believe.
But what do I know ?
I’m just a millennial that identifies as generation X.
( my parents were a decade older than my friends parents, and my brother was generation X, plus we were born in Pickens so there was a bit of culture/generation lag to consider ) … I’ll rationalize everything to not be called a millinial 😂
I would love to hear some boomer’s opinions on this..
Go Tigers
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CU Guru [1010]
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It's our fault for having kids.***
Feb 5, 2024, 5:32 PM
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Standout [217]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 5:42 PM
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Everyone talks about Boomers and Millennials leaving out the most resilient generation X..we have lost our life savings twice and still keep coming back.
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Orange Blooded [4903]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 6:42 PM
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I’m the tail end of the baby boomers - born in 1962. To answer your question, no they didn’t. Their generation believed in natural consequences for bad decisions. I do too. But what I’ve come to realize is how bad widespread bad decisions will affect my yet to be born future grandchildren.
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Tiger Cub [10]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 6:47 PM
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My grandkids (2) are millennials, I'm a boomer (1947). JFK was 43 when he was elected president, I think he was certainly the youngest president in modern US history. I think this did a lot to impact how my generation saw the combination of age relative to control of power. He was a WWII vet, so he did have a foot in the "greatest generation". I often argued as a 30-40 year old that once we wrestled power from the WWII vets we could actually fix things. Obviously, that hasn't happened.
My generation had a lot of things going for it that other generations haven't had, we knew we were "the best and the brightest". The 50s were a transition from war to producing luxury goods, cars, tvs, homes, etc. Then we benefitted from "the pill" and sexual freedom was something no other generation had every experienced. Then of course we had "our parent's war" (Vietnam), that killed a lot of us (USAF 1966-70).
Many Boomers wasted our educational advantages as well as our focus on creating a great future for this country through the excesses of freedom that we were experiencing in the 60-70. This was still while the "greatest generation" still actually controlled the real world.
Yes, I'm living a comfortable life funded by social security and my investments.
Now back to millennials, my granddaughter graduated with honors from a local public university 7 years ago. She's expressed and interest in a post graduate degree and I've told her I'll pay for it. So we are getting together in a couple weeks to layout our plan for her MBA. She's a very bright intelligent caring woman and I want her to get ahead while she's still young (well young to me). My grandson, we'll I don't know, he's off in Malaysia with a woman he's fallen for and he says he loves it over there. I worry, he doesn't have the education his sister has and I doubt that he has a long term game plan for his life. So there you have it.... Any questions?
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110%er [6938]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 6:56 PM
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I'm a def boomer, 1946 and yes they were in control of everything and we pretty much held them in high regard. I still felt a little confused about history) politics at 40 and I specifically remember telling my sister in-law that she wouldn't be an adult until she turned 40.
We totally felt Uncle Sam had our best interest at heart. Boy were we dumb. Eyes wide shut.
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Asst Coach [726]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 8:01 PM
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Yes and my father always reminded me to respect your elders. My father who was born in 1917 saw more changes and wars than I have ever experienced.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 5, 2024, 10:48 PM
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Yes
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Athletic Dir [1126]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 8:28 AM
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I think you have to consider the dynamic involved when comparing one generation to the next. And that is that the Greatest Generation was born of the Great Depression. Immediately followed by WWII. The hardships and sacrifices made by them and THEIR parents is something we can scarcely imagine.
Following that I believe the overall mantra was that their children were not going to go through that and proceeded to make things "better". A relative term, since it really didn't work out that way for everyone. But somewhere along the line the terms "want" and "need" either lost their meaning or changed dramatically.
I was born at the end of the Boomer generation. We had children late and mine have never know a world without things like the internet. But when I hear them say things like "I need.....", I give a little pause and ask them if it's a "want" or a "need".
I think the problem we face is that we can no longer trust the decision makers, whoever they may be or from whatever generation they belong. But more to your point, it's not necessarily that you're too young to know anything. Inexperienced may be a better term. Take Climate change or global warming for instance. People of the later generations are discovering this as they get older. We've been hearing it since the 70's. That's just one example. Please don't hijack that into a debate on climate change.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 9:22 AM
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As a member of the Greatest married to a Boomer I have a rather unique perspective to this.
A little over a year ago I stopped taking college classes for the first time since I graduated
in 62. Many interesting points have been made here to this question. I do not expect my experience
puts me in the best position to judge all things in a world of constant change where past experience
may no longer be relevant. Both candidates are younger than I and mentally no longer up to the job.
This is dangerous for each of us no matter which age group we belong to. I have never been so concerned.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 9:39 AM
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In my 40’s I was working for the earliest baby boomers. Yes, they hung onto power. These were people that were coming of age in the 60’s. I thought they were selfish, self righteous, backstabbing and unapologetically dishonest. .
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 10:05 AM
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The truth is that after the Gen X'ers there's a discernable "talent-gap" drop-off starting with Millennials. It's very noticeable according to the Boomers I talk with. Myself, I'm a Gen X.
Call it lack of maturity, accountability, manners, communication skills, morals, grit, social skills, etc.... The participation Trophy Generation overall seems dumber and less impressive than previous generations. Which should make it easy for you to stand out. Not every Millennial fits the bill, just the majority. The constant excuse making and lack of accountability by Millennials in the workplace makes them very unpopular with my generation btw.
We've been sliding progressively backwards since The Greatest Generation IMOP. The Greatest Generation complained that the Boomers were hippies. Boomers complained about X'ers being "lazy". X'ers can't believe how entitled / inept Millennials are. Millennials probably think Gen Z are worse, etc...
Don't take it personally. Just being Accountable will put you way ahead of the curve. . Don't let your generation define you.
You're a product of your upbringing. As parents, we (Gen X'ers) did a piss-poor job raising our kids. Blame us.
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Feb 6, 2024, 4:03 PM
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I was born in 1959. Many of the key adults in my life were WW II vets (1st bosses, scout leader, pastor, uncles etc.) and yea, they owned it all and controlled it all. I never questioned it. Still wouldn’t.
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 6, 2024, 4:45 PM
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Yes
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Game Day Hero [4338]
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Big diff back then was you could drink at 18 and there were just two genders
Feb 6, 2024, 10:58 PM
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I think Nirvana killed it all but I could be wrong. Us boomers are classified as those as I recall born 44 till 64 ... YUGE range. In the 80's I would yet, greatest Gen ruled. They drank at lunch and smoked like Frenchmen
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Clemson Icon [25109]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 7, 2024, 10:06 AM
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As I’m a boomer, you are obviously asking for my opinion. Which is: you are doing the same thing you are attributing to ‘boomers’, and that is making the generalization that ‘all boomers’ are treating ‘all millennials’ identically.
So, no, I do not blame all of today’s problems on your generation. No, not ‘all’ of my generation blamed the ‘Greatest generation’ for all of our woes.
However, while in my 30’s and 40’s, I was still ‘junior’ to those of the prior generation, and had not ‘accumulated’ or ‘obtained’ the knowledge, experience, or wealth of that ‘senior’ generation.
Nor did that entire generation control all of the decision making positions, or accuse my generation of ruining the world. But some did. Just as you are lumping all boomers into the same basket (not being sarcastic).
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Solid Orange [1386]
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Re: I have a question for the Baby Boomers
Feb 7, 2024, 4:12 PM
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Hard to think of millennials being in their 40's. The problem is that y'all just refuse to grow-up! Ha! Just Sayin'
It reminds me of one of my favorite movie quotes. “People don't mature anymore. They stay ######### all their lives" the grandfather of Jack in "She's Having a Baby."
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