Re: FAB:Whiners
Ilene Bilenky
Do any projections factor in the sheer volume of mostly-girls who get
degrees in English/Psychology/Early Childhood Education, often from
expensive private schools?
Ilene B
Miz Daisy Cutter
(in article <bimeh3hlltim2teth...@4ax.com>):
> Pickin' on da boomers:
[snip whine]
To be honest, I think it's a little from Column A, a little from Column B.
There's no question that the newest generation of adults, overall, has been
spoiled and pampered beyond belief, and thus ill-prepared for the cold hard
real world. I obviously don't agree with Magnulus's grandfather pushing him
to get married and breed, but if Magnulus has spent the decade since college
either under- or unemployed, and there are no decent jobs (or no jobs at all)
around Mommy and Daddy's house...well, uh, maybe it's time to relocate?
Preferably while he's still young enough to adjust to such a huge change?
I agree with subsequent, older commenters that if these Gen-Y-ners don't like
the state of the nation or world, maybe they ought to get off their asses and
*vote*, and get politically involved (that is, in more substantial ways than
attending protest marches for the weed and the nookie).
And, gah, I'm tired of that "omg the world is so screwed up" bullshit. It's
*ALWAYS* been screwed up. The "Greatest Generation" survived not only WWII
but the Great Depression. It must gall someone who grew up lining their
worn-out shoes with paper to hear these iPod-outfitted snots pule and bitch
about how little the elder generations care about them.
OTOH, when the baby boomers graduated high school/college, they did have a
lot of things in place that aren't there now, such as the prospect of a
stable and decently paying job with health benefits. Houses weren't beyond
the reach of the average couple, and apartment rent certainly wasn't, either.
Of course, nobody was "offshoring" jobs en masse yet, and there were
considerably fewer of us total than there are today.
I can't say I'm totally in agreement with LauraC, the woman who left the
snarky reply. People who natter on about "the moral compass" are probably
also fetus-humping, gay-hating, Babble-bashing morons. And this remark:
> "...you want the Democrats to be your new mommy and daddy and
> hand you everything."
...makes me think she's opposed to any form of government healthcare. IOW, if
you go through bouts of unemployment and/or you work "contract" jobs in which
you don't get benefits, and you're struggling to pay your medical bills, you
must be weak and lazy.
Then again, the OP's handle is "VDARE Reader"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vdare
...so I suppose all *his* personal problems are the fault of the morally lax
Baby Boomers *and* all them dirty Messkins.
-- Daze
Ilene Bilenky
Miz Daisy Cutter <fe...@crawlspace.org> wrote:
> OTOH, when the baby boomers graduated high school/college, they did have a
> lot of things in place that aren't there now, such as the prospect of a
> stable and decently paying job with health benefits.
When was that? After all, the supposed Baby Boom generation is marketed
as those born between 1946 and 1964, a huge span of 18 years. (The
demographic fact of the baby boom ended in 1957, and virtually collapsed
as the Pill came on the market).
I dropped out of college in 1973. I took Civil Service tests, and Nixon
had frozen federal funding for some two years. If I remember, there was
an official recession. I just remember my father, a driver and laborer,
being unemployed a lot. I moved to Boston in 1974, during the oil shock
business.
It was hardly the worst of times, but it wasn't this garden of easy
stuff falling in one's lap that people seem to think. At least not in my
corner.
Ilene B
Ilene Bilenky
Omixochitl <omixoch...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So the supposed Baby Boom could include both a boy and girl born in 1946
> and their child born right after a "shotgun wedding" in 1962, right? o_O
Actually, yes, at least according to marketers. Hmm.
Ilene B