Why do left wing millennials shit on boomers when they are literally boomers 2.0.?

[debeguiled]

MrLemon, you sound like the Boomer version of the white lady who says she is spending the rest of her life teaching white people to listen.

 

[MrLemon]

MrLemon, you sound like the Boomer version of the white lady who says she is spending the rest of her life teaching white people to listen.

I know, huh? I should shut up on this topic now. You've heard me say it 10 times. I'm like that old granpaw who won't stop talking about commies, especially after a couple beers.

And just to be honest...yes, I am just as narcissistic as the assholes I complain about. I'm the most narcissistic of all of em!

 

[partyfowl]

I was talking to my millennial best friend and I find it funny how he blames his boomer parents for the participation trophy by saying "We didn't consent to being born or for that trophy!" As if that justifies the entitlement millennials are known for. I also laughed at how he said Millennials are less likely to put up with abuse than Gen Xers.

Which I find funny since it has shifted to snowflake generation also:

http://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf

This ten year old sheet is so telling and yet so inaccurate at times so many things are "That WAS true". My favorite part was for Gen X seeing a hero as: "What's a hero?"

 

[PharaohRa]

Left-wing millennials really are no different than Boomers (and they are just as degenerate and hypocritical).

 

[renotime]

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[nomadbrah]

I also laughed at how he said Millennials are less likely to put up with abuse than Gen Xers.

That's actually true.

A lot of what is being called "snowflake " is just millennials rebelling against degenerate boomer bs.

 

[for.petes.sake]

I dont know any place where rent control policies have been successfully implemented but what I do know is that in major leftist areas such the bay area and new York have leftist groups that try to push for more rent control. Actually the video does give an example of a city that implemented rent control but I cant remember the city name and I do not want to watch the video again.

Boomer: "Millennials are fucking themselves over by enacting rent control! It's their fault they can't afford even a 1 room apartment!"
Millennial: "What are some places where Millennials have enacted rent control?"
Boomer: "I don't know, and I'm not gonna take the time to check!"


Yeah this is why people hate Boomers.

Its a law in Oregon. Yes Boomers did cause a lot of the problems we face today but Millennials further aggravate it. But at least the Boomers did look after their own self-interest and did not put virtue-signalling over it. I gave an example on how they Millennials are pushing for rent control. The common sense solution is just to follow supply and demand. But no when the Millennials was met arguments against his plan he scoffed at them as "gentrification". He put his virtue-signalling over his own self-interest. So fuck the Millennials. It is that virtue-signalling that is destroying the Western nations.

 

[VNvet]

Its a law in Oregon. Yes Boomers did cause a lot of the problems we face today but Millennials further aggravate it. But at least the Boomers did look after their own self-interest and did not put virtue-signalling over it. I gave an example on how they Millennials are pushing for rent control. The common sense solution is just to follow supply and demand. But no when the Millennials was met arguments against his plan he scoffed at them as "gentrification". He put his virtue-signalling over his own self-interest. So fuck the Millennials. It is that virtue-signalling that is destroying the Western nations.

How is looking after your own self-interest better than virtue signalling?

I'd argue that it's equally bad. Unless by "self" you mean community, but boomers don't care about community or the welfare of the next generation. If they did, then they wouldn't have shipped off all the jobs to China. Nor would they hire illegals from the Home Depot parking lot to build their deck.

 

[ilostabet]

The thing about boomers is that rarely do they admit a mistake. It's one thing to get baited as kids into sex lib and social destruction, then into yuppie careerism. They were led this way purposefully, I can understand that. But it's another thing entirely to never admit this was wrong. This unwillingness to admit they were duped into destroying western society is annoying, especially when they do the opposite and see themselves as heroes.

Not all of course, but most.

 

[BlackFriar]

I am glad that I am learning to be competent and confident no matter what. I see now that circumstances do not affect the quality of my life. My choices, thinking, actions and reactions do.

 

[partyfowl]

I also laughed at how he said Millennials are less likely to put up with abuse than Gen Xers.

That's actually true.

A lot of what is being called "snowflake " is just millennials rebelling against degenerate boomer bs.

Only if the boomers are conservatives. Trust me millennials who put of with abuse usually don't rebel like Gen Xers but get bent on ruining the lives of those who abused them

 

[debeguiled]

I am a Boomer, and I try always to be humble, nice, and honest with younger generations.

In a few years I'm gonna need someone to change my diapers.

 

[Aurini]

I am a Boomer, and I try always to be humble, nice, and honest with younger generations.

In a few years I'm gonna need someone to change my diapers.

You joke, but I honestly wonder - how much Boomer dysfunction is because they believe that they're going to live forever?

 

[partyfowl]

I am a Boomer, and I try always to be humble, nice, and honest with younger generations.

In a few years I'm gonna need someone to change my diapers.

You joke, but I honestly wonder - how much Boomer dysfunction is because they believe that they're going to live forever?

I honestly think a lot. Most Boomers have an inflated self-esteem and see them as the best generation. A lot of the media is also controlled by the boomers, note how in pop culture very few boomers are portrayed negatively yeah you have the boomer memes but mainstream, there's very few boomer hate and I think that's because they control them and want to keep the mindset that boomers are awesome.

 

[debeguiled]

I am a Boomer, and I try always to be humble, nice, and honest with younger generations.

In a few years I'm gonna need someone to change my diapers.

You joke, but I honestly wonder - how much Boomer dysfunction is because they believe that they're going to live forever?

Exactly.

Very few of my generation think this way.

80 is the new 20!

I'm still deciding what I want to be when I grow up!

The joke is on us.

Do you think a generation who can't cook or start at the bottom is going to be willing to deal with old person baby shit?

 

[worldwidetraveler]

Do you think a generation who can't cook or start at the bottom is going to be willing to deal with old person baby shit?

That is why we need illegal immigration. To do the jobs Americans can't or won't do.

 

[Graft]

Take your average boomer and make them a kid in this era and they'd be used as fucked as a millennial. There isn't anything special about boomers, they were little born into wealth and affluence.

As a boomer, I agree this is completely true. Whenever a boomer tells you how hard their lives were...throw a drink in their face. It's such bullshit. Sure we didn't have cell phones, but by every other measure, we were handed the sweetest deal by our hardworking WW2 parents. We proceeded to blow that sweetness, being the lazyest drug-taking hippy fucks in the history of the human race. Then we boobytrapped the entire US economy to make you millenials/xers into our personal slaves.

We were given low cost, affordable housing. Intentionally kept low cost so we could buy. We proceeded to inflate those housing costs insanely, so that we could have massive capital gains profits to blow on our retirement, all paid for by you poor suckers who have to spend the next 30 years slaving to pay the huge payments. To us!

We were given low cost, affordable high quality colleges. Intentionally kept low cost and high quality so we as middle class people could get an education with ZERO DEBT if we worked a few part time jobs. We have loaded those universities with masses of rent-seeking liberal administrators, and jacked the salaries of management 3X faster than inflation. So you kids will spend you whole lives in debt to pay for our pension plans.

Every single measure the WW2 generation used to make the Amerian middle class affordable for the average citizen, we baby boomers have utterly corrupted to feed our desire to retire and go on fancy eco-cruises.

While our granddaughters -- literally -- are forced to turn tricks on SeekingArrangments to pay their college loans back.

The depth of depravity and immorality of the baby boomer generation will be written about in history books for a thousand years. Ok, well maybe 50 years. Let's not overdo it. but it's bad enough.

As the son of borderline retarded boomers, this post strikes a nerve.

Sometimes I think the generation is so narcissistic overall that they've never looked at any sort of statistics or charts which explain how dire the situation for us is.

You need to make 200k as a 30 year old to be in the top 1% of earners for your age. Factoring in saving for a six figure downpayment on a home and paying off student loans, this income gives you a fairly middle class life in NY/SF/LA metro areas where a lot of these jobs are.

If you want to crack an upper middle class existence in these cities you really need a husband and wife earning top dollar to make it.

I find it hilarious when my parents make remarks to me about not being at their level with home purchasing and savings.

Hopefully we get a massive correction in the stocks/real estate but the upper middle class millennials will most likely inherit their money, take huge risks in crypto/self employment, or have two ultrasuccessful corporate earners.

 

[nek]

Take your average boomer and make them a kid in this era and they'd be used as fucked as a millennial. There isn't anything special about boomers, they were little born into wealth and affluence.

As a boomer, I agree this is completely true. Whenever a boomer tells you how hard their lives were...throw a drink in their face. It's such bullshit. Sure we didn't have cell phones, but by every other measure, we were handed the sweetest deal by our hardworking WW2 parents. We proceeded to blow that sweetness, being the lazyest drug-taking hippy fucks in the history of the human race. Then we boobytrapped the entire US economy to make you millenials/xers into our personal slaves.

We were given low cost, affordable housing. Intentionally kept low cost so we could buy. We proceeded to inflate those housing costs insanely, so that we could have massive capital gains profits to blow on our retirement, all paid for by you poor suckers who have to spend the next 30 years slaving to pay the huge payments. To us!

We were given low cost, affordable high quality colleges. Intentionally kept low cost and high quality so we as middle class people could get an education with ZERO DEBT if we worked a few part time jobs. We have loaded those universities with masses of rent-seeking liberal administrators, and jacked the salaries of management 3X faster than inflation. So you kids will spend you whole lives in debt to pay for our pension plans.

Every single measure the WW2 generation used to make the Amerian middle class affordable for the average citizen, we baby boomers have utterly corrupted to feed our desire to retire and go on fancy eco-cruises.

While our granddaughters -- literally -- are forced to turn tricks on SeekingArrangments to pay their college loans back.

The depth of depravity and immorality of the baby boomer generation will be written about in history books for a thousand years. Ok, well maybe 50 years. Let's not overdo it. but it's bad enough.

As the son of borderline retarded boomers, this post strikes a nerve.

Sometimes I think the generation is so narcissistic overall that they've never looked at any sort of statistics or charts which explain how dire the situation for us is.

You need to make 200k as a 30 year old to be in the top 1% of earners for your age. Factoring in saving for a six figure downpayment on a home and paying off student loans, this income gives you a fairly middle class life in NY/SF/LA metro areas where a lot of these jobs are.

If you want to crack an upper middle class existence in these cities you really need a husband and wife earning top dollar to make it.

I find it hilarious when my parents make remarks to me about not being at their level with home purchasing and savings.

Hopefully we get a massive correction in the stocks/real estate but the upper middle class millennials will most likely inherit their money, take huge risks in crypto/self employment, or have two ultrasuccessful corporate earners.

I always wonder what's going to happen to the McMansions that the Boomers will pass on to Millenials/Gen Xers that don't want them. I imagine the stock market might be a bit of a bubble as well, propped up by the retirement accounts of Boomers.

 

[Deepdiver]

Now here is something for the Whining Whiny responsibility shirking video game playing Millenials and Z-Gens to really Whine about....

"We now have had three months of a 3-mo/10-yr yield curve inversion. The track record this has had in predicting recessions: 100%."

https://www.infowars.com/an-indicat...g-recessions-says-that-another-one-is-coming/

Do you really want to bet against an indicator with a track record of 100% accuracy?

Plus, we have a trade war with China to deal with this time around. Hopeful comments from President Trump briefly bolstered the markets on Monday, but over in China prominent voices continue to pour cold water on the notion that a deal will happen any time soon.

An Indicator With A 100% Perfect Track Record Of Predicting Recessions Says That Another One Is Coming

You can believe that we will somehow beat the odds this time if you want, but history is completely against you.

One of the biggest reasons why there is so much anxiety on Wall Street right now is because of how the yield curve is behaving. We have seen yield curve inversions before each of the last seven U.S. recessions, and now it has happened again. Perhaps this helps to explain why insiders are dumping stocks right now as if there will be no tomorrow. If you were looking for a giant waving red flag to tell you that it is time to run for the exits, it doesn’t get much better than this. This week, we watched the yield curve do something that it hasn’t done in 12 years…

The spread between the 10-year Treasury yield and the 2-year rate fell to negative 5 basis points, its lowest level since 2007. This is called a yield curve inversion. Experts fear it because in the past it has preceded recessionary periods. The 3-month Treasury bill rate also traded higher than the 30-year bond yield.

“The primary thing is yields are going down and going down with some acceleration,” said Art Cashin, the director of floor operations at UBS.

In addition, the spread between 3 month Treasury bonds and 10 year Treasury bonds just hit negative 50 basis points. We haven’t seen that happen since March 2007.

And as David Rosenberg has noted, when the spread between 3 month Treasury bonds and 10 year Treasury bonds goes negative for at least three months, we have a recession 100% of the time…

We now have had three months of a 3-mo/10-yr yield curve inversion. The track record this has had in predicting recessions: 100%.

Yes, it is theoretically possible that this indicator could be proven wrong this time.

But do you really want to bet against an indicator with a track record of 100% accuracy?

Plus, we have a trade war with China to deal with this time around. Hopeful comments from President Trump briefly bolstered the markets on Monday, but over in China prominent voices continue to pour cold water on the notion that a deal will happen any time soon. Here is an example from Tuesday…

Sentiment was also dampened after Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times in China, tweeted that China is “putting so much emphasis on trade talks,” adding that “it’s more and more difficult for the US to press China to make concessions” as China’s economy becomes increasingly driven by its domestic growth. China announced measures aimed at boosting consumption, including potentially removing car-buying restrictions.

Unless one side chooses to fold like a 20 dollar suit, there isn’t going to be a resolution to this trade war any time in the near future, and that is going to mean a tremendous amount of pain for the U.S., China, and the entire global economy.

Another indication that things are about to get bad is the fact that investors are starting to flock to precious metals.

Gold and silver are considered to be “safe haven assets” during a financial crisis, and right now gold and silver are both surging…

Gold prices are moderately higher in early U.S. trading, while the silver market is again sharply higher and hit another two-year high overnight. Bullish technical postures in both metals continue to invite the chart-based buyers to climb on board the long side. A weaker U.S. dollar index is also supportive to the precious metals markets today. December gold futures were last up $4.60 an ounce at 1,541.90. December Comex silver prices were last up $0.295 at $18.075 an ounce.

But for most hard-working Americans, it is going to be far more important to build up an emergency fund as we head deeper into this new crisis, and this is something that I have written about repeatedly. The reason why so many Americans lost their homes during the last recession was that they were living right on the edge financially. It is imperative that you have a financial cushion so that you can pay your basic expenses when things start getting really hard.

Unfortunately, it is often young people that get the hardest during an economic downturn, and this is something that Annie Lowrey discussed in her most recent article…

Recessions are never good for anyone. A sputtering economy means miserable financial, emotional, and physical health consequences for everyone from infants to retirees. But the next one—if it happens, when it starts happening — stands to hit this much-maligned generation particularly hard. For adults between the ages of 22 and 38, after all, the last recession never really ended.

Millennials got bodied in the downturn, have struggled in the recovery, and are now left more vulnerable than other, older age cohorts. As they pitch toward middle age, they are failing to make it to the middle class, and are likely to be the first generation in modern economic history to end up worse off than their parents. The next downturn might make sure of it, stalling their careers and sucking away their wages right as the millennials enter their prime earning years.

I understand that a lot of people may not want to hear this, but every economic indicator is telling us that a U.S. recession is coming, and many experts believe that it will be far worse than the last one.

If you prepare in advance for what is coming, that is going to help to take the fear out of the equation. Because when things get really crazy, it is those that don’t understand what is happening that are going to give in to fear, depression, and despair.

We have not seen an economic environment like this in a decade, and there is no reason to believe that a miracle is going to come along and rescue us from the storm that is now looming above us.

The months ahead promise to be quite “interesting”, and not in a good way.

Best growth businesses in the USA - Pawn Shops and Consignment Stores so the Millenials and Z-Gens can sell their last possessions to get bus fare to go to the Food Banks while they move back into their Boomer parents Basements and Garages...

Then Millenials and Z-Gens will be so phocked they will really have something to WHINE about...

 

[Oak]

boomers

Best growth businesses in the USA - Pawn Shops and Consignment Stores so the Millenials and Z-Gens can sell their last possessions to get bus fare to go to the Food Banks while they move back into their Boomer parents Basements and Garages...

Then Millenials and Z-Gens will be so phocked they will really have something to WHINE about...

'We're spineless boomers, so we didn't deal with the last recession, but guess who will be most affected by the next one?' *points and laughs*

Thanks boomer. As if being worse than every generation before you wasn't enough, you had to make sure every generation hereafter is just as dysfunctional.

What a legacy.