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  • @FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca
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    56•4 days ago

    I’m at least relieved to not have lead poisoning, for my gay brother to be safely out, and for my interracial marriage to not be scorned by the community.

    • @ysjet@lemmy.world
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      6•3 days ago

      Honestly, at this point I’m just waiting for trump to bring back leaded gas.

    • @raynethackery@lemmy.world
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      25•4 days ago

      Yet.

    • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      9•4 days ago

      Kind of shows that time is a circle

      • @unphazed@lemmy.world
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        3•3 days ago

        I see it more as a muddy hill. Only in the US some people have now shat upon that hill with the greasiest, nastiest shit so the slide is even worse on this length.

  • @aeronmelon@lemmy.worldM
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    137•5 days ago

    peace out

    Spend their retirement calling the cafeteria staff at Luby’s racial slurs and saying trans kids and drag queens are evil.

  • @vga@sopuli.xyz
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    What about Korea, Bay of Pigs, Vietnam and the fact that ptsd was treated with electrical shocks or drilling holes in your brain

    • @NyeKartofler@lemm.ee
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      4•3 days ago

      Also constant threat of global nuclear annihilation

      • @vga@sopuli.xyz
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        1•3 days ago

        That hasn’t gone anywhere though although the media doesn’t keep drumming about it as much I guess

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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      1•3 days ago

      Apparently hurt people also disappoint people

      • @vga@sopuli.xyz
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        1•3 days ago

        Absolutely. It’s no coincidence that many of the people who committed atrocities in WW2 had lived through the trench wars of WW1.

  • @rayyy@lemmy.world
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    29•4 days ago

    Would have been nice if younger folks had voted in their own interests.

    • @tane2@lemm.ee
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      -12•4 days ago

      Always someone else’s fault, never yours

    • @Malek061@lemmy.world
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      -20•4 days ago

      Why should they vote? No one is actually representing them.

  • @rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    Stating the raw value of the house will only make naysayers throw inflation into your face.

    The better way of saying that would be,

    buy a detached SFH for only 4× annual minimum wage

    Like, really drive it home how absolutely unaffordable homes are these days. In my corner of Canada, the median detached SFH is going for 28× minimum wage, and it’s 32× if it’s new construction. My own 1972 split level sold brand-new for only 4× the 1972 minimum wage.

    • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      12•4 days ago

      You can throw the inflation right back at them. Boomers were born into the Bretton Woods system, started borrowing from us in the 1970s, and then kept voting for lower taxes on the wealthy.

      Old people used to complain about inflation frequently because they experienced a stable dollar for decades… until the Nixon Shock.

  • @k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    3•3 days ago

    They should be called generation G for hitting that sweet spot.

  • @Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world
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    15•4 days ago

    I don’t blame old people, they lived the best of times, their lives were comfortable because they were in a boom. They had high hopes, had kids with a bright future in mind for them, but things change, some see it, others are oblivious to it.

    • @Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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      It’s still fair to blame them. Old people blame young people for everything afterall.

      • @Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world
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        1•2 days ago

        My parents don’t, well not completely. They know the world be screwed up, but they also think there’s a degree of responsibility on my part too. We are all stuck in this shit show together, and old people thought they’d be dead long before it got really really bad, but Trump SA’d the money, and now we all get to suffer.

        I’d keep friends and loved ones close.

    • @aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee
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      1•3 days ago

      it’s not “things change” all the current mess was created by them in the decades after the time period of the op tweet

      • @Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world
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        1•2 days ago

        A lot of the world’s problems are generally made by the greed of mankind in general.

  • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-370.html

    https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-1980

    Boomers weren’t the ones who elected Reagan, they were at most 35 at the time.

    That’s the president that started to fuck things up and it was just the same as usual, older people being more conservative, younger people not showing up to vote.

    • @BussyCat@lemmy.world
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      13•5 days ago

      Both your links gave me 404 errors

      They were almost all able to vote in 1980 at 16- 34, and made up a large portion of the population then in 84 they were all able to vote and saw what actions he took the previous election and voted for him more…

      • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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        Copypaste for you:

        How Groups Voted in 1980

        1980

        1980 Group Carter Reagan Anderson
        TOTAL All Voters Pct. 41% 51% 8%
        SEX Men 51 38 55 7
        Women 49 46 47 7
        RACE White 88 36 56 8
        African-American 10 83 14 3
        Hispanic 2 56 37 7
        AGE 18-21 6 45 44 11
        22-29 17 44 44 11
        30-44 31 38 55 7
        45-59 23 39 55 6
        60 & over 18 41 55 4
        INCOME <$10,000 13 52 42 6
        $10 -14,999 14 48 43 8
        $15-24,999 30 39 54 7
        $25-50,000 24 33 59 8
        >$50,000 5 26 66 8
        UNION HOUSEHOLD Yes 26 48 45 7
        No 62 36 56 8
        REGION East 32 44 48 8
        Midwest 20 42 52 6
        South 27 45 52 3
        West 11 36 54 10
        PARTY Democrat 43 67 27 6
        Republican 28 11 85 4
        Independent 23 31 56 13
        POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Liberal 17 60 28 1
        Moderate 46 43 49 8
        Conservative 28 23 73 4

        Notes: Survey by CBS News and the New York Times. Sample of 15,201 voters as they left voting booths on Election Day, November 4, 1980.  “Don’t know” and “other” responses not included.

        • @BussyCat@lemmy.world
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          And then in 1984 they voted for Reagan even more

          https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-1984

      • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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        Don’t know why the links don’t work 🤷

        If you look at the actual numbers you realize that it’s the people that were older that voted in majority for Reagan and the % of registered electors and voters was higher for older populations.

      • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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        2•5 days ago

        Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1980

        Within Data April 1982

        Report Number: P20-370

        • Table 1. Reported Voting and Registration, by Single Years of Age and Sex [<1.0 MB]
        • !Table 2. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Age, for the United States and Regions [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 3. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, for the United States and Regions [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 4. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, and Age, for Divisions [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 5. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race and Spanish Origin, for States [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 6. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race and Spanish Origin, for 30 Selected Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 7. Reported Voting and Registration of Primary Family Householders, by Race, Spanish Origin, Age, Tenure, and Presence of Own Children Under 18 Years [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 8. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, Age, Sex, and Marital Status [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 9. Reported Voting of Husbands and Wives in Primary Married-Couple Families, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 10. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, Age, Sex, and Years of School Completed [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 11. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, Age, Employment Status, and Class of Worker [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 12. Reported Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Major Occupation Group [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 13. Reported Voting and Registration of Primary Family Members, by Race, Spanish Origin, Age, and Family Income [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 14. Reported Voting and Registration of Primary Family Members, by Race, Spanish Origin, Age, Duration of Residence, and Tenure [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 15. Reported Voting in 1980 and 1976 of Persons 22 Years Old and Over, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Age [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 16. Reported Voting in 1980 and 1976 of Persons 22 Years Old and Over, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Years of School Completed [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 17. Reported Reason for Not Voting, for Persons Who Reported Registering But Not Voting, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Age [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 18. Reported Reason for Not Voting, for Persons Who Reported Registering But Not Voting, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, Employment Status, Class of Worker, and Major Occupation Group [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 19. Reported Reason for Not Registering to Vote, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Age [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 20. Reported Reason for Not Registering to Vote, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, Employment Status, Class of Worker, and Major Occupation Group [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 21. Reported Voting for a Presidential Candidate and Method of Voting, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Age [<1.0 MB]
        • Table 22. Reporting on Voting and Registration, by Race, Spanish Origin, Sex, and Type of Respondent [<1.0 MB]
    • @alekwithak@lemmy.world
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      I will not stand for this Nixon erasure

  • @blueamigafan@lemmy.world
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    24•5 days ago

    Spend all of their own parents inheritance, leave nothing for their own kids, talk about how they had to work their way up from nothing.

  • @RBWells@lemmy.world
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    12•4 days ago

    I would still take my life over my mom’s. Things were not good for women back then.

    • @BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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      10•4 days ago

      Things can always backslide

    • @Coreidan@lemmy.world
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      11•4 days ago

      Did she starve to death? Because that’s our current timeline

      • @rekabis@lemmy.ca
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        16•4 days ago

        It’s getting comparable… women are being charged with murder for totally natural miscarriages. Imagine ending up in prison for decades for something you had absolutely no control over.

        And women are also dying from preventable issues with pregnancy, because it is illegal for doctors to remove fetuses even when they are a direct threat to the mother’s life (ectopic) or even totally dead in the first place.

        America is becoming exceedingly hostile to anyone not white, cis, and male.

        • @RBWells@lemmy.world
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          Well she was around before birth control was legal or widely available, and before abortion was legal. Yeah I agree the US is getting more hostile but nobody at my work is asking me to get the coffee, or saying women can’t do the job. And she raised 4 kids while doing a dissertation, widowed when the youngest was not even a teen yet.

          I don’t think now is great but it’s better in a lot of ways.

        • @Coreidan@lemmy.world
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          I agree that things were bad back then but my point is things are about to become much much worse. We will all be looking back wishing we could go back in time. Our future is bleak and you’ll be lucky to not starve to death in the coming years.

          • @rekabis@lemmy.ca
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            America alone is going to be in immense economic pain starting some time within the next 3-9 months. Shipping into America from China is dropping off a cliff, with a nearly 40% all sources drop in port activity on the west coast at this time. Seattle alone has seen a 60+% drop in Chinese shipping.

            2025 is going to be an absolute economic bloodbath for most any American citizen inside America.

  • @slappypantsgo@lemm.ee
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    8•4 days ago

    What I like about this is that it doesn’t pretend boomers are uniquely evil, just the generation that got lucky.

    • @CompostMaterial@lemmy.world
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      Except that’s not really the full truth either. The generation got lucky AND systemically burned every thing down so that they were the only ones left with all the benefits that luck provided.

      • @slappypantsgo@lemm.ee
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        Any other people would have done that. Boomers are no different than anyone before or since. It is 100% Random Chance and anyone who disagrees is a liability.

        • @CompostMaterial@lemmy.world
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          3•4 days ago

          Speaking in absolutes not only makes you a sith, it makes you ignorant too.

          It is important to understand why people are the way they are in order to prevent future repeats. In the case of Boomers, I don’t blame them 100% nor am I going to just chalk it up to just random chance.

          If you look at the generation as a whole, the predominant qualities they have are entitlement, arrogance, narrow mindedness, and a deep lack of empathy. Those attributes are what lead them to do the things that they did with the benefits that the luck of their circumstances gave them. But where did those attributes come from? I believe again you have to blame the parents.

          I believe that the root of the problems come from the Boomers’ parents. After the war, they were so happy to be alive and living in relative peace, that the popped out a bunch of kids and then showered them with all the benefits that the post-war prosperity brought while also not really paying that much attention to them (who has time to work and be fully involved in the lives of 5 kids?). What did that lead to? A generation that was spoiled and had no boundaries set, so they grew up to do a bunch of drugs, have a bunch of sex, and generally think that every thing is owed to them and everyone else is wrong because they are the best.

          Boomers are spoiled children.

          • @slappypantsgo@lemm.ee
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            You’re so close to getting it lmao. It is indeed important to understand why people are the way they are, which is why anyone who misunderstands boomers—such as you—is a liability. Damn, y’all right wing dumbfucks are so close no matter how far.

            • @CompostMaterial@lemmy.world
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              Yet, you are so far from figuring out what is wrong with yourself or how you interact with others. For instance, I’m am about as left leaning as one can possibly be. Yet somehow you pegged me as right wing nut job. You convinced yourself that only you are right and therefore everyone is wrong and dumbfucks.

              Arrogance breeds ignorance.

        • @Quadhammer@lemmy.world
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          I mean, sustainability would have raised all ships

  • @Brainsploosh@lemmy.world
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    I wouldn’t call it peacing out, there’s quite a lot of not-peace for that

  • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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  • Lovable Sidekick
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    Some people are taller, smarter or better looking than me. It’s not fair!!!

    • @dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Is it wrong to highlight that society in the west has gotten worse.

      Sure you can’t blame boomers for just being born at the right time, but you can certainly blame them from pulling up the ladder and voting against anything that will affect them.

      Take near me in the UK, plenty of home owners protesting against adding more houses along the green belt as it might devalue their properties. Utterly selfish behaviour, yet there are some home owners in these areas that support more houses because they care about more people than just themselves.

      If you think giving more people a better chance at life is a threat to your existence then you’re a shitty person.

      • Lovable Sidekick
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        No, it’s definitely not wrong to highlight societal problems, but boomers didn’t pull up any ladder, son. Billionaires and business in general did that. Normal people just went to work, came home, lived our lives. What percent of ANY generation do you think has the influence to personally affect society? I’ve been voting progressive ever since I was old enough to vote. I was never invited to any of the meetings where boomers sat down and decided to fuck over future generations, and no I don’t think giving more people a better chance at life is a threat to my existence. I also think it’s weak to put stupid words in people’s mouths to justify stereotyping them. Have a nice day.

    • @ProvableGecko@lemmy.world
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      Some people are taller, smarter or better looking than me.

      Yep. Quite a bit of people are all of these.

    • Lucien [he/him]
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      Ok, boomer

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