Boomer generation let us all down

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  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    Thank (insert your favorite supernatural being, thought here) for Ronald Freakin Reagan. His presidency is the source of the frustration behind your post and trust me, it is a good thing.
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Ignore all this negativity and live your life by following your heart. We don't all have to turn sour and bitter....you've got your whole life in front of you.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Ignore all this negativity and live your life by following your heart. We don't all have to turn sour and bitter....you've got your whole life in front of you.

    i think he's already sour and bitter.
  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Ignore all this negativity and live your life by following your heart. We don't all have to turn sour and bitter....you've got your whole life in front of you.

    *ding ding ding*

    you can be sour and bitter...but still feel empowered to do something about it...focus on the positive and yes, follow your heart!

    *man...I'm sounding like a liberal...yuk*
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    soulsinging wrote:
    i think he's already sour and bitter.

    You oughta know.

    I think he's more frustrated and anxious. He's certainly still got hope.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    *ding ding ding*

    you can be sour and bitter...but still feel empowered to do something about it...focus on the positive and yes, follow your heart!

    *man...I'm sounding like a liberal...yuk*


    :p


    also helpful not to be so hard on those before you....you really have no idea what their lives were about, why they made the choices they made, etc. less condescending judgements of them, and perhaps some understanding might go a lot further...and also too...help find the 'whys' and how perhaps today...we ALL can take it even further? just a thought. the blame game and harsh judgments of older generations doesn't accomplish a thing.


    btw - just an aside...i happen to personally know a few of these 'boomer hippies' you so easily condemn and criticise....who STILL work, tirelessly, to make this world a better place for us all...for the future...so why not lay off the grandiose 'all hippie boomers let us down BS'......seriously. i think THAT attitude is offensive, and honestly counter-productive...to those who DO still fight the good fight....not ALL of ANYone has 'sold out'...sold there souls, or given up on their dreams. just b/c you fail to see that, isn't their fault either.
    Stay with me...
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    I am myself like you somehow


  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    decides2dream wrote:
    :p


    also helpful not to be so hard on those before you....you really have no idea what their lives were about, why they made the choices they made, etc. less condescending judgements of them, and perhaps some understanding might go a lot further...and also too...help find the 'whys' and how perhaps today...we ALL can take it even further? just a thought. the blame game and harsh judgments of older generations doesn't accomplish a thing.

    Sorry, did I judge someone?

    I have the utmost respect for my grandparents generation. We have no idea of what hardship is. My grandfather picked beans at the age of 15 and lost his eyes in France at 21. I am well aware of the sacrifices made by those before me.

    I find it somewhat self-absorbed though for young people to have this whole "whoa-is-me" the world is coming to an end attitude. Take a step back, and realize where you are in the history of the world. Just like everyone before you, you have dreams and goals, so pursue them.
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    Sorry, did I judge someone?

    no, not at all.
    i was agreeing/appreciating your post...and then simply adding on my own thoughts, directed at the original thread-starter. my apoligies for that lack of clarity.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    You oughta know.

    I think he's more frustrated and anxious. He's certainly still got hope.

    im neither sour nor bitter. i just sold out ;)

    he sounds deluded to me. calling for armed revolution on a pearl jam msg board and saying grunge was a political movement? im still waiting to see what this huge impact the riots had on the WTO was. i musta missed that article.
  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    decides2dream wrote:
    no, not at all.
    i was agreeing/appreciating your post...and then simply adding on my own thoughts, directed at the original thread-starter. my apoligies for that lack of clarity.

    no worries, i figured it out after i originally posted that...see my revisions :)
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    Sorry, did I judge someone?

    I have the utmost respect for my grandparents generation. We have no idea of what hardship is. My grandfather picked beans at the age of 15 and lost his eyes in France at 21. I am well aware of the sacrifices made by those before me.

    I find it somewhat self-absorbed though for young people to have this whole "whoa-is-me" the world is coming to an end attitude. Take a step back, and realize where you are in the history of the world. Just like everyone before you, you have dreams and goals, so pursue them.

    woe is me... arent you a grad student? ;)
  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    soulsinging wrote:
    woe is me... arent you a grad student? ;)

    is it whoa, or woe? I honestly don't know. It's the end of the semester and I've been up for 95 consecutive hours.
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    soulsinging wrote:
    im neither sour nor bitter. i just sold out ;)

    he sounds deluded to me. calling for armed revolution on a pearl jam msg board and saying grunge was a political movement? im still waiting to see what this huge impact the riots had on the WTO was. i musta missed that article.

    He's young and has a lot to learn but I hope he never loses his heart, just learns how to use it a little better with a bit more focus on what CAN be done.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    is it whoa, or woe? I honestly don't know. It's the end of the semester and I've been up for 95 consecutive hours.

    woe... as in "my terrible tale of woe"

    im in the midst of law school finals, so i feel you on being pretty scattered.
  • Purple Hawk
    Purple Hawk Posts: 1,300
    soulsinging wrote:
    woe... as in "my terrible tale of woe"

    im in the midst of law school finals, so i feel you on being pretty scattered.

    What year? I hear the bar is a ... well not fun. I thought about law school...but i can seriously talk about how the house majority and speaker can control the agenda and where they get their power from (yeah...people are starting to go to sleep now) so I chose grad school instead.

    BTW - chicago is a great city...there's a poli sci conference there every year...it's the perfect size city...not too big (like NYC), but lot's to do. The food man...ohhhhhh the food.
    And you ask me what I want this year
    And I try to make this kind and clear
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
    Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
    And desire and love and empty things
    Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    no worries< i hear ya> in fact your grandparent"s generation is my parents generation>>>>>so i know full well what their sacrifices were> my father fought in ww@ and my oldest sister would be considered a "boomer">>>as would most of my first cousins as i am the youngest of em all< by quite a large margin>

    i am all for wanting to do better< but i think energy is far better directed at "doing better">>>rather than simply laying blame on the generations before> you fo course weren"t doing that< i think we both are in agreement>>>but yes< the original post just put a sour and bitter taste in my mouth> i am all for working towards all the things he wishes for< so work for them>>>>stop bitching about what others didn"t do>>>and work towards doing it yourself then> countless generations have come before< so yea>>>>>



    and _ i have no idea wtf is the matter with my computer> i have restarted @x now and it is wonky! crap>
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    What year? I hear the bar is a ... well not fun. I thought about law school...but i can seriously talk about how the house majority and speaker can control the agenda and where they get their power from (yeah...people are starting to go to sleep now) so I chose grad school instead.

    BTW - chicago is a great city...there's a poli sci conference there every year...it's the perfect size city...not too big (like NYC), but lot's to do. The food man...ohhhhhh the food.

    i didnt think it was a whole lot smaller than nyc. but it feels much smaller cos it's more centralized. im a 1L, so my first year. it's tough, but i love it. i wont be worrying about the bar for a while yet thank god!
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    soulsinging wrote:
    i didnt think it was a whole lot smaller than nyc. but it feels much smaller cos it's more centralized. im a 1L, so my first year. it's tough, but i love it. i wont be worrying about the bar for a while yet thank god!
    I have a theory on the bar exam. Everyone has heard about how hard it is, but I think it's all a big conspiracy by lawyers ... they TELL us how hard it is so we'll be impressed. This is the only way I've been able to explain to myself how so many idiots are running around practicing law.

    In other words, you're gonna ace the thing :)
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • CorporateWhore
    CorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    Che Guevara was a patrimonious piece of shit. He hated women. You are a fucking idiot if you like him.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    hippiemom wrote:
    I have a theory on the bar exam. Everyone has heard about how hard it is, but I think it's all a big conspiracy by lawyers ... they TELL us how hard it is so we'll be impressed. This is the only way I've been able to explain to myself how so many idiots are running around practicing law.

    In other words, you're gonna ace the thing :)

    i think so too. so far ive been underwhelmed with the first year. people made it sound like it's hellish and impossible. it hasnt been. it might have something to do with my classmates who arent the type-a assholes at most law schools. im also pretty stress-resistant. plus, a lot of it comes naturally to me ;)

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