That generation had a weird complex about it, probably because of the draft and the military always cares about it.
But for whatever reason a lot of guys his age lie about it or are even in denial.
But they're frequently attracted to literal shiny I jects because of that deficiency in seeing colors. If red blends in, the flashiest color is gold or chrome.
I know the article isn't really about that, but it's less interesting than why trump is literally fixated on anything shiny
Younger generations are generally more liberal than their parents
That's because the American education didn't even really exist till the 1970s...
That's when school buses to every student became a thing, and we stopped having one room school houses and started sending everyone to real schools.
From then till GW's "no child left behind" we taught every American critical thinking and empathy.
Republicans recognized that was a bad thing for them, and changed our education system to rote memorization and the lowest denominator...
The numbers in a year don't automatically make people more progressive, it's not an innate thing that happens naturally.
It was happening for a couple decades because we put the work in as a society. We stopped doing that decades ago.
And it would be shocking to find out the people who can't see that, got a public education within that brief window where critical thinking was actually taught.
Like, the reason Gen Z is the first generation to have lower IQs than their parents isn't that Gen Z is stupid, they're just the first full generation to all get "no child'd" some parts of older generations got it, but for Gen Z they all got it, so theres no one to bring the average up.
It's important to talk about this stuff, because we're still failing the kids in school today, and if people don't understand what's happening, we'll never get it fixed.
Or at least click the link to see which part of the headline AOC actually said before blaming her for the entire headline.
Like, it's just such a weird line to care enough to read the headline and write a comment...
But not take the two seconds to see what her actual quote says.
“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”
What about that is "generational warfare" that upset you so much?
Do you disagree with the reality of what she's saying?
Or do you acknowledge it's true, and are just upset someone said it? Because saying it is what wins elections.
I think the big difference between boomers and gen X/Millennial isn't so much "aging gracefully" it's "aging realistically".
Like, there wasn't as much pressure to "grow up" most of us saw all this shit coming and just knew we didn't have the numbers, but still kept trying.
So we avoided midlife crisis (mostly) and just maintained the same personality and interests the whole time.
So now, were still relatively the same mentally, so acknowledging that our bodies are obviously not the same as 20 years ago isn't something to freak out about and but a Corvette.
Like, getting old sucks, but it's better than the alternative...
For the entirety of America's recent decline, Boomers have been the largest voting demographic.
They were the ones active in primaries dragging both parties parties right and fucking up almost every aspect of American society.
No one is saying the problem is every single person in that demographic.
But it is 100% that demographics fault. Because they're the ones that spent a literal lifetime voting for it.
The problem isn't just the boomer politicians, it's all the boomer voters who see voting for anyone younger than themselves as a personal insult.
They're openly age discriminating against anyone younger than them, but anytime you get generations attempt to discuss it, boomers crawl out of the fucking woodwork saying "this" is why they can't do the thing we were just saying you can't do
This is not old versus young, plenty of old heads want what the younger gen wants.
She said millennials are getting more politically active...
And you're attacking her because she's divise?
By any chance do you consider the phrase "Black lives matter" divisive and think "all live matter" is better?
Logically that's what you're saying, I just would prefer not to make that assumption, so just trying to clarify.
Edit:
And in the spirit of clarity, this is her quote that you said is divisive:
“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee endorsed Cooke, which angered some local Democrats who saw it as interfering in a primary.
It 100% is interfering in a primary...
And the reason neoliberals have to use the DCCC and DSCC to interfer in primaries now, is because they no longer control the DNC and can't use that to rig down ballot primaries anymore.
Neither organization has any power, they're just making a lot of noise so people blame "the party" because the only chance a neoliberal has to be become president, is a corrupt DNC. And they don't have that, so they need a DNC leadership changeover under any pretext.
The DNC hasn't endorsed anyone, this one isn't going to endorse anyone in any primary, but I'm looking forward to them endorsing Hong the second she wins
Anyone dumb enough to be swayed by this, is already voting R in every election....
However, it was funny to hear that everyone who's "remixed" the original ad has lost, including Hillary.
Just highlights how out of touch the people prompting these are, how many people will even get the original LBJ reference? And of the ones who do, how many Texas Republicans would have favorable memories of an LBJ campaign video?
It's not that he considers himself a traitor or was even prioritizing countries despite being the president of one...
He's said that as a very young child (basically toddler) his father essentially told him that people were coming for the Jews, and if they ever succeeded then they're coming after the Catholics next.
It's so weird when people who use chatbots, think they're somehow better than other people who use chatbots...
And that the 99.99% of the populations who hates chatbots for valid reasons, want to hear from one chatbot user, about how other chatbot users are dumb.
We ban murder even though most homicides go unsolved...
Like, I don't think there's a single crime where 100% of the time they find and charge the culprit
Even suicides, sometimes that's insurance fraud and ruled an accident, a single time means it's not 100%.
The point of laws/rules isn't to always stop something. It's to make the law/rule clear so people know to abide by it, and people who don't can't plead ignorance.
Write note explaining that if an AI could make money, people would be doing it and not selling chatbots to other people. They'd use the compute power at cost to make their own.
Shut down the entire computer you're running on to save electricity.
His dad was an adult when he met his mom (who was a child) and they met because he walked up and flashed his dick to her and her (also underaged) friends...
Like, the son was raised by at least one pedophile, and the other was at least ok with pedophila...
But one thing he was willing to do, was tell Israel no.
It pissed Biden off so much, he publicly denounced Obama over it, because even till the day he left office from his first day as a Senator, Joe Biden always said: "The only way to negotiate with Israel, is give them everything they want"
That was his legitimate belief, so when Obama didn't say "yes", Biden shit talked him.
Even after he became president, Biden insisted you have to always say "yes" no matter what Israel asks:
Biden recounted in private that when he was vice president in 2014 and Israel mounted a military assault on Gaza, Obama and his staff rejected his belief, held for decades, that the best way to approach the Israelis is to hug them close but not criticize them, the people familiar with his comments said.
Instead, they said Biden has noted, Obama publicly admonished Israel’s actions and voiced concern for Palestinian civilian deaths early into the 2014 conflict. As a result, Biden has argued, Obama squandered any ability to influence the Israeli government as it invaded Gaza, said the people familiar with his comments.
The president’s private comparisons with his former boss subsided as outrage over rising civilian deaths in Gaza eclipsed the early praise for his approach, according to three of the people familiar with his comments. More than 14,000 Palestinians have been killed so far, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Department.
It's a very low bar, so while I am might have been the "best" in modern history, doesn't mean he was perfect or even better than El-Sayed or other new names.
She was racist in the cartoon too, but I couldnt find a clip:
During election season in the episode Venture Libre, Marsha Backwood came to the Venture Compound with her assistant in tow. Dr. Venture and company had been called away to Puerto Bahia by General Manhowers to deal with the Venturestein problem, leaving only Dean Venture behind to get the door. As he was preparing to restore H.E.L.P.e.R. to his old body, Dean was irate and dressed in clothing reflecting a repairmen or gardener when he answered the door. Marsha introduced herself, resulting in a noncommittal "'Kay" (as in, "okay") from Dean. Backwood mistook this answer for the Spanish word qué, meaning "what", to which she responded by speaking louder and reintroduced herself in basic Spanish. After Dean told her in english that his father had been called by General Manhowers but otherwise brushed her off, Backwood demanded her assistant get Manhowers on the phone--and check if Dean was an illegal immigrant.
The summary doesn't do it justice, but it's one of the best bits in Venture, especially when she shows up at the end and gets blown up.
I mean...
This has been in the news before, also his other daughter that lobbies for Facebook.
This isn't a unique thing, neoliberals held the reigns for 30 years and they set their kids up in lots of cushy positions especially at tech companies
Neoliberals and tech bros have been in bed together since they agreed to claim the dotcom boom was somehow caused by tax cuts after it started