Whether you are talking about "woke" BS, terrorism, or rioting anywhere in the world, it's almost always people under 25 spewing the BS because they think they have all the answers.

There are none so blind as the arrogant.

As a 37 year old, I agree wholly with this assessment. I feel sorry for those after me that didn't get to enjoy the innocence and joy of being in an unconnected world, and spending your day exploring the world with friends vs. tiktok videos and youtube.

Thanks to one of those fuckers I’ve got to work overnights this weekend.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Yep, that's right, the old man who he claims throughout the year doesn't really know much of anything because I'm old. Ya might think that reality would soak in a bit, but it doesn't seem to.

Tell him, "son, your old man didn't get to this age by being stupid..."

The only thing wrong with para’s post is that it isn’t in some place like...HuffPo, Cosmo, Slate, Vogue...

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.- Mark Twain.

Except for working the #%@#*! smart phone, I am smarter than my kids any day

It was amazing. The older I became, the smarter my Dad got.
Boy was he dumb when I was a teenager.

We have to put some blame on the parents of today's youth.
I'm a "Baby Boomer". My parents and every parent of my generation had parents that lived through the Great Depression AND WWII. There parents also lived through the Great Depression and two World Wars,and without welfare or stimulus checks let alone UN-employment checks.
People had a whole different outlook on life.

Because many parents don't teach there kids values, I'm afraid we will be leaving it to the Chinese to teach them the reality of the World in the next 30 years.
I'm glade I won't be around to witness or live in those days. Too bad my kids and grandchildren will.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: armored, April 14, 2021 12:09 AM

They have no clue, zero work ethic and incredibly idiotic ideas about how "things should be". Pathetic. And they are unable to communicate effectively with other human beings, in person. Too much time spent texting and on social media.

We currently have job openings at my part time place of employment. My Manager can't fill them with anyone under the age of 40. Because they either don't want to do the work for $15/hr, can't pass a criminal background check, drug test or reveal their stupidity during the in person interview. Sad. Regards 18DAI

One day about 15 years ago I looked back on myself 5 years earlier and realized how stupid I was then.

A moment later the real realization hit me that 5 years down the road I'd think the same thing about me today.

I don't know what transpired to cause it, but that's a damn fine rant, Para!

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
My Dad didn't know anything right up to the time I went in the Army.

By the time I got out, he'd figured it all out and was a great guy.

Same for me except it was The US Marine Corps. LOL

I was talking to my oldest daughter about how she's grown up so fast. Then it occurred to me I had already graduated boot camp and was stationed in Okinawa at her age. (young teenager)

She is leaving to go stay with my father for a couple months to take care of him and his house. Dad is in a wheel chair and lost mom a few months ago.

Should be a time for her to really grow and mature. Thankful that it was her idea.

I'm a boomer too. There is some evidence to support my belief that I did a half-decent job of raising my kids, now all in their 50's.

The one glaring exception to that claim is their financial acumen. Not ONE of them has the faintest clue how money works.

3 grandkids and we're batting about .450 One has his shit together, another is getting there @22 and the third...well...nobody bats 1.000

Yep, your feelings don't and shouldn't override mine or anyone else's rights. I don't care one crappe about your tender snowflake feelings, but I fully support your right to beotch and complain...you just don't have a right to make me listen.

Idunno.

Maybe I am hanging out with a different crowd.

One of my buddies is a very respectable gentleman in his mid-twenties. He has fought and served well. Started an LLC last year on his own initiative and is currently looking into working in the oil fields. We (mostly him) are looking in to different markets to compliment his existing business. No, his dad doesn't have a business or live in the same state. Super nice guy. Loves his wife and kid.

Another buddy of mine has been working hard with lots of overtime and is about two years ahead on his mortgage. Early/mid twenties. Super guy. Follows up on everything he says he will do and is very dependable. Enjoys hunting when he has the time.

I know. I'm not saying that they are all like this by any means. Pick any generation and you'll find a miserable POS posthaste. As for me, I spend a lot of time building store displays and checking out the latest patent applications, when I am not at work, of course.

I enjoy the friendship we have and helping them out whenever I can.

It goes without saying that there are exceptions to everything and there are most certainly fine, decent young Americans who love their country, know its history and believe in its Constitution, and those kids are most assuredly exceptions to the current norm.

Once my kids hit 30, I suddenly got a lot smarter. 3 kids, one son and 2 stepkids. Both boys are Army vets and the smart one has a Phd in computational genetics and genomics. Everyone is over 30 and way over "woke"

It isn't the world we grew up in with Sheriff Andy Taylor and one bullet Barney running the show.