The "Entitlement" Generation

[HBox]

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050626/ap_on_bi_ge/the_entitlement_generation" target="_blank">The &quot;Entitlement&quot; Generation.</a></p><p>I'd
like to officially register my disappointment with the Baby Boomer
Generation. What a fucking let down that generation was. They had a lot
to live up to, and failed spectacularly. And if they do have a problem
the current generation, let them do some research and find out who
their parents were.</p><p>Way I look at it, if the current generation
can avoid the fucking apocalypse, they've done a much better job than
the boomers.<br />
</p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050626/ap_on_bi_ge/the_entitlement_generation" target="_blank"></a>

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[spoon]

<p>&quot;It's true they're not eager to bury themselves in a cubicle and take orders from bosses for the next 40 years, and why should they?&quot; asks Jeffrey Arnett, a University of Maryland psychologist who's written a book on &quot;emerging adulthood,&quot; the period between age 18 and 25. &quot;They have a healthy skepticism of the commitment their employers have to them and the commitment they owe to their employers.&quot;</p><p>Many young people also want to avoid becoming just another cog who works for a faceless giant.</p><p>Anthony DeBetta, a 23-year-old New Yorker, works with other twentysomethings at a small marketing firm &mdash; and says the company's size makes him feel like he can make a difference.</p><p>&quot;We have a vested interest in the growth of this firm,&quot; he says. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If they can't understand what I listed from the article above, I laugh at their hipocracy!&nbsp; It seems they've truly become worse than their parents, as today corporations are way bigger than during their &quot;quarter-life crisis&quot;.&nbsp; At least we didn't dress like a bunch of idiots and annoy everyone.&nbsp; </p>

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[Bulldogcakes]

<p>As to the stuff about 20 something being slackers, having trouble
transitioning from school to work, I read that when I was 15, 25 and
35. And i expect to read it again for every other 10 year period I'm
alive. </p><p>And each time its presented as &quot;new&quot; and &quot;increasing problem&quot;&nbsp;</p>

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[Tall_James]

A mandatory draft should solve that problem. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" />

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[Yerdaddy]

<p>At least we didn't dress like a bunch of idiots and annoy everyone.&nbsp; </p><p>Speak for yourself.</p><p><img src="http://www.i80s.com/images/Ratt_004.gif" border="0" /></p>

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[spoon]

Those guys are at least 40 now.&nbsp; And which one is you?

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[Yerdaddy]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font>Those guys are at least 40 now.&nbsp; And which one is you? <img src="http://members.aol.com/dxixrxt/spoon2.jpg" border="0" /> Get your balls out of your purse and step up to flavor! With whale cancer! F yeah! <br />I'm the one that looks like&nbsp;a transformer.

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Fuck it from behind.

[epo]

I'm firmly under the belief that "Great Generations" alternate.


Greatest Generation was awesome.
Baby Boomers can suck my cock.
Generation X is good so far.
Generation Y are the biggest bunch of momma's boys I've ever met.
I pray for Generation Z to be better than Y.

[Recyclerz]

I belong to the Blank Generation. I can take or leave it each time.

[SonOfSmeagol]

Step up and take responsibility for yourself and stop blaming the fucking "generations" for your lame-ass shortcomings and what you don't have and what hasn't been done for you. Gimme a fucking break. a non-topic.

[TheMojoPin]

You heard the man! Shut it down and move on! Nothing to see here!

[Gvac]

And yet I am filled with a sense of ennui...

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[HBox]

I have him on ignore but I assume that I have irritated the troll so much that he is digging up almost 4-year old posts to try and take shots. I find this highly amusing.

[TheMojoPin]

I have him on ignore but I assume that I have irritated the troll so much that he is digging up almost 4-year old posts to try and take shots. I find this highly amusing.

If you're talking about epo you're 100% correct.

[SonOfSmeagol]

Someone has a hard-on for me that, I assure you, won't be accommodated. He/she will simply have to take care of it him/herself.

[HBox]

If you're talking about epo you're 100% correct.

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[SonOfSmeagol]

I have him on ignore but I assume that I have irritated the troll so much that he is digging up almost 4-year old posts to try and take shots. I find this highly amusing.

Yet another incoherent post from you.

[HBox]

Keep on posting. I ain't reading.

[SonOfSmeagol]

Keep on posting. I ain't reading.By this very post quoted, wondering exactly, what you ain't reading?

[keithy_19]

Keep on posting. I ain't reading.

But I may say something worth-while for once and you'll appluade me for it and then angrily walk away from the computer.

I was once your favorite poster. I've been wearing a pin ever since I read that post of yours...

[underdog]

Keep on posting. I ain't reading.

I will!

[HBox]

But I may say something worth-while for once and you'll appluade me for it and then angrily walk away from the computer.

I was once your favorite poster. I've been wearing a pin ever since I read that post of yours...

Oh I'm not talking to you. you are still my favorite. I feel hurt that you'd think otherwise.

:down:

[SonOfSmeagol]

To be clear, he's not talking to me either, since I'm on "ignore". And, whatever I keep posting, he's not reading. I guess.

[TheMojoPin]

Nobody cares.

[SonOfSmeagol]

So big of you to speak for "everybody" in your little universe!

[keithy_19]

Oh I'm not talking to you. you are still my favorite. I feel hurt that you'd think otherwise.

:down:

You're still mine too! I feel like I have no self-worth so I thought you had found better...

[grlNIN]

So big of you to speak for "everybody" in your little universe!

As a secondary voice, i can reassure you that no one cares.

[keithy_19]

As a secondary voice, i can reassure you that no one cares.

If nobody cares but him, does it count as someone caring?

[SonOfSmeagol]

I so stand by what I said about the "generations". As I said, personal responsibility is what matters, that was my message. If you dismiss that, cool for you. I have been flamed and in fact attacked for what I said. Whatever. But I will say this: absolutely no substance was offered in response. And I add, once again, given all the other crap, that is quite lame.

[TheMojoPin]

I so stand by what I said about the "generations". As I said, personal responsibility is what matters, that was my message. If you dismiss that, cool for you. I have been flamed and in fact attacked for what I said. Whatever. But I will say this: absolutely no substance was offered in response. And I add, once again, given all the other crap, that is quite lame.

Nah, nobody's interested in dealing with you.

[keithy_19]

Why not?

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[TheMojoPin]

He's borrrrrrring.

[SonOfSmeagol]

Nah, nobody's interested in dealing with you.

Nobody? Do you speak for everyone? I must have missed that news flash.

Here's is your response to my OP:

You heard the man! Shut it down and move on! Nothing to see here!

As I said, nothing of substance and quite lame.

[TheMojoPin]

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[Death Metal Moe]

I can't speak for everyone so I just wanted to check in to say that I don't care.

[SonOfSmeagol]

He's borrrrrrring.

Quite mutual, I assure you. Though I would add "tedious" in describing you.

[Melk]

I'd
like to officially register my disappointment with the Baby Boomer
Generation. What a fucking let down that generation was. They had a lot
to live up to, and failed spectacularly. And if they do have a problem
the current generation, let them do some research and find out who
their parents were.</a>

I'm not completely sure what point you are trying to make, but the whole "this generation," "Kids these days with their Diet Sodas and Marijuana," and (my personal favorite) "the pussification of the American male" has been going on since before the war.

Do you really think the Baby Boomers ruined everything?

[MacVittie]

I'm firmly under the belief that "Great Generations" alternate.


Greatest Generation was awesome.
Baby Boomers can suck my cock.
Generation X is good so far.
Generation Y are the biggest bunch of momma's boys I've ever met.
I pray for Generation Z to be better than Y.


I don't see Gen. X and Gen. Y as alternating generations. They're like half generations of one another. Plus, the whole "generation" thing is really fuzzy. I have a lot of the characteristics attributed to people of generation X and a lot from generation Y. I guess that's what I get for being born in the Early 80's.

[Syd]

I'm not completely sure what point you are trying to make, but the whole "this generation," "Kids these days with their Diet Sodas and Marijuana," and (my personal favorite) "the pussification of the American male" has been going on since before the war.

Do you really think the Baby Boomers ruined everything?

America went from its zenith as an empire to now being a bit player capable of nothing more than mass consumerism under their stewardship

given the reckless and completely untenable lifestyle that was championed by them yea i'd say they ruined everything

but hey at least we have sweet suburbs so we don't have to live near the brown people

woops there's one, have to move another 40 miles away from work

[Melk]

America went from its zenith as an empire to now being a bit player capable of nothing more than mass consumerism under their stewardship

given the reckless and completely untenable lifestyle that was championed by them yea i'd say they ruined everything
Consumerism isn't the problem. The problem is the elimination of labor jobs that provide a fair living wage. We have two generations of Americans who have been expected to get an eduction, whether they have the intelligence or interest in education or not. This will result in an increase in poverty and crime (mostly in lower income areas). This is a problem created by selfish, greedy corporation and aggrivated by overly-relaxed governmental regulation.

This, however, is not a new problem. Charles Dickens and Upton Sinclair wrote fictional satires about these problems over 100 years ago.

But the news media will always take the side of business. The right-leaning alleged left-leaning media can't wait to create phony majority groups (like soccer moms), unimportant issues (like offensive content on TV affecting your children) or under-important issues (like gay marriage or Craig's List prostitution) to distract God-fearing people from issues that matter.

I'm interested in learning something from the people on this thread:

1) What worked before?

2) What is broken, now?