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Forum: Internet Links Topic: The new child rearing method started by: Leisher Posted by Leisher on Oct. 03 2014,14:07
< Is ruining our kids. >< Generation Y is unhappy. > We're raising pussies who expect everything to be handed to them. Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 03 2014,14:15
All I saw in that article is a handful of anecdotes. I think every generation feels this way about the one after them.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 03 2014,14:32
The ones after GenX are the ones living with their parents longer and had to be considered a child until 25 to stay on mommy and daddy's health insurance. That isn't really an impressive characteristic suggesting fierce independence, intelligence, and creativity.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 03 2014,14:59
(TheCatt @ Oct. 03 2014,17:15) QUOTE All I saw in that article is a handful of anecdotes. I think every generation feels this way about the one after them. Which article? It isn't really difficult to figure out that if you coddle someone they get used to it. Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 03 2014,15:46
The first one.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 03 2014,15:50
These articles were written by smug, condescending douchefucks.QUOTE "I think it began in the fall of 1982, when seven people died after taking extra-strength Tylenol laced with poison after it left the factory," he says. Halloween was just around the corner, and parents began checking every item in the loot bags. Homemade brownies and cookies (usually the most coveted items) hit the garbage; unwrapped candy followed close behind. Fucking please. Parents have obsessed over their children since forever. QUOTE "Now it's time to relay the importance of waiting for the things we want, deferring to the wishes of others and surrendering personal desires in the pursuit of something bigger than 'me,'" Elmore says. Bite me. QUOTE Greed ... is good. - Gordon Gecko QUOTE and now it's difficult for them to generate happiness -- the by-product of living a meaningful life. What the fuck is "meaningful?" I'm sure as shit not letting Mr. Elmore decide for me. QUOTE The same Ngram viewer shows that the phrase “a secure career” has gone out of style, just as the phrase “a fulfilling career” has gotten hot. Accounting is a secure career. It also sounds boring enough to melt my brain. QUOTE Unfortunately, the funny thing about the world is that it turns out to not be that easy of a place, and the weird thing about careers is that they’re actually quite hard. Great careers take years of blood, sweat and tears to build—even the ones with no flowers or unicorns on them—and even the most successful people are rarely doing anything that great in their early or mid-20s. There are 31 billonaries alive today under the age of 40. Adjust for whatever inflation you want and whatever population difference you want, but find me another period in history where that's happened. I put in more work in undergrad in one semester than I've put into all the jobs I've ever had. Combined. Not even close. I would not describe my career as "great." I don't really care, either, because I'm not my job. Shall I go into how many thirtysomethings or younger are C*Os of huge international companies? QUOTE They were raised by Lucy’s grandparents, members of the G.I. Generation, or “the Greatest Generation,” There's a term I'm going to have to start arguing before too long. Isn't that the same generation that kept jacking up government spending over the course of a couple decades post WWII? Economic sense, indeed. I'll forgo what the Red Scare would've been like had Facebook/Twitter been around. You can goddamn well bet McCarthy and Hoover would've been doing wiretapping that makes today's shit look routine. Posted by Vince on Oct. 03 2014,18:57
I think the WWII generation was honestly the greatest generation. They just sucked it up and did it. Unfortunately they also decided they didn't want their children to do without the things they did without and started the pussification of America.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 03 2014,19:31
(Vince @ Oct. 03 2014,20:57) QUOTE I think the WWII generation was honestly the greatest generation. They just sucked it up and did it. Unfortunately they also decided they didn't want their children to do without the things they did without and started the pussification of America. That's the same generation that bitches when we try to take cash away from social security and medicare? Posted by Vince on Oct. 04 2014,04:10
I usually hear more bitching from Democrats on their behalf that I hear from the actual members of the WWII generation.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 04 2014,10:39
(Vince @ Oct. 04 2014,06:10) QUOTE I usually hear more bitching from Democrats on their behalf that I hear from the actual members of the WWII generation. Have you met the AARP? Posted by Vince on Oct. 04 2014,12:39
You mean the geriatric arm of the Democrat party? Yeah, I know them. My parents cut their cards and dropped off the roles AARP is such a party organ.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 04 2014,14:15
Vince has a solid point there. Their constant support of the Democratic Party is why they now have competition in the market, and why they've lost some clout.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 04 2014,15:12
The most genius thing about the democrats pandering to the AARP, in my opinion, is simultaneously accusing republicans of using fear tactics with their governing, and then using fear tactics accusing the republicans of wanting to cut medicare, or whatever it is.There's really no counter for that. Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 04 2014,17:17
QUOTE AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of more than 37 million... From their own website. 37 million retirees that vote, more or less, how you tell them. If you count all the union workers in this country, it's about 17-18M. pales in comparison. And fuck you if you try to take a dime from the AARP community. QUOTE Bart Simpson: Didn't you wonder why you were getting checks for doing absolutely nothing? Grandpa Simpson: I figured 'cause the Democrats were in power again. QUOTE Marge: Grandpa, where'd you get all that money from?
Abe: The government. I didn't earn it; I don't need it; but if they miss one payment, I'll raise HELL! |