1. Spam Calls Posted on 12/02/2023 12:17:41 PM PST by DallasBiff
Spam calls may see a decline as baby boomers dwindle. People have become more tech-savvy and have access to advanced call-blocking and filtering technologies. Additionally, regulatory efforts and increased awareness are aimed at reducing spam calls, making it less likely for future generations to experience the same level of nuisance and intrusion.
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There is a genuine turd blossom who’s polluted this thread
Looks like he’s being dealt with nicely
Sad fact is and yes it’s telling how bad things are
Proper Voting stats and culture awareness have declined after boomers
You can bash any generation
My grandparents gave us the Warren Court for instance and at least half of New Deal
Greatest gave us Great Society
And so on
I think it’s unarguable now though that young people across the spectrum are at least 50% left compared with youth in 1972 who voted majority Nixon over McGovern
Racism is growing and will get worse as the least racist race shrinks in percentage of the American population and as the racist races grow in share, although the most racist race of all will probably remain close to what it is today about about 12%.
No I’m not. I’m pointing out what we know for certain has been happening for multiple generations. That’s NOT my point of view. That’s a GROWING point of view in MULTIPLE generations.
No, you gave me a bunch of reasons why YOU like them. YOUR point of view. I pointed to reality. We’ll go with the books example. We KNOW we’re in a post literary society. We’ve known that since at least the 70s. So most of your life. We know most people don’t own books, and don’t read books. So why would you think that people who don’t own books, and don’t read books, would keep the books of their dead relative? They won’t. Books have no interest to most modern Americans. It’s sad. I’m 100% with you about that. But it’s reality.
Now you’re spewing a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with anything we’re talking about.
I never said any of this is for the best. Sure some of them I do (like the family silver, the whole idea of silverware you don’t use because it takes longer to clean than use is stupid, sell it). But some I don’t (loss of books, I love books). But it doesn’t matter what I think is best, or what you think is best. These trends have been happening for decades, they’re showing no sign of reversing. These things are going away, at least for the majority of the people. We don’t get a vote.
Being raised well and not being sheep has NOTHING to do with any of this. I was raised very well, and am very much not sheep. Which allows me to live my life as I choose. I’m sure if my dead mother had known I would keep basically none of her stuff she’d have railed at me. But I ain’t a sheep. I judged the value of her things in my life, and saw none. Except for a really nice hedge trimmer I have no idea why she bought.
I never said you were anything but fine. YOU’RE the one who keeps taking everything I say as personal insult. Not my fault. Not my problem.
“Boomers are just narcissistic, stupid, and greedy whiners. They shall not be missed.”
Can you explain how you came to believe that? How old are you? How old are your parents?
I’m a self-reliant boomer as are all of our friends. Out of the thousands of people I’ve known in my generation, I cannot think of a single one I would describe like that.
My niece (sister’s daughter) has used similar words. She told my sister “My generation cannot wait for your generation to die.” I cannot imagine a more hateful, mean, spiteful and selfish thing for a child to tell a parent. You and my niece sound a lot alike.
Your internet service provider probably offers a VOIP phone service for not much money. You'll have total control over who calls you.
Someone got paid to write this mindless slideshow?
Ancestors?
Over 50,000 names on a black wall in D.C. might show some warrior spirit.
Ancestors?
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Mother and aunt-depression era.
At 43, my niece cherishes all of the old photos I can give her, as does her son. It is family history…and all of history is just family history.
I have two chests of silver brought out only for special occasions. As a youngster, I actually enjoyed polishing it. It wasn’t punishment, it was an honor.
You don't seem to care about a LOT of "family" things, which does make me wonder about you and your family.
Perhaps it's not scientifically proved or disproved, I don't know; however, I do know a LOT about previous generations of my family, going back quite a way, and DO believe that talent is passed down. It can skip a generation and then reappear, or just go away, because the person has no interest in this or that.
Many of my family stories have been/are used like parables; they teach a lesson and just using the tag line, it will stop someone from from doing or saying something. And they are really GOOD stories to boot. But then, other families may no have as many, nor great stories to tell.
And then there are family stories, in which there may be history, that isn't known to the general public, but involve things that many know about but NOT these facts, which aren't in any book, newspaper, or documentary. And yet, these stories bring what we see as "history", alive.
You know, I hope, what is said about "history" and WHY knowing it is so important.
And yet, FACTUAL history is being ignore, changed, slanted every day, as we type to each other. That won't stop and it results in disaster!
You’re doing a great service and I. for one, thank you for posting what you find here.
Each to their own.
Actually the greatest generation helped start the slide. I saw it in many WW2 veterans from my area: the industrial boom in the 50s caused big income increases for average jobs, and the middle class grew bigly.
These people had lived through the great depression, and when you have more stuff, you want even more stuff (that may include wanting a new spouse). Prosperity can bring increased selfishness. The children see that and become like the parents.
A good song about that is Harry Chapin’s ‘cat’s in the cradle’.
“...their ‘wonderful public schools’ are somehow immune from this crap, and therefore they buy the bigger house, the F150, and/or the boat, rather than spend a dime on their own kids...”
The desire for the house, F150 and the boat is the problem. Therefore they rationalize that the public schools are “good enough” and the cost of private schools is not necessary.
Social Security?
“A few VietNam veterans might want to have a word with you. Doubt you’re man enough to show up though.”
I was going to reply to him but I’ve just stopped interacting with these people
“The last warrior generation and already we are suffering as they take their intelligence and competence out of the workplace and their voting shrinks.”
BoomerCon bravado is one of the world’s greatest sources of cringe.
It’s not the baby boomers that F’d up and the list is pathetic at best.
1913
Federal Reserve
Direct election of Senators
Income Tax
quite the year.
Wow, that was childish.
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