Reply #76: What about we 30 to 40-somethings? [View All]

I suppose it's okay that we're now faced with a world of overpopulation, environmental degradation, starvation, the 80's (when Boomers decided that they were going to 'get ahead at all costs'), a dysfunctional education system, outrageously high college tuition (hence outrageously high debt), incredible economic disparity between the upper and lower classes, AIDS, Cocaine and its variants, an economically strapped Afro-American population that must daily face death and drugs, an ingrained selfish mindset, cars that still average 25 to 30 mpg, and the movies "Twins" and "Kindergarten Cop."

Some in my cohort will also tell you that working with Boomers has been difficult. They are unwilling to share knowledge with the younger cohorts and couldn't care less about others except for them, their pocket book, and their precious offspring.

But aren't many of those offspring now in their 20's? Why are you aiming this at the 20 year-olds, anyway?

So what happened to all those big ideals from the 60's and 70's, Boomers? They were washed away by the selfish, money-grubbing ideals of the 80's, the selfish, neurotic helicopter parenting of the 90's, and now we're going to have to pay a lot of money for your retirement years because you failed to save properly.

So... no hard feelings or nuttin'. ;)


"So don't delay act now supplies are running out
Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive
And if you follow there may be a tomorrow
But if the offer is shun you might as well be walking on the sun."

- Smash Mouth, "Walking on the Sun"




With much love, despite this argument that will likely go nowhere,

~Writer the Gen X'er~