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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:28 PM Original message |
Millennials Are The Brokest Generation Ever |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't I know it! At least the Gen-Xers got to enjoy the 90s! We got this shit! |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Not all Gen Xers got to enjoy the 90's |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Point taken. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. You should get out more |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Not all GenXer's got enjoy the 90's |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jeez, I feel sorry for the young people these days. :( n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. What the hell is my generation |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm starting to think all generations should just call themselves "screwed" - be more accurate. n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. They pretty much all are at this point |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Wow....so where do you live now? I dream of running away somewhere....n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. BC |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. How did you get Canadian residency? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Applied |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Alas, too many of the recent generations have had Boomer teachers and professors |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And you do serious career planning and then find all the openings... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. lol |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Qualifications, certifications and skills do matter |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And there are five highly qualified people for every opening... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yes, but are the other 4 as good at bootstrap pulling as you? |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Huh? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. And that seems to be my specialty |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Try 200 for every living wage job opening around here! |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. thank you..! |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I think the Chicago school of economics has had more to do with it. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. EXCUSE ME? My generation knew how to read and write. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. lol, what an incredibly lame post. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. AFAIK, we in our early 30s are still considered Gen-X'rs: |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
46. I'm a cusper too... early 30's |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. We're the cusp of X & Y |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Its important. Without a snazzy and definite grouping, we will not get the pity we are due |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ahh, yes the pity factor |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. My son born in 1978 wants nothing to do with Gen X |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. You are at the end of Gen-X. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. We need a revolution - like now. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. The fourth turning is near nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. It's here already. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. at least the ones that didn't go to college don't have the big loans hanging over them |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And the ones that resisted the housing boom may be in a better position |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. I feel for the young folk because they will never know the America that was |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Why does it matter |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Generations of Reduced Expectations. |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. I graduated at the height of the Reagan Recession in 1982. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Not to worry |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Oh, I hear you... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. handfull of years behind you |
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TheOther95Percent (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Don't get me started on the 401(k) |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. And those who thought the world was going to be handed to them on a silver platter |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. A tough adjustment to picking through the scraps the boomers left behind. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. No shit people are broke. We've had 10 years of shit! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. And on top of it, some of them are having children... |
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