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Hekate

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13. Reminds me so much of my parental generation's spokesmen calling us spoiled brats...

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:47 PM

Jun 15

…even as young men were drafted against their will and sent to be slaughtered in Vietnam.

All along the way, all my life, my generation has been blamed for being numerous and somehow entitled. It gets effing old.

And now that we are genuinely old, worried about our health (good luck) — having raised our kids & still funneling money in that direction & to our grandchildren, and by the way having helped out our parents — we have to put up with this whining that we are numerous and somehow entitled.

Thank you for your post, GenThePersevering.

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Baby Boomers' Luck Is Running Out [View all] Celerity Jun 15 OP

And too damn many of us voted for it. yourout Jun 15 #1

That article paints an absurdly rosy picture GenThePerservering Jun 15 #2

There was also AIDS, which the Reagan administration handled thucythucy Jun 15 #8

Thank you for your post, thucythucy Hekate Jun 15 #15

Reminds me so much of my parental generation's spokesmen calling us spoiled brats... Hekate Jun 15 #13

Huh? Littlered Jun 15 #3

this article did not say what you claimed Celerity Jun 15 #4

I believe the keywords were Littlered Jun 15 #6

Luck? We MADE the economic wave we rode... getagrip_already Jun 15 #5

"...and they graduated in a thriving job market." J_William_Ryan Jun 15 #7

True. Tough to get a decent job in '75 Captain Zero Jun 15 #9

Gen X welcomes you with open arms. JanMichael Jun 15 #10

Wait until the potential Medicaid cuts hit retirement facilities NickB79 Jun 15 #11

I'm sure the younger generations will just be so accommodating to having Papa & Nana move in... Hekate Jun 15 #14

Luck runs out? No Assmouth happens. 617Blue Jun 15 #12