The previous generation complaining about the current crop of dam’kids taking us to see Miss Helena Handbasket is as much a staple through history as the current generation complaining about the geezers screwing things up for them. And on and on and on and on …
I notice a lot of adults my age and even more younger than me talk about ‘being on the grind’. Working as much as possible, hustling on the side, and NEVER stopping. Those who aren’t constantly on ‘the grind’ are ‘sleeping’. It’s a mindset that I’m sure the corporate world loves to hear, but is probably more out of necessity— cost of living rises, wages don’t. I’m always working towards retirement, but I might not make it there, so I try to enjoy the fruits of my labor while I can, even if it’s just a nibble.
I appreciate that Frazz said generations plural. A lot of people are complaining just about Boomers. Nope. Boomers were screwed over by the “Greatest Generation” and on and on back through the ages.
For anyone who thinks, as Frazz apparently does here, that it’s all been downhill since some mythical Golden Age of the past, I suggest 2 books: Factfulness by Hans Rosling and Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker. Using hard data (not one-off anecdotes) they show how life for almost everybody almost everywhere has been getting steadily better for the last several centuries. Prime statistic in support of that assertion is life expectancy. Again, facts, not blather.
Some of our decisions have been at least moderately good. ‘Course the most recent presidential election (and the Senatorial election in KY two years prior to that) show that we’ve fallen on some pretty darn “bad decision” times lately.
It is a curious feeling to be among the very last of the Baby Boomers and realize, on my darker days, that humanity’s best short-term goal for long-term survival is to hang on long enough to outlive … me.
mddshubby2005 about 5 years ago
Never say never, Frazz. Humans have been underestimating their fellow humans’ ability to make bad decisions since the Dawn of Man.
eromlig about 5 years ago
Well, my generation rose to that challenge.
JonGl Premium Member about 5 years ago
Except every generation has somehow managed… It’s the circle of life! ;-)
whahoppened about 5 years ago
Just be above average.
DonLee2 about 5 years ago
The previous generation complaining about the current crop of dam’kids taking us to see Miss Helena Handbasket is as much a staple through history as the current generation complaining about the geezers screwing things up for them. And on and on and on and on …
Bilan about 5 years ago
But it is a good incentive to rush back to school and prepare to change things.
sappha58 about 5 years ago
Humanity: “Challenge accepted. Hold mah beer.”
batmanwithprep about 5 years ago
I notice a lot of adults my age and even more younger than me talk about ‘being on the grind’. Working as much as possible, hustling on the side, and NEVER stopping. Those who aren’t constantly on ‘the grind’ are ‘sleeping’. It’s a mindset that I’m sure the corporate world loves to hear, but is probably more out of necessity— cost of living rises, wages don’t. I’m always working towards retirement, but I might not make it there, so I try to enjoy the fruits of my labor while I can, even if it’s just a nibble.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member about 5 years ago
Gotta go with the Frazzter here, though I’ll join everyone else in not specifying which one of the previous ones I belong to.
sandpiper about 5 years ago
Frazz has nailed it.
Jhony-Yermo about 5 years ago
Especially with Komrade Don . . .
fuzzbucket Premium Member about 5 years ago
rlaker22j about 5 years ago
the boomers wanted radical change and so they screwed over the entire world for the next 50 years and I’m a boomer sorry to say
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 5 years ago
Yeah, those awful, awful, horrible previous generations that inflicted electricity, penicillin, and indoor plumbing on us.
sid w about 5 years ago
And yet we survive.
jtburgess Premium Member about 5 years ago
Frazz, where did this pessimism come from? You’re usually so upbeat.
CalLadyQED about 5 years ago
I appreciate that Frazz said generations plural. A lot of people are complaining just about Boomers. Nope. Boomers were screwed over by the “Greatest Generation” and on and on back through the ages.
jvn about 5 years ago
Next Generation: “Can’t make worse decisions? Hold my beer.”
john about 5 years ago
It’s an instance of one of the most pervasively popular games of all time: “it’s always the other guy’s fault!”
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 5 years ago
For anyone who thinks, as Frazz apparently does here, that it’s all been downhill since some mythical Golden Age of the past, I suggest 2 books: Factfulness by Hans Rosling and Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker. Using hard data (not one-off anecdotes) they show how life for almost everybody almost everywhere has been getting steadily better for the last several centuries. Prime statistic in support of that assertion is life expectancy. Again, facts, not blather.
Concretionist about 5 years ago
Some of our decisions have been at least moderately good. ‘Course the most recent presidential election (and the Senatorial election in KY two years prior to that) show that we’ve fallen on some pretty darn “bad decision” times lately.
asrialfeeple about 5 years ago
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
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It is a curious feeling to be among the very last of the Baby Boomers and realize, on my darker days, that humanity’s best short-term goal for long-term survival is to hang on long enough to outlive … me.
GT355 about 5 years ago
This meme has gone much too long.