Also, I don’t see all that much difference in boomer attitudes than some of the ones I see/saw in the Silent Generation and the “Greatest” Generation when it comes to at least a subset of them being very conservative and selfish in older age.
Ever since I can remember, I’d hear those from the boomer generation say similar things about older generations, both in TV/movies, and IRL.
What will be different about Gen Y once they become the wealthiest generation in history? Is there some latent difference there which will be unleashed that will reverse the extreme wealth inequality that has been ramping up throughout the decades?
Not sure if you are laughing because you expect it to be no different than prior generations or if you didn’t know they are set to become the richest generation in history?
Wasn’t there just an article about Gen X folks being a significant part of the reason trump won the vote? I don’t think we’re heading anywhere good just by generation trends.
Yeah, I didn’t love seeing people in my “generation” trending toward the cons. I think it tends to happen with every generation, unfortunately. Well, at least so far. We’ll see what kind of disruptions there are on the horizon.
The Great Wealth Transfer is under way, and I’ve read that Gen Y is poised to become the wealthiest generation in history. Will they be any different than the boomers or the Silent Generation or the Greatest Generation? (I’m Gen X; we are used to being ignored and sidelined at nearly every turn, lol) What will they do with all that wealth? Do they, by dint of being born between two arbitrary years, have some magical property other generations don’t?
Yeah, I don’t know mom and maybe she deserves it or it makes more sense in context, but to me that comment sounds like “you’re old and you’re going to die soon.”
The saying, “Society grows great when old men plant trees under whose shade they know they’ll never sit,” is pretty well known. Unless you’re (mom) looking to pick a fight over some ‘bitch, that’s a whole new sentence’ interpretative inference, SOP’s statement can’t be taken as ““you’re old and you’re going to die soon.””
i told my mother (boomer generation) that now that she’s 70 she should think about planting a tree she will never see grow.
she looked at me like i told her to go fuck herself and told me that was dumb.
the boomer problem is an everyone problem.
Not all boomers.
Also, I don’t see all that much difference in boomer attitudes than some of the ones I see/saw in the Silent Generation and the “Greatest” Generation when it comes to at least a subset of them being very conservative and selfish in older age.
No, but enough of them to remove most of the ladder rungs for anyone after the.
Yeah… it’s s vast majority
Ever since I can remember, I’d hear those from the boomer generation say similar things about older generations, both in TV/movies, and IRL.
What will be different about Gen Y once they become the wealthiest generation in history? Is there some latent difference there which will be unleashed that will reverse the extreme wealth inequality that has been ramping up throughout the decades?
Time will tell, I guess.
😂
Not sure if you are laughing because you expect it to be no different than prior generations or if you didn’t know they are set to become the richest generation in history?
Wasn’t there just an article about Gen X folks being a significant part of the reason trump won the vote? I don’t think we’re heading anywhere good just by generation trends.
Yeah, I didn’t love seeing people in my “generation” trending toward the cons. I think it tends to happen with every generation, unfortunately. Well, at least so far. We’ll see what kind of disruptions there are on the horizon.
Well, they can’t take it with them.
The Great Wealth Transfer is under way, and I’ve read that Gen Y is poised to become the wealthiest generation in history. Will they be any different than the boomers or the Silent Generation or the Greatest Generation? (I’m Gen X; we are used to being ignored and sidelined at nearly every turn, lol) What will they do with all that wealth? Do they, by dint of being born between two arbitrary years, have some magical property other generations don’t?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wealth_Transfer
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/01/economy/millennials-richest-generation-in-history/index.html
70 could live 10-20 more years. You can see a tree grow in several years. If was kind of a duck comment
Yeah, I don’t know mom and maybe she deserves it or it makes more sense in context, but to me that comment sounds like “you’re old and you’re going to die soon.”
The saying, “Society grows great when old men plant trees under whose shade they know they’ll never sit,” is pretty well known. Unless you’re (mom) looking to pick a fight over some ‘bitch, that’s a whole new sentence’ interpretative inference, SOP’s statement can’t be taken as ““you’re old and you’re going to die soon.””