Posted on 06/11/2017 12:58:55 PM PDT by Drew68
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I guess I’m a “Millennial,” in many ways.
Oh, come on. They’re buying porn, LOL!
It’s just another cycle. I’m at the tail-end of the Boomers (born, 1960) I came of age during the Carter Administration. My folks were paying 17% for a mortgage on our 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. There was hardly any gasoline to be found, and when you COULD get it, you had to wait in line! (Something Millennials would balk at, LOL!) The only jobs available were in Retail or Fast food. Construction and Manufacturing jobs were at an all-time low, much like today.
I joined the Army to get my education paid for as my folks couldn’t afford to send me to college - even WITH scholarships I had earned. (As things turned around, thanks to President Reagan, my folks COULD afford to send my younger sister to college...where she was brainwashed into becoming a Liberal. *Rolleyes*
Seriously, we are at the beginning of another cycle of PROSPERITY and President Trump is going to ride the wave, and the Millennials will be dragged along with us.
Keep the Faith, Baby! MAGA! :)
Worst economic conditions in my lifetime during Obama. Why is anyone surprised our economy is still cratering after 8 years?
I am the same age as you; I had to beg to get into a fast food restaurant after High School. The big three here, namely Xerox, Kodak and Bausch & Lomb were not hiring due to the lousy Carter economy and to a lesser extent affirmative action.
College was not an option to me at that time so I worked menial jobs until I got a decent job during the Reagan Administration.
Today’s kids don’t even want to work in fast food. Usually mom and dad are providing for them up until their late 20s if not beyond that.
People most likely can get porn for free, just like movies, bootlegging from the Internet.
Red Guards!
I'm a Gen-Xer but I work with a lot of younger Millennials. They laughed at me when I said I was going to rent a movie from RedBox. They pirate everything.
I had one of them show me how to do it. He led me to a website where, indeed, I could pirate movies for free if I don't mind watching them in crappy lo-def with Thai subtitles. No thanks. I'd rather pay $2 for blu-ray.
They don't mind though.
They're watching porn. I doubt they're buying it.
I understand the part about the economy, the government, and the financial industry (((The Fed))) have made it impossible to save. I do get that.
Millennials are absolutely the worst generation EVER. I can not stand to be in the presence of just one of them.
I’m not that old myself (46), and I thought my generation (Gen X) was pathetic when they were young, but these twentysomethings today are just awful people.
Probably not even visiting JOE AND MABEL’S COUNTRY BAR AND GRILL!
don’t forget malware from iffy torrents
They’re watching porn, among other things, but a la carte, largely from Youtube. They could care less about cable TV.
When I think this, I have to remind myself if the big giant shaft their Baby Boomer parents are giving them and then I understand why they act the way they do.
I doubt there's ever been a generation who has been more failed by their forebears than Millennials.
.....If they’re going to spend on a nice dinner, it is more likely to be at an independent restaurant that can provide a special experience than at the predictable Applebee’s or Buffalo Wild Wings.....
That is and always was a good idea!!!! It’s real populism in action!
Support local, independent restaurants, retail stores, manufacturers, artists, etc. etc.
I had one write the other day on Facebook about how the US stole California and the rest of the southwest from Mexico, and i thought he meant figuratively, and then I realized he literally believes we stole the Southwest from Mexico via conquest.
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I’m about the same age, born in 62, and I grew up in England. It was the same there, youth unemployment was around 30% and we didn’t turn the corner till about 1986.
You’re probably right. ‘Mom’ is paying for it, LOL!
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