Hello fellow boomers. Just say thanks.

[swissie]

Hello fellow "boomers". I think it's time for us to realise in what "golden age" most of us lived. An age where most "little people" were able to improve their financial standing. With the outlook of a financially secure old age. We diden't have to fight in any disastrous wars like generations before us had to. And we live longer than our grandparents.

 

We should be thankful.

 

The "new age" that is now dawning is more than worriesome. Generations can handle 1 or 2 major problems. But the multitude of problems at our doorstep will likely surpass the capability of humans to handle the multitude of major problems all at the same time.

 

I myself find being an old man is not that great. But at least I have some sort of "solace". Hopefully, I will have passed the "pearly gates" before king Chaos will reighn the world once more.

 

So, fellow boomers, thankfullness and gratefullness is in order. We were truly born into a historical "window of opportunity" that is rare in history.

 

[Ben Zioner]

57 minutes ago, swissie said:

We diden't have to fight in any disastrous wars like generations before

You haven't got your facts right.

[blaze master]

Thank you for also selling out my generation and future. We really appreciate it. 

[Kinnock]

23 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

You haven't got your facts right.

The original post sounds like a UK-centric viewpoint?

 

Vietnam was pretty disasterous for some US, French and Vietnamese nationals .... but I agree with the general sentiment about our generation, although 'boomer' seems to now be used an insult, which is odd I don't see any of the subsequent generations covering themselves in glory either, and no generation to date has done anything to save the planet.

[MalcolmB]

Most boomers will be dead by next decade

[swissie]

36 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

You haven't got your facts right.

The "boomers" were too young for the Korean/Vietnamese war.

[daveAustin]

Yes, why not pat yourselves on the back! You guys are in total deniaL. The golden age was the generation before yours btw, a people that had balls and scruples. The boomer generation must be the most contemptible, needy and weak of any. They never fought a proper war and had the world handed to them on a plate, and at the same time have reaped MASSIVE pensions and property etc. Shame on you!!

[Kinnock]

2 minutes ago, swissie said:

The "boomers" were too young for the Korean/Vietnamese war.

Vietnam war ended in 1975, age of conscription started at 18 .... so boomers were involved in the war.

[TedG]

3 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Yes, why not pat yourselves on the back! You guys are in total deniaL. The golden age was the generation before yours btw, a people that had balls and scruples. The boomer generation must be the most contemptible, needy and weak of any. They never fought a proper war and had the world handed to them on a plate, and at the same time have reaped MASSIVE pensions and property etc. Shame on you!!

 

1) Not fighting in wars is a good thing.

2) There are huge disparities between the early and tail end boomers. 

 

https://crr.bc.edu/great-recession-cut-late-boomers-retirement-wealth/

 

https://moneywise.com/real-estate/real-estate/american-boomers-becoming-homeless-at-an-alarming-rate

 

Sure, the group holds about half of all U.S. wealth — with much of it tied up in real estate — but it’s mainly attributed to older boomers born between 1946 and 1954. Younger boomers, on the other hand, are increasingly sliding into homelessness — a problem, experts say, is rooted in major events that took place as they entered adulthood.

 

 

[swissie]

6 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

Vietnam war ended in 1975, age of conscription started at 18 .... so boomers were involved in the war.

To me, true "boomers" were born between 1955 and 1970.

[TedG]

14 minutes ago, swissie said:

To me, true "boomers" were born between 1955 and 1970.

 

The Boomers were born between 1946 – 1964.

[swissie]

20 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Yes, why not pat yourselves on the back! You guys are in total deniaL. The golden age was the generation before yours btw, a people that had balls and scruples. The boomer generation must be the most contemptible, needy and weak of any. They never fought a proper war and had the world handed to them on a plate, and at the same time have reaped MASSIVE pensions and property etc. Shame on you!!

Clearly, you are not a boomer. But, partially you are right. European Colonial Empires gave us the world on a silver platter. A good start.

But everytime you activate your smart phone, you being engulfed in a functioning society etc etc etc.

 

Who made all this possible for you? The boomers.

[Kinnock]

14 minutes ago, swissie said:

To me, true "boomers" were born between 1955 and 1970.

OK .... so 2 years of conscription before the war ended, and average age of Vietnam soldiers was 19.

 

But I thought the definition of Boomers starts in 1946 ... so plenty of time for US  oomers to serve in Vietnam, and of course Vietnamese Boomers also fought in the war.

[Celsius]

41 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Most boomers will be dead by next decade

 

The ones who live in Thailand and can't afford healthcare, yes.

 

Others who can milk the free healthcare like myself....not a chance 

[swissie]

Never mind when the "boomer generation" exactly started. We had 80 years of peace and a certain amount of prosperity for most. 80 years of this constellation is very rare in history.

 

Since recorded European history, only in some 300 years Europe was totally free of any wars. Cumulatively.

 

Historically, we have lived in a rare "peace bubble", combined with incresing prosperity for most.

 

That is the essence of this thread. I personally am grateful that I was born at the right time at the right place.

 

[Tug]

4 hours ago, blaze master said:

Thank you for also selling out my generation and future. We really appreciate it. 

Stop sniveling get off your computer and get to work!

[blaze master]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Stop sniveling get off your computer and get to work!

 

What ? I do work. I got my own money from working the last 30 years of my life. Quite comfortable actually and own very little by choice.

Why are you making dumb assumptions and off judgements again. 

 

It's too big and complex of an issue for you to discuss. Go back to Trump bashing. 

[Tug]

2 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

What ? I do work. I got my own money from working the last 30 years of my life. Quite comfortable actually and own very little by choice.

Why are you making dumb assumptions and off judgements again. 

 

It's too big and complex of an issue for you to discuss. Go back to Trump bashing. 

Well guess that makes YOU a boomer! lol anyway your post I was responding to was the a typical trumpist  blaming others im delighted you have made something of your life.its  out there if you work aren’t stupid and get dragged into the instant gratification debt trap.

[blaze master]

16 minutes ago, Tug said:

Well guess that makes YOU a boomer! lol anyway your post I was responding to was the a typical trumpist  blaming others im delighted you have made something of your life.its  out there if you work aren’t stupid and get dragged into the instant gratification debt trap.

 

I'm gen x actually. 

[thaibeachlovers]

8 hours ago, Kinnock said:

The original post sounds like a UK-centric viewpoint?

 

Vietnam was pretty disasterous for some US, French and Vietnamese nationals .... but I agree with the general sentiment about our generation, although 'boomer' seems to now be used an insult, which is odd I don't see any of the subsequent generations covering themselves in glory either, and no generation to date has done anything to save the planet.

IMO any such discussion relates to white boomers in western countries.

I doubt anyone in certain countries are happy with their lot in life.

 

I certainly had the best of 50,000 years of advancement of civilization. It was good while it lasted, but younger generations have stuffed it up, and it's going down the gurgler at an ever increasing rate of knots. It could have been so good, but wars, woke, PC and BS like gender insanity have ruined it. However the main cause of the end is the unsupportable world population and debt.

While I could fill several pages on this subject, I'll leave it at that.

 

Sayonara baby, it was real while it lasted and thanks for all the fish.

[thaibeachlovers]

8 hours ago, swissie said:

To me, true "boomers" were born between 1955 and 1970.

Boomer refers to people born in the baby boom after WW2. You are 10 years too late.

[thaibeachlovers]

8 hours ago, swissie said:

The "boomers" were too young for the Korean/Vietnamese war.

Rubbish. I signed up while the Vietnamese war was on.

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, blaze master said:

Thank you for also selling out my generation and future. We really appreciate it. 

Blame your own generation for that. We gave you everything needed for a utopia and your lot were too greedy.

Paradise was lost when Kennedy was assassinated and the b'tards started Vietnam.

[Ben Zioner]

9 hours ago, swissie said:

To me, true "boomers" were born between 1955 and 1970.

You can reinvent history as much as you wish but the accepted definition is 1946-1964.  

[Sierra Tango]

8 hours ago, Kinnock said:

OK .... so 2 years of conscription before the war ended, and average age of Vietnam soldiers was 19.

 

But I thought the definition of Boomers starts in 1946 ... so plenty of time for US  oomers to serve in Vietnam, and of course Vietnamese Boomers also fought in the war.

Don't forget Aus and NZ defence forces.

[blaze master]

33 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Blame your own generation for that. We gave you everything needed for a utopia and your lot were too greedy.

Paradise was lost when Kennedy was assassinated and the b'tards started Vietnam.

 

By the time I was 18 the major effects were already in full motion. Manufacturing was already being shifted overseas. Governments and pensions totally bloated. Etc etc.

[Sierra Tango]

39 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Boomer refers to people born in the baby boom after WW2. You are 10 years too late.

Agreed, 1946 to 1964 is the official period.

[blaze master]

42 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Paradise was lost when Kennedy was assassinated and the b'tards started Vietnam.

 

I agree with you on this though. This scene was quite eye opening when I first saw it. 

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GSw9sjqYK_I&t=121s&pp=ygUITXIgeCBqZms%3D

[MalcolmB]

10 hours ago, swissie said:

But everytime you activate your smart phone, you being engulfed in a functioning society etc etc etc.

Who made all this possible for you? The boomers.

You guys hand land lines and black and white TVs

[thaibeachlovers]

5 hours ago, Sierra Tango said:

Don't forget Aus and NZ defence forces.

and the South Koreans.

 

NZ had less than 600 personnel in Vietnam at any one time. The NZ artillery reportedly did a good job. The government was reluctant to send anyone, but NZ needs the US to protect us, so probably a good idea to send a nominal force. NZ also had a civilian nursing cohort there. I knew one of them- a lovely woman.