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Sun Jun-06-10 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #36 |
| 39. The media searches for the most ridiculous story |
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and finds someone dumb enough to want their name in the paper and runs with it.
We are literally dying as a culture.
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| -Daddy's Little Money Pits - adult children on family dole |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jun-06-10 05:24 PM |
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Student loan debt causes a lot of this |
bluestateguy |
Jun-06-10 05:29 PM |
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as does the lack of any decent jobs. |
Hempathy |
Jun-06-10 05:48 PM |
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Mommy and Daddy spoiling their little kiddies does it too...... |
Darth_Kitten |
Jun-06-10 06:20 PM |
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For most of them, yes. |
closeupready |
Jun-07-10 02:49 PM |
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Most parents throughout history have helped their children in the transition |
karynnj |
Jun-08-10 10:11 AM |
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fuck that noise. i have loan payments too but i don't mooch off of the folks. |
dionysus |
Jun-07-10 08:18 PM |
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you have a generation that has the idea they are entitled to everything, and they shouldn't have to |
Donnachaidh |
Jun-06-10 05:31 PM |
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There are plenty of adult children who genuinely need extra help, and then there |
Dappleganger |
Jun-06-10 05:36 PM |
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Exactly. |
ParkieDem |
Jun-07-10 02:47 PM |
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My parents bought us the Hybrid we drive |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-07-10 08:21 PM |
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Excellent |
jazzelle |
Jun-08-10 07:09 PM |
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Best post I've seen in a month. |
kayakjohnny |
Jun-06-10 05:38 PM |
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Yeah, but soon the Boomers will all be in homes. |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 05:47 PM |
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hah thanks a lot Im not going to a 'home'. Ill jump off a cliff first |
Mari333 |
Jun-07-10 07:07 AM |
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I guess the plight of the middle class is unchanged except for the cost of a latte. |
Wilms |
Jun-06-10 05:52 PM |
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100% correct |
malaise |
Jun-06-10 05:52 PM |
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Sounds just like my sister. |
GoCubsGo |
Jun-06-10 07:28 PM |
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I'll never understand it |
malaise |
Jun-06-10 09:37 PM |
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Different times |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jun-06-10 10:25 PM |
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As my daughter gets ready to become a senior in HS |
Goblinmonger |
Jun-07-10 08:16 PM |
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When I was in HS |
TheCentepedeShoes |
Jun-08-10 07:23 PM |
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Exactly.................. |
Darth_Kitten |
Jun-06-10 06:23 PM |
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Nah |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 09:47 PM |
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Doesn't your username mean "spirit of self-reliance"? |
JanMichael |
Jun-06-10 10:27 PM |
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It also means megalomanical dictator |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 10:45 PM |
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True. But the self reliance part, while maybe badly attempted, is still a part. |
JanMichael |
Jun-06-10 10:54 PM |
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My name pick wasn't about korean natural resource independence |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 11:02 PM |
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Nice broadbrush there. I'm 19 (soon to be 20) and I am not like that. |
SocialistLez |
Jun-06-10 07:19 PM |
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Hmm, I don't think you're who we're referencing here. |
Dappleganger |
Jun-06-10 07:33 PM |
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Well when people use terms like "generation" I feel somewhat attacked. |
SocialistLez |
Jun-06-10 07:37 PM |
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I'm sorry that you do... |
Dappleganger |
Jun-06-10 07:43 PM |
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I don't think they're the exception |
fishwax |
Jun-06-10 11:22 PM |
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You are an exception. A good exception. |
JanMichael |
Jun-06-10 10:22 PM |
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So then you admit that there irresponsible ones in your generation? |
Rabrrrrrr |
Jun-08-10 10:26 AM |
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"kid's today" - - -pfaw |
annabanana |
Jun-06-10 07:45 PM |
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Don't forget the wisdom of Paul Lynde: |
PassingFair |
Jun-06-10 10:17 PM |
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Name removed |
Jun-06-10 10:02 PM |
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+1 |
leftstreet |
Jun-06-10 11:20 PM |
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Calvinist Christianity. "Wealth is a sign of being God's Elect". |
Odin2005 |
Jun-06-10 11:23 PM |
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Is it these members of this generation that are constantly blaming the baby boomers for |
DeschutesRiver |
Jun-07-10 11:52 AM |
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That's exactly right. Look at Williamsburg in Brooklyn. There you go. |
closeupready |
Jun-07-10 02:49 PM |
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i'll agree with you for once. |
dionysus |
Jun-07-10 08:18 PM |
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Well the 'lifestyle' choice for my son |
xxqqqzme |
Jun-09-10 09:46 AM |
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When one generation grows old it attacks the younger one. |
Tutankhamun |
Jun-09-10 11:27 AM |
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With attitudes like that I can see why 50+ workers no longer get hired. |
tranche |
Jun-09-10 11:33 AM |
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Self Delete |
lolly |
Jun-09-10 04:52 PM |
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Texas Christian University is notorious for underperforming leisure class kids. |
TexasObserver |
Jun-06-10 05:45 PM |
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not exactly a lot of jobs out there. |
dembotoz |
Jun-06-10 05:50 PM |
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I think about how I was financially independent starting at 18, in the 70's |
Skittles |
Jun-06-10 06:04 PM |
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I landed a good paying union job at a grocery store when I was 19. |
CrispyQ |
Jun-06-10 06:22 PM |
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heck, I made it without even union protection |
Skittles |
Jun-06-10 06:51 PM |
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Sounds like my fiance's son. |
blueamy66 |
Jun-07-10 02:56 PM |
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this is one area where "poor" families actually have an edge |
SoCalDem |
Jun-06-10 05:56 PM |
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Time for mommy and daddy to cut the cord already. |
Maru Kitteh |
Jun-06-10 06:03 PM |
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I hate threads where people blame individuals for structural problems. |
LeftyMom |
Jun-06-10 06:08 PM |
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Bingo, Mom. |
Wilms |
Jun-06-10 06:15 PM |
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Word |
XemaSab |
Jun-06-10 06:28 PM |
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Thank you! NT |
SocialistLez |
Jun-06-10 07:21 PM |
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Thank you! That's the most sensible reply that I've read. n/t |
proudohioan |
Jun-06-10 08:01 PM |
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It's typical "why don't they have a job?" BS that comes out every recession. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-06-10 10:06 PM |
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Another +1 |
leftstreet |
Jun-06-10 11:20 PM |
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. |
fishwax |
Jun-06-10 11:25 PM |
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I suspect too many have Republicans for parents |
opihimoimoi |
Jun-06-10 06:08 PM |
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Pooling resources is good. Shared responsibility is good. Exploitation is not. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jun-06-10 06:10 PM |
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So if there are no jobs for them to take |
treestar |
Jun-06-10 06:21 PM |
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SSSHHHH!! We need to blame the young people for shit that has nothing to w/ them. |
SocialistLez |
Jun-06-10 07:22 PM |
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Yes, the lazy young people |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 09:53 PM |
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It shows how much we have been brainwashed with Hate-The-Poor propaganda. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-06-10 10:07 PM |
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Surely there was a class in Bootstrap Management at Texas Christian University |
arcadian |
Jun-06-10 06:33 PM |
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It's funny, all the outrage over how *other people* conduct their family relationships. |
nomorenomore08 |
Jun-06-10 06:39 PM |
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Wall Street Journal |
malletgirl02 |
Jun-06-10 07:24 PM |
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And therein lies the irony... |
nomorenomore08 |
Jun-06-10 07:25 PM |
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+100. and if said jet-set kids *do* want to work, they always can, always for a respectable wage - |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-06-10 08:22 PM |
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My thoughts exactly. |
JNelson6563 |
Jun-08-10 09:35 AM |
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We have a society trying to have it both ways |
The2ndWheel |
Jun-06-10 06:55 PM |
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Agreed. But you have to include the "Get off my lawn!" factor as well. |
nomorenomore08 |
Jun-06-10 07:21 PM |
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Well if you aren't paying rent for that lawn you're on, pay up or get off. |
closeupready |
Jun-07-10 03:03 PM |
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Neither of our kids are financially secure (daughter is 47, son 44) |
tularetom |
Jun-06-10 07:15 PM |
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Those are entirely different circumstances. |
Dappleganger |
Jun-06-10 07:40 PM |
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I have seen this plenty |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-06-10 07:18 PM |
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It would help if there were jobs for them to go to |
AllentownJake |
Jun-06-10 07:21 PM |
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I could understand this youth punching bag session if there were plenty of jobs out there. |
SocialistLez |
Jun-06-10 07:24 PM |
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The media searches for the most ridiculous story |
AllentownJake |
Jun-06-10 07:26 PM |
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Or affordable housing that wasn't fit to be condemned. |
LeftyMom |
Jun-06-10 07:28 PM |
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Excellent comments here |
VermeerLives |
Jun-06-10 07:21 PM |
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Pay as you go doesn't work too well |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 10:07 PM |
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"Personally, if I had children I would not pay for their college education." |
depakid |
Jun-06-10 11:19 PM |
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Not sure I understand the problem. Why are multigenerational families a bad thing? |
retread |
Jun-06-10 07:24 PM |
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I think it's partly the uber-capitalist mentality we have in this country. |
nomorenomore08 |
Jun-06-10 07:30 PM |
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because it goes against Consumerist-Capitalist hyperindividualist social atomism. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-06-10 10:11 PM |
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what you said. |
Warren Stupidity |
Jun-07-10 07:02 AM |
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That's exactly it |
treestar |
Jun-07-10 07:24 PM |
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Day I turned 18 I was told if you move out, it's YOYO time. |
hobbit709 |
Jun-06-10 07:26 PM |
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Our culture has lost the concept of family |
Matariki |
Jun-06-10 07:38 PM |
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Never underestimate the power of saturation media, |
Trillo |
Jun-06-10 08:27 PM |
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There's not a lot of options out there |
JonLP24 |
Jun-06-10 08:01 PM |
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My how times have changed. |
Trillo |
Jun-06-10 08:20 PM |
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It is sad |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 10:17 PM |
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Good post. nt |
raccoon |
Jun-08-10 09:16 AM |
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But some kids ARE Daddy's Money Pits. |
blueamy66 |
Jun-07-10 11:53 AM |
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I left home at 18 with $300 from my parents for college. |
donco6 |
Jun-06-10 08:29 PM |
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How old are you? Because that wouldn't cover one semester's used community college texts now. |
LeftyMom |
Jun-06-10 09:59 PM |
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It didn't then either. But that's all they had to give. |
donco6 |
Jun-06-10 10:24 PM |
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Well here is your cookie. |
SocialistLez |
Jun-06-10 10:28 PM |
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I understand that. But nobody's going to get two shitty fast food jobs right now. |
LeftyMom |
Jun-06-10 10:31 PM |
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You know, I thought it over. |
donco6 |
Jun-06-10 10:47 PM |
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That was my experience in college--I cleaned up after these "just cannot find a job!" types |
Romulox |
Jun-08-10 09:23 AM |
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THERE ARE NO JOBS! What do expect them to do? Live on the street? |
Odin2005 |
Jun-06-10 10:00 PM |
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As the living standard of the USA declines, more kids... |
roamer65 |
Jun-06-10 10:07 PM |
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Yup. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-06-10 10:16 PM |
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Went that route myself |
Alcibiades |
Jun-06-10 10:49 PM |
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My daughter just graduated from college |
Horse with no Name |
Jun-09-10 04:29 PM |
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My daughter just graduated from college |
Horse with no Name |
Jun-09-10 04:29 PM |
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Gotta love the sexism in the article's title. |
noamnety |
Jun-06-10 10:28 PM |
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Ten to one the writer of the article has step-children. |
Matariki |
Jun-07-10 11:40 AM |
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bookmark for later as I need to read this |
Liberation Angel |
Jun-06-10 10:36 PM |
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What's wrong with parents helping their kids ? |
JI7 |
Jun-06-10 10:36 PM |
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Image is all that counts sometimes |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 10:47 PM |
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IME, they are typically the pot-smoking, drunken louts populating bars at 2 and 3 a.m., |
closeupready |
Jun-07-10 02:52 PM |
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those are usually the kids of wealthy families , but this article gave an example of |
JI7 |
Jun-07-10 09:52 PM |
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And why are they calling it a "dole?" |
treestar |
Jun-07-10 07:26 PM |
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Isn't the Wall Street Journal supported by some sugar daddy? |
hunter |
Jun-06-10 10:40 PM |
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Why are they criticizing cell phone sharing plans? |
Juche |
Jun-06-10 10:53 PM |
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That's exactly what I mean by "Corporate Consumerist Hyperindividualistic Social Atomism". |
Odin2005 |
Jun-06-10 11:02 PM |
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So supporting your family members is called 'the dole' now?? |
Zoeisright |
Jun-06-10 11:14 PM |
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Worst economy in 70 years: blame the kids. |
Warren Stupidity |
Jun-07-10 07:00 AM |
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This article had solid stats to back up its assertions, but how many examples did it use? |
Berry Cool |
Jun-07-10 10:07 AM |
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This is what comes when a real virtue, the seeking of knowledge, is commoditized and |
Greyhound |
Jun-07-10 02:39 PM |
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I have said it in a million different threads |
Ramulux |
Jun-07-10 05:11 PM |
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Right on homeslice n/t |
rockymountaindem |
Jun-07-10 08:20 PM |
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I cannot believe the crap I'm reading here! |
in_cog_ni_to |
Jun-07-10 06:01 PM |
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Very good points. Wages are way below even a modest cost of living. |
stanwyck |
Jun-07-10 08:09 PM |
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Very good points. Wages are way below even a modest cost of living. |
stanwyck |
Jun-07-10 08:09 PM |
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Young workers are the most exploited segment of the working class today. |
readmoreoften |
Jun-07-10 08:17 PM |
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You're not taking into account inflation in your figures: |
kiva |
Jun-08-10 09:48 AM |
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Another WSJ article blaming YOUNG WORKERS, and DUers pissing all over themselves to agree. |
readmoreoften |
Jun-07-10 08:16 PM |
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Back in the 80's, my brother lived at home while going to college and working- |
haele |
Jun-07-10 08:27 PM |
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At least with HCR someone like her can get affordable healthcare |
LynneSin |
Jun-08-10 09:24 AM |
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Calling BS on the "but there are no jobs!" thing. |
Romulox |
Jun-08-10 09:27 AM |
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A person focused on their academics is "grade-grubbing" and " a little snowflake"? |
Matariki |
Jun-08-10 06:44 PM |
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Methinks the lady doth protest too much. |
Romulox |
Jun-09-10 09:37 AM |
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This is such heartless, uninformed nonsense. So effing sick of it. |
Prism |
Jun-08-10 06:48 PM |
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Thank you for this |
JonLP24 |
Jun-08-10 07:27 PM |
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From 2009 |
JonLP24 |
Jun-08-10 06:50 PM |
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I think people are talking about real jobs. Not part time high school and college work. |
tranche |
Jun-09-10 11:36 AM |
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It's part of the same trend. If kids aren't "allowed" to work in HS and college, they have no skills |
Romulox |
Jun-09-10 04:02 PM |
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The fault lies with the parents. Cut the goddamn umbilical cord already, you ass clowns. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Jun-08-10 10:25 AM |
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so the 'adults' fuck up the country...and the youth get blamed? A message from Limp Bizkit... |
happy_liberal |
Jun-08-10 06:34 PM |
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It's all a scam, all of it |
chillspike |
Jun-08-10 06:50 PM |
#137 |
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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot |
happy_liberal |
Jun-08-10 07:21 PM |
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TCU |
yella_dawg |
Jun-08-10 07:24 PM |
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Interesting. . .just last semester, I asked one class how many of them |
kevinbgoode |
Jun-09-10 10:03 AM |
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I was more fortunate |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-09-10 10:22 AM |
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How many of these parents (and their children) complaining about "no jobs" drive American? |
Romulox |
Jun-09-10 04:07 PM |
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Best post of the thread. |
Romulox |
Jun-09-10 04:08 PM |
#154 |
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I'm soft hearted that way. I don't think I can push my kids out. |
TwilightGardener |
Jun-09-10 10:09 AM |
#146 |
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I have very simple rule for my kids. |
Xithras |
Jun-09-10 10:24 AM |
#148 |
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