Bush 'Wins'!
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RE: Bush
Man, there sure are a lot of spring chickens running around on this forum. Lucky you all have the profound wisdom of the boomer generation to guide you, huh? Heh, heh.
Man, there sure are a lot of spring chickens running around on this forum. Lucky you all have the profound wisdom of the boomer generation to guide you, huh? Heh, heh.
RE: Bush
It's still feels weird talking to people which are of the same age as my parents ... I just can't handle the enormous WISDOM these people possess :lol:
It's still feels weird talking to people which are of the same age as my parents ... I just can't handle the enormous WISDOM these people possess :lol:
RE: Bush
I saw a conservative 40 year old arguing with a 16 year old liberal, and guess who looked like the idiot? Heh.
I saw a conservative 40 year old arguing with a 16 year old liberal, and guess who looked like the idiot? Heh.
Re: RE: Bush
Yeah, by god when WE were kids we knew better than to talk to anybody over 30. Just shows how much smarter we were.
Rick van Opbergen said:
Yeah, by god when WE were kids we knew better than to talk to anybody over 30. Just shows how much smarter we were.
RE: Bush
Heh. I could only talk to people over 30, they usually have the same sort of lugubrious attitude that I have. People my age act far too...youthful....
Heh. I could only talk to people over 30, they usually have the same sort of lugubrious attitude that I have. People my age act far too...youthful....
RE: Bush
Well what I notice is that a lot of people of my age do have an opinion about world politics (especially about Dubya), the news etc. Might be different from the US.
Well what I notice is that a lot of people of my age do have an opinion about world politics (especially about Dubya), the news etc. Might be different from the US.
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Heh. Most American youths have opinion about video game systems, PS2 or X-box? LOL, that's about as opinionated as they get. Draft's going to change that though...
Heh. Most American youths have opinion about video game systems, PS2 or X-box? LOL, that's about as opinionated as they get. Draft's going to change that though...
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Well that also accounts for the Dutch youth, guess as a student you meet more the youth who have an opinion about this.
Well that also accounts for the Dutch youth, guess as a student you meet more the youth who have an opinion about this.
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I used to like Ps2, back when it had more of the cool Japanese games, but now I guess X-box is better. I gotta get going, I got some stuff to do. I guess the forum isn't going anywhere. Have fun, do something interesting...
I used to like Ps2, back when it had more of the cool Japanese games
, but now I guess X-box is better. I gotta get going, I got some stuff to do. I guess the forum isn't going anywhere. Have fun, do something interesting...
Re: RE: Bush
Damn, Apollo! You should march that word 'lugubrious' straight over to the Bird is a Word thread and post it!
Anyway, it works both ways for the age thing. One of the problems in modern North American society is, I think, the explosion of walled communities that are age-exclusive.
Instead of a wonderful 'melting pot' of ages, all whom learn from each other, you get little communities of 'just oldies', 'families with kids', 'young adults, no kids allowed' and so on. Oh, and I guess you get the 'bikers kick-everybody's-butt communities, too, but we won't go there (figuratively or literally). I think these age-specific areas really lose out.
I love getting a better perspective of any issue by hearing from all ages, not to mention hearing from diverse areas of the world (which is why I am especially fond of our European and American forum members here) and even getting the odd redneck point of view. Okay, the last one doesn't usually work because the redneck doesn't actually have anything called an 'idea' in his head, but it is always entertaining, if nothing else.
HousesOfApollo said:
Damn, Apollo! You should march that word 'lugubrious' straight over to the Bird is a Word thread and post it!
Anyway, it works both ways for the age thing. One of the problems in modern North American society is, I think, the explosion of walled communities that are age-exclusive.
Instead of a wonderful 'melting pot' of ages, all whom learn from each other, you get little communities of 'just oldies', 'families with kids', 'young adults, no kids allowed' and so on. Oh, and I guess you get the 'bikers kick-everybody's-butt communities, too, but we won't go there (figuratively or literally).
I think these age-specific areas really lose out. I love getting a better perspective of any issue by hearing from all ages, not to mention hearing from diverse areas of the world (which is why I am especially fond of our European and American forum members here) and even getting the odd redneck point of view. Okay, the last one doesn't usually work because the redneck doesn't actually have anything called an 'idea' in his head, but it is always entertaining, if nothing else.
RE: Bush
I remember recently while picketing against the war in Iraq, there were always counter-picketers defending such things as the president, the military, god (I'll use a small "g" here as to not to insult my Lord) etc. One of the things they used to insult us was the age issue. On the average, we had a much older group. A popular jeer was something about the need for us to go back to the nursing home to get our diapers changed.
I remember recently while picketing against the war in Iraq, there were always counter-picketers defending such things as the president, the military, god (I'll use a small "g" here as to not to insult my Lord) etc. One of the things they used to insult us was the age issue. On the average, we had a much older group. A popular jeer was something about the need for us to go back to the nursing home to get our diapers changed.
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Well, the nice thing about taunts like that is, it shows how little ammunition they had.
Rick, are you saying those same kinds of communities are happening in Europe as well? Damn, you keep breaking my rose-coloured glasses about Europe!
ElPolaco said:
Well, the nice thing about taunts like that is, it shows how little ammunition they had.
Rick, are you saying those same kinds of communities are happening in Europe as well? Damn, you keep breaking my rose-coloured glasses about Europe!
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Heh. I usually turn myself off from the whole world, for I am a disenchanted misanthropic dark little poet, I am. Of all the 'communitys' the one I hate the most is the young mothers. I hate those people so much, they want the war to happen NOW, so when their little brats grow up they wont have to fight; what a flawed freaking logic. Make the world more war-like, and therefor it'll be safer for my children. They have no concept of blowback, no tantalizing little fiber of an idea of what they actually mean! Shit.
http://housesofapollo.deviantart.com/ <--- my DeviantArt page, one day I'll be called an artist; but for now, I'm just a dreamer.
Heh. I usually turn myself off from the whole world, for I am a disenchanted misanthropic dark little poet, I am. Of all the 'communitys' the one I hate the most is the young mothers. I hate those people so much, they want the war to happen NOW, so when their little brats grow up they wont have to fight; what a flawed freaking logic. Make the world more war-like, and therefor it'll be safer for my children. They have no concept of blowback, no tantalizing little fiber of an idea of what they actually mean! Shit.
http://housesofapollo.deviantart.com/ <--- my DeviantArt page, one day I'll be called an artist; but for now, I'm just a dreamer.
RE: Bush
I'm just the right age because I can drink beer with baby boomers one day and their kids the next. Both assume I'm part of their generation. It's kind of bizarre really.
I'm just the right age because I can drink beer with baby boomers one day and their kids the next. Both assume I'm part of their generation. It's kind of bizarre really.
RE: Bush
Baby boomers know you're not in their generation, Rev. They just like including kids like you to make them look and feel younger themselves. We beaten up boomers have the most incredible problem with growing old. Well, I don't, but most do. I was designated the status of 'honourary Gen Xer' by a Gen Xer.
Baby boomers know you're not in their generation, Rev. They just like including kids like you to make them look and feel younger themselves.
We beaten up boomers have the most incredible problem with growing old. Well, I don't, but most do. I was designated the status of 'honourary Gen Xer' by a Gen Xer.