Patton Oswalt Has Three Words for Grads: You Poor Bastards

[DonCoquixote]

https://www.cracked.com/article_38231_patton-oswalt-has-three-words-for-grads-you-poor-bastards.html
sometimes, DU can be full of the "these kids today ruined everything" or "they can't think without their cell phones." Here, a Gen X comedian says what we should remember.

“It's been truly amazing to see how your generation has rebelled against every bad habit of mine and every generation that came before me,” Oswalt continues. “Everything that we let calcify, you have kicked against and demolished. You’ve rejected that whole 24/7, no-days-off grind. You’ve rejected apathy. You’ve rejected ignoring your mental health because ‘you’ve got to muscle through it no matter what.’ You’ve rejected alienation and cruelty. You’ve rejected not trying to include everyone. You’ve rejected not looking out for each other. And those are hard things to reject because accepting them sometimes makes life way easier.”

this Gen Xer concurs. Do not let people tear you down because you are not the reflection of the youth they THOUGHT they were; the real rebellion is to be yourselves. Remember that for all the sex drugs and rock and roll some take credit for, the truth was the older generation was handed the fruits and fat gained from Empire, and that for every Bob Dylan, there were many who became exactly what they promised they would never be. Gen X, I love Nihilism too, but some of my fellow xers are using that to support the Right wing, as if to tweak the Boomers. It is time to put away the Nirvana and Pearl Jam (let's face it, they were overrated anyway) and help the millennials and Z's pave over the trash., and at least help them as they wind up cleansing the mess of the 20th century's quest for empire.

To quote one of the more honest Baby Boomer musicans, Neil Young "keep on rocking in the free world."

[rampartc]

1. "the real rebellion is to be yourself"

[brush]

2. Unemployent is at an all-time low so they've got that going for thenselves.

There are jobs out there, but just when the get out of college AI rears up and threatens to take jobs.

Can't win 'em all.

[ZonkerHarris]

3. k&r

[ShazzieB]

4. Very nice!

Except, surprise, surprise - Neil Young is not a baby boomer! Born November 12, 1945 - he was just one year too early.

Contrary to the assumptions of many younger folks, "old" doesn't necessarily = baby boomer.

[GoneOffShore]

5. 100% on target!

This needs more recs and more cowbell.

[DonCoquixote]

8. thank you

nice to know some people read it

[betsuni]

6. "for every Bob Dylan, there were many who became exactly what they promised they would never be."

But Dylan has been accused of being a sell-out since he used electric guitars. Is that what you meant?

I remember clearly, was a little kid. My pseudo-hippie parents loved Dylan until the electric guitar incident. Uh oh, turns out Bob wanted to sell records and make money and be famous, but people thought he became exactly what he promised he would never be (did he ever promise, though?). BETRAYED. I was too young to know exactly why I thought my parents were being ridiculous, but remember thinking they were being ridiculous.

[DonCoquixote]

7. yes, but

there are many who wrap[ themselves in Bob Dylan while they vote GOP, or at the very least get their daily regimen of lefty bashing.