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StarryNite

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57. "Wild in the Streets"

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 06:06 PM

Mar 2020

Sally Leroy: America's greatest contribution has been to teach the world that getting old is such a drag.

Kevin Coughlin as Billy Cage
(Max Jacob Flatow Jr alias Frost) "How long you think you're gonna live?"
(Kevin Coughlin) "Thirty, man."
(Max Jacob Flatow Jr alias Frost) "Thirty?"
(Kevin Coughlin) "Twenty-five maybe. After that who needs it, huh?"
(Max Jacob Flatow Jr alias Frost) "Yeah. I don't want to live to be thirty. Thirty is death, baby. That's too much."

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So I've heard Millennials' growing social media term for COVID-19 is [View all] misanthrope Mar 2020 OP

Well, they ARE the progeny of Reagan. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #1

Boomer Doomer, but Boomer Remover is close. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #58

Can there be a more reprehensible reaction? I'll just say that. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #2

Wow... looks like Americans have raised a bumper crop of little Zoonart Mar 2020 #3

it's middle school kids KayF Mar 2020 #16

I saw another take on this, this morning attributed to the Zoonart Mar 2020 #18

LOL, I can see their point. maxsolomon Mar 2020 #4

You are NOT a boomer janterry Mar 2020 #6

Sorry, '45 to '65 Boomer maxsolomon Mar 2020 #19

NOOOOOO htuttle Mar 2020 #22

TY janterry Mar 2020 #24

Obama was born in '61, not '62. GoCubsGo Mar 2020 #43

I'm 1962 and consider my self a Gen-X... EX500rider Mar 2020 #55

they turned us into boomers at some point, but we never were janterry Mar 2020 #89

Supposedly it was based on the availability of "the pill" BumRushDaShow Mar 2020 #91

Agree as well misanthrope Mar 2020 #122

Statisticians have dragooned us into the Boomers... JHB Mar 2020 #73

they were just taking the easy way out janterry Mar 2020 #90

I can see wanting someone to open up their perspective misanthrope Mar 2020 #8

Gallows Humor. maxsolomon Mar 2020 #20

Yes, especially when whathehell Mar 2020 #32

. jberryhill Mar 2020 #27

+1 Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #56

Do the creators of that animation realize it's about the Black Death? Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #116

Feels like BittyJenkins Mar 2020 #5

Never hearda that greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #7

More likely Generation Z JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #9

Agreed. Behind the Aegis Mar 2020 #46

Yup. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #60

Ditto JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #124

Haven't heard it, I'm a millennial and most of us are concerned for our parents. Agschmid Mar 2020 #10

You know how it is. Mariana Mar 2020 #23

Yup, just like one selfish oldster is enough to brand all Boomers as clueless greedheads. n/t TygrBright Mar 2020 #33

I agree. cwydro Mar 2020 #38

Yup. This smacks of "Old Man Yells At Cloud" stuff... JHB Mar 2020 #72

Well they should get another trophy for that (sarcasm of course). redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #11

And for not voting. SMC22307 Mar 2020 #84

My hubby 70 laughed marlakay Mar 2020 #12

Every generation has its quota of sick puppies. Most of us---ALL of us---move past the Atticus Mar 2020 #13

Yes, a lot of Boomers were disrespectful of their parents and grandparents. LuvNewcastle Mar 2020 #17

Ya think? jberryhill Mar 2020 #29

You read my mind. LuvNewcastle Mar 2020 #31

Um, not to that extent, as I recall, in fact, the Boomers could whathehell Mar 2020 #37

Don't trust anyone over 30 treestar Mar 2020 #109

As a Boomer I have to smile. It's gallows humor MaryMagdaline Mar 2020 #14

+1. yonder Mar 2020 #15

As a Boomer, you might remember that, as of 1983, you were part of the whathehell Mar 2020 #40

I was happy to pay my part! I know I earned more than my parents MaryMagdaline Mar 2020 #47

That's nice.They can now be happy to pay theirs. whathehell Mar 2020 #52

They are talking about my father and a very real concern to me. Not finding it funny. LizBeth Mar 2020 #83

I have not heard this at all. Tipperary Mar 2020 #21

that sounds like Russian bots ProfessorPlum Mar 2020 #25

Every time I think humans couldn't sink any lower... Initech Mar 2020 #26

Yeah, and? Do Boomers have to constantly reinforce their immense hypocritical blind spots? jberryhill Mar 2020 #28

Yep! And boy were we right! MaryMagdaline Mar 2020 #49

Correct jberryhill Mar 2020 #62

And in 2016, the majority of Boomers voted for Trump. nt. Mariana Mar 2020 #64

The majority of Americans voted for Hillary Clinton.. whathehell Mar 2020 #68

Boomers didn't raise Youth Celebration to a cult level.. whathehell Mar 2020 #50

They also went south to register black voters and were killed Bradshaw3 Mar 2020 #51

Who are you calling "they", junior? jberryhill Mar 2020 #61

..And they have a right to defend them. n/t whathehell Mar 2020 #70

I notice you said "They" and not "We". Mariana Mar 2020 #65

lots of us boomesr way smarter than the millenial generation, so we will wait this, beachbumbob Mar 2020 #30

There's a vaccine? cwydro Mar 2020 #39

Reagan, Bushes, Trump Sympthsical Mar 2020 #112

With all the boomers removed they still wouldn't vote octoberlib Mar 2020 #34

Fuck 'em. (nt) Paladin Mar 2020 #35

"You speak like someone who has never been... jayfish Mar 2020 #36

Generation Vape is apparently unaware that the most vulnerable are those with lung damage. GoCubsGo Mar 2020 #41

Generation vape 😹nt Meowmee Mar 2020 #123

I'm anticipating the "Bye Bye Gen Y" virus, myself. whathehell Mar 2020 #42

Fuck these little shits. I've never seen a stupider group of people (not counting the deplorables.) Patterson Mar 2020 #44

Lol! whathehell Mar 2020 #67

Did one of them take your job or something? Nature Man Mar 2020 #119

We all are going to die sanatanadharma Mar 2020 #45

Lovely. And edgy. Glad to know that these are the folks who will save the world. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #48

"Boomer Remover" huh... well how about this, Baked Potato Mar 2020 #53

Lol.. whathehell Mar 2020 #54

If your heirs are so rotten that they're wishing for you to die Mariana Mar 2020 #59

Thank you for the suggestion! Baked Potato Mar 2020 #66

Loll! whathehell Mar 2020 #71

Yep ! Baked Potato Mar 2020 #74

"Wild in the Streets" StarryNite Mar 2020 #57

Good one jberryhill Mar 2020 #63

Was that movie as idiotic in '68 as it appears today? JHB Mar 2020 #75

It was a bizarre movie back then. StarryNite Mar 2020 #110

Balk. Where did you hear it, from whom/where, and just how "growing" is it? Numbers, please. JHB Mar 2020 #69

Looks like a hit and run post to me. cwydro Mar 2020 #93

I don't doubt that somebody somewhere has used that term... JHB Mar 2020 #94

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a Boomer who coined the term Mariana Mar 2020 #98

Certainly a possibility. cwydro Mar 2020 #103

This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #76

or savior of Medicare or SS AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #77

Wow. See, I think it might matter if my nieces and nephews consider their grandpa, that they LizBeth Mar 2020 #78

Sorry that is funny Botany Mar 2020 #79

First of all, fucking horrible. Second, they are in for a shock, dewsgirl Mar 2020 #80

GenZ think older millennials ARE boomers ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #81

Of course language like that is reprehensible. totodeinhere Mar 2020 #82

Most millennial BGBD Mar 2020 #85

As if Participation Trophy Winners Aquaria Mar 2020 #86

It's funny that you have this scorn for participation trophy winners. Mariana Mar 2020 #97

I am 71. I must admit my generation sure has screwed things doc03 Mar 2020 #87

I'm a boomer. I find it funny as long as they are not hoping it works. Hoyt Mar 2020 #88

Maybe if they say it to their parents and grandparents, raccoon Mar 2020 #92

They might. Mariana Mar 2020 #96

It was reported that health officials wanted to ask seniors not to fly... Hotler Mar 2020 #95

Where did you hear this? blogslut Mar 2020 #99

Trending Tarc Mar 2020 #101

pfft. Twitter trends aren't a reliable metric blogslut Mar 2020 #102

The point is, people are using it. Tarc Mar 2020 #104

Oh, those kooky edgelords. blogslut Mar 2020 #105

You began this tangent by expressing doubt of the OPs statement... Tarc Mar 2020 #113

Okay blogslut Mar 2020 #120

Never trust anyone over 30 JHB Mar 2020 #107

If that's what it takes to remove Trump and The Turtle, fine with me! mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #100

i complained about that in another thread i got a hide for it.nt. drray23 Mar 2020 #106

I'm a boomer - and I predicted there'd be that reaction. Funny gallows humor, to me!! ElementaryPenguin Mar 2020 #108

Many boomers may die, and leave their money to Gen Xers. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2020 #111

Majority of Millenials Jspur Mar 2020 #117

Not Millennials; the oldest Millennials are almost 40 and the youngest are in their mid-20's Spider Jerusalem Mar 2020 #114

Agreed as one of the older Millennials Jspur Mar 2020 #118

I'm sure their Nana would really appreciate that thought Hekate Mar 2020 #115

This message was self-deleted by its author BigDemVoter Mar 2020 #121