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Bettie

(16,089 posts)

33. Thus my comment

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #30)

Sun Jun 20, 2021, 12:53 PM

Jun 2021

about rich/powerful Boomers.

The world works for them, because they got theirs before Reagan, benefitted from his reorganization of our society and have by and large, prospered.

Not all, but the ones I'm talking about own pretty much everything.

ETA: In my head, I'm 30ish...aside from a bad ankle, I feel 30-40ish.

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How old do you feel? [View all] Sympthsical Jun 2021 OP

I never felt the moment. murielm99 Jun 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Goonch Jun 2021 #2

Thats pretty fucking offensive. CrackityJones75 Jun 2021 #4

That response is soooo genx EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #16

Actually, it's not GenX at all. TraceNC Jun 2021 #23

Did you alert on it? Kaleva Jun 2021 #25

What a weird response. CrackityJones75 Jun 2021 #34

If you felt it violated community standards, you'd have alerted on it. Kaleva Jun 2021 #35

I don't care if it violated anything. CrackityJones75 Jun 2021 #36

Ok, Boomer ) Sympthsical Jun 2021 #28

I feel thirty in my head. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #3

at 65, I feel 30s or 40s mentally, 50s to 60s physically depending NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #5

6:00 AM: 83 ret5hd Jun 2021 #6

I'm 77 and a politics junkie for about 60 years. enough Jun 2021 #7

Amen Boomerproud Jun 2021 #9

69 going on 19 ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2021 #8

I just came inside from removing invasive bittersweet vines off some of the plants. Vinca Jun 2021 #10

Ha ha heh...I feel the same way after my bout in the yard too! Thanks for the 'laugh'?! SWBTATTReg Jun 2021 #13

Depends on the day. no_hypocrisy Jun 2021 #11

Ha ha heh...good points you make. To answer your questions 'How old do you feel?' and 'Did your ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2021 #12

Yes! I remember feeling the same way on a personal level, but not politically jmbar2 Jun 2021 #14

love that list Chili Jun 2021 #20

Multiple Boomers on that list, including 10 in their 60's. Celerity Aug 2021 #38

I regret that my generation was given the reins. NNadir Jun 2021 #15

geeeeebz.... speak for yourself. electric_blue68 Jun 2021 #37

Neighborhood, town, city, state, region. Get involved there. That's how to affect your life. betsuni Jun 2021 #17

54 and no Bettie Jun 2021 #18

I'm a Boomer gab13by13 Jun 2021 #30

Thus my comment Bettie Jun 2021 #33

I don't really feel any older than I've felt since I "grew up." I'm fortunate... LAS14 Jun 2021 #19

One of the pluses of elder age randr Jun 2021 #21

I feel twenties in my head, my age in the mirror, and older due to a drunk driver rear-ending me. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #22

I'm 75, feeling 65. MineralMan Jun 2021 #24

I turned 60 this year and grew up in a college town. Phoenix61 Jun 2021 #26

I'm 62, enjoy life and feel the best years are yet to come. Kaleva Jun 2021 #27

Get off my lawn! Ohio Joe Jun 2021 #29

As many have said... In my head I'm many decades younger but the body sometimes mitch96 Jun 2021 #31

Boomer here -misanthroptimist Jun 2021 #32