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155. the good old days weren't so great

Reply to alittlelark (Reply #111)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 03:05 PM

Feb 2022

for anyone but the white middle to upper middle class.

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"Boomers seem very resistant to understanding that the living standards".... [View all] Budi Feb 2022 OP

+1000 PortTack Feb 2022 #1

Here's the problem in David2022's statement Budi Feb 2022 #195

Aaah! Fresh air! Iggo Feb 2022 #198

I know, indoor toilets and running water instead of milking cows and mucking manure. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #2

Oh right, we 'boomers' just don't understand the living standards of our children's generation. elleng Feb 2022 #3

Every generation thinks the older generation had it so much better. I remember being so jeolous of Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #90

I grew up aware that life was much harder for my parents' and grandparents' generations. CBHagman Feb 2022 #115

My Dad was an engineer and my Mom was a RN...we were not rich but we hade a nice home and Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #120

This message was self-deleted by its author Budi Feb 2022 #194

In my day, Wuss xyz dweller Feb 2022 #4

While you joke about technological advancement, standards such as home ownership are withering. LonePirate Feb 2022 #5

Everything cost less back then. sheshe2 Feb 2022 #11

As a gen "x" gay texan Feb 2022 #12

Exactly TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #16

I wouldn't say impossible madville Feb 2022 #73

you do know that GenX is mostly right-wing right? Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #109

Yes gay texan Feb 2022 #132

Well, you say that, but ... muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #166

Most of the Genx's in Ohio I know are Republicans...where as the older and younger voter are not. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #201

Boy, hope the generational progression holds true. It's way past time Hortensis Feb 2022 #192

Female boomers never had the opportunity to earn a living wage spooky3 Feb 2022 #20

Thank you, and scholarships went to white males. Plus our pay was way below pay for men. we can do it Feb 2022 #78

My sisters graduated a progressive High School in 1972, and Home Economics was a stressed trade. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #196

Good lord. we can do it Feb 2022 #197

I graduated from college mcar Feb 2022 #103

Same here. Women started out in the business world with admin positions and had to smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #200

Even graduating from college was no assurance you'd get a living wage. llmart Feb 2022 #124

I didn't get lucky. I started my first real full time job leftyladyfrommo Feb 2022 #187

The math says you are wrong at least in 2 locations. KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 #48

Yeah, this is out of touch Sympthsical Feb 2022 #128

Who's buying these hyperinflated homes in your area? OilemFirchen Feb 2022 #130

People moving away from the city due to WFH Sympthsical Feb 2022 #137

I'm well aware of real estate inflation over the past number of years. OilemFirchen Feb 2022 #142

Generation X mainly Sympthsical Feb 2022 #147

Not Boomers, then. OilemFirchen Feb 2022 #160

I'm upper middle class Sympthsical Feb 2022 #162

If someone bought a house in the 1970s at 40 years old, that person was not a Boomer. OilemFirchen Feb 2022 #171

Red-lining is a great social and economic injustice Sympthsical Feb 2022 #189

This message was self-deleted by its author KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 #174

On top of that, the % home ownership hasn't fluctuated more than 2.7% either way in over 30 years... George II Feb 2022 #176

The average home size was much smaller then, but everyone raccoon Feb 2022 #68

And a lot of families had only one car forthemiddle Feb 2022 #83

I'm older than you but it sounds a lot like my family's lifestyle. Nt raccoon Feb 2022 #86

My family always bought used cars and eating out was so rare I remember each time. betsuni Feb 2022 #88

We only had one car for most of my childhood and Dad always bought used cars. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #110

THe only time we at out was whistler162 Feb 2022 #207

My family had none. iemanja Feb 2022 #156

In my family, there were five kids and my Grandma lived with us in a three bedroom Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #95

Where I live, all of the new homes going up Mariana Feb 2022 #126

Most people had 2 or 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2022 #188

The % of home ownership has actually remained fairly stable with minor ups and downs... George II Feb 2022 #170

Spoken by someone who thinks the world started at his birth. brer cat Feb 2022 #6

Post removed Post removed Feb 2022 #45

My father, like many, had to shovel coal into the furnace to heat the house Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #7

I grew up like your father.....coal furnace and all. pidge Feb 2022 #46

We had a clothes line. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #55

Yep. I'm trying to show that boomers haven't always had better standards of living Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #119

I Know some of my uncle's boomer friends never did that well their whole lives - OhZone Feb 2022 #8

not this Boomer Skittles Feb 2022 #9

I think I am technically at the very tail end of the Boomer generation, but have heard it smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #203

I too feel for the young folk Skittles Feb 2022 #210

These generational battles on DU jcgoldie Feb 2022 #10

David2022 could explain what he really meant, then. Budi Feb 2022 #17

with ya ' 100 % ! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #47

Preach it, as a sister of a Vietnam vet. Boomerproud Feb 2022 #98

"Broadbrushing an entire generation" PatSeg Feb 2022 #100

David2022 is not some rando on Twitter. He is David Austin Walsh, a postdoctoral fellow in the Celerity Feb 2022 #145

My brother won the last draft lottery and he was born in 1956 Dave says Feb 2022 #182

there were still lotteries held, but the last call up that saw Vietnam combat duty was in 1972 Celerity Feb 2022 #185

David2022 is not some rando on Twitter. He is David Austin Walsh, a postdoctoral fellow in the Celerity Feb 2022 #145

We boomers got almost free college and cheap houses alittlelark Feb 2022 #13

Not close to true. Spoken like a white male thinking others had your advantages. we can do it Feb 2022 #75

Spoken like a white female who Lived it. alittlelark Feb 2022 #111

I am not a boomer...a bit younger but I sure didn't get free college. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #116

Bullshit. Late BBs closer to GenX, denied scholarships and jobs given to unqualified white men. we can do it Feb 2022 #118

So u r all about MALE boomers alittlelark Feb 2022 #121

Married/straight/white/priveleged to be precise. we can do it Feb 2022 #122

the good old days weren't so great iemanja Feb 2022 #155

That is not true at all. We faced double digit interest rates and loans which required 20 % down... Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #92

How did you get a cheap house? iemanja Feb 2022 #152

Your mom had to pump the water... druidity33 Feb 2022 #14

David2022 dropped the broadbrushed statement. I responded. Budi Feb 2022 #22

Did you read my post? druidity33 Feb 2022 #70

Yeah, boomers never had to think about Beastly Boy Feb 2022 #15

As a boomer, I can say that you could start... ret5hd Feb 2022 #23

Opportunities change, priorities change, but GDP per capita, Beastly Boy Feb 2022 #41

Great post! smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #204

Proving the point. Way to go n/t kcr Feb 2022 #49

Not sure at all what you mean. Care to elaborate? Beastly Boy Feb 2022 #53

because Boomers aren't into Starbucks or Netflix Skittles Feb 2022 #64

This is just as simplistic as the tweet I am mocking. Beastly Boy Feb 2022 #80

omg Skittles Feb 2022 #179

Thank you. Beastly Boy Feb 2022 #181

This Boomer doesn't envy his generation their world. Ron Obvious Feb 2022 #18

Yes. It means, 'continue on with what bothers you' Budi Feb 2022 #24

Boomers reasonably expected better life Bobstandard Feb 2022 #19

Drafted to a Jungle wasn't 'easier'. It fkd up a lot of people who were ready to start their life. Budi Feb 2022 #26

Most weren't. Effete Snob Feb 2022 #30

Really? So for those that did, they're irrelevant? Budi Feb 2022 #35

There are plenty of millennials and younger who served in post 9/11 wars AZProgressive Feb 2022 #67

My "son of boomer" expects house, retirement, 4 cars... RainCaster Feb 2022 #21

I expected house, retirement, decent car... ret5hd Feb 2022 #25

I got it too, but I worked 40 years for it. RainCaster Feb 2022 #27

He knows it is never in the cards. ret5hd Feb 2022 #33

My son is saver...he has a great deal of money in the bank, a nice, a wife and an adorable baby. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #97

At 61 I have my first house, which is really my husband's. betsuni Feb 2022 #99

That is ridiculous and David should know better. I get where he is coming from. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #107

There are still opportunities out there madville Feb 2022 #112

Who taught him to be that way? nt. Mariana Feb 2022 #66

If you are talking about your own son Bettie Feb 2022 #84

Oh lord Sympthsical Feb 2022 #28

Actually you are incorrect. I brought it here because it is a lie. Budi Feb 2022 #36

There are thousands of lies on Twitter everyday... progressoid Feb 2022 #135

David2022 chose to make his post. He's one of millions repeated on a loop Budi Feb 2022 #205

"Wasp nest in a bingo hall"! BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #85

Completely unrelated Sympthsical Feb 2022 #102

I'll bite since you put it out there - so what might that word be? George II Feb 2022 #172

Banana hammock Sympthsical Feb 2022 #173

Apparently not - I've never heard of that expression and clearly don't know what it means. George II Feb 2022 #177

Which is oddly appropriate for the thread Sympthsical Feb 2022 #184

Not really, but whatever. Thanks for the insult, I think. George II Feb 2022 #186

And 2000 years ago Romans wiped their asses with sponges. meadowlander Feb 2022 #29

massive transfer of wealth? I'd say blame that on... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #34

Thank you. REAGAN. REPUBLICANS. Budi Feb 2022 #38

Yup electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #40

Yw... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #42

Thank you for being in the middle of that hard battle. But damned if we didn't succeed!! Budi Feb 2022 #44

Oh, your thanks is unwarrented (I think) - these Choice Marches while essential to... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #51

Good for you. We did it once & that determined spirit will carry on with you 🍃 Budi Feb 2022 #57

"We gave it to you." Mariana Feb 2022 #58

LOL. NOPE! We all know who dropped the ball in 2016. Budi Feb 2022 #60

The majority of voters of Boomer age cast their ballots for Trump in 2016. Mariana Feb 2022 #65

That is not true. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #114

Denying reality doesn't help. Mariana Feb 2022 #117

Oh look!! A truth bomb Autumn Feb 2022 #123

I'm not interested in wasting time blaming anyone. meadowlander Feb 2022 #131

Well, I hope so, too. I have a few gens of younger cousins, plus just on general principles... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #212

Things are just different. Yeah a lot has changed. captain queeg Feb 2022 #31

I remember eating a lot of homemade hamburger helper and meatloaf growing up. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #32

I had to steal to eat after my father abandoned the family. 58Sunliner Feb 2022 #37

That is so sad. However, the guy who wrote the post is likely not in such dire straits. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #93

I think it's a mixed bag ... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #39

another one of these? Kali Feb 2022 #43

thank you, Admins Kali Feb 2022 #199

Not buying it RainCaster Feb 2022 #50

I'm betting David2022 has bought his share of environmentally toxic plastic water bottles also. Budi Feb 2022 #54

Aaaaand here we go with distress inarticulately being phrased in inaccurate terms, and thus being... JHB Feb 2022 #52

David2022 should maybe learn to rephrase his inarticulation Budi Feb 2022 #61

He says he's an "Ivy League PhD" and teaches, so it's his job to be articulate! betsuni Feb 2022 #63

Thank you for proving my point JHB Feb 2022 #71

As one of the not so numerous 25yo and younger posters here, I am dismayed to see this dross. Celerity Feb 2022 #56

Goes with boomer bashing. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #59

As if there is any remotely comparable level of boomer bashing here. Celerity Feb 2022 #69

More power to you. Literally. Tom Rinaldo Feb 2022 #72

The post 1965 crowd did not step up to vote when they turned 18. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #74

+1000000000000 betsuni Feb 2022 #76

This! mcar Feb 2022 #105

Your telling me to show some respect when I simply am commenting on the prevalence Celerity Feb 2022 #125

As an older person I taught my children and Grandchildren respect is earned not given. Autumn Feb 2022 #144

I do not see any respect. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #163

As an older person I see way too many preconceived notions about young people. Autumn Feb 2022 #167

What you've described is absolutely no different than when we were young. OilemFirchen Feb 2022 #178

I taught my children to give respect to those eho earned it and that they had to earn Autumn Feb 2022 #190

Thanks for speaking up AZProgressive Feb 2022 #77

I hope so. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #79

It's the third rail Bettie Feb 2022 #91

You don't even have to mention Boomers. Mariana Feb 2022 #140

True Bettie Feb 2022 #169

I enjoy your posts Celerity iemanja Feb 2022 #159

thanks! Celerity Feb 2022 #164

I think you've misread the OP, Celerity, and your post is unhelpful muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #165

I did not misread the tweet nor the intent of the OP. Some of the replies illustrate the very points Celerity Feb 2022 #168

He uses the word "gerontocracy." Oh, David. Future generations will whine about yours, too. betsuni Feb 2022 #62

Hammer meet nail. we can do it Feb 2022 #82

This thread is depressing, stereotypes and closed eyes Amishman Feb 2022 #81

Thank you for posting this Bettie Feb 2022 #87

My sweet summer child - you've brought statistics to a pity party. meadowlander Feb 2022 #133

LMAO.. Bettie Feb 2022 #136

Across shag carpet Sympthsical Feb 2022 #138

I don't mean to belittle you but I graduated college leftyladyfrommo Feb 2022 #89

I think it's time some of these people realize that what they have was earned off the backs.... George II Feb 2022 #94

Be thankful you didn't face a draft board ready to send your Emile Feb 2022 #96

... mcar Feb 2022 #101

yay more divisive arguing! CrackityJones75 Feb 2022 #104

Well, they know that touching the third rail Bettie Feb 2022 #134

Poverty was much worse than the sixties and the seventies cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #106

I worked three jobs when I was first starting out and did home daycare when my older kids were Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #108

Our kids wore cloth diapers to save money. During the Emile Feb 2022 #113

Every generation Corgigal Feb 2022 #127

It's not about blaming. It's about the steadfast refusal to support policies to help Sympthsical Feb 2022 #129

I get it about student loans. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #150

My first election was in 2000 Sympthsical Feb 2022 #161

"Not our fault!" (which isn't even accurate) KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 #180

Who put the policies in place? Sympthsical Feb 2022 #183

Like I said. KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 #213

I wonder if David2022 is influenced by watching 50s/60s tv shows Zorro Feb 2022 #139

My father didn't wear a tie and suit. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #141

That's what I mean Zorro Feb 2022 #143

The main part is whatever motivated states treestar Feb 2022 #148

I really don't know what makes some of these people hippywife Feb 2022 #149

If the David2022's say it, it must be true, right? Right? Budi Feb 2022 #151

I've heard it way more than once hippywife Feb 2022 #154

The Da id2022's have been replicating that same mssg for 6 long years. Budi Feb 2022 #157

That narrative only applies iemanja Feb 2022 #153

American Millennials are facing complex, rapidly changing economics ismnotwasm Feb 2022 #158

"... a dad trying to get his sons to figure out a rotary phone. I mean, why?" Mariana Feb 2022 #193

Neither of my Boomer parents went to college, had a 14k house at age 21 RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2022 #175

My MIL and her friends bought our babies the nice outfits I loved Hortensis Feb 2022 #191

Reminded me that my brother's and my kids were dove tailed together alphafemale Feb 2022 #206

Oh, the humanity! That sounds really nice. Our boy and girl Hortensis Feb 2022 #208

My daughter and son were about 3 years apart alphafemale Feb 2022 #211

A lot of boomers struggle themselves nini Feb 2022 #202

It is the staggering debt that is the problem alphafemale Feb 2022 #209