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Tree Lady

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61. yep my profile says I joined

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 02:30 AM

Jun 2023

May 25, 2004. I was working on the John Kerry campaign registering voters in the bay area and I went on a out of state trip to Reno with the Sierra club and we went door to door that spring. I found a link for DU on Michael Moore's website. We liked all his movies.

I really thought Bush was such a disaster surely John would win, then I thought no way people will vote for Trump. Now I am afraid republicans will steal the next election. I don't trust anything.

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Any Millennials on DU? [View all] qwlauren35 Jun 2023 OP

What don't you understand about them? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2023 #1

Please. We do not need any more intergenerational squabling. It almost always turn into ... marble falls Jun 2023 #2

I'm not sure why that would make anyone hopeful. BannonsLiver Jun 2023 #38

Not anyone at all? marble falls Jun 2023 #41

What are"boomer ideals"? BannonsLiver Jun 2023 #43

Let's see. qwlauren35 Jun 2023 #45

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This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jun 2023 #81

I am right at the oldest Millennial but all of my friends are gen X. Claustrum Jun 2023 #3

Boomers were accused of this too, by older generations. yardwork Jun 2023 #10

Previous generations call newer generations 'lazy' for using the labor-saving devices Aristus Jun 2023 #39

"Lazy" basically means, "Will not be a punching bag for corporations." Oneironaut Jun 2023 #4

I'm learning this. qwlauren35 Jun 2023 #19

While some companies are still good, sadly, offices are becoming more impersonal. Oneironaut Jun 2023 #36

There have been polls that show that DU skews elderly. nt Autumn Jun 2023 #5

Yup ismnotwasm Jun 2023 #6

Those polls were a long time ago. DU now skews extra elderly. FSogol Jun 2023 #7

Sad to say DU is not a friendly environment for young people. Autumn Jun 2023 #9

I disagree. N/t FSogol Jun 2023 #20

Get on my lawn! Generic Brad Jun 2023 #23

As I have noted before.... DFW Jun 2023 #42

lol I was 46 when I joined 65 now! Tree Lady Jun 2023 #55

You joined DU about 5 months before me, but I was 39 at the time. FSogol Jun 2023 #60

yep my profile says I joined Tree Lady Jun 2023 #61

Honestly, that's one of the things I like about DU. BlueCheeseAgain Jun 2023 #30

I find that DU is not exactly a friendly environment for younger folks. demmiblue Jun 2023 #8

I'll find the link. qwlauren35 Jun 2023 #14

why is it so unfriendly? treestar Jun 2023 #58

Exactly. betsuni Jun 2023 #65

Because of shit like this. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2023 #82

I'm a boomer with millennial children. yardwork Jun 2023 #11

I am coming to understand this. qwlauren35 Jun 2023 #15

I have two millennial kids Tree Lady Jun 2023 #56

I am! vercetti2021 Jun 2023 #12

I'm so glad you're here! qwlauren35 Jun 2023 #16

Well i try vercetti2021 Jun 2023 #29

I'm an older millennial. Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #13

So glad you're here! qwlauren35 Jun 2023 #17

It's not as if this place puts any effort into recruiting younger people... JHB Jun 2023 #18

Yep, I'm a Millennial (albeit on the older side of that generation). W_HAMILTON Jun 2023 #21

I am a very late (if born 2 and half months later I would be Gen Z) Millennial born in 1996. Celerity Jun 2023 #22

I'm happy to have millennial friends along with gen z and gen x. we can do it Jun 2023 #24

You've Gotta Love Millennials - Micah Tyler keithbvadu2 Jun 2023 #25

THANK YOU!! I could never figure who was what DFW Jun 2023 #44

wait... is that from "On Beyond Zebra?" eShirl Jun 2023 #64

It certainly is! DFW Jun 2023 #70

Those dates are a bit off Celerity Jun 2023 #68

Yeah! They're a bit flexible in different tellings. keithbvadu2 Jun 2023 #80

Those dates are not correct in terms of wide acceptance. Celerity Jun 2023 #63

Great, add some insecurity to my ignorance! DFW Jun 2023 #71

You are far from ignorant my friend, lol. Nor do I detect even a a wisp of insecurity. Celerity Jun 2023 #72

It occurs to me, ever more frequently DFW Jun 2023 #74

I am a Xennial (both Gen. X and millennial) LostOne4Ever Jun 2023 #26

Exhibit 1a of why millennials kind of eyeroll at these forums Tarc Jun 2023 #27

I don't find DU unfriendly to millenials... brooklynite Jun 2023 #28

Millenials haven't been in high school in at least around a decade at this point. W_HAMILTON Jun 2023 #32

Yup, no TikTok for this millennial JonAndKatePlusABird Jun 2023 #34

I have 2 millenial kids and they would never be interested in discussion forums, it has nothing seaglass Jun 2023 #35

My daughter is a millennial, born in 1985. ShazzieB Jun 2023 #50

Exactly this JI7 Jun 2023 #57

It's both. There is a lot if youth bashing (and denialism that there is) here on certain Celerity Jun 2023 #66

I can't imagine being in my twenties and having the slightest interest in such forums, I'd be betsuni Jun 2023 #69

get off my lawn pstokely Jun 2023 #31

I'm one JonAndKatePlusABird Jun 2023 #33

Most millennials have genx parents AKwannabe Jun 2023 #37

I'm a boomer, and I had one child, a millennial. ShazzieB Jun 2023 #51

I'm a boomer with two millennial sons mnhtnbb Jun 2023 #59

Lots of younger boomers have millennial children. yardwork Jun 2023 #75

I fall in that bucket by a few years, let me go over your questions Amishman Jun 2023 #40

Your First Paragraph After The Blockquote ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #47

Your job is a "necessary evil?" DFW Jun 2023 #62

I'm a Boomer GenThePerservering Jun 2023 #46

Yeah, don't get me started on the school loans relief. ShazzieB Jun 2023 #52

We paid for my kid's college so he didn't have any loans and I'm thrilled when when anyone Raftergirl Jun 2023 #53

I'm a boomer parent of a 29 yr. old millennial. Raftergirl Jun 2023 #49

My fellow Zillennials (cuspers born 1992/3 to 1998, I'm 1996 born). I love hearing success stories. Celerity Jun 2023 #67

Your son sounds like he has a great work ethic! yardwork Jun 2023 #73

Thank you. Raftergirl Jun 2023 #76

But to the point of the OP, he's not here. brooklynite Jun 2023 #77

True. Raftergirl Jun 2023 #78

Millenial here sakabatou Jun 2023 #54

Off by a year, my siblings are millennials though ecstatic Jun 2023 #79