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Celerity

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32. oh look, another indirect swipe at the few millennials (and almost zero Gen Z'ers) here, yipeee!

Reply to Koch Ebola (Original post)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 12:15 PM

Mar 2022

For all you Millennials and Zoomers.

Wed Feb 26, 2020, 07:18 AM

Sat Mar 5, 2022, 08:50 AM

We (I am dead in the middle, a very, very late summer 1996-born Zillennial, ie a person born 1992 to 1998) hate Trump (and Rethugs in general) on average to an overwhelming degree.

Boomers and up (the majority of them, not all, as obviously millions are solid Blue voters all their lives) put him in the White House in 2016, and almost again (just 21,461 votes flipping from Biden to Trump spread over just 3 states, WI, AZ, GA, and he would have won) in 2020.

Look at the 2018 midterms. My cohort (18-29) voted almost 50 points more for Dems (72%) than Rethugs (23%).

Yet Boomers (split even) and older (16 points +R, a 65 point flip from us!) voted massively the other way.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory/

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For all you Millennials and Zoomers. [View all] Koch Ebola Mar 2022 OP

Just a kid at the time. Texaswitchy Mar 2022 #1

That generation defines itself by the time they had sex in a muddy field for 3 days Tarc Mar 2022 #2

And the purpose of your comment? twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #3

Maybe, if that's what you want to think. PatrickforB Mar 2022 #5

This probably one of the most astute summaries of life, especially in america. Javaman Mar 2022 #20

Excellent post Patrick, I believe you nailed it. Uncle Joe Mar 2022 #23

To bad. Texaswitchy Mar 2022 #7

*too Tarc Mar 2022 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #12

"The kids were protesting not playing on cellphones" line kinda encapsulates your ilk Tarc Mar 2022 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #14

At least we could remember phone numbers. Texaswitchy Mar 2022 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #17

"At least we could remember phone numbers", lol Tarc Mar 2022 #25

Not me. Texaswitchy Mar 2022 #26

Stuff your sorry in a sack. spike jones Mar 2022 #8

Personally, as an old hippie, spike jones Mar 2022 #16

Sex in mud, listening to shitty bands? You must be thinking of TIME magazine and... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2022 #18

the amazing part is the 1999 lalapalooza festival was a complete shit show yet Javaman Mar 2022 #21

You know, that's not even close to true. MineralMan Mar 2022 #24

I suspect this comes partly from jealousy. I don't envy young people Hortensis Mar 2022 #27

Yes, jealousy and impatience. I seem to remember feeling both MineralMan Mar 2022 #31

In fairness to the zoomers and millennials plimsoll Mar 2022 #4

hell, in 1982 I was working part time at a dept store and I put myself through night school at my Javaman Mar 2022 #22

I dropped out of high school, supported myself as a waitress, Hortensis Mar 2022 #28

Exactly my point. plimsoll Mar 2022 #29

Exactly. If you fall for "divide and conquer" grievance politics, you fall. Hortensis Mar 2022 #30

To borrow a phrase...It was the best of times, and the worst of times.... ashredux Mar 2022 #6

Speaking up was not encouraged or tolerated. twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #9

The hippies were right. About everything. Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #11

Quite accurate Wild blueberry Mar 2022 #19

oh look, another indirect swipe at the few millennials (and almost zero Gen Z'ers) here, yipeee! Celerity Mar 2022 #32