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#15482 - derran (12/09/2012) [-]
You know what really grinds my gears; Christmas now it's all well and good for bringing a community together but what really grinds my gears is that the focal point is now rampant consumerism and regardless of how much they consume the next generation will never be satisfied, we're looking at boomers mk2, rant over.
#15496 to #15482 - largenintimidating (12/10/2012) [-]
It probably won't be Boomers MK2.

A) This generation in general seems less individualistic and convinced that it's the focal point of everything than the Boomers (albeit that's not very hard to do).

B) The Boomers didn't have the "I can have whatever the fuck I want and kick the shit down to the next generation" beaten out of them by the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and student loans that will forever rape their bank accounts.

C) If you look at historical trends and generational theory (although that's a bit pseudo-science, but hey, we deal in economics here for the most part, so we don't have much more of a leg to stand on) this generation is scheduled to be more community and order-oriented (a la the Greatest Generation). It's the Millenials' kids who will likely turn out to be Boomer MK2 dickheads.
User avatar #15558 to #15496 - derran (12/12/2012) [-]
I was refering to the millenials / late 90's kids who's culture means it's socially acceptable to be lazy whilst success is seen as a "bad" thing there's a "you try too hard" mentality with them, my generation (1986) had people like that but they were a minority.
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