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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:50 AM Original message |
ABC/Chicago: A Hit-Piece on an Entire Generation |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Actually, the "Entitlement Generation" consists of the pasty, pudgy |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. that was my thinking on this |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep - "What is a republican?" (these days....not the 'old kind' ;-) |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Hmmm...sounds like the "Entitlement Generation" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. A generation composed only of men? Gee... what did I miss? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I think they already have a name, it is 'Baby boomers'. n/t |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. I saw this report |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Traits that are certainly not exclusive to one generation? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. My thoughts also. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Some of it is the result of modern parenting methods. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Every classroom has their share of "teacups" |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I disagree, "effort" shouldn't count at all. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Add to that.. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And certainly some of it is from modern advertising methods -- |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Answer To Your Last Question: Buck Up! |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I agree with you. We have students here were are too entitled to |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. "I guess I'll be seeing you next term, maybe you should get a tutor |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. I fully agree with you. Not only that, there is such an intense focus on |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. I hate generational nicknames |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You must be from the nickname-hating generation. n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Agreed |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. whhhaaaat? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I thought Al Gore invented the internet? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I didn't mean that literally |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Dupe N/T |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. Funny, when I think of "the entitlement generation"... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know about this |
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Cary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'm with the others here who are speaking out against this. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. I Saw That Report, Too...Yawn... |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is just another way of saying: "Everything USED to be GREAT, now... |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...n/t |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hmm. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. And why shouldn't the younger generations look down their noses at us? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Well said |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Thanks. I sure get tired of the youth=bashing |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. ;) |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 05:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Go figure! |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. For all you who are boomer bashers, fine with me. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
40. Breaking news: College graduates are highly optimistic and driven |
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